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The #1 Grant Writing Headache? Your Own Team.

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Picture this: the grant deadline is in 48 hours. If you’ve been in the grant-writing game for more than five minutes, you already know the real bottleneck isnt your writing skills. Or convinced the grant wont be funded anyway, so why bother? And if the grant fails, guess who gets the blame?

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

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Welcome to the wild world of mentoring junior grant writers. But heres the good news: with the right systems in place, you can train the next generation of grant rockstars without burning outor blowing a deadline. Bottom Line: Train Smart, Not Hard Bringing up junior grant writers doesnt have to derail your deadlines.

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

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

The application is submitted, the grants been awarded, and everyones celebrating. 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. Think of it as your grant GPS. Cue the confetti!

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

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Lets face itbeing an experienced grant writer can feel like youre juggling flaming swords while walking a tightrope… in a windstorm… during tax season. You know how to make funders swoon with a perfectly phrased needs statement and turn complex program logic into pure poetry. Sure, youve got the expertise. What worked?

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

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Lets face itmost grant proposals sound the same. So how do experienced grant writers keep things fresh without breaking the rules? Innovation in grant writing isnt about gimmicks. Great grant writers know how to weave a story. They write in a way that makes the reviewer lean in and feel the impact.

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Chaos Kills Proposals: Lock the Program Design Before You Write

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

Theres nothing more maddening than trying to write a winning grant for a program that isnt even nailed down yet. Trying to write while the program is still being invented is like building a house on quicksand. Trying to write while the program is still being invented is like building a house on quicksand. Sound familiar?

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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.