22-08-2014, 09:01 AM
Craig makes a lot of pertinent points.
Someone should listen to him!
Money (or rather the lack of it), as has been pointed out before is the bottom line.
Point 5 he makes is probably the most relevant on this subject.
But what an enormous task indeed!
I don't think it's beyond the realms of possibility that the likes of Standard Life etc. could be persuaded to "give" Chess Scotland a small sum of money. Small in their terms might be £10,000.
But you would have to convince them in a highly professional way that they were getting value for money.
Companies like this do not give you money. They expect something in return. Actually they expect considerably more in return for their outlay...nevertheless I think it should be possible to make Chess an attractive investment for them in some way.
So the enormous task would begin...
[list=]Define your goals. You need tangibles and specifics. Airy fairy woolly nonsense will not cut it
Set out your ideas on how your are going to achieve them
Refine them. Refine them
Prepare your documentation for presentation
Rework it again and again until it's slick
What's been missed? What's good, what's bad?
Seek positive feedback
Rework it again and again
Then rework it again until it is superb
You'd almost certainly want a PP presentation as well as hardcopy handout
List your target companies
Attempt to arrange meetings with prospective companies (be prepared for a lot of rejection)
Present your case in a highly professional manner. You can't go to these companies like an amateur
[/list]
It's all with no guarantee of success
Pray
Someone should listen to him!
Money (or rather the lack of it), as has been pointed out before is the bottom line.
Point 5 he makes is probably the most relevant on this subject.
But what an enormous task indeed!
I don't think it's beyond the realms of possibility that the likes of Standard Life etc. could be persuaded to "give" Chess Scotland a small sum of money. Small in their terms might be £10,000.
But you would have to convince them in a highly professional way that they were getting value for money.
Companies like this do not give you money. They expect something in return. Actually they expect considerably more in return for their outlay...nevertheless I think it should be possible to make Chess an attractive investment for them in some way.
So the enormous task would begin...
[list=]Define your goals. You need tangibles and specifics. Airy fairy woolly nonsense will not cut it
Set out your ideas on how your are going to achieve them
Refine them. Refine them
Prepare your documentation for presentation
Rework it again and again until it's slick
What's been missed? What's good, what's bad?
Seek positive feedback
Rework it again and again
Then rework it again until it is superb
You'd almost certainly want a PP presentation as well as hardcopy handout
List your target companies
Attempt to arrange meetings with prospective companies (be prepared for a lot of rejection)
Present your case in a highly professional manner. You can't go to these companies like an amateur
[/list]
It's all with no guarantee of success
Pray