Fundraising
I don’t have any good reason for not blogging recently – only excuses. I’ve had several other things taking my attention and effort. The biggest thing has been my work on my interactive travel jounal. The preliminary content population is nearly complete. I’d say it’s about 85% finished. Once that task is complete, I can begin enhancing the content and developing the graphic design.
At work I’ve had a huge number of proposals to develop. That’s how it seems, anyway. The economy may be poor, but there is still work out there. Unfortunately, there is also a larger number of developers completing for the work. I’ve done some work trying to figure out different ways of presenting our services and qualifications. I’m learning ways to improve proposals not only from the repeated opportunities to practice but also from the RFPs themselves. Seeing what a potential client want in a proposal gives me ideas for how to formulate proposals for other projects.
In the process of researching information for my proposals, I came across two very interesting pieces of information. First is the name of the person who designed Barack Obama’s logo. The other is the name of the company that developed the community-building tools on the Obama campaign website. I found these things because the proposals I have been preparing are mostly for non-profit organizations that are involved in fundraising or community building activities. I have seen very few corporate RFPs lately.