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KnowledgeBases > The Writing Successful Grants KnowledgeBase > Element 5 > Activity 3 > Task 3: Report Results to Constituent Groups

Guideline:

Communicating with constituent groups is an ongoing activity. Sharing the organization's progress in achieving the grant's goals is important. Recognizing different audiences have varying information needs, tell the story in a way  to meet each audiences' needs. When sharing quantitative information be sure it is in an easy to understand format and a language suitable for each audience.

Checklists Different Formats for Different Audiences

This document lists a number of different types of reports and suggests appropriate audiences for each report.

Guidelines Guidelines for Effective Public Engagement

This Education Leadership Toolkit document offers five guidelines for effective public engagement. The Education Leadership Toolkit was a project of the National School Boards Foundation under a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Legal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law designed to protect the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools receiving funds under any applicable U.S. Department of Education program. School districts should ensure all staff members and outside contractors, such as counselors and interpreters, are familiar with the applicable policies on the privacy of student records.

Practical Tips Presenting to Difficult Audiences

Not everyone may be receptive to the message being conveyed. This document provides five recommendations for presenting difficult messages to audiences.

Practical Tips Statistics Every Writer Should Know _EXTERNAL_LINK

This resource describes in "plain English, some basic concepts in statistics that every writer should know."

Practical Tips The Fog Index

The Fog index was developed by Robert Gunning to measure how hard something is to read. His Fog Index in The Technique of Clear Writing (McGraw-Hill) is considered the most reliable formula for testing your writing. It is not an index of how good your writing is, but of how easy it is to understand. Using the index, grant administrators can test the communications they send to constituent groups.

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