Today’s Plan:
- Building a Reflective Framework
- Week Four Write Ups
- Meeting Our Community Partners (So Far)
- Time to Buy a Book
- Let’s Review the Review Essay
- For Next Week’s Class
Towards Building a Reflective Framework
Before I read the thing I wrote–which of the two pieces this week did you find more useful? Engaging? Why?
Let’s Meet Our Community Partners
The expectation is that between next week and spring break you will log somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 hours working with a community partner on a project.
Let’s look at the developing list of projects.
Time to Buy a Book
Let’s harken back to the syllabus:
I would also recommend purchasing one of the following books, depending on what kind of specialized work you would like to do during the Community Engagement project:
- Grant Writing: Karsh and Fox, The Only Grant Writing Book You Will Ever Need (Recommended)
- Document Design: Golumbiski and Hagen, White Space is Not Your Enemy (Recommended)
- Campbell, How to Build and Mobilize a Social Media Community for Your Nonprofit in 90 Days(Recommended)
Let’s Review the Review Essay
First, I am extending the deadline until next Monday. I’ve got two other sets of papers to read Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. If I won’t be able to grade your papers until Monday at the earliest, then I might as well give you more time.
Length: 2500-3500 words. Your review should synthesize/compare at least 6 articles. One thing I mentioned in the original project description was that your essay should be arranged topically. What does that mean?
Let’s talk about my Kalman article.
I’ve written about the R&R for that article here.
For Next Week’s Class
First, make sure you buy your copy of (presumably) the Karsh and Fox Grant Writing book (unsure about Cole and Jacob).
Second, complete your review essay.
There is no other required reading for next week. My tentative plan for next week involves: a 10 minute writing warm up centered around your review essay with a follow up discussion, then shifting into grant writing: examining the standard application document and revising an old grant application together in class.
