150: Developing Discipline - Inviting Donors

About this episode

This episode explores the influence of childhood money beliefs on adult financial behaviors and discusses developing new disciplines in donor engagement.

"..Consistent with social learning theory, individuals tend to carry beliefs about money and money skills learned in childhood into their adult lives..." This week, I’m reading selected quotes from Money Beliefs and Financial Behaviors by Bradley Klontz, Sonya Britt, and Jennifer Mentzer, published in 2011. Reflection Question: Which money script have you been operating in and how might you develop a new discipline?Reflection on Quote: An experienced campaign volunteer once told me that a ca...

Topics covered

• money beliefs
• financial behaviors
• discipline
• donor engagement
• social learning theory

Keywords

• money script
• financial discipline
• donor invitation
• campaign volunteer
• money skills

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