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How to Support Our Nonprofits AND Ourselves as Grant Professionals

in Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on March 20, 2020 July 28, 2023

There is no doubt that these are unprecedented times for all of us as individuals and as grant professionals. I have lost track of how many emails I have received that are talking about how…

#ThrowBackThursday 2019

It’s the start of the new year, 2020! We thought this would be a great time to throw it back for #throwbackthursday and revisit our top blog posts of 2019. Questions to Help You…

Top 10 Grant Writing Tips For Your Nonprofit

in Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on July 12, 2019 January 7, 2022

*Originally published on 6/14/19 by CharityHowTo. There are so many nuances to be considered when creating a successful grant seeking strategy. Whether you are relatively new to the field of grant seeking or you are…

#FOMO…On the Perfect Grant Opportunity

in Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on May 31, 2019 May 28, 2019

While many on social media may think of #FOMO as the Fear Of Missing Out as it relates to social activities, vacations, and other exciting adventures, when I think of #FOMO it is the fear…

Consultancy Capacity’s One Best Tool: Your Business Plan

in Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on June 16, 2017 August 14, 2019

Note from Diane: We often get asked, how many grants can one grant professional write in a year? Or how do you best balance multiple deadlines? We are beginning a short series looking at grant…

Why Grant Professionals Need Mindfulness

in Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on September 16, 2016 August 13, 2019

In a previous Grant Funding in Action blog post here, I spoke about my work with the Mindful Veterans Project and completion of an eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course. Like most other careers, grant professionals…

How to Find Federal Grant Review Opportunities

in Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on May 27, 2016 July 21, 2023

Luck or Bobbing for Apples? (Neither): How to Find Federal Grant Review Opportunities Ever wondered how to find federal grant review opportunities? As I mentioned in Ten Tips I Learned From Being a Federal Grant…

A Room (Or Office) Of Your Own

in Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on April 22, 2016 August 14, 2019

*Note from Diane: The flexibility that can come with the life of a consultant can be wonderful, but can also present unique challenges. Julie offers us a great, honest perspective on those challenges in her…

Celebrating Success In A Grant Team

in Client Success Stories Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on March 25, 2016 December 2, 2020

Last Friday was International Grant Professional’s Day as the capstone for International Grant Professional’s Week. It was a fantastic week as there is so much to celebrate and be excited within the grant profession! In fact,…

A Grant Professional’s Focus at Work

in Grant Consulting Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on March 4, 2016 June 28, 2022

If you read the Grant Writer’s Blog last week, you know that grant professionals don’t dawdle. Procrastination is not a method that we practice. As a follow-up to talking about not procrastinating, I wanted to…