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Decision Science | Testing of the Endowment and IKEA Effect - Image of the top of a homemade cupcake.

Real World Testing of the Endowment and IKEA Effect

We did some “real world” tests on two cognitive biases that are especially useful to fundraisers: the Endowment Effect and the IKEA Effect. This was done through a simple Cakes For Charity experiment with some interesting results.

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Decision Science: DOSE The Prospect — Hand holding syringe

Become a donor drug dealer!

(or a Philanthropic Pharmacist if it seems slightly classier…). This blog is taken from Making the Ask by Bernard Ross and Clare Segal. The book explores how to use neuroscience in major donor solicitation.

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Decision Science | Mother and baby elephant, featured image

Nudge Nudge… know what I mean

This blog describes a formula/ mnemonic that helps you create a suitable nudge to change behaviour. Nudge theory was developed by Nobel Prize winner Richard Thaler to describe an element of the decision architecture.

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Birmingham Museum — Front Exterior | Behavioural Science, Fundraising Strategy

Birmingham Museum Goes Behavioural (Part Two)

In this blog Bernard Ross, director of the decision science team at =mc consulting, explains how Birmingham Museums Trust (BMT) invested in a series of behavioral experiments to increase unrestricted income from visitors to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG).

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Using Decision Science to Make Exercise Engaging

I had a terrific personal training session today. It was terrific mostly because my personal trainer — the very talented Tracy — uses some behavioural decision science principles to make it enjoyable and engaging.

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