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20 Suggested Must-Reads for 2024
Our team comprises of book lovers who read books from all genres. This year, we decided to hold a Secret Santa book exchange and it was a lot of fun sending books to each other….
2024 Top Grant Writing Blogs to Follow
We’re so excited to announce the 2024 Top Grant Writing Blogs to Follow. 2024 Top Blogs to Follow based on what we were reading from them in 2023. It is the goal of DH Leonard…
Productivity Is An Inside Job: Measuring Personal Happiness As A Means To Success
Over more than 25 years of researching, prioritizing, writing, developing objectives, creating evaluation plans, and tangling with logic models, I never spent much time measuring a crucial aspect of work that affects all those tasks…
Grant Pros: What is Your Why?
For a long time, I struggled with my work as a grant professional. Don’t get me wrong. I loved tackling a challenging federal grant proposal. And I loved it even more when we got an…
The Competitive Advantage and Head Start of Pre-planning for Large Grants
Imagine you are standing on the starting line of a running race. The race official says when my arm drops and the gun goes off, you all get to start. Then they point at you…
Key Takeaways for the GWBC Session as a Seasoned Grant Professional
Recently, I attended MyFedTrainer’s Grant Writing Boot Camp (GWBC) hosted by our team’s founder and President, Diane H. Leonard, GPC, RST. Having written many federal grants in the past, I was excited to hear insights…
Don’t Let “Perfect” Be the Enemy Of Good Grant Writing
Once upon a time, in a cubicle far, far away, I saw an announcement for a senior grant writing position at a national organization. At first glance, it seemed like a dream job. Then, I…
Dear Private Funders, Take a Cue from the Feds, Pretty Please
I do not claim to have all the answers, but after two decades of grant writing, I know a thing or two about how funders operate. And like most grant professionals, I have thoughts and…
High Energy Motivation for Grant Writers
Have you ever heard a Jock Jams song (Jock Jams were compilation albums released between 1995 and 1999)? Maybe a single song like “I Like to Move It?” Jock Jams – I Like to…