That's 1P/W for ma math nerdz! Formulaic, yo!
OK, I'll stop.
Here's the deal: my interest in my day job has been flagging for a while now, and it's not the fault of the Theatre. It's an awesome place with great programs and fantastic people, and it all deserves love and devotion.
I just have even-more-awesome things happening in my non-Magik life. (see tags: writing, Dave, garden, etc)
So to inject some enthusiasm into my day job, I'm giving myself a challenge:
submit 1 grant proposal for every day I work in 2009
That's one on average. Some days I submit more than one, some days none. And you can bet this challenge was born when I discovered I'm already ahead of the game. Still, it can't hurt.
The way I figure it -- and there are bound to be flaws in that -- the more props I submit, the better chance Magik has of getting the funding it needs. I take a shotgun approach to grant proposals: I aim at the right animals, but I use a lot of shot to make sure I hit something. In other words, I target appropriate funders -- they support arts, disability, education, theatre, and/or youth programs -- but I send more requests than I need to complete a particular budget. I think this is probably normal. It is, in many ways, a numbers game.
So: the numbers...
As of today, I've submitted 57 proposals in 39 workdays, for an average of 1.5 P/W.
Goal: keeping that average at 1.0 or greater.
Progress will be in the righthand sidebar, as usual.
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3 ate pie:
Goooo Shannon! (That should be read with the accompianment of marching band and cheerleaders and perhaps someone to whisper the correct spelling of words in my ear as I type.)
Much love!
Wow! That is impressive! But I'm betting if you get in the habit of it, it will become easier and easier.
Thanks, ladies! And yes, it does get easier, especially when you *whispers* create template proposals.
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