Following Up


A lot of people will not let you know that they object. Some might not even respond. It's valuable to track the responses. Sometimes the response will be instant and you can immediately proceed to the next step of working with people and planning their involvement in the project. If some people fail to respond, plan a secondary invitation, possibly using a different medium to contact the nonresponders. Otherwise you can begin work as soon as you reach critical mass—that is, as soon as you recruit enough people to get started. Then you might consider a second invitation after you have done some work with the initial group.

You can continue doing follow-up once the work has started. It can be particularly powerful to use your initial volunteers to recruit others. Ask the first few people who accept your invitation to talk to their contacts via phone, in other regular meetings, or by e-mail.

Follow-up needs a high degree of tenacity. When we don't immediately accept an answer of "No"—when we press our case—we convince people we really mean it and we really need them. Sometimes sheer tenacity wins commitment.

Finally, say thank you—and this means to everyone, even those who did not accept your invitation. Who knows? You might be inviting them to join another project soon.




You Don't Have to Do It Alone(c) How to Involve Others to Get Things Done
You Dont Have to Do It Alone: How to Involve Others to Get Things Done
ISBN: 157675278X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 73

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