10:05:57 From Sophia Pappas : yes 10:11:54 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : If anyone doesn't receive an email with the PDF of the slides/handouts from me shortly, please drop your email in the chat and I will make sure it is sent to you. 10:18:12 From Sophia Pappas : what slide are you currently on 10:20:17 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Replying to "what slide are you c..." She's referring to the packet that I just emailed out. Scroll through the packet past the slides to find the handouts. 10:22:37 From Sophia Pappas : Replying to "what slide are you c..." ty 10:24:40 From Yvonne Medley : Replying to "what slide are you c..." we didn't get the form: 10:24:48 From Desiree Fenstermacher : yes!! 10:25:00 From Yvonne Medley : Replying to "what slide are you c..." info@lifejourneyswritersguild.org 10:27:33 From Yvonne Medley : Replying to "what slide are you c..." toni.williamsmiller@gmail.com 10:28:20 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Reacted to "what slide are you c..." with 👍 10:29:49 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Yes 10:30:03 From Sophia Pappas : yes 10:38:53 From Sophia Pappas : oysters 10:39:38 From Sophia Pappas : Children being exposed to nature so the children are our characters in this. 10:45:41 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Yes, helpful to break it down like this before writing a narrative 10:45:48 From Yvonne Medley : Yes 10:46:16 From Sophia Pappas : it is a helpful reminder to have in front of us when we sit to write our applications 11:22:56 From Sandie : Your volume just dropped to very low for me and I have volume up 11:32:24 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Regarding text, for the Charitable Trust application specifically, the portal will not accept bold, underlines, bullet points, etc. We suggest writing in a word doc and copy and paste into the portal application, but note no formatting items will transfer. 11:32:47 From Desiree Fenstermacher : Reacted to "Regarding text, for ..." with 👍 11:39:32 From Yvonne Medley : The NEED is the hero of the story, not the nonprofit, a very good point, LJWG will take heed! 11:41:16 From toni.williamsmiller : Reacted to "The NEED is the hero..." with 👍 11:43:03 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Reacted to "The NEED is the hero..." with ❤️ 11:49:21 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Yes! Love this tip. 11:49:26 From Desiree Fenstermacher : yes great 11:49:44 From Sophia Pappas : yes, 30 men are housed every night in our facility rather than our facility provides house 11:49:46 From toni.williamsmiller : More empowering for the men to do the action - yes 11:54:47 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Such a difference. I love this. 11:55:10 From Desiree Fenstermacher : thank you!! 11:56:07 From Yvonne Medley : Hi Desiree, nice to hear from you! Honored to work with Poiema! 11:56:15 From toni.williamsmiller : My PC is technically challenged, but my sentence is: New writers are inspired to share their stories after participating in a LJWG workshop 11:58:09 From Desiree Fenstermacher : @Yvonne Medley LOVE hearing about your nonprofit too Yvonne. You are doing amazing work. 11:58:19 From Desiree Fenstermacher : Reacted to "Hi Desiree, nice to ..." with ❤️ 11:58:30 From toni.williamsmiller : Reacted to "@Yvonne Medley LOVE ..." with 👍 11:58:46 From toni.williamsmiller : Removed a 👍 reaction from "@Yvonne Medley LOVE ..." 12:02:40 From Yvonne Medley : Replying to "@Yvonne Medley LOVE ..." I work to serve Ruth Profitt 12:04:01 From Desiree Fenstermacher : Reacted to "I work to serve Ruth..." with ❤️ 12:04:23 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : I love the oxford comma 😂 12:05:27 From Yvonne Medley : Us, too!😄 12:07:52 From toni.williamsmiller : Tk = brilliant 12:11:42 From Desiree Fenstermacher : great tip 12:11:59 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : I always read my narratives out loud once written too. Helps make sure it flows and makes sense. 12:12:14 From Sophia Pappas : Reacted to "I always read my nar..." with 👍 12:12:17 From toni.williamsmiller : Reacted to "I always read my nar..." with 👍 12:13:22 From toni.williamsmiller : I do too, my final review of any proposal is read out loud. 12:13:30 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Reacted to "I do too, my final r..." with 👍 12:13:46 From Desiree Fenstermacher : Reacted to "I always read my nar..." with 👍 12:13:54 From Desiree Fenstermacher : Reacted to "I do too, my final r..." with 👍 12:15:15 From Sandie : I have to leave due to another appointment. Looking forward to the recording!! This is by far the best ever grant writing class ever!! 12:18:59 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Agreed, Yvonne! 12:19:35 From Sophia Pappas : I find that when you have a conversation with AI it starts to speak in "your way" and its statements start to sound very much like something you would write 12:19:54 From Sophia Pappas : It learns from focused conversations with you 12:19:55 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : I can tell you 95% of our applicants every year wait until the very last day the application is due. I don't recommend this!! 12:20:53 From Sophia Pappas : As a new person to grants, what is the best way to find available grants 12:21:04 From Charles Spadone : Do we know application window for CCCT grant this year and max amount? Is it $55K or $65K 12:21:23 From Desiree Fenstermacher : Reacted to "I can tell you 95% o..." with 👍 12:22:58 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Replying to "Do we know applicati..." Max request is $65,000. Application portal will open by next week and are due no later than April 9th. 12:23:19 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : Replying to "Do we know applicati..." An email blast will go out as soon as the application portal is open. 12:28:14 From Yvonne Medley : Replying to "Do we know applicati..." Thank you. 12:28:35 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : An updated info session will be uploaded on our website as well. Highly recommend watching that before submitting the application. It will be recording this year to watch anytime. 12:28:50 From Desiree Fenstermacher : Reacted to "An updated info sess..." with 👍 12:31:31 From Yvonne Medley : Thank you very much! Very helpful!!! 12:31:32 From Sophia Pappas : places to look for grants outside of CCCT 12:32:16 From Sophia Pappas : awesome!! 12:33:55 From Jessica Minopoli- Charles Co. Charitable Trust : https://www.facebook.com/CharlesCountyCharitableTrust 12:33:55 From toni.williamsmiller : Thank you! This was fantastic!!! 12:33:57 From Sophia Pappas : Thank you for your guidance! 12:34:06 From Charles Spadone : Thank you. Jessica for the response. 12:34:10 From Stephanie Le (Alice Ferguson Foundation) : Thank you!