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Jennifer Aaker

Professor of Marketing, Stanford University

The Psychology of Giving
61 minutes, 27.9mb, recorded 2008-09-23
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Jennifer Aaker

How do you cultivate a differentiated nonprofit, and how do you inspire people to give? In this talk, from the 2008 Nonprofit Management Institue, an event of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Stanford marketing professor Jennifer Aaker talks about how to garner more volunteers and money in an era in which the giving of time and money is shrinking. Drawing from research on what makes people happy, she explains why more individuals don’t contribute their financial and personal energies in nonprofits, despite the fact that studies show such activities aid people’s sense of well-being. She discusses how organizations can use such data and insights to create striking and “sticky” ways to get the attention and resources they need to fulfill their missions.


Our publication of this program was made possible by the support of the following:
University podcast contributor: Stanford Center for Social InnovationStanford Graduate School of Business

Jennifer Aaker is the General Atlantic Professor of Marketing at the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Her area of expertise lies in the psychology of time, money, and happiness. She also works on the psychology of giving, how to build global brands, and the role of emotions in health. Aaker's research has been published in both marketing and psychology journals, and has been featured in various media outlets. She has received awards for her research on the peacefulness of mixed emotions, understanding culture and consumers, and the psychology of consumer-brand relationships. Aaker received her BA in psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and her PhDs in marketing and psychology from Stanford University.

This free podcast is from our Stanford Discussions series.

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