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PHASE 3: PARADIGM SHIFTING and PHASING
1. Next-level inclusion and leadership development.
2. RE-INVENTION: Reconceive project ideas, needs and assets
3. Fund artists, scribes, reimaginers, designers
4. Plan multi-faceted, multi-sensory community cultural activities to communi-
cate back out for Second feedback round
5. Coordinate partners/leaders calendars, programs, communication platforms
and other logistics
BUDGET PLANNING
Identify prospects for income that align with your goals. For example, sell prints of a poster about the project designed by a local artist. An example of misalignment would be to produce plastic disposable merchandise that contradicts your environmental and community health objectives.
Link team members or partners with specific line-items or potential supporters. If you have a banker on your team, ask them to advocate and assist in the presentation of a proposal to the bank so it can meet its community reinvestment requirements. If you have a graphic designer on your team, find out if their clients or employers who sponsor design production in trade for advertising.
Research and chart what local foundations and local government programs align with the work. Note their requirements, eligibility, deadlines and prioritize the sources into short-, medium- and long-term prospects. For example, short-term would be asking big box stores about their process to request store credit as a project do- nation. Medium-term would be to cultivate a relationship with a local law-firm over a period of time before you “make an ask”; for example you offer to do lunch-and-learn presentation and meet with their office manager before your relationship naturally reaches a point when they want to engage with your work. Long-term would be a large, national grant that requires months of preparation.
See Citation section “Funding” for examples of budget tools and formats.
Draft fundraising goals that identify the point person, actions, time-line, how to align goals and how to fol- low-through with on-going contact.
RE-IMAGINATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN, WHAT IS AND WHAT CAN BE
1. Mediate consensus on priorities, realities and readiness with deliberate commitment to elevate what/who needs affirmative proactivity
2. Artists working with community representatives manifest mock-ups of proposals for built environment, human uses, messaging, content, resources, impact measurement
3. Secure funding for implementation, participation and manifestation with emphasis on LOCAL vendors See Citation Section “Planning” and “Project Profiles” for examples of Cultural Plans.
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