Welcome to Grant Proposal Writing! This page has the schedule and links to all of the resources you need for the course. All of this content is duplicated on Canvas.
Schedule
Week 1 (March 29 – April 2)
Videos
- Intro video. Hey there!
- Syllabus video. I promise it’s good to view!
- Resume and Biosketch Overview video. Useful!
- Finding and Reading RFPs, Part I. You know it’ll be a lot of content eventually because I used a roman numeral.
Readings
Assignments and Due Dates
By the end of the week, please complete the Annotated Resume or Biosketch assignment. Also, drop by the Main Discussion board and introduce yourself!
Week 2 (April 5 – 9)
Videos and Readings
- Weekly Overview video here: LINK
- Connor and Upton Walkthrough here: LINK
- Discussion Post Assignment Overview here: LINK
Ulla Connor and John Upton’s “The Genre of Grant Proposals,” from Discourse in the Professions: LINK
Assignments and Due Dates
We are officially starting the Solicited Proposal project this week. It is due on May 2.
By Wednesday, complete step 1 of Discussion 1. By Friday, complete step 2.
Week 3 (April 12 – 16)
Videos and Readings
- Weekly Overview video here: LINK
- Weekly Discussion Board video here: LINK
- Solicited Proposal video here: LINK
Module 15 of Lumen Learning’s Technical Writing: LINK to table of contents, or individual readings linked below.
- The Proposal Overview
- Preparing Business Proposals
- Front Matter: Contents, Lists, and More
- Ethics and Technical Communication
- Video: The Key Forms of Business Writing: Proposals
Assignments and Due Dates
By Wednesday, complete step 1 of Discussion 2. By Friday, complete step 2.
Week 4 (April 19 – 23)
Videos and Readings
- Week 4 Overview: LINK
- Discussion 3 Overview: LINK
- Readings Overview: LINK
- Word Techniques for Page Design: LINK
Videos this week: The overview, the discussion board explanation, the readings explanation and a Word Processor Techniques video to go with our readings. I recorded them Sunday afternoon, but the sunlight makes them difficult to watch (which is a nice way of saying I’ve spent far too much time indoors the last few months). They’ll be re-done and posted by noon on Monday.
Module 3 of Lumen Learning’s Technical Writing: LINK to table of contents, or individual readings linked below.
Assignments and Due Dates
By Wednesday, complete step 1 of Discussion 3. By Friday, complete step 2.
Week 5 (April 26 – 30)
Videos and Readings
Overview video for this week: LINK
No additional reading.
Assignments and Due Dates
By Wednesday, please post a rough draft of your Solicited Proposal to the Solicited Proposal Peer Review discussion board. By Friday, please review two peers (the person who posted above you and the person who posted below you).
By Sunday, please submit your Solicited Proposal to the assignment page on Canvas.
Week 6 (May 3 – 7)
Videos and Readings
- Overview video: LINK
- Connor and Gladkov video: LINK
- Discussion video: LINK
- Unsolicited Proposal: LINK
- What do we do about last week? LINK
Ulla Connor and Kostya Gladkov’s “Rhetorical Appeals in Fundraising Direct Mail Letters,” from Discourse in the Professions: LINK
Assignments and Due Dates
We are starting the Unsolicited Proposal this week. It is due May 30.
By Wednesday, complete step 1 of Discussion 4. By Friday, complete step 2.
Week 7 (May 10 – 14)
Videos and Readings
Videos
The videos below are from last year. I started to re-record things for this year, and I realized that I was just repeating myself. I don’t like to re-use old stuff like this, but it’s the best I can do at the moment! I recommend either reading the Aristotle chunk or viewing the videos.
- Book 2, pts. 2-3, Anger/Calmness: LINK
- Book 2, pt. 4, Friendship/Enmity: LINK
- Book 2, pts. 5-6, Fear/Confidence, Shame/Shamelessness (Pride): LINK
- Book 2, pt. 7, Kindness/Unkindness: LINK
- Book 2, pt. 8, Pity: LINK
- Book 2, pts. 9-11, Envy, Emulation and Indignation: LINK
- Book 2, pts. 12-14, Audience Types: LINK
Aristotle, Rhetoric. Please just read Book II (pages 38-77): LINK. If you need a cheat sheet for the dispositions, try this one.
And, here’s that Maximum Fun letter:
Assignments and Due Dates
By Wednesday, complete step 1 of Discussion 5. By Friday, complete step 2.
Week 8 (May 17 – 21)
Videos and Readings
Week 8 Overview: LINK
Discussion Board Overview: LINK
Goering Video: LINK
Elizabeth Goering’s “Framing Matters: Communicating Relationships through Metaphor in Fundraising Texts,” from Discourse in the Professions: LINK
Assignments and Due Dates
By Wednesday, complete step 1 of Discussion 6. By Friday, complete step 2.
Week 9 (May 24 – 28)
Videos and Readings
Overview video here.
No additional readings this week.
Assignments and Due Dates
By Wednesday, please post a rough draft of your Unsolicited Proposal to the Unsolicited Proposal Peer Review discussion board. By Friday, please review two peers (the person who posted above you and the person who posted below you).
By Sunday, please submit your Unsolicited Proposal to the assignment page on Canvas.
Week 10 (May 31 – June 4)
Videos and Readings
Assignments and Due Dates
If you complete some revisions by Wednesday, please post your materials to the Final Project discussion board. Follow our normal peer review procedure (reviewing the person above you and below you) by Friday to get 1 point of extra credit per review.
Finals Week
Your final project materials are all due by Wednesday night. (I’ll start grading on Thursday.)
