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13C assignments of the carbon atoms in the aromatic rings of lignin model compounds of the arylglycerol β‐aryl ether type
Authors: Bardet Michel , Lundquist Knut , Parkås Jim , Robert Danielle , von Unge Sverker 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThe 13C NMR signals from the aromatic ring carbons in a series of lignin model compounds of the arylglycerol β‐aryl ether type in DMSO solution have been assigned. The model compounds investigated are representative of the erythro and threo forms of differently substituted arylglycerol β‐aryl ethers. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The coming of age of major giving
Authors: Nichols Judith E. 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThe beginning of the 21st century may well usher in a golden age of major gifts. Not only are those donors born at the beginning of the twentieth century distributing their wealth, but ‘Baby boomers’ and ‘Generation X’ are accumulating significant assets at much younger ages. Each generation appears able and willing to make larger donations to charities. By rethinking major gifts strategy charities can benefit from the increasing wealth and affluence.Copyright © 2000 Henry Stewart Publications.
The five stages of fundraising: a framework for the development of fundraising
Authors: Kay‐Williams Susan 
Published: July 2006

AbstractLittle research has been undertaken on the development of fundraising in charities, as distinct from fundraising activities and methods. This paper arose out of a wider study of the impact of environmental factors on charity fundraising in the early 1990s. By looking at the development of fundraising in charities of all sizes, it became clear that there was a framework for fundraising. Specifically, the principal characteristics of the framework were based on the need for voluntary income and the influence of staff or volunteers in the fundraising process.This paper outlines the stages in the development of fundraising and their principal characteristics within the context of market orientation and organisation culture theory. It concludes with some implications for fundraising practitioners. Copyright © 2000 Henry Stewart Publications.
Customer‐oriented thinking within the Finnish Lutheran Church
Authors: Vuokko Pirjo 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThis study analyses what preconditions are necessary for customer orientation within the church, and to what extent these preconditions are in place in the case of the Finnish Lutheran Church. A proper intelligence base and organisational preconditions are needed. Within the Church, there is mostly a positive attitude towards customer orientation but defects exist, for example in the intelligence base system, the coordination of congregational operations, and in cooperation with laymen. Copyright © 2000 Henry Stewart Publications.
Promotional message strategies for disability charities' employment services
Authors: Bennett Roger , Kottasz Rita 
Published: July 2006

AbstractOne hundred and eight managers responsible for employee recruitment completed mail questionnaires designed to assess their affective, cognitive and conative reactions to two promotional messages for a disability charity's employment (job‐finding) service. The first message contained a mainly altruistic appeal; the second emphasised the financial and other practical benefits of employing a disabled person. Overall the sample reacted more favourably to the latter communication. Heads of department and general managers found the altruistic message to be significantly less appealing than did personnel or human resources managers. Responses were significantly influenced by a recruiting manager's personal experiences of disabled individuals; by the state of the labour market; and by perceptions (possibly unfounded) that non‐disabled employees within a firm would feel uncomfortable if they were made to work alongside a disabled person. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications
Financing the social economy: a case study of Triodos Bank
Authors: Cowton Christopher J. , Thompson Paul 
Published: July 2006

AbstractNonprofit and voluntary sector organisations are taking an increasingly sophisticated approach to their financial management, including their banking requirements. While there have been signs that the mainstream commercial banks have been responding to those needs, recent years have also witnessed a number of initiatives taken by organisations with roots closer to the nonprofit and voluntary sector. One such organisation is Triodos Bank.This paper seeks to explain what Triodos Bank does, paying particular attention to those unusual features of its operations which are likely to be of interest to managers of nonprofit and voluntary sector organisations. It is suggested thatwhatTriodosdoesisbothinterestinginitself and indicative of ways in which social economy financing might develop in the future. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications
Fundraising in the balance: an analysis of job performance, appraisals and rewards
Authors: Beem Matthew J. 
Published: July 2006

AbstractFundraisers have long worked under the notion that performance and evaluation should be separate from and unrelated to compensation. Yet as competition increases for effective and experienced development professionals, an increasing number of practitioners are finding themselves in new compensation arrangements that reward them fully or in part for their performance. The following pages report the results of a survey mailed in July 1999 to 40 fundraisers in Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. Although only seven of the 27 respondents reported current compensation arrangements that pay them fully or partially for performance, 21 reported a preference for such scenarios. What is more, the survey found that those at the top of the largest fundraising operations function under the most nebulous job descriptions and are more eager than others for regular feedback and performance reviews. Finally, survey results show that fundraisers are thoughtful, motivated by tangible and intangible rewards, prefer structure to guide their work, want frequent performance reviews and would like greater uniformity across their profession. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications
Lifestyle segmentation and museum/gallery visiting behaviour
Authors: Todd Sarah , Lawson Rob 
Published: July 2006

AbstractA number of variables have been used in the quest to understand better who visits museums and art galleries. This paper proposes the use of lifestyle segmentation in an attempt to understand how museum and art gallery visits fit in with other aspects of the visitors' life. Research to date has tended to focus on those who actually visit, but little has been done to enhance an understanding of non‐visitors. Lifestyle studies, undertaken across a representative sample of a population, offer the potential to understand not only those who visit, but also those who do not.Seven segments result from this lifestyle analysis of New Zealanders, with a significant relationship evident between lifestyle grouping and frequency of visits to museums and art galleries. As each of these lifestyle segments also demonstrates significantly different media characteristics, there are important implications for the placement and tone of promotional messages. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications
Enhancing fundraising success with custom data modelling
Authors: Key Jennifer 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThe majority of nonprofit organisations rely heavily on contributions to fund their mission‐critical activities. Because building relationships with donors is critical to the success of nonprofits, organisations must be able to transform their data on prospective donors into an action plan that will optimise the yield of their fundraising efforts. This paper offers a methodology for targeting individuals most likely to make a charitable contribution, by building custom response models using the rich donor data maintained by many nonprofit organisations as well as overlaid demographic information. The methodology is able to utilise efficiently a large volume of variables while being flexible enough to use large categorical variables, such as postal code, and capture non‐linear relationships between the independent variables and the likelihood to give. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications
The marketing and public relations practices of Australian performing arts presenters
Authors: McDonald Heath , Harrison Paul 
Published: July 2006

AbstractAlthough arts organisations are often said to be underdeveloped in marketing and management areas, it is unclear whether this is actually an intentional response to the atypical environment in which they exist, or simply a result of limited skills and resources. This paper looks at performing arts presenters (PAPs) in two Australian States, profiling what they do in the way of marketing, how sophisticated they are at it and the reasons they behave the way they do. In‐depth interviews with marketing managers indicated that PAPs are confused about the role of marketing, relying instead mainly on public relations. While it was widely acknowledged that marketing would be beneficial, the marketing that is executed is generally ad hoc and basic. This lack of marketing action is due primarily to a paucity of skills and resources and a historical preference for public relations, not as a considered response to the arts environment. Copyright © 2002 Henry Stewart Publications
Ethnic preference for the arts: the role of the social experience as attendance motivation
Authors: Kolb Bonita M. 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThis paper addresses the issue of the level of ethnic group attendance at the arts, with a special emphasis on African American attendance at classical music concerts. Current attendance data will be examined to determine if there is a difference in attendance rates when the traditional determiners for attendance — education and income — are similar. The paper proposes that the lower rates of attendance for ethnic groups may not be the result of differences in levels of education or income, but are the result of these groups having their own values and tastes that affect the benefits that they desire from attendance. To explore this proposed theory, the results of a survey of an arts event successful in attracting an ethnic audience will be analysed to see if it can provide insight as to whether ethnic audiences have unique attendance motivation. This is important to marketing as these benefits must be included in the artistic event and promoted to the potential ethnic audience. Copyright © 2002 Henry Stewart Publications
Understanding the volunteer market: the what, where, who and why of volunteering
Authors: Bussell Helen , Forbes Deborah 
Published: July 2006

AbstractAlthough the work of the voluntary sector is growing, the number of people volunteering is not increasing at a comparable rate. This paper argues that the key to an organisation's success in recruiting and retaining its volunteers is to have an understanding of its target group. As a means to developing this understanding the paper reviews the prior research on volunteering and outlines the current situation in the voluntary sector with regard to the donation of time. The review shows that those who volunteer are an extremely diverse group, active in a wide variety of contexts. This makes the definition of a volunteer a more complex task than one would expect. It also demonstrates that individuals and organisations may volunteer for reasons other than purely altruistic motives. Finally, the paper identifies gaps in this area of research and presents topics for further research. Copyright © 2002 Henry Stewart Publications
AIDS prevention advertising: different message strategies for different communication objectives
Authors: Marchand June , Filiatrault Pierre 
Published: July 2006

AbstractAIDS prevention, especially when it concerns young adults, is a very serious matter. As a topic to advertise, it is therefore particularly challenging. Public policy makers have the difficult task of finding the message strategy most likely to persuade the target group while, at the same time, showing consideration for parents' sensitivities. This study attempts to address this problem by testing three different message strategies on AIDS prevention: a rational strategy, an emotional strategy based on a negative emotion (fear), and an emotional strategy based on a positive emotion (rewarding improved behaviour). The results suggest that the rational message strategy generated more personal concern for AIDS prevention and the emotional message strategy based on a negative emotion presented a positive impact on behaviour intentions. Copyright © 2002 Henry Stewart Publications
ePhilanthropy: using the Internet to build support
Authors: Hart Theodore R. 
Published: July 2006

AbstractFor nonprofit organisations the Internet represents an unprecedented and highly cost‐effective opportunity to build and enhance relationships with supporters, volunteers, clients and the community they serve. As ePhilanthropy has emerged, organisations have discovered that consistent and deliberate e‐mail communication that drives traffic to the organisation's well‐organised and informative website has become the key to success.Charities should approach the Internet as a communication and stewardship tool first and a fundraising tool second. Success will come not from an emphasis on the technology, but on cultivating and enhancing relationships. Copyright © 2002 Henry Stewart Publications
Charity Technology Trust: a case study
Authors: Sweatman Peter 
Published: July 2006

AbstractCharity Technology Trust (CTT) is one of a new breed of philanthropic initiatives aimed at helping UK charities become more efficient by better use of technology. Its founder believes that charities are ideally placed to benefit from the reduced costs and shared benefits of jointly developed strategies and fundraising, communications and data management tools. CTT was formed to catalyse a move in this direction from the major UK fundraising charities and is supported by the personal philanthropic contributions of its trustees—a group of successful businessmen. The challenge for such a new organisation with a new idea is considerable, but after 18 months CTT is working with 27 of the top 100 UK charities on projects from online raffles through e‐mail communications to IT strategy. Copyright © 2003 Henry Stewart Publications
The behavioural consequences of self‐congruency in volunteers
Authors: Beerli Asunción , Díaz Gonzalo , Martín Josefa D. 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThe authors of this paper studied some aspects of volunteers from a marketing angle in order to analyse the differences in the self‐concept of volunteers collaborating with either charitable, or ecological organisations; to examine the differences between the images of charitable and ecological organisations; and to show the role of self‐congruency as an influence on of the type of organisation with which to collaborate. Some conclusions derived from this study can be used to attract volunteers through corporative social marketing actions. Copyright © 2004 Henry Stewart Publications
A brigade model for the management of service volunteers: lessons from the former Soviet Union
Authors: Kaufman Roni , Mirsky Julia , Avgar Amos 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThis is a case study of a volunteer programme in a community welfare centre in St Petersburg, Russia. It is suggested that the successful and long‐term activation of its 900 volunteers can be credited to the programme's structural and managerial characteristics. These include: a formal and hierarchical structure and management; clearly defined privileges and obligations; small working groups called ‘brigades’; a comprehensive support system for volunteers and a variety of volunteer opportunities and participation benefits. Advantages and limitations of the programme are discussed, as well as the applicability of some of its principles to other settings. The research demonstrates the importance of contextual and socio‐cultural variables to the debate on the relevance to volunteer work of managerial principles applied with paid employees. Copyright © 2004 Henry Stewart Publications
Not‐for‐profit marketing in the real world: an evaluation of Barnardo's 1995 promotional campaign
Authors: Denney Fiona C. 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThis paper examines the extent to which the academic literature underpinning marketing communications appears in the practice of charities' marketing. The first part of the paper investigates the theoretical background surrounding the marketing communications of nonprofit‐making organisations drawing from the main academic papers written since the subject was opened in 1969. This theory is then compared and contrasted with the results of a case study concerning a major campaign by Barnardo's, one of the United Kingdom's largest charities.Resultsindicatethatsomeofthepoints highlighted by the academic literature are found in the marketing communications strategy of Barnardo's. Nevertheless, a range of areas is ripe for improvement, including improved systems for obtaining feedback from the target audience on the message that they received. Copyright © 1999 Henry Stewart Publications
The diary of a charity donor: an exploration of research information from the Royal Mail Consumer Panel and Mail Characteristics Survey
Authors: Francis Nick , Holland Neville 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThis paper looks at direct mail in the United Kingdom across all market sectors and in detail at the charity sector. It uses the research information that Royal Mail has been collecting foroveradecadetoshowthegrowthofthe medium. The diary system used by the Consumer Panel gives an insight into the typical donor and their relationship with charities. This paper looks only at direct mail: ‘personally addressed advertising material that is delivered through the post’. This definition means that leaflets put through the letterbox are excluded. Copyright © 1999 Henry Stewart Publications
Opinions about privacy: does the type of information used for marketing purposes make a difference?
Authors: Hamilton Richard A. , Spiller Lisa D. 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThe availability of personal information is at an all‐time high. Technology has revolutionised the marketing industry, enabling marketers to achieve precise selectivity through database efforts. With this selectivity comes the responsibility of determining acceptable and unacceptable uses of personal information by businesses and nonprofits for marketing purposes.This paper explores opinions on information privacy by investigating the impact of education in the formulation of opinions on the use of personal information for marketing purposes. A single credit course in direct marketing does not change opinions regarding information privacy. But a series of credit marketing courses does reduce the level of restrictions desired on the availability and use of personal information for marketing. Thus, the direct marketing industry would be better served by promoting and demonstrating the ethical use of personal information through ethical marketing practices by all its practitioners rather than by attempting to educate the general public about the nature and uses of such information and data for marketing purposes. Copyright © 1999 Henry Stewart Publications
Attracting members to avocational nonprofit organisations
Authors: Cason Roger L. 
Published: July 2006

AbstractFor avocational nonprofit organisations, ‘marketing’ means attracting and retaining members. Avocational organisations experiencing membership difficulties may offer a variety of explanations, the most frequent one being a purported shrinkage of leisure time for the average American. The 68 largest avocational nonprofit organisations in the USA were studied in an attempt to identify common factors associated with membership success, and to confirm or disprove commonly offered explanations for membership distress. Very few general attributes could be found; in most cases, an organisation's success or distress seem to stem from factors that are specific to that organisation. Copyright © 1999 Henry Stewart Publications
A combined HPLC‐UV and HPLC‐MS method for the identification of lignans and its application to the lignans of Linum usitatissimum L. and L. bienne Mill.
Authors: Schmidt Thomas J. , Hemmati Shiva , Fuss Elisabeth , Alfermann A. Wilhelm 
Published: July 2006

AbstractA combined HPLC‐UV/PAD and HPLC‐ESI/MS method allowing the fast detection and identification/structural characterisation of lignans of different structural subclasses is described. Twenty‐four lignans of different skeletal types were analysed and the combined information derived from their UV and ESI/MS spectra led to the identification of group characteristics that can be used to establish the structure of unknown lignans in plant samples. This method was successfully applied to the identification of lignans in crude extracts of Linum usitatissimum L. and L. bienne Mill. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Synthesis and characterization of composites of polyaniline and polyurethane‐modified epoxy
Authors: Chiou Wen‐Chin , Yang Doung‐Yi , Han Jin‐Lin , Lee Sung‐Nung 
Published: July 2006

AbstractA toughened, semiconductive polyaniline/polyurethane (PANI/PU)‐epoxy nanocomposite was prepared using a conductive polymer, PANI, and a PU prepolymer‐modified diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) epoxy. The formation of a nanostructure was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and SEM. The mechanical properties of the composites were evaluated and compared with those of the corresponding matrix. The improvement in impact strength of the composites (especially in the PANI/PU(PPG2000)‐epoxy system) was explained after fracture surface analysis using SEM. DSC and TGA studies indicated that the thermal properties of these composites were comparable to those of DGEBA epoxy. A conductivity in the range 10−9–10−3 S cm−1 was obtained, depending on the testing frequency (103–107 Hz) and the PANI content incorporated. Copyright © 2006 Society of Chemical Industry
A computational analysis of the binding affinities of FKBP12 inhibitors using the MM‐PB/SA method
Authors: Xu Yong , Wang Renxiao 
Published: July 2006

AbstractThe FK506‐binding proteins have been targets of pharmaceutical interests over years. We have studied the binding of a set of 12 nonimmunosuppressive small‐molecule inhibitors to FKBP12 through molecular dynamics simulations. Each complex was subjected to 1‐ns MD simulation conducted in an explicit solvent environment under constant temperature and pressure. The binding free energy of each complex was then computed by the MM‐PB/SA method in the AMBER program. Our MM‐PB/SA computation produced a good correlation between the experimentally determined and the computed binding free energies with a correlation coefficient (R2) of 0.93 and a standard deviation as low as 0.30 kcal/mol. The vibrational entropy term given by the normal mode analysis was found to be helpful for achieving this correlation. Moreover, an adjustment to one weight factor in the PB/SA model was essential to correct the absolute values of the final binding free energies to a reasonable range. A head‐to‐head comparison of our MM‐PB/SA model with a previously reported Linear Response Approximation (LRA) model suggested that the MM‐PB/SA method is more robust in binding affinity prediction for this class of compounds. Proteins 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.