Not long ago, DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services held a last-minute free webinar. Why? Significant events often require spontaneous responses. You don’t plan for ’em, but you have to take action.

If you missed the webinar, our reason for offering it was that over the course of this year, the very context for the world of grant seeking has changed. Grants professionals are reeling; this year has been stressful. No matter your organization’s mission or your priority population, the grants space is not what it was 12 months ago. It’s not even the same grants space it was five months ago. 

Our founder and president, Diane H. Leonard,GPC, RST, has been deep in the grants space for more than 25 years and has seen so much change already. And yet this year feels even a bit more surprising to her. What are the changes that have created such a dynamic, significant shift for us? To understand the new landscape uniquely, Diane speaks in this webinar about the “grants game board” of today and how it relates to the nearly simultaneous changes in the federal funding landscape and the explosive growth of AI.

Before this year, the “grants game board” was a lot like chess, a thoughtful strategy game. But maybe the board now feels like Chutes and Ladders. You climb and progress only to fall unexpectedly. Or Candyland, where the random cards bring you close to yummy delights, only to move you away without warning. At any rate, the game board feels different and, even after everything that’s happened in these last months, we grant professionals might still be holding chess pieces. 

So, in this new space, what is happening? What makes this game board feel so different? Diane carries that analogy throughout this free webinar, exploring how we should react and adapt, offering practical, timely guidance for your grants strategy moving forward.

Do you want to learn more about planning a new approach for the new grants landscape? Watch Diane’s presentation. And check out additional free resources such as our Grant Research Guide to help you find your perfect-fit funder and our Grantmaker Relationship Guide. Also, you can reach out to us directly.

Or support others by commenting below about your own insights into and successes within the new grants landscape!