Curriculum Design
Use when asked to design the overall sequence and structure of a course or training program — outcomes, unit sequence, assessment points, pacing — made up of individual [[lesson-plan]]s, as distinct from planning a single session.
Education & nonprofit
5 skills.
Donor Management
Use when asked to build or improve how an organization tracks and nurtures relationships with its donors — giving history, stewardship, segmentation — as the ongoing relationship practice distinct from a one-time [[grant-proposal]] submitted to a specific funder.
Grant Proposal
Use when asked to write a grant proposal — a formal application requesting funding from a foundation, government body, or other grantmaker for a specific project or program, covering need, objectives, budget, and evaluation — as distinct from the ongoing relationship work of [[donor-management]] with individual donors.
Lesson Plan
Use when asked to plan a single teaching session — objective, hook, main activity, check for understanding, and materials — as distinct from [[curriculum-design]], which plans the overall course or program a lesson plan belongs to.
Training Needs Analysis
Use when asked to identify the actual gap between current and needed skills or knowledge before building training — root cause, target audience, success measure — so training solves a real, specific gap rather than being commissioned on a generic assumption; distinct from [[curriculum-design]], which designs the program once a genuine training need is confirmed.