Partnerships with business and industry
Small group report by Christi Wentworth
- Inventory the business in your community. Check with your chamber of commerce.
- Match industry and types of projects desired
- Make a personal visit to see if they have funding, mentors, or others; Make personal contacts. Keep it short and focused.
- Look at Board members ask them to set a commitment, time or money, or other form of participation
- Include pictures and success stories in the letters and notes, touches their heart personally - thank you
- Mention what makes your project different why it’s important to fund rather than the next one
- Collaboration is a positive buzzword.
- Certificates, sign and kids present, frame the certificates and then they will put it on the wall and put your name on the wall in small offices
