Amy Bonn, Author at DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Writing for Rural America

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on April 5, 2019 July 10, 2019

Sometimes when you are writing a grant for a rural organization it can feel a bit like David and Goliath. Urban communities have more research done on them, more data to back up the challenges…

Deeping Your Understanding and Use of Demographic Data

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on March 6, 2019 January 5, 2023

Resources for Writing a Good Demographic Statement or Why Grant Writers Deserve their own type of Sherlock Holmes Hats One of the most satisfying part of my job as a grant writer is when…

Active Listening for a Grant Writer

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on February 22, 2019 March 15, 2019

I hear a soft knock on my door and I roll over and look at my alarm clock and it says 2 am. This happens every so often when you are a resident advisor in…

Movies for Grant Writers

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on November 23, 2018 September 14, 2021

How Can Will Ferrell, a farming community and Legos Help Us Become Better Grant Writers I was helping a friend develop a list of motivational movies for a sports team and began thinking about…

Stress Relieving Techniques During a Busy Grant Writing Season

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on September 19, 2018 September 19, 2018

Stress Relieving Techniques During a Busy Grant Writing Season… ..or Why 2pm Chocolate is a Healthy Professional Coping Mechanism We all know that in the midst of a busy grant season it’s important…

How to Use Data to Tell Your Story

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on September 14, 2018 June 28, 2022

Writing an Effective Demographic Statement for a Grant: How to Use Data to Tell Your Story When I served as a reviewer on a federal grant panel, the vast majority of the applications I read…

What to Do When Your Grant Timeline Gets Off Track?

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on August 31, 2018 August 31, 2018

When we plan vacations in our family two of us are planners and two of us are fly by the seat of your pants travelers. Over the years we’ve adjusted to half our family’s “need…

Don’t Yuck Someone Else’s Yum

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on March 23, 2018 August 14, 2019

Note from Diane: Amy’s analogies and metaphors related to our work in grant seeking and nonprofit work as a whole always make me smile. Today’s post is no different! My family recently went out…

An Evaluation Cookbook: 6 Resources to Have on Hand

in Evaluation Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on February 24, 2018 February 24, 2018

*This is the fourth in a series of evaluation focused blog posts by our colleague and team member, Amy Bonn of The Finch Network. If you missed the first posts, don’t miss reading What’s In Your…

Evaluating What Makes Your Organization Special

in Evaluation on February 16, 2018 May 7, 2020

* This is the third in our series of posts about evaluation and how you are can be evaluating your success to increase your grant seeking success and reporting on your grant-funded work. If you missed…

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