AI-Assisted Executive Summaries and Outreach

This unit focuses on applying AI and evidence-based writing strategies to plan, draft, and polish executive summaries and early proposal sections while preparing for funder outreach and partnership development. Students learn prompt techniques, assess AI limitations, craft a visual identity, and evaluate funder fit to increase clarity, innovation, and impact.

Learning Objectives

• Analyze funder priorities, review panel considerations, and grant opportunity types (including direct and pass-through) to determine alignment and partnership potential
• Apply AI prompting and Writing Instruction (WI) strategies to draft, iterate, and polish clear, persuasive executive summaries and initial proposal sections, including basic visual identity elements
• Evaluate AI-generated text for accuracy, bias, keyword overload, innovation, and compliance with funder guidelines, and revise drafts to enhance clarity, impact, and A-G alignment
• Demonstrate professional outreach and partnership-building techniques by using AI as a virtual assistant to draft pre-submission communications, manage follow-up, and document funder interactions