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I recently had the opportunity to review grants for the WI Department of Instruction (DPI). Reading grants is by far the best professional development available for grant writers. For me, it revealed the secret to good grant writing. For those of you who have never had a chance to do so, I’d like to share what I learned with you.

Tribal Knowledge In my industry position I heard a lot about the dangers of "Tribal Knowledge". This is a situation in which everyone in a group (or tribe) knows how to do a certain task, but it is not actually written down anywhere.

Morrison’s demon days 08/12/08 3:54 PM Vintage Grant Morrison in an interview with A. David Lewis at PWCW: GM: Yeah! Because it’s the obvious, isn’t it? Again, this isn’t a mystical concept, because I’m not a mystical person sometimes. I got into magic to see if it was real.

This morning I spent four hours with the finance director then the whole afternoon trying to build an expense report for a really big grant we received in 2007. The few of many things wrong with this picture are 1) I didn’t write the original grant because it happened B. PWADJ.

Samsung’s Hope for Education Contest asks students and adults to submit a 100-word essay on this topic: “How has technology educated you on helping the environment and how or why has it changed your behavior to be more environmentally friendly?” I love/need free stuff.

Just from the title alone, Snuff Writing grant proposal. July 30th, 2008 by meridia See instructions for fixing the problem. These critics do not necessarily quarrel with the idea of Great Apes eventually having human rights, as long as it does not happen before all human beings are truly covered.

Short Fiction/Part Three The next morning Bernie showed up at the police station and Fred laid out his plan. Fred, eight months Bernie’s senior, tall and handsome, had taken the younger boy in tow in their freshman year of high school. Now, as adults, Fred the mentor with Bernie as supplicant were roles they continued to play.

Decision-making Using A Mind Map July 28th, 2008 Have you ever found yourself having to decide between two or more positive options? If you’re like me you immediately start “pro-con” lists to help make the decision. But the problem with that approach is that sometimes you end up with lists that suggest you choose each of the options.

After a severe drought of the daily rundown, we’re back. We may disappear again, but for your sake, hopefully not. Welcome back! Survey Question Who has found the g-spot since my lesson accompanied by an articulately detailed g-spot map? If you missed it, let me know. I’ll dig up the link.

BDPA Foundation blog welcomes guest blogger Heather Johnson. She writes on the subject of California teaching certificates. We are pleased that she agreed to share information about grant-writing with us.