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Template thank-you notes undermine donor retention

JL;DR SUMMARY In her article, Deborah Kaplan Polivy emphasizes the critical role of personalized donor acknowledgments in nonprofit retention strategies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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FundraisingNonprofit OrganizationsRelationship BuildingPersonalizationDonor RetentionDonor LifecycleTemplatesContribution PatternsDevelopment StrategyDonor Recognition

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New York City, New York, United States
"A dramatic example: I spent some time studying at a Jewish institution that, over the course of a year, sent me numerous online requests for donations."

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