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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Feed:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Annotation<br><b>Posted on:</b> Tuesday, July 22, 2014 6:23 PM<br><b>Author:</b> Kathleen Williams<br><b>Subject:</b> The Art of Pitching<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=0><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://blogs.archives.gov/nhprc/files/2014/07/Schillingphoto.jpg"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=300 height=169 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://blogs.archives.gov/nhprc/files/2014/07/Schillingphoto-300x169.jpg" alt=Schillingphoto></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>There is a lot of “pitching” that goes on at the NHPRC each summer. But alas, I am not referring to baseball.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Summer is a particularly valuable time for us to describe our grants programs to potential applicants. What’s the same and what’s new? What does it take for an application to be really competitive? These are invaluable discussions, and this is our “season” to make AND to listen to all sorts of pitches.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Taking place August 11-17 right here in Washington, DC, <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>the joint annual meeting of SAA/CoSA/NAGARA</span></strong> provides the NHPRC staff with a perfect storm of opportunities to discuss your ideas in a variety of forums. You will have lots of chances to listen to and be heard from during this week-long meeting. SO don’t be shy! Below is a schedule of activities where you can meet up with NHPRC staff during the week:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>GRANT PROGRAM Information Sessions</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• NHPRC Exhibit Hall Booth (#803) – stop by anytime during exhibit hours to put a name with a face, discuss ideas, set an appointment for a lengthy conversation, or pick up some literature. In addition, we have scheduled a handful of “lightning” talks and Q&A sessions throughout the day on<strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> Friday, August 15:</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Archives Leadership Institute (with Lucy Barber) – 9:45-10:15AM<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Access to Historical Records (with Alex Lorch) – 11:45AM-12:15PM<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Digital Dissemination (with Nancy Melley) – 2:15-2:45PM<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Literacy and Engagement (with Lucy Barber) – 3:15-3:45PM<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• NARA Mini-Theater in Exhibit Hall – if you can’t make it to these scheduled talks, the NHPRC staff will make a presentation on our two most popular grant categories – Access and Digital Dissemination grants – at the NARA mini-theater on <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Friday, August 15, 10-10:30AM</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• Funders’ Corner in Network Café – throughout the meeting we will use our space in the Network Café to meet one-on-one with anyone who could use some sit down time to discuss ideas, challenges, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>STATE and GOVERNMENT ARCHIVES Activities</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• PERTTS Workshop – NHPRC staff are attending parts 1 and 2 of this workshop taking place on <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Tuesday, August 12 and Wednesday, August 13</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• CoSA Work Session – Come visit with me or Dan Stokes, and especially come listen to Nancy Melley describe the new NHPRC State Government Electronic Records grant program on <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Wednesday, August 13, Noon – 5PM</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• State Board (SHRAB) Brown Bag Lunch – Dan Stokes and I will team up to give an overview of new NHPRC program initiatives for state boards, and listen to your feedback and challenges, on <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thursday, August 14, noon-1:15PM</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• CoSA Business Meeting – an opportunity to get an overview of the past year and help us read the tea leaves for what’s coming up in the next, with Dan Stokes and myself fielding your questions and comments, on <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Friday, August 15, 12:30-2:30PM</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>SESSION/EVENT Participation</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• Session #501: <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Taken for Granted: How Term Positions Affect New Professionals and the Repositories that Employ Them</span></em> will include NHPRC grants officer Alex Lorch among the speakers on <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Friday, August 15, 2:45-3:45PM</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>• Archives Leadership Institute Practices Workshop on <strong><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Sunday August 17, 9AM-1PM</span></strong> will include one or more NHPRC staff attending<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> And for my final PITCH… we have found that applicants really benefit from discussing their ideas with us during this pre-application time, so I encourage you to use the annual meeting to your advantage. We are happy to chat and meet with you!<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br><a href="http://blogs.archives.gov/nhprc/2014/07/22/the-art-of-pitching/">View article...</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>