Free Money

For my Free Money exercise I just surprise asked people that I was with either in my sorority house or on the street. I asked people who are raising money for Dance Marathon (which is coming up soon). I knew a lot of people would say yes to me if I told them I was giving them a dollar for DM. I think my strategy worked extremely well in terms of getting them to take the money. I think fewer people would have taken the dollar if I said "just for funsies". Actually, all 5 people said yes after I compelled them a few times by saying that it was just a dollar to help get fundraising going. Of the two that I recorded, one was walking and one was busy studying. Neither of them had any idea. It was funny to see how they reacted after I told them that it was an assignment, they both said they wish they would have known so they could prepare (I told them the point was for them not to be prepared). Here are the videos:

So, this exercise definitely taught me that with a truly compelling reason, people will listen to you (whether you give them money or they give money to you) if you have a good product or a good reason, an exchange can happen.