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Tweets relating to Associate Professor Todd Rogers' Harvard Kennedy School course, MLD304: Science of Behavior Change

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Need some joyful behavioral science today? Read how @BritishBakeOff can teach us important lessons for your work here: https://t.co/S7dPhcHnvY 🍰#MLD304

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Twitter began prompting users to quote tweets rather than retweet when sharing this month. Can you identify the behavior science at play in this new choice architecture? #MLD304

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Check out the recent coverage of Prof. Rogers' work applying reminders through association to co-opt your political opponents' message in the @BostonGlobe: https://t.co/eSe3QUzTx6 #MLD304

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@Todd_Rogers_ and @Carly__Robinson share advice on effective communication, relevant to the recent #MLD304 "design a letter" assignment

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Write Less to Say More — How Schools Can Communicate More Effectively With Families @The74 with @Carly__Robinson https://t.co/XBJjdV1MXq

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When can losing lead to winning? When it motivates. Basketball teams down by one point at halftime win more often than teams ahead by one. Read about it here: https://t.co/MKuXEMO55G #MLD304

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@crmahesh Thanks for flagging that! Try downloading it here: https://t.co/DEqlxrQbaE

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Goals Gone Wild! Goal-setting can have a dark side, contributing to catastrophic failures like the Enron collapse and a lethal car design. Read about the pitfalls of goals here: https://t.co/eqBnm5mmFX #MLD304

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Foot-in-the-Door Technique: Asking for small actions (signing a petition) can lead to compliance with much larger actions (installing a giant sign in the front lawn). Read the original research here: https://t.co/axtMcjb7TL #MLD304

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Yesterday we discussed the finding that when online grocery orders are scheduled out further in the future, more "should" items (🥦) and fewer "want" items (🍨) are purchased. Be wary of present-bias next time you shop! Full paper here: https://t.co/JDV4oxpKYC #MLD304

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Today we learned that shared social responsibility is a powerful motivator. A company made more profit when letting customers set their own price than they made with set prices, but only if they pledged half of revenues to charity. See the full paper here: https://t.co/UBtAKxQc9E

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Even pro golfers are loss averse - they work harder to not miss par than to get a birdie https://t.co/IiTJ4Fq3HG #MLD304

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Welcome back! Here's the paper discussed in class on using the partition dependence effect to increase diversity in organizations #MLD304 https://t.co/bUANEqETiA

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Next up is Nisbett & Wilson's famous 'Telling More Than We Can Know' study #MLD304 https://t.co/UQcEP3A3uu

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First up, here's Todd and Katy Milkman on reminders through association https://t.co/iTp3WfBzJH #MLD304

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Thanks for an amazing semester #MLD304 students! A couple final links coming your way from class today...

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And here's an article mentioned by @Piyush_Tantia from @ideas42 reflecting on the importance of context when using behavioral interventions: #MLD304

https://t.co/oxey8aN2ly

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Behavioral science in the Pentagon, via HKS Prof Jenn Lerner:
https://t.co/07y2l55j9I

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Clever use of 'confirm/donate-shaming', courtesy of the folks at SimpleTax @MLD304

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Here's a link to the Behavioral Evidence Hub, mentioned by guest Josh Martin from @ideas42 in class today: #MLD304

https://t.co/h9Q8MG80bg

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Final donation amounts:
Section A: $1497.67
Section B: $948.84

Total: $2446.51

Congrats everyone! #MLD304