The Ask
by Laura Fredricks · Laura Fredricks
A step-by-step method for soliciting gifts in person, with more than a hundred sample dialogues covering annual, major, planned, and capital campaign asks. Readers learn how to prepare, time, and close a solicitation conversation.
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