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Beyond the Award: Why Every Grant Professional Needs Post-Award Management Skills

Grant Professionals Association

In the grant profession, we often emphasize pre-award activities: identifying opportunities, crafting compelling narratives, and submitting competitive proposals. While these are important skills, post-award grant management is equally essential—and increasingly expected of those who serve in the profession.

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How Can We Use Trying Times to Advance Our Careers –

Grant Professionals Association

I let the group of 30 or more people know that my grant management job was ending and that I was open to work. At that meeting, a CEO of a local nonprofit approached me, conducted a brief interview, asked me to visit their offices, and shortly thereafter offered me a position as a coordinator of a grant program.

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Applying Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (QA/QI) in Grant Management Strategies

Grant Professionals Association

But, does QA/QI also have a place in a nonprofit organization’s successful grants management strategy? Two different kinds of experiences supported this author’s development as a grant professional. Below are some insights and lessons learned regarding best practices to support a QA/QI process for grant-seeking organizations.

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AEP Announcement – Grantegy

Grant Consulting Services

Just when you thought Grantegy: Don’t Leave Your Grants To Chance could not get any better, Grantegy has been accepted into the GPCI Accepted Education Program. CEUs towards acquiring the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) or maintaining your GPC certification when you complete all seven courses in the Grantegy program.

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What’s on Your Professional Development Bucket List?

Grant Professionals Association

Since 2006, the Grant Professionals Foundation (GPF) has ensured resources are available to educate, credential, and assist grant professionals who secure the funding necessary for not-for-profits to serve the greater good. For the 2023 GrantSummit, GPF awarded 14 scholarships for grant professionals to attend virtually and in person.

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Collaborative Grant Seeking and Management? Yes, Please!

Grant Professionals Association

Grant seeking, proposal development, and post-award management can fill some professionals with dread. Often, if funding is extremely needed, some entities can be more reserved around submitting collaborative grant proposals. Funders can sniff out desperation in a proposal. Limiting grant involvement.

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Sabotage: Obstruction or Treason

Grant Professionals Association

Despite our best efforts and knowledge, sometimes sabotage can sneak in to derail progress on a project or proposal. This changed the language in other sections we had spent the previous week working on to align throughout the proposal. Bonnie previously served as a member of the GPA and GPCI Board of Directors.

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