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10 Ways to Improve Relationships with Grantmakers
Each funder has its own approach to how it makes its grantmaking decisions. Each grantmaker also has its own unique capacity and preference as it relates to building relationships with potential and current grantees. …
Top Tips on Raising Money Outside of Non-Profits
I talked myself out of a job and felt great about it. It was not because I won the lottery. As a business owner, I am not in the habit of turning down clients and…
5 Key Skills for Nonprofit Professionals to Develop
Quick Note from Diane: We’re thrilled to have a guest blog for you from Matt Hugg of Nonprofit Courses. I’ve had fun sharing resources back and forth with Matt and digging deeper into some of…
How to Work with a Board of Directors: Both Sides of the Table
I’m a sucker for advice columns. It started when I would leaf through the women’s magazines during my mother’s weekly trips to the beauty shop, not to be confused with spas, salons, hairdressers, or anything…
Ten High-Tech Grant Tools Used by My Favorite Grant Pros
About 10 years ago I was participating in #grantchat (an hour-long grant discussion on Twitter most Tuesdays at noon Eastern) when that week’s particular topic was centered around high-tech grant tools. Everyone was sharing helpful…
The Number One Productivity Tool for You
Even in these strange and scary times, the giant back-to-school supply bins in my local big box store make me smile. It’s the siren call of all those blank pages, pristine pencil leads, and unsullied…
Winning More Grants Is Not an Either/Or Proposition
Are you a plotter or pantser? This is an oft-discussed question between writers of fiction, attendees of writing conferences, and people who while away the hours listening to podcasts about writing. (Dear reader, I include…
Even Professionals Need to Go Back to the Grant Basics
AKA Amanda and the horrible, no good, very bad grant writing week I have been a grant professional for 20 years, and for the past six years taught an introduction to grant writing course to…
Keep Asking: Lessons in Not Holding Back
On this week’s episode of the Fundraising HayDay Podcast (Season 4, Episode 14), Kimberly and I had the great fortune to chat with Sarah Stewart Holland and Beth Silvers of the popular podcast, Pantsuit Politics….