High Energy Motivation for Grant Writers
DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services, LLC
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Written by Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST
Have you ever heard a Jock Jams song (Jock Jams were compilation albums released between 1995 and 1999)??
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Maybe a single song like “I Like to Move It?”?
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Or the very popular Mega Mix?
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These are songs that are sure to inspire and fire up the players at a sporting event as well as the crowd.
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Yet, I don’t think the songs should be used only to inspire and fire up sporting events…I think they can be used to help inspire grant writers/grant professionals as well.
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Let me explain…I was recently taking part in a Peloton Bike Bootcamp led by one of my favorite instructors, Jess Sims, that was set to a Jock Jams playlist. Phenomenal workout. And as my endorphins were flowing and I was singing along to songs I remembered from my teenage years, I started to think of alternate lyrics that made sense to inspire our Writing Team.
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Rather than only share my unique twist on these songs to pump up our awesome Writing Team, I wanted to share it with all of you as well. Here are some of my twists on Jock Jam lyrics to help pump you up for your next big application.
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The lyrics in “I Like to Move It, Move It” ?by Reel 2 Real could become “I Like to Write It, Write It” to help get us excited when opening up a new draft and looking at the blank screen with the blinking cursor for a new application.
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The lyrics in Tubthumping by Chumbawamba, “I get knocked down, but I get up again, You are never gonna keep me down,” could become “I get rejected, but I submit again, You are never gonna keep me down!” You guessed it, this could be the song we play for ourselves and our colleagues when a grant rejection is received to pump us back up to dig in on the next application and learn from the rejection to strengthen our next application.
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The lyrics of “It Takes Two” by Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, “It takes two to make a thing go right, It takes two to make it out of sight,” could become “It takes two sets of eyes to make a thing go right, it takes two sets of eyes to get it funded” to remind us to never self-edit our work before submitting to a grantmaker.
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Do you have some other Jock Jam lyric twists? Or other “pump up” song lyric twists to share? We’d love to hear – let us know the comments below.
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