WRA 453 Grant & Proposal Writing Fall 2005 Bill Hart-Davidson Session 1: Introductions; Guidelines; Individual Project Pages;

Introductions Name Name Major/Year at MSU Major/Year at MSU Career goals/interest in the course Career goals/interest in the course Interesting fact? Interesting fact?

Two broad goals for the semester 1. To gain an understanding of the genres associated with the social act of “proposing,” especially proposing projects in organizational settings 2. To gain an understanding of how best to coordinate the various genres of proposing in order to successfully persuade others to support our projects

Today in Class… Touring Web Site Touring Web Site Class Format Class Format Syllabus, Text Syllabus, Text Projects Projects Individual Project Page Individual Project Page Intro Intro

The Resources Page

Let’s Look at the Syllabus Course Description Course Description Policies and procedures Policies and procedures Projects Projects And now for the schedule(s)…

Contacting Bill H-D Office Phone AOL Instant Messenger billhd30

Doing The Numbers 29 Class Meetings 29 Class Meetings 3 major projects 3 major projects 20+ In-class Exercises 20+ In-class Exercises 1 required book 1 required book 4-5 readings from other sources 4-5 readings from other sources

Getting to know you… 1.Send me an introducing yourself 2.Tell me about your goals for this course, and how they mesh with your career goals 3.I will respond, attaching our first reading as a PDF

Post a project page Your project page is any sort of web page where you can post assignments. This is how you’ll turn in many of your projects in this class. You can use one of the templates on the GPW resources page and post it to your AFS account. Or…you can use another page you have…a blog, etc.

To Do this Week Order the book Order the book Bookmark the class page, visit often Bookmark the class page, visit often Post your project page Post your project page Send your intro to Bill H-D Send your intro to Bill H-D

Reading Read Tardy for Thursday Read Tardy for Thursday For next week, read Knoblauch Article For next week, read Knoblauch Article When you get the book… read “Intro” and Ch. 1 from WWBP and especially Ch. 2 in WWBP When you get the book… read “Intro” and Ch. 1 from WWBP and especially Ch. 2 in WWBP I will send you both articles when I respond to your intro