{"id":92984,"date":"2021-01-28T07:21:57","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T06:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=92984"},"modified":"2021-01-28T07:21:57","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T06:21:57","slug":"take-peoples-contacts-and-follow-up-on-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=92984","title":{"rendered":"Take People\u2019s Contacts and Follow Up On Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YBes5Ne.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Navina Nirada das \u2014<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Collect the names, addresses, email and phone of the interested people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Keep a clear, up to date record of: type of person ex: pious, philanthropist, jnani, religious, impersonalist, etc., books they have, their area of interest, hobby etc., important dates like birthday etc., financial possibilities, how much they usually give for the Mission, family members names and their attitude toward Krsna Consciousness, other\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Follow up personally the people you met.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Contact them regularly and\/or in special occasions: Christmas, birthday etc.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Visit them regularly, once a year. More often in special cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bring them presents.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bring them prasadam.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Bring them Books they do not yet have.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Encourage them to read Srila Prabhupada\u2019s Books for solving their problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Preach to them according to their advancement in Krsna Consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Be patient.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Listen to them, be sensitive and attentive.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Give them all the time they need.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Do programs at their home.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Never ask for laxmi when you visit them also if you gave presents, books and prasadam.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Accept whatever donation they give.<\/p>\n<p> \u2022 Mention, especially the first time, how we use the laxmi for.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Be sensitive if they do not want to be contacted any more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Always give a last try.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In the Temple there should be a competent telephone answering.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 If you are for example a Congregational member and you prefer that the person you met is followed up by some preacher or trainer of the Temple, introduce.<\/p>\n<p>TAKE PEOPLE\u2019S CONTACTS AND FOLLOW UP ON THEM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<center><\/p>\n<h3>Click below to start the player<\/h3>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Wkr8ndBqIVU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HZbPtmZ.jpg \"\/><strong>By Congregational Development Ministry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Navina Nirada Prabhu, a successful book distributor and leadership trainer, shares a success story that emphasizes the importance of following up on those who are interested in Srila Prabhupada&#8217;s books. From inspiring someone to explore the realm of spirituality to facilitate a probable life-changing visit to Mayapur, India, there are many probabilities that someone can benefit from, simply because a Sankirtan devotee gave a little &#8220;extra push&#8221; to the sincere seeker.   <!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92984"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93002,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92984\/revisions\/93002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}