From the Field » Blog Archive » The Preliminary Steps for The Art of Asking!: "You think that you know all the earthly sins in the world, particularly those surrounding the Art of Asking, well what are the three most flagrant ones in all of philanthropy?
You are right if you immediately uttered -
“I forgot to ask the prospect for financial support“,
“I didn’t ask for a specific project, amount or need“, and
“At the last moment, I had another event to attend and did not visit the prospect personally - just sent a little hand-written note.”
In nine out of every ten solicitations that are not successful, these three items are, at least, one of the main reasons for failure and no bacon!"
No comments:
Post a Comment