I'm the sort of person that no matter what a person asks about, I usually say "I can do that." Train a horse or dog? "I can do that." Write or act in a play? "I can do that." Jump off a 100' cliff onto an air mattress? "I can do that." Truth to tell, it doesn't always work out quite the way desired. So it might be my ego that finally does me in. My older brothers took full advantage of that, although I'll admit they never expected me to do anything they wouldn't.
But how hard could it be to call up 3 or 4 people a month, ask them a few friendly general questions about their life and inspirations, and thank them for participating whether as donor or recipient, dropping a little hint along the way to spread the word. I'm not smart enough to suffer stage fright. On stage I always figured those people in the audience wouldn't have shelled out $ if they didn't think we were worth it.
1) Identify self and ask if the person has a few minutes to spare or would another time work better for them?
2) Express sincere gratitude for their time and participation.
3) Find out if they want to be identified by name, general location, and profession or not.
3) Ask for any little (not too) personal story about what inspired them.
4) Find out if they want to send a picture to go with their story.
5) Thank them for their time and participation, and ask them to help us spread the word.
6) Shut up and hang up.
7) Write down what they said.
Easy peasy, right? I'm open to suggestions for additional questions.
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