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Have You Ever Wondered What Happens When Government Grants Go Unclaimed?
2007-03-26 05:15:00 The government allocates a certain amount of grant monies to the individual states. If that grant money is not used then it is sent back to the government. If the money is sent back too many times then the grant programs that this money is for are re-assessed - meaning that the grant programs could be cancelled altogether! More About: Government , Rants , Men , What , Hat
The Fastest Way To Make Money.......
2007-03-21 08:54:00 Untapped PotentialThe Fast est Way To Make Money The Best Way To Make Money (Subtitled: Inventors, Inventions and Funding)Part TwoThe best way to getting funding is to take what you love to do and find funding for it. Chances are what you love someone else loves it too!I think that this is the harder of the two routes to take but I also think that it is the most worthwhile of the two routes. When you are working on something that you love, that “love” will show through. There are countless real-life stories about inventors inventing something that meant something close to them, not being able to find the funding, funding it themselves and THEN receiving funding for it!What if you don’t have the money to fund it yourself? Then you will have to seek the funding from somewhere else. That “somewhere else” will depend on your invention itself. Who would benefit most from your invention? Would it be the government, the private sector or a specific industry? Then that is whe... More About: Test
Singer Wanted!
2007-03-19 02:38:00 Did you know that there are contests out there that don't require you to be a professional singer? Indeed some of these contests specifically state in their rules that you can't be a professional singer!There was one contest going on where the grand prize was $75,000! The deadline was this month and you could send your submissions via email or regular snail mail.Contests like these go on all the time. Why? Sometimes its a publicity kind of thing and some companies are looking for that next great talent! And you could be one of them. One of the good things about these kinds of contests is that you don't have to be a professional singer! More About: Singer , Sing , Want , Wanted
Inventors And Getting Grants For Your Inventions!
2007-03-18 01:10:00 Untapped PotentialThe Fastest Way To Make MoneyThe Best Way To Make Money(Subtitled: Inventors , Inventions and Funding)Part OneThe fastest way to make money is to find a need and fill it. So how does this apply to inventors seeking funding? The same principle applies. The fastest way to getting funding is to find a need and fill it. The more the need, the more (and faster) the funding! Where is the “need” today? One is military! With the current war going on and the President’s strong stance in continuing the war, almost anything that will help to win the war or make the efforts to win the war go more smoother is wanted and is needed! That can mean anything from designing better (and/or more effective) weapons to designing better provisions for soldiers (ie food preservation/storage, products to help “in the field”). There are countless examples of big companies getting government contracts relating to the war “effort”.Where does this leave the individual i... More About: Rants , Rant , Your
Flying!
2007-03-15 00:47:00 One of the most basic tools that you should have as part of your own/home business itenerary is a flyer!I'm currently reviewing a flyer now. Although it has many bad points, the one good thing going for it is that there is a flyer! Every business should have a flyer and that includes the business that you want to start.Getting back to the flyer that I am currently evaluating it is not very professionally done. It is a flyer for a computer-repair business. It is a black and white flyer with a picture of the kinds of work and services that the business does. My most major complaint about the flyer itself is that the content is too crowded together. There are a lot of things that this flyer is trying to say and the only problem is that there is not enough space to say it.So when you are designing a flyer for your business take into consideration the amount of space that you will have to work with. It is always best to design your flyer first by designing it by hand. Then you... More About: Flying , Lying
If You Don't Want To Believe Me.......
2007-03-11 01:33:00 Here is a quote from The Small Business InformerSeveral grants from the government actually go unclaimed each and every year for different reasons. The main reason is that most just don't know the government grants are accessible. Some people are discouraged about the application process for free grants primarily because they've been given incorrect information about the process. Other people don't apply for grants because they are frightened about the unknown. More About: Want , Believe
Of Course Grants Are Not Just For Individuals.....
2007-03-08 23:20:00 Government grant programs are not just for individuals of course. Remember what I said about grant programs being put in place to help fill a need or raise the awareness of something? The following is just an example of a grant program for just that reason:The most recent $3 trillion budget includes $175 million for what Peters called a “congestion relief strategy” that would target congestion in cities, ports, borders, airports, and interstates. Beginning this spring the federal government plans to dole out $230 million in grants for localities to build electronic toll systems to help ease congestion and steer traffic into using “peak-pricing” tolls to spread out traffic.Basically what this means is that localities can apply for this grant money to help ease the burden of congestion as far as traffic is concerned.This information came from:Logistics Management More About: Rants , Just , Rant , Grants , Course
Grant Programs For The Individual Artist?
2007-03-05 14:42:00 Please do not let people convince you that there are no grant programs for the individual artist! There is one grant program that is open to artists in one of the major cities. These grant awards range from $1000 to $5000 and they go to the individual artist. Some of the requirements are that you be at least 18 years of age and you must be a resident of the city. For this particular grant program the deadline is March 15th but you can find out more information about this grant program by calling the phone number that is specified or by going to their website.One of the interesting things about this particular grant program is that the city itself is providing free grantwriting workshops to help the artists that want to apply for this grant program. The website provides a phone number and the applications are provided online.So don't let anyone tell you that there are no grant programs for individual artists because they are wrong. More About: Programs , Artist , Rant , Prog , Individual
I Want To Be A Web Page Designer...................
2007-02-27 04:18:00 I got this email from a young girl who said that she wanted to be a webdesigner. Well she doesn't have her own computer - she uses one at school.It's not impossible for her to become a webdesigner. First the one thing that she does have is herself! Secondly she does have access to a computer. One of the first things that she should do is become her first customer and design her own webpage. She can get a free webhost from one of the free webhosts that are on the internet. The very next thing to do would be to design her own webpage on a piece of paper FIRST! If she doesn't know what to put on it then she should start with the basics first and that includes a standard, basic form. You can find a sample of a basic webpage form by going to my page. There are also many webpages that have free basic webpage design templates that you can download and use and custom them to your own page's information.Now there are some basic things that should be put on one's webpage - espec... More About: Design , Page , Desi , Designer , Sign
"I'm Looking For A Grant..................."
2007-02-26 04:46:00 "I'am looking fro a grant for personal reasons, paying off bills, and starting a business!!!!"You say you're looking for a grant for "personal reasons" but you don't say what those reasons are. You say the same thing about paying off bills but you don't say what kind of bills. You say the same thing about starting a business but you don't say what type of business................................. .............................I suggest that you go to my page that has basic grant information on it. I have answered questions similar to the one you have asked above and have posted my answers there. These same answers apply to you as well. You can not apply for a "general" grant. It will depend on what you are specifically seeking a grant for. Go to my page at http://members.aol.com/Roseb441702/payinf o.htm and answer those questions for yourself. Only then will you know exactly what type of grant programs you can start looking for. More About: Rant , King , Grant , Look
Billions of Dollars!
2007-02-25 01:33:00 Terry Newborn, a researcher for Government Publications in Washington, DC, reported, "There are billions of dollars in grants and loans earmarked for people previously identified as credit risks. Public and private funds are now available for them to buy homes, cars, start a work at home jobs business, consolidate debts,and any worthwhile purpose." In addition, he reported new financial resources have been committed to help the unemployed get job training re-enter the job market or perform work at home jobs. More About: Dollar , Lion , Lions , Dollars , Bill
Fractals?
2007-02-23 04:01:00 I just downloaded a program that lets you create and make different varients of fractals. If you don't know what fractals are they are those differents shapes that you can create using mathematical formulas like for instance snowflakes. With this particular program I can start with a snowflake design and then make different varients of it.Now how does this relate to working at home? Well I'm going to tell you. First of all I remember happening upon a website where custom fractals can be designed for customers so that's one work at home idea for you. But the first thing that struck me about fractals and how they can relate to working at home is that a lot of fractals look like pieces of jewelery. You could design a piece of jewelery but you can also design different varients of that one piece of jewelery. What if you start a business where a customer has a specific kind of jewelery in mind that they want designed? You could specialize your jewelery as one of a kind. Even if you do... More About: Fractal
Taking Something You Love And Turning It Into A Business
2007-02-20 02:46:00 I just got finished reading an article about someone who took something that they loved to do and turned it into a business.What is their business? Board Games!It's kind of ironic because I can be just as much a computer nut as anybody but there's nothing wrong with playing a board game amongst friends. And apparently a Lot of people feel this way too - so many do in fact to keep this business running and profitable.A man took his love of playing board games and turned it into a business. Now he had a regular job but he enjoyed playing board games with others and so he decided to turn his love into a business. He first started out of his basement selling the board games but when his orders started to grow he started using a warehouse to house his supply. He distributed flyers (one of the ways that I recommend that a person advertise their business), he had good word of mouth advertising and he also takes orders online. He just recently decided to open his business to the pub... More About: Business , Love , Methi , King , Ness
A Scholarship For Bloggers?
2007-02-18 03:08:00 Yes that's right! There is a scholarship for blogging students!You have to meet the requirements though and some of them are that you have to (of course) be a student, maintain a certain grade average and give your permission to have your name and blog published.Other than that your blog has to meet their requirements as well.There are many scholarship programs that are available to students and this is the newest kind of one but it does just go to show you that there are many funding opportunities for students and if you think that you don't stand a chance of being eligible for them - you're wrong! More About: Blogger , Scholarship , Blog , Bloggers , Hola
Can You Sing?
2007-02-15 23:14:00 If you can, you stand just a good a chance as anybody to win a chance to sing in a commercial! Not only that but you will also get a cash prize of over $50,000!Companies have all different kinds of contests and this one is no exception. The deadline to apply is in March. For this particular contest all you have to do is send in a 30 second music clip of yourself! You can not be a current or past professional preformer and no felony record. You can send in your clip either by email or regular snail mail but you have to make the due date which is in March.Contests like this happen all the time and you should keep your eyes and ears open! More About: Sing
How Would You Like To Work From Home?
2007-02-13 09:38:00 http://jobs.aol.com/article/_a/10-more-jo bs-you-can-have-at-home/20050808184809990 053This article has the same opening line that I have in my blog's description and its about jobs/careers that one can do from their own home. The number of people that are working from home is increasing and you might be surprised to know that a lot of people are working for an employer but they are doing the work from their own home.Many times I have said that there are legitimate "work at home" opportunities and by legitimate I mean actual employers who run legitimate businesses who hire people to work from their homes. In most cases you will need a computer but they all don't require it.The link to the article above just proves my point more and that point is that you can work legitimately from home! More About: Home , Work , Like , Would
FEMA has denied yet another request for aid
2007-02-13 04:37:00 In Colorado, farmers have been hard-hit by the snowstorms. There cattle have suffered and they need aid to help sustain their farms and ranches.However FEMA has denied their requests for aid.There are some low-cost loan programs that the farmers can apply for but the problem with this is that it is financial assistance that they need and not more debt - because even though it is a loan program the loan has to be paid back. Plus there is the added problem of not knowing whether or not those loan programs are in place or when and if they can apply for them.It has been my experience that when people are seeking information about government grant programs it is the grant program information that they are seeking and not information about the loan programs - the main reason being that you have to pay back the loan and with grant programs you don't have to pay that money back.There are still grant programs that exist for farmers even if it doesn't seem that way! More About: Other , Request , Another , Quest
Are Grant Programs "Fading" Away?
2007-02-12 05:50:00 ~~~~~~~~~~in reply to a message that was posted ~~~~~~~~~~I don't think that it has "faded away" in the overall sense because there are many sources of grant programs besides the government . It is always difficult after the funding source that you have been using has itself dried up but that just means that that particular source has dried up. There have been new funding programs that have been created during the time that you were using your funding source so there really wasn't a need to seek others when you had the ones that you were using. There are also grant programs that go begging for applications because none were received - so either the funding money is rolled over into the next year's program or the whole program is scrapped!Providing funding for educational services has always been a top priority for the government and other entities such as foundations and organizations and there will always be grant programs for it! More About: Programs , Rant , Prog , Program , Away
The Money Is There!
2007-02-08 16:22:02 Here is a quote that I would like you to remember everytime you feel that there is no money out there to help finance and support your non-profit organization:Every year more than $200 billion is given to nonprofits in the US alone. More About: Money , Here , There
College Scholarships for those students in need
2007-02-07 16:22:07 What kind of financial assistance is available to youth in foster care?A: It is possible for you to get a college degree without ever paying a dime-especially if you live in a state such as Texas, Maine, Kansas, West Virginia or Oklahoma that provides foster care tuition waivers, which allow you to attend any public college or university in that state for free.To get the best financial aid package, you need to start the application process early, earn good grades and be aggressive about digging up scholarships. Every student who has aged out of foster care or who has been adopted out of foster care after age 16 is eligible. The scholarship amounts are up to $5,000 a year and can be used not only to pay for tuition, but for anything you need to stay in school (daycare, rent, books, and more.) There is another Foundation program that also gives out grants of $1,500 to $10,000 a year to students under 25 who were in foster care for at least one year before their 18th birth... More About: College , Scholarship , Student , Students , Ships
Grants and Daycare - Let's Try This Again......
2007-02-07 16:22:07 Unfortunately there is just no one place that has a grant program for someone that wants to start a daycare. It depends on the TYPE of daycare that you want to start.There are grant programs for non-profit daycares just as there are grant programs for for-profit daycares and there are some grant programs that may be open to both. The government grant programs website lists grant programs that are open to everyone to apply - that means non-profit, for-profit and even individuals. You may also be eligible for one of the "entrepreneurial" grant programs that are out there if you want to start a business.It is just not as simple as "I want to start a daycare so where can I get grant money". It will depend on the type of daycare it is that you want to open.So before you start looking for grant programs answer a few more questions about the type of daycare it is that you want to open. More About: Rants , Rant , Care , This , Grants
Inspirational Quote
2007-02-04 16:21:01 Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.Confucius, 551-479 B.C., Chinese Thinker and Social Philosopher More About: Inspirational , Inspiration , Rational , Quote
Can You Make A Living With Ebay?
2007-02-04 16:21:01 The answer, of course, is a resounding YES.There was a show on CNBC about Ebay and it profiled some of the people that were actually making a living using Ebay to buy and sell.Now I'm sure that I posted about this already but it is well worth repeating!One woman sells clothing on Ebay. Actually she buys clothing (sometimes at a discount) and then sells it on Ebay at a higher price. And yes she is making a living at it because it is the only thing that she does! A farm family also uses Ebay in their business which consists of selling movies! And it feels very good to them to be able to keep their farm when so many other farm families are losing theirs!If you have a computer you can access Ebay and it is free to sign up even if you don't buy or sell anything. They have message boards where you can ask questions and these message boards also contain tutorials and help for those that want to know about how to make their buying and selling on Ebay more successful!Don't think you ... More About: Living , With , Make , Ving
Grants For Single Mothers?
2007-02-04 16:21:01 Do you know that there is an actual organization dedicated to helping single mothers? And did you also know that this organization has a program to help single mothers pay off all (or at least part) of her student loans? If you want to find these programs you have to look for them. They won't come to you - YOU have to go to them! More About: Rants , Other , Others , Rant , Mother
Inventors and Funding?
2007-01-29 04:16:13 I have been asked to write an article about inventors and funding. This will not be a hard article for me to write because there are many funding opportunities for inventors. Right now President Bush is talking about finding alternative methods for oil and this is just one of the paths that is open to inventors. Another avenue is the military. The government is always looking for inventions that will help make the miltary better. This can be anything from designing new kinds of weapons to designing better durable uniforms! The government spends a lot of money on this and they will continue to do so!The government is not the only source of funding for inventors. Most notably I'm thinking about if you can make a product better then you stand a good chance of receiving funding for it.However one thing I want to repeat about getting funding - be it for inventors or anyone - and that is there is a process to it. In more cases than not you have to go through the application proce... More About: Fun , Inventors , Funding , Fund , Vent
The Need For More Grants For The New Orleans Area
2007-01-26 04:14:04 There is a proposal for a number of new grant programs in the areas that were hard hit by Katrina. One such program would bring in over $1 Million Dollars in grant moneies for those small businesses in the area that were affected. While this is good news for those that want to continue to do their business in the area, the proposal has to be approved first. Of course there is much dissappointment at the number of grant programs that were and are still available for those in the area. While there are still a number of loan programs available the people affected by hurricane Katrina don't want to incur more debt because they have so much that they have to pay for now. There are still grant programs available for both individuals and businesses in the affected areas and some of these programs have been started by entities other than the governemt because of the need to bring back the businesses to the area. More About: Rants , New Orleans , The N , Lean , Rant
Sex & Mrs. X - Movie Review!
2007-01-23 04:12:03 I just got finished reading a post from a woman whose husband left her for a younger woman and it reminded me of this movie. In the post the woman said that she had no job skills but she also mentioned that she would be able to do "light" work for donations/money."Sex & Mrs. X" is a movie about a woman whose husband left her for a younger woman. So she decides to throw herself into her work - which is reporting. She interviews a woman who provides a service to women to help them find men to marry. On the surface it seems kind of sleazy but once you find out more about it you find out that it really isn't. What I found fascinating was the story behind why the woman got into that kind of business in the first place. She explained that she had been in love with a man and he left her and she wanted to know why and she began to learn and thats how her business started. I won't give away the ending but I will say that it has a happy ending and if you'd like to find out more abou... More About: Movie , Movie Review , Review , View
A Career As A Graphics Artisit? Is It Still Possible?
2007-01-03 10:00:04 The answer, of course, is YES! There are many, many people that want to have a career as a graphics artist and you would think that with so many people wanting to do so that the market for this type of work would be flooded. In a way it is. But compare it to the many people that want to have a show business career. Even though there are so many of them there are still those that manage to have a career at it.I guess it would be perfect for someone that wanted to have their own career as a graphic artist to be able to have their own business as one and be able to work from home doing it. Guess what? There are people that are doing it successfully from home. For example just watching a program recently I saw an example of a graphic artist that has his own business from home. How did he get started? He got an idea for his art by watching a movie. He started designing his art - yes, from his computer at home - and then he started advertising his art in as many places as he cou... More About: Graphics , Care , Career , Stil , Still
Here is some very good information about grants in...
2006-12-27 09:55:01 Here is some very good information about grants in general. I say "in general" because the process isn't the same for all grant programs but this is very good information for those who are considering applying for a grant.Grants are the toughest to get and have the most stringent requirements. Grants require a written grant proposal (almost like a business plan), defining the specific project for which the grant funds will be used, detailing how this will benefit the granting organization, describing how the project will be managed (including a project timeline with build-in review meetings and reports) and delineating the past relevant experience of the key members of the project management team.In the event you do receive a grant, be prepared for mandatory reports, reviews and site visits by the granting organization to ensure that its funds are being used as promised.Because these are government funds, politics always play a role. Securing these funds does not require dealing wi... More About: Information , Rants , Info , Rant , Inform
My Website Page about Grants....
More articles from this author:2006-12-24 09:53:01 http://members.aol.com/Roseb441702/grants .htmI was updating the information on my grants page and I noticed just how much information was on there. I decided to let that information stay because it answers the same basic questions that get asked over and over again. Even though the questions (and answers) posted may be a few months old the information is still applicable today.So many people want to know how they can get a grant and the answer is that it will depend on what you want the grant for. Another thing that people should be made aware of is that a grant is not guarenteed. You have to apply for the grant. Some grant programs have many applicants, some have not very many applicants and there have even been a few grant programs that have closed because they didn't receive enough or any applicants!I have also visited a lot of websites that say that there are no grants for starting a business. A lot of them say that there are no government grants to start a business. Whe... More About: Rants , Website , Page , Site , Webs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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