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OMG awesome!!!!!

Top photo is Oliver, my African grey parrot. Middle is my two orange boys, Murphy and Punkin. And bottom photo is my two girls, Luna and Mia. Any other bird people here?

Thank you @KaraAdams! And yes, those things do make me happy! Didn't see a beer badge LOL!

Thank you @TammyTilzey I've attended several of your webinars and have found them to be extremely helpful to me as a new grant writer! This community looks like a fun place to connect!

To write clearly and concisely. I tend to be wordy. I am a word nerd, so I love flowery vocabulary, and I tend to restate the same point 10 different ways if I don't monitor myself LOL! It's easy to slip into industry jargon, too. I was advised to write grant proposals so that someone with no knowledge of my organization…

Thanks for this discussion. I have worked for years serving people with disabilities, and I feel pretty comfortable and well-versed in People First language. I'm happy to be a resource on that topic. However, I am still learning when it comes to racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic descriptors that are positive and…