[MR] demos and recruitment

[Thorgrimm at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/16/2001 7:04:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dukelogan at directvinternet.com writes:


> ps  fighter practices held in public view seem to work very well.  anyone
> else find that to be true and, if so, how do you capitalize on that?
> 

   Public fighter practices are without a doubt one of our best recruiting 
tools. You just have to remember to be aware of new people coming up to watch 
and be friendly and informative towards them. I can't imagine a better time 
for a highly motivated, friendly, informative chatelaine to be around to do 
their stuff. The one problem I have seen in the past is that we as fighters 
tend to be involved with the practice itself and generally talk to each 
other. I think we need to keep in mind that we might be just a wee bit 
intimidating to someone who is seeing us for the first time and they might be 
reluctant to walk up and say "hi". I rarely see a fighter be impolite or 
nonreceptive toward someone with questions, but often we don't take the time 
to initiate conversation. A HUGE key to recruitment I have found is to keep 
loaner armor available. Once folks have the opportunity to strap on some 
armor and give fighting a shot we have usually found a convert...

Hrothgar
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