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

Grant Professionals Association

Grant consultants are part of a profession that blends grant development alongside entrepreneurship. 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. We see our needs being met. Well, then, clarity is key.

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Are These Fundraising Appeal Best Practices Holding You Back?

Clairification

I’ve even taught these practices at conferences, on webinars, and through consulting engagements. Full confession: I’ve used the franken “best practice” appeal structure for years. And honestly? It works — especially if you borrow generously from the best of the best appeal writers. Introduce a compelling need or problem.

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Five Tips to Improve Your Grant Writing and Write Grants Better

Think and Ink Grants

Attend Conferences Conferences are one of the most valuable tools for improving your grant writing skills. Conferences can: Introduce you to experts for in-depth discussions. At Think and Ink Grant Consulting , we provide comprehensive training for grant writers at various levels. Our Get.Grants.Better. Shavonn Need help?

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

Candid

Advancing equity as a core priority We hope implementing the 10 principles as fundraisers, leaders, and consultants will help achieve collective liberation and growth for all fundraising practitioners and nonprofits. Through CCF chapters, the CCF Hub, and conferences, we disseminate our knowledge and resources.

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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. If theres a gap on your team, you might save time, access new perspectives, and improve outcomes by hiring a consultant in that area.

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Learning from peers to refine your nonprofit funding strategy

Candid

If thats not enough to fill out your list, or if you dont have contacts in those organizations, here are some ways to surface more names: scan recent conference attendee lists, look into members of coalitions your organization belongs to, or ask board members if they have connections at organizations that fit the bill.

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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?

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