Comments on: RFP Lunacy and Answering Repetitive or Impossible Questions http://blog.seliger.com/2008/05/07/rfp-lunacy-and-answering-repetitive-or-impossible-questions/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:19:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Never Think Outside the Box: Grant Writing is About Following the Recipe, not Creativity http://blog.seliger.com/2008/05/07/rfp-lunacy-and-answering-repetitive-or-impossible-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-16048 Never Think Outside the Box: Grant Writing is About Following the Recipe, not Creativity Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:14:16 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=48#comment-16048 [...] While some RFPs provide significant latitude in program design, many do not and are essentially cookbooks. If you have a cookbook RFP, follow the cookbook. For example, YouthBuild demands that participants being trained in the construction trades have on-site training experiences in the construction/rehabilitation of low-income housing, so you shouldn’t propose a retail mall as a training site, no matter how good an idea that might be to the Executive Director or Board. On a similar subject, remember that every question in the RFP applies to you, no matter how dumb it may seem, how repetitive it may be, or how little you think it should apply. I explain how this works in RFP Lunacy and Answering Repetitive or Impossible Questions. [...] [...] While some RFPs provide significant latitude in program design, many do not and are essentially cookbooks. If you have a cookbook RFP, follow the cookbook. For example, YouthBuild demands that participants being trained in the construction trades have on-site training experiences in the construction/rehabilitation of low-income housing, so you shouldn’t propose a retail mall as a training site, no matter how good an idea that might be to the Executive Director or Board. On a similar subject, remember that every question in the RFP applies to you, no matter how dumb it may seem, how repetitive it may be, or how little you think it should apply. I explain how this works in RFP Lunacy and Answering Repetitive or Impossible Questions. [...]

]]> By: Karin http://blog.seliger.com/2008/05/07/rfp-lunacy-and-answering-repetitive-or-impossible-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Karin Mon, 12 May 2008 14:04:45 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/?p=48#comment-410 Thanks for a great article and a good laugh. I loved it. Thanks for a great article and a good laugh. I loved it.

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