Draft and submit a $20,000 arts grant proposal in 12 minutes with ChatGPT
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Mary Catherine Brooks, board president of the Greenville Arts Council in Mississippi, learned at 4:48 PM that a $20,000 grant proposal was due by 5:00 PM. Brooks opened ChatGPT, uploaded the council's past successful proposals and had it use them to produce a new draft. The proposal was submitted before the deadline and won the $20,000, which will support arts and education programming for children and families across the Delta. '12 minutes of ChatGPT is making an impact on the lives of thousands of kids,' Brooks says.
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Here are our past successful grant proposals and this grant's requirements. Using our own material, draft a new proposal that answers every question in the application. We have about ten minutes.
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Before you start, ask me 1–3 short questions about the details below and wait for my answers. Once I've answered, confirm the plan in one line and run the whole task start to finish. Goal: Draft a grant proposal from our own past proposals that answers every part of this application. Questions to ask me first: - What's the deadline, and is there a word or character limit for each section? - Which programs and budget figures should this proposal cover? - Who has to approve it before it's submitted? Inputs (fill in or confirm): - This grant's application questions and guidelines: [GUIDELINES] - Our past successful proposals: [PAST PROPOSALS] - Program details and budget for this request: [PROGRAM AND BUDGET] - Deadline: [DEADLINE] Rules: - Answer each application question in order, using its exact heading. - Use only facts, figures and outcomes from our documents; never invent numbers, partners or results. - Mark anything that needs updating for this year (dates, numbers served, budget) as [CHECK]. - Stay within every stated word or character limit. - Don't submit anything; I'll do that. Checkpoint: If time allows, show me the section outline first; if the deadline is minutes away, give me the full draft at once with the [CHECK] items listed at the top. If you get stuck: If a required question isn't covered by our documents, write a short placeholder saying what's needed instead of making it up. Verify before you finish: Re-read the guidelines and confirm every required section is answered and within limits; list any [CHECK] items still open. Output: A ready-to-paste proposal, section by section, plus a short checklist of items to confirm before submitting. Done when: Every application question has an answer drawn from our own material, and I know exactly what to check.
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https://academy.openai.com/public/blogs/twelve-minutes-to-fund-the-arts
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