3/9 - 12:30 - 1:45 - Meeting with Mari Marks about grant-writing
Grant-writing session, mostly observation + talkthrough
Step 1: looking at guidelines
Review of grant requirements
Ex: time, activity, and matching fund requirements
Reporting: information on how we used the grant money if we get the grant
Step 2: copy down guideline details, filling out form provided
Step 3: jumping back to rough draft
Pulling from the official ArtBuddies website + from recent grants written with updated, approved information
Language from other grants can be very specific, so only pulling relevant sections for a base and editing later to tailor fit
The more specific, the better
Confident sentences are better (no “perhaps, might, etc”, more “we will, etc”)
Collecting thoughts/information, making sure it’s consistent across public information/grants
Really focus on the questions being asked, get specific as possible on what they’re asking
Ex: going on, their website about page and find more about them
find out their goals and connect what their goals are to what your organization’s are
Check who they’ve partnered with before, getting a sense of their community
Resume tip - copy/paste what they’re looking for, pulling and using exact language, a matter of finding the best spot for it
Meeting again next week for grant-writing check-in, reviewing gig grant key words
To do:
Prep questions for meeting with Lora and Suyao March 23rd
Upload lesson plans to TA website + Update TA journals (+add custom art banner)
Look through ArtsMidwest website, find key phrases, pull them into grant rough draft, writing in my own words (highlight in purple)
Orientation the 15th is virtual
First week mentoring will be a little different than the rest of the weeks, filling out buddy book w/ buddy pair, update Aki on this