What is it?
Asking someone for money in person.
In-Person Asks are usually Major Gift asks. That means a larger sum of money than people normally give to your organization.
When to do it:
All year round.
You’ll need:
A major gifts program, with moves management to track donors. A relationship with your major donors. Grand vision for organization and people to communicate that vision with passion, either Board volunteers, executive director, or you. Source of potential major donors, a cultivation strategy, weekly meetings that allow each person involved in the ask to evaluate what worked.
What to do:
research
hone best prospects
ask board and staff about best prospects
communicate with prospect
call
email
call
meet
send info
ask
For more information on Major Gift Asks, download the chapter on the In Person Ask.