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Friday
Posted by: sbroun on October 27, 2006 02:54 PM | Comments (0)
Barbara Price
Part 2
The day started gray and misting devolving into rainy and windy, but it didn’t matter much since we were mostly indoors for sessions. The afternoon session of Grant writing was solid and straightforward. It was geared for less experienced grant seekers so it may have seemed a little superficial, but there were great reinforcing thoughts.
I met several SALT people including Posey Greuen and Nancy Rosenbaum who are both graduates of the writing program (do they say “graduate”?) and both had praise for the program. I hadn’t been aware that they offered programs beyond radio, but I am very interested in the writing section now.
The weather dampened our spirits for the evening events last night. We did make it to Powell’s Books for a little more of Matt and Jessica.
Woke up today feeling that the time is more than half over and I need to move from my laissez-faire attitude of passively meeting new people to assertively reaching out to meet people I’ve circled on my attendees list. Time to get out of my comfort zone. And it’s working.
Plus, just the shift in the way I am approaching the day has trigger thoughts for new projects and suggestions for the 2007 TCF. Laurie Mask is always at the 3rd Coast desk whenever I’ve got some query (often something could be answered if I just looked at the conference materials.) But she knows off the top of her head, and she always has a smile – she’s instrumental in creating a Good Experience for conference goers. Over all it’s a good energy, and everyone is incredibly receptive and supportive.
Time for the Invisible Narrative.
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