Roadmap to Grant Funding in Knoxville with Lisa Shiveler

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Welcome

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everybody to another

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episode of Connect the Knox.

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I'm your hostess with the

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mostess, Julia Hurley, connecting

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Knoxville to the nation.

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Thanks for joining us.

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Today's episode is amazing.

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You're going to learn a lot, you're

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going to have a lot of fun, and

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you're going to get to meet a very

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good friend of mine, Lisa Shiveler.

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Lisa, thank you so much for

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being here with us today.

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Oh, it's my pleasure, Julia, to be here.

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I am so excited to talk about one of

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my favorite subjects, which is grants.

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Woo!

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Alright, here's the deal,

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here's the deal.

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A lot of people don't know, and they

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really don't know, and this is why the

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podcast exists, how much opportunity

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there is in the Knoxville area.

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And when we say Knoxville area, friends,

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we're talking Crossville to Cocke County.

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Two time zones, That's

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what Knoxville Market is.

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Educational conversations, medical

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conversations, not for profit

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organizations and conversations.

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And people don't really know where to

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get these resources, and you know what?

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They don't even know where they come from.

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And Lisa's the expert on that, and this

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is what we're going to talk about today.

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So you know, when you come to

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Knoxville, Where things are coming

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from and where you need to focus.

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Lisa, tell us a little bit

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about your trips into Knoxville.

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Like, how did you end up here?

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Tell us your, tell us

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your Knoxville story.

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Well, my, my Knoxville, Tennessee

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story came actually as a result

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of natural attrition from

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Florida to Georgia and now here.

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I have landed in my perfect

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place in East Tennessee.

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The people here are amazing.

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The cost of living is remarkable and

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who wouldn't want four whole seasons?

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I've never had that before.

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It's, it's wonderful.

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Sometimes in one day.

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Yeah.

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Sometimes in one day,

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as we just experienced.

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So it has been a real

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pleasure to get to do that.

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And I have, um, had experience in

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lots of different things to bring

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me to this place, but I'm home.

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I'm happy.

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This is my new place.

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I might even start wearing more orange.

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Ooh, best

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color in the world.

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Best color in the world.

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No one looks good in it, so

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everyone looks great in it.

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That's my story on orange.

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It's the best color in the world.

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Okay, so it is.

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It's massive.

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All right, so here.

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I always ask people the exact same

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questions, and you know it's interesting

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no one has the same answers, which I love.

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Tell us about your profession,

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because this is very specialized.

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What you do is Extremely competitive,

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very specialized, and even people who

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specialize in it have a massive failure

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rate and you've succeeded everywhere.

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You are, you are very rare in your career.

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So tell us about your career and

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kind of the flow of how that goes.

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Oh, I'd love to.

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Thank you.

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So, grant writing is basically

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asking people for money.

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We ask People that have money to give

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foundations, private foundations,

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business foundations, the government,

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state, local, federal government, all

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for money to incorporate into projects

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that we want to have happen that's

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going to, that are going to better

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the lives of East Tennessee residents.

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in our area.

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So, working for a college, which is

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Walter State Community College based

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in Moorestown, we have an amazing 10

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county service area in East Tennessee,

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and so my job is to get funds to

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support the entirety of Walter State's

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service area, and even beyond, because

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we have no geographic barriers.

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If you are an international

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student, come on!

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If you live in a state, Knoxville.

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If you live in Kentucky, we would love to

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have you here as long as we can serve what

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you need from your educational standpoint.

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So after decades of working in non

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profits, I actually started my own

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grants business when I came to East

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Tennessee, because I realized that not a

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lot of non profits really had experience

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in that or the resources to do it.

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As you mentioned, that grant writing

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is a very competitive business

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and less than between 10 and 25

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percent of grants get funded.

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That's it.

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So, I don't know about you, but most

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people don't like to be told no that

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often, so you get really used to and

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very good at not only relishing the

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no and relishing the feedback, but

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learning from that experience, learning

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from the programs that are offered,

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our funders, and really making it

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a great partnership, because that's

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what it's all about is relationships.

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It's not about the money.

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Although the money is an incredibly

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important part of it, but it's really

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about what can we do that's going

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to make the foundations look good.

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And what can we offer to our

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service area, our residents in

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Knoxville and East Tennessee?

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What can we do to make their lives better?

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Is it providing a service, a

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program, a funding opportunity?

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Perhaps it's travel.

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Perhaps it's getting to work on robots.

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And as we do in our summer camps, we

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have underwater robotics camps that are.

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are sponsored which is so cool for

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middle school students and they get

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to talk about flotation devices and

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what it's going to do and how to do

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ballasts and and that sort of thing.

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I didn't know about that stuff in middle

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school so it's really lovely that Walter

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State gets to do programs like that.

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We have an incredible array of foundations

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and funders that support our work,

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not just the educational components.

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That's what you would think of when

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you hear the words Community College.

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But again, our youth programs, we have

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an amazing workforce training division

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that does all kinds of non credit

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courses and able, and is able to work

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with community members and businesses to

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personalize training, that sort of thing.

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I get money for those programs as well.

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So it really is the full gamut.

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Oh my gosh, I can't even imagine.

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So, from someone who has zero

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conversational experience

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in this realm, zero, right?

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And I would say that's 95 percent

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of people, if not more, okay?

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On this side of it, it's like,

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well, there's money out there.

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Obviously, people have foundations.

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I mean, you know, there's

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foundations everywhere.

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You see somebody's name, or they've

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won money, or they have too much money.

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Thank God bless them.

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And they start a foundation.

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They're like, I have too much money.

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I need to give this money away.

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And you're like, thank God for your money.

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Like you, thank you.

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You put your name on it.

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I still don't know what that means.

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That's awesome.

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I'm going to kill you foundation.

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I don't even know what they do,

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but we know that they have too much

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money and they want to give it away.

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And we're so blessed that

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they want to give it away.

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Then you have to ask for it

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in a specific way, and then it

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needs to go somewhere that that

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person's probably passionate about.

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Yes, so, you're absolutely right.

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So, from, from the get go,

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what you see is a headline.

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So and so foundation, Mackenzie Scott gave

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away all this amazing billions of dollars.

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Or this foundation, the Gates

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Foundation, so many worthwhile

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organizations that do that.

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But when you're looking at

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grant, you can't just look at

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they have money, I want some.

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You have to basically prove that you would

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be eligible to even apply for the money.

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One of the key, if I was going to

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talk to my younger self, or if I'm

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going to talk to anyone that has any

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interest in grants, the first thing

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I would say is do your research.

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Don't just look at a headline

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and try to grab for that money.

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Grant money is wonderful, and we

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are delighted that people have so

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much to share and are so blessed to

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share that with worthwhile programs.

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But the last thing that we want

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to do is to apply for funding

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that really isn't a good fit.

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I call it the square peg

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in round hole syndrome.

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If it needs, if it's going

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to be a square peg for you or

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the foundation, Don't do it.

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There are fabulous foundations out there

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that want to meet you where you are

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as a non profit organization or as an

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organization that serves our community.

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There are also foundations that would,

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that would welcome you exactly as you are.

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To be able to provide you with the

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funds that you need to do that.

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So I would really encourage

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all of you to do some research

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and see and ask questions.

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Most foundations are delighted to

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ask some questions or have frequently

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asked questions on their website.

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You do a search.

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You can also always go to 990 forms.

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That is a standardized form.

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That is an IRS form.

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It is a publicly available form, so

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you don't need any special database

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to go into it, and all foundations

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are required to provide documentation

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of where they spent their money.

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And how they spent their money.

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So it's a wonderful, easy tool.

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If you just pull up 990 Forms

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and look for organizations in

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the Knoxville area, you'll find a

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tremendous array of organizations.

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Some may be only give

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to literacy programs.

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Others perhaps give to youth.

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Others are categorized by underserved

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populations, which may be folks

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that are low income, or are first

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generation college students, or who

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have perhaps been justice involved.

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All those things.

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factors may indicate good

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grants appropriateness.

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So just align yourself with it.

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Don't try to fit into someone else's mold.

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Be your fabulous self and

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there's many out there for you.

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I love that.

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That is fantastic advice

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for life in general.

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Honestly, for life in

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general, please just be you.

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The people that you need will come to you.

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I promise.

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I promise they

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will be there.

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It's gonna just take longer

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if you're special, you know?

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It probably will, yes.

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Yes, it probably will.

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Yeah, I find it Okay, okay, so here's

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something that may come to people's minds.

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What's the difference between

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a grant and a foundation?

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Okay, so the grant is actually a proposal

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that you write, words on a paper, an

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electronic document that says, here's

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who we are, here's what we do, we're

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going to be fabulous at giving you

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what you want, which is people served,

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programs done, letters written, whatever

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it is that you want, We're the best

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organization to help you with that.

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So let me tell you why we're the best

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organization to help you with that.

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And we'll do it within your parameters,

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and we'll do it in your time

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frame, and we'll do it using some

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of your money, and some community

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money, and and partnering together.

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And here's where we can be great.

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We know our community.

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We can build that coalition of people

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that also want to support our efforts.

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We just need you to help us start

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a program, or get us over the

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finish line, or create additional

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opportunities for sustainability in

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the programs that we already have.

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So that's really what you're

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doing when you're out when

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you're talking to foundations.

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So the grant is the actual proposal.

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The foundation is the place for the money.

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Think of it as a bank, if you will.

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Right?

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Except that with the bank

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So

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it's like a fundraising effort,

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but you don't have to go eat

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gross chicken and backcomb your

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hair, put on too much makeup.

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You're just writing a, you're,

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you're not judged, but you're

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writing a paper and sending it in.

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So that's basically, let's say for

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example, you have something you want to,

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you, you need to fundraise for, or you,

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you have something you're passionate

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about, and you really need this help,

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you really need this money, and let's

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say on this side of it, you would put

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together a fundraiser of, 500 tickets at

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500 a ticket or sell a table for 10, 000

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and then there would be all this extra

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expense and cost which we would consider

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a salary for a grant writer maybe.

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And then you would still have to do

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all of the extra on top of that and

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then you're competing with every

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person in the room to get that ticket

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because it may be a really rare ticket.

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So on your end of it, it's every grant

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writer is the ticket taker at the table.

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They're like, I bought

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a ticket to this event.

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And then somebody might've bought

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a table that you're sitting at.

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And you're like, all right, who's

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actually going to get to do the thing.

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So it's super competitive.

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It is super competitive.

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And what you need to be mindful

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of is in order to be competitive,

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you're a super competitive person,

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you're a driven person, Julia.

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You know, I love that energy

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that you bring to everything

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that you, that you do in life.

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In order to do that, you know,

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you need to win a lot in order to

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stand out from the crowd, right?

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It's not about ego.

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It is about, in fact,

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it's just the opposite.

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It's very humbling to be able

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to put yourself in the backseat

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and say, let me help others.

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Help the people that they can help.

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Julia, we were talking earlier about

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the grants process and how competitive

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it is, and just making sure that any

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organization, anyone that has an amazing

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idea for There is probably grant funding

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out there for you, but in order to really

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be effective at it and to not spend

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countless hours submitting proposals that

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will end up not being funded, I would

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always encourage everybody to do research.

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Now, we have a wonderful

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organization called the Grants

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Professional Association.

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We have a chapter here in Appalachia.

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And that's based in

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throughout East Tennessee.

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We have folks from Tennessee, Kentucky,

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everywhere, even North Carolina that come

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together and talk once a month about that.

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There's a national organization called

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the Grants Professional Association

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that actually has grants writers.

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that you can consult with.

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If you don't know where to

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start, they can maybe help you.

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So we were talking about 990 forms.

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990 forms are IRS forms that every

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foundation has to, has to support.

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And in doing so, you can get an idea.

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Oh, they supported a similar organization

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to ours and they gave them 10, 000.

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So, I'm not going to ask for 100,

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000, likely if they gave them 10,

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000, they probably might not give me

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100, 000 off the bat, but it would

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give you a glimpse of what the funding

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opportunities were and to give you

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a glimpse of what actually happened.

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You can also then reach out to that

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organization and say, I know you got

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a grant from so and so foundation.

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Tell me what they were like to work with.

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Tell me how that was,

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how that was for you.

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So you want it to be a good

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fit for everybody and, and not

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waste the foundation's time and

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not waste your precious staff

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and volunteer resource time.

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Oh my gosh.

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You have like the best advice.

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The best advice for all of this situation.

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All the best.

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Live and learn, live and learn.

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Yes, live and learn, live and learn.

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That's fair, that's fair.

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So, let's, what, so, Walter State

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Community College, what, what people

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don't know across the country, honestly,

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and I think Tennessee is one of the only

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states that does this, if not the only,

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but it could just be one of the only.

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Where the University of Tennessee has

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partnered with all the community colleges

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to kind of have that flow, right?

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So you get the Tennessee Promise and then

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you kind of can go to a larger university

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if you so choose after the fact.

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Tell us about how the local

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community has impacted your

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ability and your conversation.

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Let's just say for example, I mean, Walter

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State's a pretty gosh darn big name.

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In the community college.

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Well,

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we have been the community college

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of the year, two years in a row.

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Yeah.

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We're kind of a big deal.

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We were awarded, um,

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I have to put that in.

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Our president would be, would be

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mightily upset if I didn't note that.

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We are delighted to be able to work with

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community colleges throughout the state

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of Tennessee, but also to partner with

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our wonderful four year institutions,

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University of Tennessee and, and all

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the others that are within our state.

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We have a great partner relationship

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called Matriculation Agreements

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where our students can start even

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with a non credit class, right?

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If you've been out of college and you

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decide that you want to go back or you

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never started college, non credit classes

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can be a wonderful way of doing that.

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Walter State was thrilled to be able

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to be one of four pilot colleges

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across the state of Tennessee to

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receive, through the Tennessee Board of

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Regents, what's called a badge grant or

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reimagining community colleges grant.

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So it's really geared towards

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those students that don't

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know what they want to do.

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It's an opportunity for explicit career

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exploration and some other things.

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So that's a perfect example of

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how we could got grant funding

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that can really improve the lives

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of East Tennessee residents and

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make that a seamless transition.

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That's exactly what that grant did.

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That's exactly what Walter State did.

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You got a grant.

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That made it all the way, say that

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whole thing again, it created an

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atmosphere where the community actually

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benefited from the work that was there.

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It wasn't just a, it wasn't something

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that I think some people can

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imagine, oh well this, this, this

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organization got money, it hasn't

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helped me.

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This didn't just serve 23 students.

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This is a three year grant that will

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allow us to explore career exploration,

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to link credit and non credit courses.

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So, if you took an OSHA 10 training

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because you thought that that

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might be helpful, You have no idea

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what careers that might benefit.

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And so if you have an interest in

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that, we have those programs available.

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We have professional advisors that

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can help you say, gosh, I know I'm

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good at this and I know I like it.

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That's a perfect place to start.

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So be good to yourself.

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I know we were teasing about

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be your fabulous best self,

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but I really mean that.

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There are grants out there for

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you just doing what you do.

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If you have a great idea, there's probably

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a grant out there that can help with that.

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There's probably money out there from

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foundations that can help with that.

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But more importantly, as East Tennessee

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residents, we want everybody to

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be the best version of themselves.

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At Walter State, our tagline

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is write your story, right?

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You don't need to write your own story.

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Somebody else's story.

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00:19:22,435 --> 00:19:23,545
Write your own.

555
00:19:23,855 --> 00:19:25,315
Choose what you want to do

556
00:19:25,315 --> 00:19:26,805
and we can help you get there.

557
00:19:27,055 --> 00:19:28,265
Maybe it is partnering with

558
00:19:28,265 --> 00:19:29,725
the University of Tennessee.

559
00:19:29,915 --> 00:19:31,615
Maybe it is, maybe it's that

560
00:19:31,615 --> 00:19:33,144
you never want to set foot in a

561
00:19:33,145 --> 00:19:35,415
classroom, but you really want

562
00:19:35,425 --> 00:19:37,424
to do things that are hands on.

563
00:19:37,584 --> 00:19:38,365
You really want to be

564
00:19:38,365 --> 00:19:39,325
of service to people.

565
00:19:39,565 --> 00:19:41,975
We have lots of service oriented projects

566
00:19:42,035 --> 00:19:43,645
that you can do and be a part of.

567
00:19:44,010 --> 00:19:45,570
And connect with the community.

568
00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,500
That's really what community

569
00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:50,740
colleges as a whole do really well.

570
00:19:50,880 --> 00:19:52,849
And Walter State, I have to

571
00:19:52,850 --> 00:19:54,359
admit I'm biased, but Walter

572
00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,990
State does it exceptionally well.

573
00:19:57,010 --> 00:19:58,850
And it's because of our administration.

574
00:20:00,250 --> 00:20:02,200
This is a huge opportunity

575
00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:03,520
to really hear this.

576
00:20:03,530 --> 00:20:07,810
And I think from a baseline level.

577
00:20:08,190 --> 00:20:09,860
You're either in the know or

578
00:20:09,860 --> 00:20:11,120
you're not in the know from a

579
00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:12,840
baseline level of really and truly

580
00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:14,030
what opportunities are out there.

581
00:20:14,030 --> 00:20:15,880
And I think a lot of people, a lot

582
00:20:15,910 --> 00:20:17,250
of people that we don't realize

583
00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,880
Tennessee's education system, especially

584
00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,339
the out, like the higher education,

585
00:20:23,339 --> 00:20:25,149
I don't mean just college, higher

586
00:20:25,150 --> 00:20:26,889
education is workforce development.

587
00:20:27,010 --> 00:20:28,940
In a story, we're extremely

588
00:20:28,940 --> 00:20:30,320
focused on workforce development

589
00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:31,190
in the state of Tennessee.

590
00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:32,360
It could be a four year degree,

591
00:20:32,370 --> 00:20:33,220
it could be a two year degree,

592
00:20:33,220 --> 00:20:34,320
it could be a certification.

593
00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:38,115
And Tennessee has put together so Much

594
00:20:38,155 --> 00:20:40,385
effort that all of those things are

595
00:20:40,385 --> 00:20:42,395
valued and all of those things can be

596
00:20:42,395 --> 00:20:44,405
funded and all of the people that want

597
00:20:44,405 --> 00:20:46,675
to take advantage of it will we will find

598
00:20:46,675 --> 00:20:49,355
a way to get you where you want to go.

599
00:20:49,635 --> 00:20:51,495
And I think that outside of the state

600
00:20:51,495 --> 00:20:53,465
of Tennessee that this system that they

601
00:20:53,465 --> 00:20:55,394
are building that you are building with

602
00:20:55,394 --> 00:20:58,264
these grants has made it available to out

603
00:20:58,325 --> 00:21:00,595
of the state people to come in and say,

604
00:21:00,995 --> 00:21:02,935
I don't know where I can get this help,

605
00:21:03,065 --> 00:21:05,304
but I know I can get it from this state.

606
00:21:06,885 --> 00:21:08,365
Or, I don't know where to go and

607
00:21:08,385 --> 00:21:09,995
everybody knows to go to you.

608
00:21:10,659 --> 00:21:13,450
It is a growing conversation that outside

609
00:21:13,450 --> 00:21:14,870
of the state of Tennessee, if you have

610
00:21:14,870 --> 00:21:16,620
a passion for electricity, if you have

611
00:21:16,620 --> 00:21:18,699
a passion for underwater welding, if you

612
00:21:18,700 --> 00:21:20,399
have a passion for being a physician,

613
00:21:20,409 --> 00:21:21,950
we have a teaching hospital for you.

614
00:21:22,220 --> 00:21:24,049
All of the things that are available

615
00:21:24,139 --> 00:21:27,340
through your grant writing into Walter

616
00:21:27,340 --> 00:21:28,519
State, which again I'm going to brag

617
00:21:28,519 --> 00:21:30,049
on as well, I'm very well aware of the

618
00:21:30,049 --> 00:21:32,179
accolades that they have earned, that

619
00:21:32,179 --> 00:21:34,659
you all have earned from your hard work,

620
00:21:35,259 --> 00:21:38,499
filters out into growing this community.

621
00:21:38,970 --> 00:21:41,450
By better and better every single day by

622
00:21:41,450 --> 00:21:43,700
allowing people to do what they love and

623
00:21:43,710 --> 00:21:45,500
learn how to do it and make money doing

624
00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:47,160
it and provide back to their community.

625
00:21:47,180 --> 00:21:48,260
It's huge.

626
00:21:48,570 --> 00:21:51,229
You are right on Julia and I can't

627
00:21:51,230 --> 00:21:52,379
thank you enough for mentioning

628
00:21:52,379 --> 00:21:54,460
workforce development because that

629
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:57,370
is such a driver for Walter State.

630
00:21:57,550 --> 00:22:00,200
Um, and it should be a driver

631
00:22:00,230 --> 00:22:02,140
for our entire community.

632
00:22:04,504 --> 00:22:06,335
People to be happy, to live where

633
00:22:06,335 --> 00:22:07,764
they're happy, to work where they're

634
00:22:07,764 --> 00:22:09,915
happy, to do a job they love, and

635
00:22:09,915 --> 00:22:11,405
to have that community support.

636
00:22:11,705 --> 00:22:14,184
So, opportunities like this,

637
00:22:14,605 --> 00:22:16,194
grants, I'll close the loop

638
00:22:16,205 --> 00:22:17,804
for you in that conversation.

639
00:22:18,054 --> 00:22:20,014
The Governor's Initiative on Vocational

640
00:22:20,014 --> 00:22:22,324
Education, so called GIVE grants.

641
00:22:22,594 --> 00:22:25,284
Walter State was honored to receive not

642
00:22:25,284 --> 00:22:28,064
one but two of those in a single year.

643
00:22:28,095 --> 00:22:29,375
We got nearly two million

644
00:22:29,375 --> 00:22:30,534
dollars in funding.

645
00:22:30,865 --> 00:22:32,385
through the Governor's Vocational

646
00:22:32,385 --> 00:22:35,695
Education Program, and we focus that on

647
00:22:35,715 --> 00:22:40,365
two areas, hospitality and manufacturing.

648
00:22:41,115 --> 00:22:44,075
So we have groups and our project

649
00:22:44,085 --> 00:22:45,765
directors that go out into

650
00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:47,624
elementary school and middle

651
00:22:47,624 --> 00:22:49,305
school and do career awareness.

652
00:22:49,365 --> 00:22:51,774
We have virtual reality goggles that

653
00:22:51,774 --> 00:22:55,225
can help students identify career

654
00:22:55,225 --> 00:22:58,415
awareness and and put on these things

655
00:22:58,415 --> 00:23:02,304
and and get under cars and Open

656
00:23:02,354 --> 00:23:04,324
people up for surgery and do all these

657
00:23:04,334 --> 00:23:06,125
things virtually so they can really

658
00:23:06,125 --> 00:23:08,235
get a sense the number of people.

659
00:23:08,810 --> 00:23:11,360
As I was growing up, um, in middle

660
00:23:11,360 --> 00:23:13,490
school and high school, and when I was

661
00:23:13,490 --> 00:23:15,490
a director of admissions in a college in

662
00:23:15,490 --> 00:23:17,529
Georgia, the number of people that said,

663
00:23:17,580 --> 00:23:19,909
I want to enter the medical field, I want

664
00:23:19,909 --> 00:23:21,739
to be a doctor, I want to be a nurse.

665
00:23:22,050 --> 00:23:25,790
Oh, but not so much on blood, not so much

666
00:23:25,830 --> 00:23:28,949
in chemistry, not so much in anatomy.

667
00:23:29,030 --> 00:23:30,929
Well, those are core things.

668
00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,439
So, if we can talk to our students.

669
00:23:34,985 --> 00:23:37,205
and our students parents and

670
00:23:37,205 --> 00:23:39,975
families when students are in fourth

671
00:23:39,975 --> 00:23:41,715
grade, fifth grade, sixth grade,

672
00:23:41,965 --> 00:23:43,675
and say, what do you like to do?

673
00:23:44,744 --> 00:23:46,655
You might be good at something you never

674
00:23:46,655 --> 00:23:49,294
even knew was an opportunity for you.

675
00:23:49,514 --> 00:23:51,514
We want to plug them in

676
00:23:51,864 --> 00:23:53,594
to those opportunities.

677
00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:55,885
The earlier you can have a conversation

678
00:23:55,885 --> 00:23:57,285
about opportunities, whatever they

679
00:23:57,285 --> 00:23:59,735
are, the earlier they can choose one.

680
00:24:00,215 --> 00:24:01,014
Absolutely.

681
00:24:01,024 --> 00:24:02,225
Or fail at one and be

682
00:24:02,225 --> 00:24:03,455
like, that's not for me and

683
00:24:03,455 --> 00:24:05,297
I'm going to try something else.

684
00:24:05,297 --> 00:24:07,185
Well, and I'll say, you know, this is

685
00:24:07,185 --> 00:24:10,265
my seventh career, not job, career.

686
00:24:10,534 --> 00:24:12,294
And each one of those has made me a

687
00:24:12,295 --> 00:24:14,665
better grant writer because I can pull

688
00:24:14,885 --> 00:24:16,715
from my admissions director experience.

689
00:24:16,745 --> 00:24:19,504
I can pull from my nonprofit experience.

690
00:24:19,504 --> 00:24:20,794
I can pull from my government

691
00:24:20,794 --> 00:24:23,024
experience, my community experience,

692
00:24:23,024 --> 00:24:24,685
my Chamber of Commerce experience.

693
00:24:24,985 --> 00:24:27,085
So get plugged into your community.

694
00:24:27,095 --> 00:24:29,145
That is the one thing that I would say.

695
00:24:29,535 --> 00:24:32,635
If you aren't sure what's

696
00:24:32,635 --> 00:24:34,705
available in your community, pay

697
00:24:34,705 --> 00:24:36,875
attention because it's out there.

698
00:24:36,885 --> 00:24:39,805
There are amazing opportunities in

699
00:24:39,815 --> 00:24:41,845
Knoxville, the greater Knoxville area,

700
00:24:42,065 --> 00:24:44,274
East Tennessee, everywhere you look.

701
00:24:44,284 --> 00:24:45,864
If you're not sure where to start,

702
00:24:46,225 --> 00:24:49,015
let me, other than Julia Hurley's,

703
00:24:49,205 --> 00:24:51,405
you know, Connect the Knots podcast,

704
00:24:51,435 --> 00:24:54,145
which is fabulous way of learning

705
00:24:54,175 --> 00:24:57,135
more about it, I would also recommend

706
00:24:57,175 --> 00:24:59,425
you simply pick up the paper.

707
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:01,340
Join the Chamber of

708
00:25:01,340 --> 00:25:02,870
Commerce as an individual.

709
00:25:02,870 --> 00:25:03,900
If you don't have a business

710
00:25:03,900 --> 00:25:05,210
that you're associated with, the

711
00:25:05,210 --> 00:25:07,490
Chamber has amazing opportunities.

712
00:25:11,805 --> 00:25:14,055
There's a lot of opportunities and

713
00:25:14,115 --> 00:25:16,235
really, the more you can avail yourself

714
00:25:16,235 --> 00:25:18,695
of that, the more opportunities you have.

715
00:25:19,144 --> 00:25:21,405
If anyone is interested in learning

716
00:25:21,415 --> 00:25:23,614
more about grants, obviously,

717
00:25:23,614 --> 00:25:25,224
there are a ton of grants writing

718
00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:26,870
professionals available, for you But

719
00:25:26,870 --> 00:25:29,170
I am happy to be a resource because I

720
00:25:29,170 --> 00:25:31,400
really love sharing this information.

721
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,020
As you can tell, I'm passionate about it.

722
00:25:33,360 --> 00:25:35,610
And I really just want to make sure

723
00:25:35,610 --> 00:25:37,640
that people get connected to right

724
00:25:37,659 --> 00:25:40,270
opportunities and better lives.

725
00:25:40,774 --> 00:25:42,195
This is the whole point of the podcast.

726
00:25:42,805 --> 00:25:44,004
The whole point of the podcast.

727
00:25:44,405 --> 00:25:45,845
Connecting Knoxville to the nation.

728
00:25:46,004 --> 00:25:47,965
Who do you need in Knoxville?

729
00:25:48,425 --> 00:25:49,604
Who do you need help from?

730
00:25:49,655 --> 00:25:50,834
And we always have an answer.

731
00:25:50,855 --> 00:25:52,364
There is always a professional

732
00:25:52,364 --> 00:25:53,415
in Knoxville that is an

733
00:25:53,415 --> 00:25:54,984
exemplary professional.

734
00:25:54,984 --> 00:25:55,985
A top tier.

735
00:25:56,225 --> 00:25:56,895
People don't even know

736
00:25:56,895 --> 00:25:57,764
what Knoxville offers.

737
00:25:57,784 --> 00:25:59,734
People have no idea and now we know.

738
00:25:59,774 --> 00:26:02,219
Every person I interview Is all the way up

739
00:26:02,219 --> 00:26:04,929
here in their sector of what they offer.

740
00:26:05,110 --> 00:26:06,830
And they're all exactly like you, Lisa.

741
00:26:06,830 --> 00:26:08,489
They all say, call me, email

742
00:26:08,489 --> 00:26:09,969
me, I will help you with this.

743
00:26:09,989 --> 00:26:10,719
I want to make sure

744
00:26:10,719 --> 00:26:11,530
you're proficient at it.

745
00:26:11,580 --> 00:26:13,269
I want you to be the best and I

746
00:26:13,269 --> 00:26:14,659
want to contribute to that success.

747
00:26:14,959 --> 00:26:15,909
And that's something that the

748
00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:17,529
Knoxville community is special for.

749
00:26:17,530 --> 00:26:18,299
I know it is.

750
00:26:18,589 --> 00:26:20,370
So, wrapping that up, how

751
00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:21,979
do people find you and ask

752
00:26:21,979 --> 00:26:22,379
for help?

753
00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:25,020
Well, um, they can find

754
00:26:25,060 --> 00:26:26,629
me through Walter State.

755
00:26:27,014 --> 00:26:29,264
Lisa Shiveler, and I'm happy to to

756
00:26:29,264 --> 00:26:31,514
share that information, but I would

757
00:26:31,514 --> 00:26:33,625
encourage them really to look beyond that.

758
00:26:33,815 --> 00:26:36,434
I'm 1 person, and I'm certainly happy to

759
00:26:36,435 --> 00:26:39,324
take any and all phone calls referrals.

760
00:26:39,324 --> 00:26:40,784
But I did mention the grants

761
00:26:40,794 --> 00:26:41,995
professional association.

762
00:26:42,274 --> 00:26:45,264
There's also the, there are also

763
00:26:45,274 --> 00:26:47,955
nonprofit associations that do amazing

764
00:26:47,955 --> 00:26:50,845
networking and training for boards

765
00:26:50,885 --> 00:26:52,875
and nonprofits in grant writing.

766
00:26:53,175 --> 00:26:53,954
So I would encourage you

767
00:26:53,955 --> 00:26:54,995
to get involved in that.

768
00:26:55,385 --> 00:26:58,925
And finally, just be true to you.

769
00:26:59,515 --> 00:27:00,975
Look at your board, look at your

770
00:27:00,975 --> 00:27:03,125
volunteers, know what your strengths

771
00:27:03,125 --> 00:27:06,145
are, and then go out and be a part of

772
00:27:06,154 --> 00:27:08,524
marketing to those strengths because it's

773
00:27:08,524 --> 00:27:11,265
going to be a great day to get that money.

774
00:27:11,814 --> 00:27:12,494
We're aside.

775
00:27:12,685 --> 00:27:13,755
Now we're off the topic and

776
00:27:13,755 --> 00:27:15,085
we're going to exciting stuff.

777
00:27:15,570 --> 00:27:17,240
We're going to do the rundown.

778
00:27:17,250 --> 00:27:19,020
When people visit you and they've

779
00:27:19,020 --> 00:27:20,810
never visited the area before,

780
00:27:20,820 --> 00:27:21,820
where's the first place you

781
00:27:21,820 --> 00:27:22,140
take them?

782
00:27:22,550 --> 00:27:24,280
Ugh, hard question.

783
00:27:24,810 --> 00:27:26,370
Every time I come to Nongshill,

784
00:27:26,820 --> 00:27:28,010
I go to a different neighborhood.

785
00:27:28,429 --> 00:27:30,649
Because everything, every neighborhood,

786
00:27:30,860 --> 00:27:34,100
is like its own unique little And so

787
00:27:34,100 --> 00:27:37,280
if I had my perfect place, I would say,

788
00:27:37,610 --> 00:27:40,030
point on the map, find something in the

789
00:27:40,030 --> 00:27:42,970
greater Knoxville area, and be a tourist.

790
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,499
That's my favorite thing to do, is to

791
00:27:45,499 --> 00:27:48,600
explore, not knowing what Knoxville

792
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:51,120
has, but exploring what I don't know

793
00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:54,020
Knoxville has, and really relishing

794
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,210
that uniqueness that Knoxville brings.

795
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:57,909
So, you're in Morristown.

796
00:27:58,419 --> 00:27:58,770
Right?

797
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:00,480
One of our favorite areas, and it's

798
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,460
one of the fastest growing areas

799
00:28:02,460 --> 00:28:03,649
in the Knoxville region right now.

800
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:05,350
So big.

801
00:28:05,399 --> 00:28:07,409
Morristown is so hot right now.

802
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:08,340
Your schools are

803
00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:09,749
exploding with popularity.

804
00:28:09,749 --> 00:28:10,999
Your new private school that was just

805
00:28:10,999 --> 00:28:12,629
built a few years ago, already at

806
00:28:12,629 --> 00:28:15,069
capacity, outstanding sports programs,

807
00:28:15,070 --> 00:28:17,199
outstanding education programs, a lot,

808
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,759
a lot to enjoy in your downtown area.

809
00:28:19,790 --> 00:28:20,810
Tell us what your favorite

810
00:28:20,810 --> 00:28:21,979
spots in Morristown are.

811
00:28:22,189 --> 00:28:26,500
Oh gosh, um, well, I, I try to

812
00:28:27,515 --> 00:28:30,155
Always work with local businesses.

813
00:28:30,395 --> 00:28:31,805
Those are my favorite.

814
00:28:32,085 --> 00:28:33,825
I love, they know me at

815
00:28:33,825 --> 00:28:35,165
my favorite coffee place.

816
00:28:35,574 --> 00:28:36,354
Oh, are you going to get

817
00:28:36,364 --> 00:28:37,215
your normal chai tea?

818
00:28:37,215 --> 00:28:37,904
Yes, I am.

819
00:28:39,004 --> 00:28:40,714
You know, so that's really

820
00:28:40,715 --> 00:28:42,284
wonderful, that sense of community.

821
00:28:42,514 --> 00:28:44,814
So we have some fabulous, if you all want

822
00:28:45,054 --> 00:28:47,970
some things, we have everything from An

823
00:28:47,990 --> 00:28:50,990
amazing Mexican bakery, Walito's Bakery.

824
00:28:51,110 --> 00:28:51,629
It's great.

825
00:28:51,940 --> 00:28:55,050
We have these great coffee places here

826
00:28:55,050 --> 00:28:57,580
called 60 Beans, which is now in three

827
00:28:57,580 --> 00:29:00,429
different locations, and they will treat

828
00:29:00,429 --> 00:29:02,679
you like family the first time they get to

829
00:29:02,679 --> 00:29:04,339
know you, the second time you're family.

830
00:29:04,339 --> 00:29:05,350
It's amazing.

831
00:29:06,820 --> 00:29:08,810
They are wonderful for coffee

832
00:29:08,850 --> 00:29:11,830
and chatter and amazing crepes.

833
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:15,010
So they're in downtown Morristown as well.

834
00:29:15,449 --> 00:29:17,530
We're working with downtown

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00:29:17,530 --> 00:29:18,720
businesses in Morristown.

836
00:29:18,730 --> 00:29:20,370
We have the Little Dutch that's

837
00:29:20,370 --> 00:29:22,929
been there for forever and is a

838
00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:24,709
real cornerstone of our downtown.

839
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,289
And then we have wonderful opportunities

840
00:29:27,290 --> 00:29:30,429
like the 1907 Brewery, which allows

841
00:29:30,510 --> 00:29:33,425
us a crafted Brewery and has amazing

842
00:29:33,425 --> 00:29:35,145
things like trivia on Wednesday night.

843
00:29:35,165 --> 00:29:36,794
So if you all ever want to come up,

844
00:29:36,945 --> 00:29:39,365
you can do team trivia and we have

845
00:29:39,365 --> 00:29:42,465
fun and have a beverage and really

846
00:29:42,465 --> 00:29:44,554
just relax and enjoy some good things.

847
00:29:44,564 --> 00:29:48,334
So Knoxville and um, has a wonderful

848
00:29:48,344 --> 00:29:51,485
things, but Moorsound is really growing

849
00:29:51,495 --> 00:29:53,355
and I can't, if you all haven't been

850
00:29:53,355 --> 00:29:55,475
to Moorsound lately, Come see us.

851
00:29:55,515 --> 00:29:57,885
You would love to know what

852
00:29:57,885 --> 00:29:58,735
we're doing here.

853
00:29:58,885 --> 00:29:59,695
Oh, more sound science.

854
00:29:59,715 --> 00:30:00,515
I love it up there.

855
00:30:00,695 --> 00:30:02,485
I love it up there as a realtor, you know.

856
00:30:03,835 --> 00:30:04,931
You're in my area.

857
00:30:04,931 --> 00:30:06,095
My favorite area.

858
00:30:08,915 --> 00:30:10,325
We have homes for sale.

859
00:30:10,325 --> 00:30:14,405
Y'all, thank you.

860
00:30:14,405 --> 00:30:15,645
This has been such a pleasure.

861
00:30:15,645 --> 00:30:17,775
I always love talking with you.

862
00:30:17,775 --> 00:30:20,385
You have unmatched energy and passion.

863
00:30:20,625 --> 00:30:22,725
And I think and believe very

864
00:30:22,735 --> 00:30:23,945
much that leaders in every

865
00:30:23,945 --> 00:30:25,425
community have to have that.

866
00:30:25,675 --> 00:30:27,965
So other people can follow that and

867
00:30:27,975 --> 00:30:29,765
exude that and that is such a great

868
00:30:29,765 --> 00:30:31,545
example of how much effort you have

869
00:30:31,545 --> 00:30:33,945
put in to just being you and then

870
00:30:33,955 --> 00:30:35,715
giving you back to the community.

871
00:30:35,715 --> 00:30:36,335
It's amazing.

872
00:30:36,355 --> 00:30:36,985
I love it.

873
00:30:37,165 --> 00:30:38,425
Congratulations on all your

874
00:30:38,425 --> 00:30:39,535
hard work at Walter State.

875
00:30:39,555 --> 00:30:41,945
I know that you're going to continue

876
00:30:41,945 --> 00:30:43,935
to make that place leaps and bounds.

877
00:30:44,155 --> 00:30:44,705
Amazing.

878
00:30:44,775 --> 00:30:45,895
And they're so lucky to have you.

879
00:30:45,895 --> 00:30:47,275
I'm lucky to have you as a friend.

880
00:30:47,585 --> 00:30:48,575
We will see you very,

881
00:30:48,575 --> 00:30:49,885
very soon, hopefully.

882
00:30:50,125 --> 00:30:50,755
And, um,

883
00:30:51,135 --> 00:30:52,225
I was just trying to match

884
00:30:52,235 --> 00:30:53,745
your passion and energy.

885
00:30:53,815 --> 00:30:55,315
So thank you for that.

886
00:30:55,355 --> 00:30:56,925
I'm going to go have some caffeine

887
00:30:57,155 --> 00:30:58,865
and it's been such a pleasure

888
00:30:58,865 --> 00:31:00,325
to talk with you about grants.

889
00:31:00,695 --> 00:31:02,595
And please let all your listeners know

890
00:31:02,595 --> 00:31:04,425
that we're always happy to be a resource.

891
00:31:04,425 --> 00:31:05,864
Thank you so much.

892
00:31:05,865 --> 00:31:06,945
Everybody, thank you so much

893
00:31:06,945 --> 00:31:07,825
for joining us for another

894
00:31:08,035 --> 00:31:09,865
episode of Connect the Knox.

895
00:31:10,425 --> 00:31:12,645
I'm your host, Julia Hurley,

896
00:31:12,845 --> 00:31:13,665
Connecting Knoxville.

897
00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:15,095
To the Nation.

898
00:31:15,245 --> 00:31:16,155
Until next time.

899
00:31:16,745 --> 00:31:18,505
Thank you for tuning into the show.

900
00:31:18,795 --> 00:31:20,885
Make sure to like and subscribe.

901
00:31:20,965 --> 00:31:22,345
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902
00:31:22,345 --> 00:31:23,975
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903
00:31:24,235 --> 00:31:25,685
And if you would like information

904
00:31:25,685 --> 00:31:27,205
on moving to Knoxville,

905
00:31:27,535 --> 00:31:28,915
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906
00:31:29,145 --> 00:31:30,945
As always, this is Julia Hurley

907
00:31:30,945 --> 00:31:33,215
connecting Knoxville to the Nation.