Despite the reach of email, asking in person is a significantly more effective approach; you only need to ask six people in person to equal the power of a 200-recipient email blast. Still, most people tend to think the email ask will be more effective.
https://hbr.org/2017/04/a-face-to-face-request-is-34-times-more-successful-than-an-email
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