5. Preparation
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets
opportunity.” Seneca
• Know your stuff
• Grooming
– Nails
– Hair
– Teeth (Bad breath can bring down productivity!!)
• ID cards
• Visiting Cards
6. Preparation
• Forms
• Permission letter
• IT exemption certificate
• Folder
• Newsletters
• News Articles
• Query form
• Contact form/ DCR
• Know your approaches target
• Know your presentation target
• Know your sign up target
• Have the right attitude
8. Approach
“You never know till you try to reach them how
accessible men are; but you must approach each
man by the right door.” Henry Ward Beecher
1813-87
• Benefits of the right approach
– Leads to a good introduction
– Will help make the potential supporter comfortable
talking to you
9. Approach Street
“You never know till you try to reach them how
accessible men are; but you must approach each
man by the right door.” Henry Ward Beecher
1813-87
• Benefits of the right approach
– Leads to a good introduction
– Will help make the potential supporter comfortable
talking to you
10. Approach
• Find the right location
– Offices
– Places with traffic of shoppers etc.
– Suggest a new location to your Team Leader
• Find the right position
– So majority of people are walking towards you
– Allows you enough reaction time to approach them
– Stand alert, no slouching, no sitting
• Make the right approach
– Don’t pre judge who will sign and who will not…don’t assume
– Step forward confidently
– Smile
– Eye contact
– Positive Posture
11. Approach
• Find the right location
– Offices
– Places with traffic of shoppers etc.
– Suggest a new location to your Team Leader
• Find the right position
– So majority of people are walking towards you
– Allows you enough reaction time to approach them
– Stand alert, no slouching, no sitting
• Make the right approach
– Don’t pre judge who will sign and who will not…don’t assume
– Step forward confidently
– Smile
– Eye contact
– Positive Posture
12. Approach
• Out of 10 people you approach 9 will refuse to listen
• Stay positive as rejection is natural and not necessarily
because of your wrong approach
• Keep trying till you succeed
14. Introduction
• Smile
• Eye contact
• Excitement
• confidence
• First five steps/ first five words/ first five seconds are
the most crucial
• Greet
• Introduce yourself
• Ask for permission
• Power of attraction
15. Introduction
• Greeting
– Good morning / afternoon / evening Sir / Ma’am
– Hello Sir
• Introduce Yourself
– I am Ravi from ActionAid (Speak slowly …very slowly)
• Get Attention and permission
– “We are doing an awareness campaign on poverty in India”
– “I wanted to speak to you about how you can reduce poverty in India”
– ActionAid is an organization working on poverty and peoples rights and
wanted a few minutes of your time
– What do you think are the biggest reasons for child labour in India ?
• Thank you for the time
– Thank you Sir / Ma’am
17. Motivating
• Be clear
• Be informed (be sure of the story behind the photo)
• Use the presenter
• Use a good transition
Agreement- “I am sure you would be concerned about how the
poverty in India is affecting you”
Use a Fact- “Did you know that 40% of sex workers in India are
below the age of 14.
Use a photo: “What do you think is best way to fight child
labour?”
18. Motivating
“Harry: Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap
about me not listening to her, or something, I don't know, I
wasn't really paying attention” Dumb & Dumber (1994),
Dumb & Dumber
• Engage in a conversation build a
relationship
• Earn the right to proceed (observe non
verbal clues)
• Listen..Listen…Listen
19. Listening
• Show that you are listening
– Eye contact
– Nod
– Encouraging smile
– Yes ..hmmm…
– I know what you mean
– Please continue
– Ask a open ended question
– Ensure Understanding
20. Open Ended Questions
• What is an open ended question?
• A question ending starting with a W
• A question that cannot be answered in Yes or a
No
• hoW/ What/ Why/ When/ Where?
• What is the benefit of open ended question
– Allows a conversation rather than a one sided
monolog or a yes or no answer
– Lets you get inside the head of supporter
– Allows you handle objections better
– Allows for relationship building
21. Open Ended Questions
• Lets practice
• Lets play a small game (to be changed)
The listening
Interrogator
open ended
questions
23. Objection Handling
“Objections are only requests for information”
How to handle objections
• Stay calm
• Don’t react
• Pause
• AMBOM
• Activate Mind Before Opening Mouth (AMBOM)
• Listen…Listen…Listen ( Encourage)
• Ask Questions
• Demonstrate understanding
• Respond
24. Responding to Objections
• Stay Positive
• Remember it only a request for additional information
• Never assume what the objection is
• When you ASSUME you make an
• ASS of U & Me
• Encourage and get details (remember Listening?)
• Ask Questions (open ended)
• Demonstrate understanding of the objection
25. How to show you
understand
“What is the point ? Poverty are everywhere”
• Repeat
– You are right Poverty is everywhere but….
• Rephrase
– Poverty seems to be everywhere but ActionAid…
• Ask a question (close ended question) distract …engage
– So you are saying that there is no way of fighting poverty
even if we try…
• Get A “Yes” on your side
– “What you are saying is that poverty is really big issue ,
have I understood you correctly?…”
26. Reasons for Objections and
how to respond
• Once you have understood the objection then respond
• Misunderstanding: (due to supporter not listening hence missing
some point). Clarify –educate-explain
• Disbelief or skepticism: “Q- Oh these NGOs are all the same
god knows what they do with the money” : Prove give examples
• Real drawback: “But can you rescue the poor child next to my
house.” Show the big picture “At ActionAid we are focused on
the root causes that affect every Indian including you very
seriously. What do you think is the real reason why this child
does not go to school?”
• Real complaint: “Last time I gave money I did not get a receipt”
Apologize professionally use Feedback form
28. Closing
• Closing means to ask for a decision
• ABC- Always be Closing
• Look for opportunities
• Closing helps you understand the mind of the supporter and
understand possible objections
29. Closing
Possible closing statements
• Direct
– We need supporters like you to continue our work. How much
would you like to contribute?
• Give an closed option
– Would you like to contribute to our projects through Credit
card or cheque
• Use a proxy
– Would you like me to fill up your form now?
• Ask an open ended question
– How many children would you like to send to school today?
32. Admin. & Good Bye
• Transition
– Closed question
– Statement of warning of conclusion
• “Please go thru our website and stay updated”
• Leave Taking
– Body Language
– Words of leave taking
Since this is the part of the F2F sales training it is important to emphasize the fact that F2F is about not about how well you talk…but instead about how well you listen how well you keep abreast of information on Oxfam and other relevant issue.
Is also important to mention here the need to stay calm and attentive always. Mention some examples of this in your personal F2F interactions
Important here to mention that F2F is a simple seven step process. While normally these steps follow each other but they do not always go along predictable lines.
Like for example they may go from motivating to objection handling and back. The important thing however during all times is to listen.
While this is simplest step of all. Preparation is key to following up on the next steps. Hence ensure enough emphasis is put on it.
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD) Roman dramatist, philosopher, & politician
Crack a joke on saans ki badbu of some DDR who was getting very low productivity. He kept approaching people but not getting any sign –ups until one day he resigned because he felt he could not do this job. Only during the exit interview did his GC tell him what he thought.
So don’t repeat the mistake ask your girlfriend or boyfriend how your breath is.
Exercise 1.1
Show a full set of things …material things that is kept in bag and pull it out as you ask for responses
Exercise
Stop the training here switch of the screen ask people to read out from their memory as to what was on the list. Catch people who are the most silent or those who have not spoken or those who are sleeping. Pull the things out of the bag by one as they say it.
Most crucial part of a SREs work … no approach… no presentation… no presentation … no sign up.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887) US abolitionist & clergyman
Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887) US abolitionist & clergyman
Exercise 2.1
Tell me the best locations you know in your city? Why is it the best location? Who comes there? What are the best timings for that location?
Demo 2.1
Show a non positive posture
Exercise 2.1
Tell me the best locations you know in your city? Why is it the best location? Who comes there? What are the best timings for that location?
Demo 2.1
Show a non positive posture
Exercise 2.1
Tell me the best locations you know in your city? Why is it the best location? Who comes there? What are the best timings for that location?
Demo 2.1
Show a non positive posture
In combination with the approach works to ensuring that the potential supporter is comfortable with you.
Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527) Italian dramatist, historian, & philosopher
Question to ask for sleepers?
So what is this new order? The order to fight against poverty and injustice!
Role Play on introduction
Donor, SRE, Observer
This is the meat of your presentation it is here that you convince the possible supporter about how dangerous the state of the planet is and how important our work is and most of all how important his support is in achieving this.
Dumb and dumber needs no introduction should get a few smiles. Ask people around to describe the movie to others.
Exercise on open ended questions 3.2 convert question to open ended questions
Exercise 3.3 identify open vs close ended questions
Exercise on open ended questions 3.2 convert question to open ended questions
Exercise 3.3 identify open vs close ended questions
Exercise 3.4 listening interrogator
Exercise 4.2
Role play one supporter one Recruiter one observer
Three objections given to each group to rotate roles and give feedback to each other. Before that summarize
AMBOM
Encourage
Ask qustion
Demonstrate understanding
Respond
Exercise 5.1 list of objections
1.Ngos don’t work they only eat up our money?2.What r u doing locally?3.Agriculture is pointless people should shift to IT
4.You are anti progress?5.What will i gain if i give u my money?7.YOU people making western propaganda?8.you are antidevelopment?10.What is ur accountability