Blog: Seeking Prospects? Remember to Invite Them

After the 2010 Winter Olympics, my husband found he had contracted curling fever. I mean, he had it bad. But we never looked into playing, figuring that opportunities to try curling were thin where we live. Then one day, an ad appeared in the local paper. The Potomac Curling Club (I didn't even know there was one) was holding an open house, and everyone was invited. "No experience necessary," the ad noted, but "dress warmly."

I thought the "dress warmly" part was all about being on the ice, but it was actually because when we got there, we had to stand in line to get in the door. No kidding. A long line of people were waiting outside in the freezing cold so they could try curling. While we were out there, PCC members circulated, answering questions, making jokes, handing out hot cocoa and talking up their sport.

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