I was tinkling with my favorite 37 Signal Design application, BaseCamp, a web-based project management solution, and a thought flowed from my mind like a web from a spider.
FOR A GRANT WRITER, BASECAMP IS LIKE MONEY IN THE BANK!
I mean it! It has all of the Features for complete customization of the entire grant writing/project management experience. As we know, organization and timeliness are critical to the success of grant writing. And with competition as steep as the recession, to stay on top, there's no such thing as an "average" grant writer. Technology that are standard request from government agencies in a one-stop shop, virtual setting.
Every grant has three basic components:
- Project Title, Description and Narrative
- Budget
- Operational Request
Basecamp has the architecture and layout design that allows your fingertips to build out the application's infrastructure as you choose. You can customize the Title of the Message Section. and drop your description/narrative in the Message Body, and whallah! Two more clicks and you can immediately notify anyone on your management or volunteer team. The application offers great support with new updates on a regular. These simple steps can really save the time, money and resources when customized to meet the "requirements and details" of the grant.
This is just a sample of what I call "green technology". The use of the Internet as a vehicle for community building and social change. No matter what industry you pursue, the prerequisites of success are few and simple.
You can determine your outcomes tomorrow, by what you choose to use today.
- Choose the Right Infrastructure for a Solid Foundation
- Choose the Right Tools to Build Capacity
- Choose the Right Stakeholders
This process is perhaps the golden rule of the government. Everything has to make since. Relevancy and application rule, even the way grants are written.
Basecamp sits in a cloud environment, with a cluster of online management tools that seamlessly integrate through API with third party, affiliate apps such as Freshbooks, my vote of the year for Best Small Business Application 2009. The creative team at Blacksonville has been using Freshbooks for just over two years and we find it extremely efficient and convenient for our work style and ethic.
Back to the social cell theory and green grass movement.
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