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Kickstart Your Consultancy: Key Conference Takeaways to Launch the New Year

Grant Professionals Association

In this article, Ill reflect on three conferences I attended in 2024 (apart from GrantSummit ) and offer several takeaways that aim to help grant consultants thrive. From these conferences, recurring themes emerged that resonated with me, including teamwork, clarity, scalability, and preventing burnout. We see our needs being met.

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Reflections from Grant Summit 2024: A First-Timer’s Perspective by Bobbi Ozanian, MHA, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Planning was overwhelming, but the conference app allowed me to overlap conflicting events, so I could decide later. When I agreed to write this blog, I fully intended to give an honest review. It also included maps, speaker bios, handouts, and even a messaging component to connect with other attendees.

GPC
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3 Ways to Improve Your Nonprofit’s Leadership Approach

Blackbaud

For instance, you might send some team members to an annual leadership conference or purchase leadership development books for interested employees to read on their own time. The post 3 Ways to Improve Your Nonprofits Leadership Approach first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog by Blackbaud.

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Event Ideas to Strengthen Donor-Beneficiary Relationships

Ann Green's Nonprofit

Workshop or Educational Panel Consider hosting a workshop, discussion panel, conference session , or series of open-table conversations where donors and beneficiaries participate. This could be as simple as a few brief testimonials or even thank-you cards distributed at tables.

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Community-Centric Fundraising: Equity, social justice, and an abundance mindset 

Candid

The movement was sparked by Vu Le’s blog, Nonprofit AF , in 2015. Through CCF chapters, the CCF Hub, and conferences, we disseminate our knowledge and resources. CCF strives to move past “the donor is always right” way of thinking. The CCF movement helps BIPOC fundraisers grow in their careers and feel safe, seen, and secure.

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Your instincts about fundraising lead you astray [COMMANDMENT 9]

Future Fundraising Now

It’s available in books, blogs, webinars, conferences and more. Knowledge comes from years of testing and trying things. If your list is too small for testing, you can get a huge head start by paying attention to knowledge-base of our profession. The rest of the commandments (so far).

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Yes, the GrantSummit is Still Relevant to Me, a Grant Professional of over 20 Years!

Grant Professionals Association

Do the grant activities I regularly engage in match in relevant ways to others at the conference? In fact, this year’s conference had even more for me as an advanced practitioner working in the full grant lifecycle than ever before. Will I find enough sessions which teach me new concepts? Will I meet people who are new to me?

GPC