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How to Lead with Courage: A Conversation with Satonya Fair

Blackbaud

If your application completion rate is low, you might jump to creating another webinar and flyer to walk people through the process, when it might be that your application is too long and requires bespoke data. Technological solutions come later. If you start with the solution, you might be addressing a symptom. Innovation is exciting.

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4 Common Pitfalls in the Grant Review Process (and How to Avoid Them)

Blackbaud

Even when your grant review process involves internal staff or people who have reviewed applications before, it can still be a bumpy process. Creating a streamlined and efficient grant review process can make sure you make data-driven and timely decisions so you can award your grants, and your grantees can drive impact.

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Before you use AI to write grants, make sure you know these 4 things.

Millionaire Grant Lady

AI writing is the wave of the future. Surely it can write grants…right? Lately, it seems I can hardly open a newsletter, attend a training, or look at a conference schedule without seeing the word AI popping up everywhere. Can you train AI? What are AI hallucinations? How do AI writing platforms work?

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4 Ways Funders Can Help Grant Writers Submit a Great Application

Blackbaud

Grant writers are often the unsung heroes of the application process. They parse the grant documentation to understand if their organization is a good fit, they gather information from throughout the organization, and they mold it into an engaging story about the important work the organization is doing.

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5 Steps to Strengthen Your Grantmaking Organization’s Data Governance

Blackbaud

A grant management system is no place for your garbage. Without good data management examples and expectations, your team may not be aware they are making these mistakes. Know the regulations that apply to your industry and identify the data that might be applicable to those regulations. AI and machine learning are tools.

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From Napkin to Narrative: How Program Design Powers Grant Success

Grant Professionals Association

Before AI, cloud-based platforms, and fancy grant management software, grant writing was a hands-on, paper-filled, finger-cramping journey. Program design is the heart of any successful grant application. That napkin? That’s the birthplace of some of the best nonprofit program designs.

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Blackbaud Grantmaking: Examining the Past, the Present, and the Future

Blackbaud

MicroEdge was established back in 1985 and released their Grants Management Software “GIFTS Online” in 2009. Some of the latest updates we are excited about include new document management capabilities, new ways to delete data in bulk, a completely reimagined applicant-centric portal, and the introduction of SKY API®.

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