How to follow up well after a banquet The worst job is no job done at all. There is more to the banquet than just the banquet. Not just for AD to complete – team should help Make follow up part of the banquet planning, built into FMP See banquet manual for advice, know TDS, has letter samples, include follow up of banquet – show big picture of goal, how close you got to goal, include specifics about what happened Take good notes as to who was there -letter of thanks, no-show letter (people that said yes, but didn’t come), people that didn’t come and said no just so they know Keep people informed on their investment FMP – for all donors People evaluate banquet from the follow-up letter It is like exercise …”I’m starting tomorrow” – it’s not too late to start now Share the impact of the gifts · Go to FD site “Have a good follow-up plan after the banquet”
