Planning to

Influence the
Influential
Women
RAHAMATHUNNISSA
9020304012
 Why to Plan?
 By failing to plan you are planning to fail.
 A goal without a plan is just a wish.
 Can save time and resources.

If you don’t have

plans you will end up
becoming slaves to
those who have
plans.
 Our Term Plan Demands…

❖ Term Mission?
❖ Special attention on women.
❖ 30% women in new enrolment.
  To change/frame public opinion
 Women more influential than men
 Females are good relationship builders &
empathetic listeners.
Why to focus  Women to Women easier, more accessible, better

on Women?
rapport
 Most of the discourses & debates circling around
Muslim women. Golden opportunity to talk about
Islam.
 Islamophobia due to 2 reasons – Ignorance &
Propaganda. Can remove through connecting.
 Women suffer in most of the Indian households. The
solution in our hands. Can affect and impact
The easy way to clear misconceptions is by creating opportunities to experience us.
Can end Xenophobia through close contact and interaction.
 Is it Obligatory for Women?

َ‫ٱّلل‬ َ ُ‫ٱلزك َٰو َةَ َويُ ِطيع‬

َ َّ َ‫ون‬ ََ ُ ‫صلَ ٰو َةَ َويُ ۡؤت‬
َّ ‫ون‬ َ ‫ن ع َِنَ ۡٱل ُمنك ََِر َويُ ِقي ُم‬
َّ ‫ونَٱل‬ ََ ‫وف َويَ ۡن َه ۡو‬ ََ ‫ض ُهمَۡ أ َ ۡو ِليَا ٓ َُء بَ ۡعضََۚيَ ۡأ ُم ُر‬
َِ ‫ون ِب ۡٱل َم ۡع ُر‬ ُ ‫ون َو ۡٱل ُم ۡؤ ِمنَ ٰـتَُ بَ ۡع‬
ََ ُ‫َو ۡٱل ُم ۡؤ ِمن‬
(Sura Touba: 71))٧١(َ‫يزَ َح ِكي ٌم‬
ٌ ‫ٱّلل ع َِز‬ َ ََ‫سولَ َهُ ۥَۤۚ أ ُ ْولَ ٰـٓٮِٕك‬
ََّۗ ‫سيَ ۡر َح ُم ُه َُم‬
َََّ َ‫ٱّللُ ِإ َّن‬ ُ ‫َو َر‬

And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends one of another; they enjoin the right and
forbid the wrong, and they establish worship and they pay the poor-due, and they obey Allah and His
messenger. As for these, Allah will have mercy on them. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Wise.

➢ “Evil wins where good men walk away.”

 ➢ Maintain PR file (List, contact details, profile, visit
details). Keep updating.
➢ Know the person and prepare a kit accordingly
➢ Plan and have target. Not only when there is a
need.
➢ Take appointment
➢ Carefully select the delegation. Moosa (A) asking for
Haroon (A)
➢ Decide on who will lead the conversation
Strategic ➢ Dress well

Visits ➢ Start from common/agreeable topics and then to

differences
➢ Avoid debates & arguments. Can catch more flies
with honey than vinegar. Allah’s instruction to Moosa
(A) – Qur’an 20:44
َٰ ‫وَلَلَ َهُ ۥَقَ ۡوَلَ لَّيِنا َلَّعَلَّ َهُ ۥَيَتَذَك َُّرََأَ َۡو يَ ۡخش‬
)٤٤( ‫َى‬ َ ُ‫فَق‬
And speak to him a gentle word, that peradventure he may heed or fear.
 Strategic Visits

➢ Be active & patient listeners

➢ Golden rule on topics of discussion: Relevance, Useful, Interesting
➢ Be courteous
➢ Mind the language & body language. Learn the art of communication
➢ Touch the heart. Create ‘emotionally yours’ feeling.
➢ Attend and participate
➢ No hurry. Need not have to become JIH. But at least should understand what is JIH.
“Yard by yard it sounds hard. Inch by inch it’s just a cinch.”
 Involve
➢ As speakers
➢ As volunteers
➢ As donors
➢ For legal, technical, official help
➢ Bytes for publicity
➢ As writers
➢ Can interview
 The Starting Points
➢ Neighbourhood
➢ Children’s Schools
➢ Shopping
➢ Hospitals
➢ Marriages & other family events, Parties
➢ Colleagues (Can be of other family members too)
➢ Through friends

Can catch with flexible plans

What Stops us?

➢ Not a comfort zone

➢ Lack of confidence

➢ No time

➢ Lack of resources, conveyance etc.

➢ Not aware of its importance

➢ Not getting appointment

 Importance of
Follow Up
➢ Invite them to our office,
institutions, home etc.
➢ Send a thank you note
➢ Send greetings on special
occasions and achievements
➢ Should include in the initial plan
itself
Jazakkumullahu Khair