Have you recently visited one of the organizations for whom you are writing? If not, please do. Visiting the organization at this point may shake loose a fresh idea or new energy renewal to see the importance of your work. If there is no "organization," which is the case for some of you, visit with the person or a person or someone who you know with the "organization." What did you find?
Actually, I’ve spent quite a bit of time at our church this semester. And there’s been a great deal of what I expected: some general dissatisfaction with the current playground, and a widespread acknowledgement that we just don’t have the money to fix it. At least not all the money. But I’ve also learned (and included in my proposal) that we have a new design that’s been done by one of our members. He’s an engineer, and apparently has considerable experience with designing and building playgrounds. I shouldn’t be surprised by this: our church has a large congregation, and we’re in a college town which also has some surprising industry resources. The end result is that you never who you’ll meet, and this guy not only has experience but he seems to be willing to donate his time and knowledge. Very, very cool.
I'm a doctoral student in TCR at Texas Tech University. Most of my interests center around various sorts of writing technology (pencils, paper, laptops--whatever) and how they affect the writing choices we make. My dissertation, however, will focus on research methods for programmatic change in technical communication.
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It sounds like you've done the leg work here, and the rhetoric you're using in your grants appears to be appropriate from what I've seen so far. Keep me posted!
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