Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 23, 2025

We’re here to debunk the top AI myths, explore how ethical AI grant writing tools can boost your efficiency, and discuss why AI-driven grant strategy is the future of grant readiness. We even provide ongoing training and coaching so everyone on your team can easily utilize it. That’s not just readiness. That’s power.

Grant Writing

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 9, 2025

Tip: Keep two or three versions of each proposal section tailored to different types of funders so you’re ready to respond quickly and appropriately. Tip: Link training back to your active grant calendar. Invest in templates and training Smart tools pay for themselves. Ready to Level Up Your Nonprofit Grant Strategy?

Grants

Gail Perry Group

JULY 17, 2025

We see the same patterns over and over: overloaded portfolios, stalled donor conversations, missed opportunities, and burnout. With the right coaching and training from our team, your MGO’s can build stronger qualification approaches so that gift officers can focus on the right donors at the right time.

Burnout

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 29, 2025

If you’re a grant writing consultant, it’s buying you a one-way ticket to Grant Writer Burnout Land — a place you definitely don’t want to visit. Your brain is simply overloaded, and it’s trying to protect itself from burnout. Your Standard Grant Narrative and application library are built-in and ready to pull from.

AI

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 21, 2025

Why Starting From Scratch Hurts Your Grant Writing Constantly writing grants from scratch is more than tedious; it actively contributes to burnout and cognitive overload. To support that goal, we’ve created a high-level training that includes templates, tools, and a step-by-step system. Want to see all of The Hub’s features?

Grant Writing

Blackbaud

MAY 12, 2025

It can also lead to burnout among finance professionals who are constantly chasing approvals and updates instead of working on strategic projects. Lack of Training for New Staff: Provide training for new staff and stakeholders on the budget approval process and tools. Ready for a system that simplifies your budgeting process?

Budget

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 4, 2025

Whether you’re a solo grant writer or part of a small, multitasking team, developing a clear process to evaluate grant opportunities can help you write stronger proposals, avoid burnout, and focus on the funding that truly supports your mission. Will we need to hire, train, or contract new support to fulfill the grant?

Grants

The Fundraiser Coach

JUNE 9, 2025

First we started with training wheels. Once she got confident with the training wheels, we practiced without them. When she could comfortably turn in a circle, brake quickly, and slow down gently, she was ready to ride the neighborhood solo. Even if no one ever trained us. It’s a kid learning to ride a bike.

Burnout

Candid

MARCH 12, 2025

Cross training, cross investment, and cross sharing of data may become much more critical. This is unsustainable; over time, it can only lead to staff burnout and organizational exhaustion. Mutual support: Under todays circumstances, an organization could find itself deemed unacceptable at any given moment.

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

In natural disasters, the training and quick action of first responders and emergency services save lives and livelihoods. Screen Every Volunteer Spontaneous crisis volunteers need to be screened so they can be given suitable roles and be properly registered and trained. Resources the volunteer can provide (boat, truck, chainsaw, etc.)

Management

Blackbaud

JULY 17, 2025

This often forces people to skip breaks and sacrifice work–life balance, leading straight to burnout. Spotting these signs early gives you room to act—whether through clarifying roles, launching targeted training, or rebalancing workloads—before a small hiccup becomes a full‐blown crisis.

Finance

Pamela Grow

MARCH 1, 2023

GiveButter reported that burnout is affecting more than half of all nonprofit employees. First, you have to ask yourself if you’re actually ready to leave. Or are you just ready for a change? 4) Offer help: When you resign from your position, offer to help train your replacement. Are you burned out?

Nonprofit

Grant Writing Made Easy

JULY 5, 2022

They’re tired, often close to burnout. That’s why I continue to offer free grant writing training opportunities. Free Grant Writing Training. The post Why I offer free grant writing training opportunities online appeared first on Grant Writing Made Easy. And yet, their work is underfunded. And I thank you for doing it.

Grant Writing

Blue Avocado

AUGUST 13, 2024

. — Molly Krichten from Carnegie of Homestead Rushing to hire Hiring employees before they are ready. Clarice Williams from WEBS Training Center Lack of succession planning Not having an active succession plan. It’s a job that people need to be trained and educated to take on, not a social gathering.

Nonprofit

Candid

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

This toolkit provides practical strategies and exercises to help you contribute in meaningful ways while maintaining a healthy balance and avoiding burnout. Whether you’re looking to volunteer or ready to become a board member, these books for activists and donors will inspire you to contribute to your community this giving season.

Burnout

Blackbaud

APRIL 2, 2024

You and your grantees are driven by a passion for your mission that sometimes leads to burnout. Consider the level of database training the user has. If they are not trained on a powerful feature—or one with access to sensitive personal information—it is best to not provide access now. Working in the nonprofit sector is hard.

Policy

Qgiv

AUGUST 4, 2023

To keep your volunteers as effective as possible, develop a volunteer management process that helps you recruit, train, and steward volunteers for your organization. There are three major aspects of managing your volunteers: recruitment, training, and stewardship. The average volunteer retention rate is around 65%.

Management

Grant Writing Made Easy

JUNE 27, 2022

Taking this frantic approach is a recipe for burnout. I’m opening the doors to the course up at a discounted price for a few days and kicking the enrollment period off with a free training, “The 3-Step Framework for Getting Grant Funding.”. Because this training is going to seriously transform the way you think about grantseeking.

Funding

Candid

MAY 31, 2023

When it comes to making a difference in your life, this read will leave you feeling inspired and ready to tackle the issues you care about. The Idealist’s Survival Kit : 75 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout by Alessandra Pigni. The Answer is You: A Guidebook to Creating A Life Full of Impact by Alex Amouyel.

Nonprofit

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 13, 2022

In September 2020 I penned an article entitled Battling Burnout as a Grant Professional where I shared several resources to help overcome the struggle. More than avoiding burnout, I want to continue to love this career of ours, and sometimes that means saying no to things, even if I’d love to do it.

Burnout

Bonterra

MARCH 13, 2024

With less Reduce staff burnout and turnover by adding critical capacity and expertise to your team. Analysis of your support cases to identify common challenges and prioritize the right trainings for your team. Advance your team's skillset and technical knowledge with up to four hours per month of training with a dedicated expert.

Fundraising

Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

And you can invest in training yourself and your staff to better accomplish the goals and aims of the program. Rates of burnout in the nonprofit sector are high , but delegating a workload among an appropriate number of people can make a huge difference. You can be more consistent in your programming. What’s next for you?

Funding

Get Fully Funded

JUNE 18, 2023

Be ready to paint the picture of where you’re going and then motivate folks to join you for the journey. A leader who can’t manage their time is distracted and disorganized, always working on things at the last minute. Leading people. You’re the leader and people will look to you for direction.

Nonprofit

Qgiv

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Retention is everything your organization does to keep the volunteers you recruit, like providing proper training and management , aligning volunteer assignments with individual volunteers’ interests, or working hard to create personal relationships with your volunteers. Use current volunteers as a resource.

Pass-Through

Blackbaud

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Here are four ways automation can improve your AP processes, help prevent accounting staff burnout, and save your team time. Automated systems ensure that new team members can quickly get up to speed and start contributing to the teams efforts without extensive training.

Finance