carole weitzel president. email: [email protected]@authorsandmore.com phone: 512...
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Carole Weitzel
President
What is Authors and More ?
● A booking agency for authors, storytellers and other presenters.
● An agency owned by a librarian who knows what a presenter needs and what a school needs in a presenter.
● An agency that will work with you to help you find the right author for your event.
What is Authors and More?● Listed on many of the district vendor lists● Supplies contracts and invoices● Helps with booking travel and hotels● Obtains books for a visit● Works with you on the schedule● Liaison with the author
Visit Tips:
● Start your planning● What's your budget
a. Honorarium or fee
b. Travel expenses
1. Flight, car rental, and/or mileage
2. Hotel
3. Meals or per Diem
What's most important to you?
● Identify the author or storyteller that best fits your event.
● Date: It would be best to have 3 available dates.
● If you must have a specific date – are you flexible with the presenter?
● Price range
How to make a great event:
● Prepare the audience● Publicize the event● Buy the books● Read to the students● Create excitement for the author visit● Check for equipment needs
What the author needs:● Have the schedule ready at least 2 weeks in
advance.● Allow time for autographing of books, materials.● Provide refreshments during the day.
a. bottled water or other beverages
b. lunch
● Stay on schedule.● Have payment ready for Authors and More,
or the author, the day of the event.
$$$ Saving Ideas:
● Is there another school in your district which also wants to schedule the author the same week? Sharing costs will help not only you; but Authors and More when working with you.
● Sometimes an author will discount their fee when they are booked for more than one school in the same week in the same area.
● Authors and More can help with booking authors for more than one day at a time thus saving costs for everyone.
Funding Sources:
● TCA - Texas Commission on the Arts – Anina Moore
http://www.arts.state.tx.us/
● PTAs - Be proactive with the PTA , ask to be on the programs committee.
● Book Fairs - Tell parents the book fair is raising money to bring authors to the school. Let them know that the profits benefit the students and how you plan to use it.
Funding Sources (cont.)
● Corporate grants
Most large companies have a grant program
● Education grants
Some of these are listed later in the slides
Corporate Grants
● A Plus educational foundation rewards
www.aplusfcu.org
● Email: [email protected] Applications available Feb. with a May deadline
● Bank of America: Corporate Philanthropy
http://www.bankofamerica.com/foundation/
Corporate Grants (cont.)●Capital One: Contributions and partnership http://capitalone.com/about/corporate-citizenship/partnership
●Kohls: Associates in Action
http://www.kohlscorporation.com/CommunityRelations/Community04D.htm
When a minimum of 5 Kohl associates from one location volunteer for 3 consecutive hours for a youth-serving nonprofit organization, associates help the nonprofit earn a $500 grant.
●Starbucks Foundation
http://starbucks.com
Corporate Grants (cont.)
● Target: Arts and culture in schools
www.target.com/grants
● Target: Take charge of education
Redcard holders give 5% to the school of their choice on their purchases. Promote this with your parents and staff. Checks are given to the school in September. School's status can be checked online at anytime for the balance.
Corporate Grants (cont.)
● Wachovia and Wells Fargohttps://www.wellsfargo.com/about/charitable/tx_guidelines
● Walmart and Sam's Club Giving Program
http://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/8916.aspx
Education Grants
● Adopt-A-Classroom
http://www.adoptaclassroom.org/index.aspx
● American Library Associationhttp://www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/awardgov/awardapps/index.cfm
● Donors Choose
http://www.donorschoose.org● Institute of Museum and Library Services
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/name.shtm
Education Grants (cont.)
● International Reading Association
http://www.reading.org/Resources/AwardsandGrants.aspx
● Lee and Low Books
http://www.leeandlow.com/p/administrators_grants.mhtml
● National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/index.html
● National Storytelling Network
http://storynet.org/programs/grants/index.html
Education Grants (cont.)● School grants
http://schoolgrants.org
● Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
http://www.scbwi.org/Pages.aspx/About-School-Visits
Texas chapter
http://www.scbwi.org/Regional-Chapters.aspx?R=47
● U. S. Department of Education
http://www2.ed.gov/fund/grants-apply.html
Education Grants (cont.)
● The Wallace Foundationhttp://www.wallacefoundation.org/GrantsPrograms/Pages/default.aspx
www.authorsandmore.com