Preparation is key, whether or not you end up using your material. At the invitation of an area DJ, I was invited to be interviewed on Q90 FM (90.1 FM in the Fox Cities/Green Bay area). The DJ, Dave Fiorazo, has recently joined our tribe at Christ's Church of the Valley, and he wants to do whatever he can to promote what our ministry is doing. And it's great.
The interview coincided with the Q's semi-annual fundraising "Q Drive." They use this opportunity to solicit call-in pledges to raise the money required to operate the radio station for six-months at a time. Because of this, even though I was on the show for one hour, I really wasn't able to say very much-- but I was ready to do so. My communications coordinator put together some questions and answers and printed it out so that I could coherently discuss what it is that we do when we do. While I couldn't get through all of them, I was prepared (and am now prepared for future opportunities) to share about what God is doing through our ministry.
For you, questions to have ready to go at any time (some of these can be on your website, but others should be more current):
- What are you called?
- Where do you meet?
- When do you meet?
- What are your emphases? (discipleship, fun, outreach, games, safety and security, worship, playing, etc.)
- What does a usual meeting look like (lay out the event schedule)?
- What have you been preaching/teaching on recently?
- What is your website?
Tips
1. When time is limited, or you don't want to disrupt the momentum of what God is already doing (as it was for me in this instance), drop the website URL as frequently as possible.
2. Don't be obnoxious. Humility goes a long way (this is a lesson I have to re-learn time and time again).
3. Be yourself. Unless you are obnoxious. In that case, really go for it. When you find yourself in a situation from which there is no escape, the only option is to go even deeper.
4. Be helpful! Support whatever effort you are contributing to. If it's a fundraiser for a radio station (hypothetically), don't go asking for money for your own organization.
5. Prepare! Even if you're great at winging it, don't let all your time expire without doing what you came there to do.
6. Tell everyone you can think of about the opportunity, and recruit those closest to you to do the same thing. Ideally you don't want to be self-promoting... so get other people to do the promotion on your behalf.
7. Glorify God in your actions, speech, and relationships with others.
8. Be gracious and thankful (don't just act gracious and thankful). These can be wonderful opportunities, so avoid any sense of entitlement.
9. Follow up with a thank you to the host and those who invited you. Be classy and include a nice 8x10 autographed picture. Just kidding.
What tips do you have?
No comments:
Post a Comment