What’s interesting/helpful/curious about this chapter? (pp 29-37)
One of the things that I found interesting about this chapter was that the proposal has to be as short as 8-10 pages. I feel like that is not a lot if you are trying to convince someone to give you money. It almost seems like once again, the funders do not want to have to read a lot or put in any more work than they have to. Including reading something as short as a 10 page proposal. These 10 pages have to pack so much information and convincing words, it just almost seems impossible to fit it in just 8-10 pages. Another thing that I found interesting what that using up-to-date government documents are vital for public funding organizations. I would have never thought that using government documents should be included in why you should be awarded money for a non-profit. One thing that I am curious about is to why you shouldn’t use circular reasoning in the problem statement. I feel like explaining how the funding would be a solution is a good way to show why you need the money which leaves me a bit confused on how to go about writing a problem statement. Basically, when writing a problem statement, you have to write what you what without actually stating why it’s a problem and how funding could potentially help.
