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Re: "These Hard Times"?

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Originally Posted by tim_reiher View Post
From what my team has experienced, going to a business and talking face to face with the managers is much more successful than phone conversation. It is more personal, for one thing, but in a face-to-face meeting presentation materials and fundraising packets or contact information can easily be exchanged. Many businesses are simply more obligated to give just based on the human presence- it's easier to shrug off a voice on a phone, than it is to say no to a real person you are talking to.

Good luck!
do you just walk into the corporation or do you make a call and schedule an appointment. If the latter, what do you say that convinces them to give up some time to hear you out?
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