Today’s Plan:
- FIA Grant Review
- Weekly Expectations
FIA Grant Review
Our grant writing team has worked on a revision of the Kush Desai grant. Let’s take a look.
Group Expectations
Grant Writing:
- Matthew: Move forward with the FIA Common Grant Application
- Everyone else: We want to put together a recommendation report (check ABO). Here’s what I am thinking for the sections:
- Executive Summary [Introductory paragraph that highlights key opportunities]
- First Steps [What does she have to do to complete each grant? Links to materials/applications? I have a sketchy idea here–some kind of list or table?]
- Grant Research [sub-sections for each grant that summarize research; this is where we put the extensive information]
Promotions/Social Media:
- Two things this week. First, have updated versions of all flyers done by Wednesday. We will review them in class. I will create a portal in Canvas.
- Create a campaign email for each event in Constant Contact. We will work on this in class on Wednesday.
- Social Media–do you need me to tell you what to do?
- Colorado Gives Day–let’s talk
Organizational History:
- I think it is time to get this done. Start by putting together the outline by decade. Decide how much material there is in total.
- Here was my original expectation:
- First, we should be able to develop a 1000 character and a 200 word organizational history for grants. This will be the final deliverable that we produce at the end of the project.
- Second, we should be able to produce a 500 word history for the website (something for the About Us page). We can look at peer organizations to identify how long they tend to be, what to include, etc.
- Third, we should be able to produce a 5000 word detailed organizational history report. You read that right.
Does that sound viable? Given our interviews, can we produce something different/other? How do we divide up the work?
Homework
Grant Writing, I’d like a rough draft of the report by Friday. Promotions/Social Media–I am hoping that you can have everything done by Friday. Organizational History–it sounds like y’all might need until Monday to get the longer report done (?).
When we finish this project, then we will begin our final project on crafting job materials. To facilitate this, I’d like everyone to submit a copy of their resume to Canvas before next Monday’s class. If you don’t have a resume, make one (ABO has a section on resumes).
