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Five Tips for Writing Winning DonorsChoose

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What are 5 tips you need to write a winning DonorsChoose application? Base your tips on what your 3 chosen applications did well and what they did not do well. Create this as an image/infographic using Canva, Adobe Post, or any other tool you prefer.

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1. Be cost effective 
2. Be extremely detailed 
3. Be practical 
4. Keep students in mind 
5. Appeal to your audience with explanations  
maci-lareau Over 5 years ago

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katelyncallahan Over 5 years ago

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nathouse Over 5 years ago

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katie-j Over 5 years ago

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rain0010 Over 5 years ago

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sooner33 Over 5 years ago

Tips for success

1. Allow donors to "see" your classroom. 
2. Go in detail when describing the project. 
3. Don't hold back on how it will help your students. 
4. Talk about school community and where your students are from and what they are like.
5. Talk about how this can help based on past experiences.
katherinewalter Over 5 years ago

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It wouldn’t let me upload a document for some reason so I had to type it out. So Sorry!
1. Give a description of your class and school to make it more personal.
2. Give valid, detailed reasons for the donors to what to help fund your donors choose. 
3. Give ideas of how you will incorporate the donors choose items into the classroom and how the students will benefit with this new material.
4. Give the donor a Snapshot of what the classroom looks like.
5. How will the item they are asking funding for will promote a better learning environment? 
allyssa-kuckes Over 5 years ago

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ismaelcontreras Over 5 years ago

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ceceliagoesl Over 5 years ago

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maggiel Over 5 years ago

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