Linda Swindling, JD, CSP shares with event planners how to ask outrageously and negotiate for what you really want from your next venue or contract.

1. OUTRAGEOUSLY
OUTRAGEOUSLYASKASK
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@LindaSwindling

2. #AskOutrageously

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4. Poll Slide
Have you ever held yourself back from asking
for something big and then watched someone
else get what you wanted?

5. 1/3 Didn’t Ask for
Something BIG
Someone Else Got it
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7. How Well
Do You
Ask?
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8. ASK LIST
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11. Poll Slide
Would you turn someone down if that person
was rude or impolite when making a request?

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13. Strengths
& Talents
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14. If decision makers are listening to you…
you have SOMETHING they want!
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15. Focus
Your Ask
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18. Poll Slide or open ended question
What blocks you or keeps you from asking?
May not know the right words to say.
Don’t want to overwhelm or bug someone.
Don’t want to hear “no.”
They won’t grant request so don’t waste my time.
May look stupid or embarrass myself.
Taught or raised not to ask for more.

19. What if I …What if I …
Don’t use the right words?Don’t use the right words?
Overwhelm or bug the person?Overwhelm or bug the person?
Look stupid or embarrass myself?Look stupid or embarrass myself?
Hear “Hear “NONO”?”?
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21. 1. Lack all the information needed.
2. The timing is wrong.
3. Don’t want to spend the money.
People say “no” to me
because they:
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22. 1. Lack all the information needed.
2. The timing is wrong.
3. Don’t want to spend the money.
People say “no” to me
because they:
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23. Poll Slide/Open ended?
Why do you tell people “NO” when they make a
request?

24. Real Reasons:
1. Asking for something inappropriate.
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25. Real Reasons:
1. Asking for something inappropriate.
2. Is someone I don’t like or respect.
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26. Real Reasons:
SECRET
Only 1 person in 20 (5%) knows this.
1. Asking for something inappropriate.
2.someone I don’t like, trust or respect.
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27. #AskOutrageously
How Can You Say….

28. Decision Makers
What’s Appropriate?
How can I get them to
Like, Respect & Trust Me?
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29. 562
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31. Ask for a Raise or Promotion
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33. Poll Slide
Would you prefer to make a request on behalf of:
1.Yourself
2.Someone else
3.Doesn’t matter.

34. 65% Would Rather
Ask for Someone Else
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35. 65% Would Rather
Ask for Someone Else
Work Around?
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36. LIVE IN THE QUESTION#AskOutrageously

37. Secret Tools & Resources
To:
42828
To:
42828
ASK
Text
Type in
Message
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39. WOMEN DON’T ASK
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41. Mentors
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42. MENtors
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43. WoMentors
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44. WoMentors
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45. Mentors
What’s Appropriate?
Like, Respect & Trust?
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46. ASK: Use Your Community
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49. “If I Were Brave”
Jana Stanfield & Jimmy Scott
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50. ASK LIST
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51. ASK LIST
Outrageous?
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56. BE BOLD!BE BOLD!
OUTRAGEOUSLY
OUTRAGEOUSLYASKASK
#AskOutrageously

57. LIVE IN THE QUESTION
ASK

58. LIVE IN THE QUESTION
ASK Aware
Seek
Know

59. BE BOLD!BE BOLD!
OUTRAGEOUSLY
OUTRAGEOUSLYASKASK
#AskOutrageously