• Sustainable Legacy Research – grant awarded to Innolect Inc. to design, administer and prepare a report to assess and make recommendations for increasing ROI for corporate social responsibility volunteer efforts with nonprofit partners.
  • Bozeman Senior Center– grant awarded to form the “Last Best Geri-Actors” – – a seniors’ theatre group performing readers’ theatre and musical performances at senior care facilities in Montana.
  • Friends for Alabama Children’s Fund – raised funds to provide grants for low income children without health insurance or the benefits of social service programs. The grant was administered in cooperation with the Alabama Department of Child Welfare.
  • Let’s Keep the Music Playing – produced a record with the bass player for the Commodores, Ron LaPread, and designed/produced a poster signed by Auburn University Heisman Trophy winners to raise money to award grants to children who “fell between the cracks” – i.e., children who did not qualify for state or federal welfare programs, but needed food, clothing and medical care.
  • It’s Your Body: Check Yourself Out – grant awarded to record and disseminate an educational video to encourage self-examination for the early detection of breast cancer among young and minority women. The video used the Rap format and was set to an original song for the project.
  • Bop! the Musical – partial grant to develop and produce this 50’s musical including 18 original songs.  The production, including scripts, music and advertising materials, is available to raise funds for selected nonprofit organizations and foundations, including ISIP.
  • Native American Inter-tribe Communication – grant awarded to enhance communication among several Native American Tribes in Arizona. The grant led to a conference among tribes aimed at resolving long lived disputes and conflicts among the tribes.
  • Listening Oral History Series – recording and dissemination of listening field oral history materials to support the International Listening Association. Among the experts interviewed for the series were Ralph Nichols and James Brown, two pioneers in Listening research and application.
  • Ralph G. Nichols Listening Research Award – monetary award for the best research-based or theoretical paper presented during the International Listening Association Conference (1986-2002).
  • 21 Days to Smarter Listening , Watson, K. W. & Barker, L.L. – grant awarded to publish the revision of Managing by Listening Around: move from New Orleans, LA: SPECTRA Incorporated Publishers to Tega Cay, SC: Innolect Inc.
  • Meditation Techniques for Stress Management, — grant awarded to publish this book through Trafford Publishing, Ontario, 2006.
  • James I. Brown Student Listening Research Award – monetary award for the best research-based or theoretical student paper presented during the International Listening Association Conference (1986 to 2002).
  • Readings in Intrapersonal Communication Processes, Roberts, C. & Watson, K.W. – Grant awarded to write and produce the first comprehensive book of readings about theory and research in intrapersonal communication: Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch-Scarisbrick Publishers.