After her 44-year-old husband died of a heart attack, MS. Schulz threw herself into their ledgling company and eventually transformed it from a small research company into an nternational manufacturer of devices for treatment of eye problems. Under her eadership, her Edmonton company grew from 3 to 75 employees in six years. It now sells more than $5 million worth of artificial lenses in 22 countries. Although you can offer Ms. Schulz only $500 as a token of appreciation, you have heard hat she is eager to encourage female entrepreneurs. You feel she might be receptive to our invitation. Write a letter persuading Ms. Joann R. Schulz, President, NBR Industries, 345 Selkirk Ave., Edmonton, AB T6K 4E2, to speak to your group. in order to be persuasive, you can invent more details that will help you make your case. However, you cannot offer her more financial rewards (flight/hotel etc). Study the chapter on persuasive writing very carefully and use the AIRA technique (see page 137 of Guffey). There is also a helpful section on making requests (asking for help) on pages 07-108)