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The #1 Grant Writing Headache? Your Own Team.

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

If you’ve been in the grant-writing game for more than five minutes, you already know the real bottleneck isnt your writing skills. Heres why: the people youre depending on dont need the grant to happen. To them, supporting your grant writing effort is just another thing on a long list of things.

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

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Instead, create a structured onboarding program that includes: Self-paced tutorials (think: short videos, PDFs, and templates) Live workshops on research, writing, and budgeting A clear glossary of grant-speak terms (because logic model should not feel like a riddle) Think of it like building a Grant Writing 101 boot camp.

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Bored Funders Don’t Fund—Keep Your Proposals Fresh or Risk the Trash Pile

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

So how do experienced grant writers keep things fresh without breaking the rules? Innovation in grant writing isnt about gimmicks. Experienced grant writers dont overload the page with fluff. Got a logic model that looks like spaghetti? Funders read hundreds of these every year. Simple: they innovate.

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Chaos Kills Proposals: Lock the Program Design Before You Write

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Use a simple logic model to guide the conversation: Inputs: What resources do we already have? Facilitate a Program Design SessionYes, You Can Be the Boss If the program is still fuzzy, step up and lead a one-hour strategy session with key stakeholders. Dont wait for clarity to fall from the sky make it happen. What gets delivered?

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

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

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. Oh, just the real work a.k.a. post-award requirements. You know, the part no one talks about during the happy dance. Reporting deadlines.

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Burned Out but Brilliant: 8 Smart, Sanity-Saving Strategies for Frustrated Grant Writers

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Mentor Without Melting Down Training junior grant writers is rewarding… until youre buried under deadlines and the newbie just asked what a logic model isfor the third time. Automation is your best friend hereembrace it. The solution? Structure the process. Schedule weekly check-ins outside of crunch time.

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12 One-line Grant Tips

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

ICYMI or want a refresher of our tips, here it is for your viewing pleasure: When I posted the video to LinkedIn, I tagged some of my trusted colleagues in the field to find out what one-line grant tips they would add to our montage, and they didnt let me down. Logic models can be your friends. Comment below and let us know.