Grant Writing

Grant Writing

Dissemination of Information

Budgeting is the most important aspect of projects since every detail of the project is linked to the budget allocated to it. In order to attract funding, projects requiring funding should share the details of the project with people and parties in order to attract investment. Dissemination of information is about the distribution of important information to the public. Dissemination of information is not something simple which any project manager can do whenever he wishes. This step requires time and careful planning and a proper dissemination strategy. This plan explains every detail of the project including its outcome and funding requirement. Before disseminating information, the project manager has to decide the reason for dissemination of the information, whom the information must be shared with, the purpose of sharing the information, the method of dissemination, and the timings of the dissemination.

Purpose of Dissemination of Information

The purpose may be to raise awareness, educate the community, get feedback and input from them, and promote the outputs and results. The manager has to think about the key information that he needs to communicate in order to attract funding. Understanding the audience is also important as they will only be interested if the manager provides them with the information they require. If this is not the case, the project will most probably lack donors. Some of the most common donors for educational projects are the community, internal donors, and external stakeholders (www.jisc.ac).

There are several ways to disseminate project information. These methods include reports, journal articles, demonstrations, workshops, conferences, program meetings, press releases, and newsletters. In order to achieve success, timings and selection of the right target audience is necessary.

Budget

It is mandatory to share the budget with the audience so that they may know where their funds would be used and the ...