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Five Tips to Improve Your Grant Writing and Write Grants Better

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Find a Mentor Mentorship is transformative for any grant writer. A mentor can provide personalized guidance, helping you navigate challenges and avoid costly mistakes. Organizations like the Grant Professionals Association offer mentoring programs for members. When it comes to grant writing, mentors are invaluable.

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From Napkin to Narrative: How Program Design Powers Grant Success

Grant Professionals Association

Or the time we used carbon paper to create multiple copies of a grant proposal, leaving our fingers stained and our drafts smudged beyond recognition? A great idea would emerge: a way to feed families, house veterans, mentor teen., Online submissions eliminate the risk of losing a mailed proposal to the abyss.

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How Can We Use Trying Times to Advance Our Careers –

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GrantZone – GPA offers a public forum where you as a member can post questions, respond to other posts, find GPC study sessions, connect to other chapter members, and keep abreast of changes in the field. GPA Mentor/Mentee Program – as a mentee, you can discover what others have done when they experienced similar situations or as a mentor.

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Go “Backwards” to Move Your Proposals Forward: Internal Grant Reviews

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Internal reviews offer: Fresh perspectives: Outside eyes catch what we miss When staring at a proposal for hours, days, or weeks, it's easy to miss things. They can also give you a heads-up on how the actual review panel might see your proposal, helping you address potential concerns before they become issues.

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Practical Ways to Use AI in 2024

Grant Professionals Association

We are focused on [mentoring youth ages 10-18 that are in the foster care system OR brief description of your project].” #2 3 Write sections of your grant proposal While AI cannot even come close replacing the depth of knowledge of an experienced grant professional, it can help you write sections of grant proposals.

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Interview with Carolyn Appleton: How to Launch Your Grant Writing Career

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I had an exceptionally knowledgeable mentor who ran an office engaged in multiple types of fundraising activities: endowment (major gifts), special project fundraising (grant writing), annual fund (with a corporate slant), membership, database administration, special events, and volunteer management. My mind was a sponge.