www.authorsandmore.com

Carole Weitzel

PresidentEmail: carole@authorsandmore.com

512 914-2596

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.

● Liaison with the author, publisher, and librarian.

Visit Tips:

● Start your planning● What's your budget

a. Honorarium or fee

b. Travel expenses1. Flight, car rental, and/or mileage2. Hotel3. 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 without breaking the budget:

● Prepare the audience● Publicize the event

● Library website● Parent Links, emails● Public Library

● Create excitement for the author visit● Read the books● Learn about the author

● Check for equipment needs

$$$ Saving Ideas:

● Is there another school in your district which also wants to schedule the author the same week?

● 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 from surrounding districts thus saving costs for everyone.

$$$ Saving Ideas (cont.)

• Check with the Public Library

• Community groups in the area may book the author/storyteller for an evening performance

• Book Clubs• Ladies or Men's groups

• Look for a community sponsor

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 rewardswww.aplusfcu.org

● Email: educationfoundation@aplusfcu.org Applications available Feb. with a May deadline

● Bank of America: Corporate Philanthropyhttp://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 Foundationhttp://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 Fargo

https://www.wellsfargo.com/about/charitable/tx_guidelines

● Walmart and Sam's Club Giving Programhttp://walmartstores.com/CommunityGiving/8916.aspx

Education Grants

● Adopt-A-Classroomhttp://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 Foundation

http://www.wallacefoundation.org/GrantsPrograms/Pages/default.aspx

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