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Training Junior Grant Writers—Without Losing Your Mind or Missing Deadlines

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Youre deep in a federal proposal, juggling 10 stakeholders, two budgets, and a narrative that still needs serious polishthen your inbox pings: Hey, can I shadow you today? Welcome to the wild world of mentoring junior grant writers. Sure, its rewarding. Once its in place, it saves hours of explainingand re-explaining.

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You Won the Grant—Now What? Mastering Post-Award Chaos Without Losing Sleep

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

The application is submitted, the grants been awarded, and everyones celebrating. Budget tracking. Logic models. Post-Award Pressure Is Real For experienced grant writers, post-award management can feel like the most overlooked and underestimated beast in the grant world. Think of it as your grant GPS.

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The #1 Grant Writing Headache? Your Own Team.

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Picture this: the grant deadline is in 48 hours. Your heart is racing, your inbox is a graveyard of unanswered pleas, and youre still waiting on a budget breakdown, an updated program description, and that one elusive staff bio written in something resembling human English. Or convinced the grant wont be funded anyway, so why bother?

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Chaos Kills Proposals: Lock the Program Design Before You Write

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Theres nothing more maddening than trying to write a winning grant for a program that isnt even nailed down yet. One day its a youth mentorship initiative, the next its a workforce development projectand nobody seems sure which population theyre serving or what the heck the budget looks like. Smart grant writers dont play that game.

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Too Many Fingers in the Pie? Here’s a Surefire Recipe for Cross-Agency Grant Work

Grant Professionals Association

It's also an opportunity for the grant writer to shine. Its so easy to see a grant opportunity, bring a bunch of people to the table, and cobble something together. Who will write the grant? If more than one organization has a grant writer on staff, thats fine many hands make for lighter work. Who constructs the budget?

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The Competitive Advantage and Head Start of Pre-planning for Large Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

These competitive advantages in grant-seeking for large grants (federal grants, state grants, and yes, even large foundation grants) are the act of pre-planning. Workplan – A rough outline of the key activities, who will conduct them, and when they will take place.

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Multitasking – Exploring Grant-Related Words, Installment #2

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

As grant professionals/grant writers, we strategize how to use powerful words. For grant writers, the word can represent a tormenting impossibility at times. The post Multitasking – Exploring Grant-Related Words, Installment #2 appeared first on DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services.

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