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Answers to the Most Common Questions About Storytelling in Grants

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on May 29, 2018 March 22, 2023

You asked, we answered…after having 1,700+ (woah!!) people register for the free webinar on storytelling in grants that I did last week in partnership with Foundant and their GrantHub product last week, I wanted to answer…

Grant Writing Isn’t a Solo Sport: It Requires Teamwork

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on May 11, 2018 August 13, 2019

Note from Diane: The last post in our series about how grant writing is not a solo sport, but rather a team endeavor when looking for the greatest level of success, it’s time to look…

Grant Writing Isn’t a Solo Sport: Grant Professionals are the Quarterback

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on May 5, 2018 August 13, 2019

Note from Diane: The third post in our series about how grant writing is not a solo sport, but rather a team endeavor when looking for the greatest level of success, it’s time to look…

Grant Writing Isn’t a Solo Sport: It’s a Lot Like Volleyball

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on April 27, 2018 July 21, 2023

Note from Diane: The second post in our series about how grant writing is not a solo sport, but rather a team endeavor when looking for the greatest level of success, it’s time to look…

Grant Writing Isn’t a Solo Sport: When Life and Deadlines Compete

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on April 22, 2018 April 22, 2018

Note from Diane: Our team is a constantly evolving team, focusing on gaining new skills to best support our clients. Our client teams are constantly evolving as well as we work to build their grant…

The Value of the Grant Writing Process…Regardless of the Outcome

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on April 13, 2018 April 13, 2018

Recently while working on a large foundation grant application, my client remarked that she was so glad to be going through the grant writing process, because she realized that additional fundraising was needed for her…

Improving Your Research Strategy

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on April 6, 2018 July 21, 2023

*Note from Diane: DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services, LLC does NOT endorse any specific research tools. We subscribe to and use numerous databases ourselves in our work for our clients. The decision about which…

#LifeasaGrantWriter: The Curated List

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on March 30, 2018 August 13, 2019

I had so much fun putting together the list of 15 statements in the post You Know You are a Grant Writer When that I am sharing a curated list of Your #LifeasaGrantWriter and #LifeasaGrantPro…

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…

How to Avoid a Grant Writing Scam

in Grant Writing Tips and Best Practices on March 19, 2018 January 5, 2023

Alas, there was yet another heartbreaking story in the news this past week about a grant writing scam conducted against a number of nonprofits trying to secure grant funding. Stories about grant writing scams crop…