To add a some more to yesterday's post about learning from sample proposals, I've opted to share a few bits from Beverly Browning's book, "Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals". This whole book is filled with sample phrases that you can learn from to craft your own proposal.
One of the more confusing pieces of the proposal process is creating an evaluation plan and explaining your objectives, outcomes and criteria for success. Endlessly, it seems, I am explaining what an "outcome" is and how the objectives meet the goal, etc. It is a difficult thing to wrap your brain around sometimes.
Below are a few examples that I enjoyed in Browning's book. I highly recommend adding this to your book shelf for easy reference when you hit a wall with your writing or need a creative way to describe your measurement framework.
Question: Who will be involved in the evaluation process?
Answer: (For a Fire Safety and Education Program) The evaluation will be conducted on site at each of the targeted elementary schools. Using a stakeholder approach, teachers, administrators, students, and their parents will be asked to provide feedback on the impact of the program.
Objective A: Increase performances for school-age audiences by 25% or more and work to align accompanying music history lecture with the Department of Education's Academic Standards for Arts and Humanities.
Measurement A: Number of lectures and accompanying performances for school-age children and feedback from students and teachers.
It is imperative that you state specifically how you will measure your objective. Giving answers with broad terminology or unattainable feedback goals is not answering the question. Keep it simple and measureable. That is what a funder wants to see!
~Cheers!
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