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

Lightning Fast Grant Writing

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. Step One: Build a Smart Training System (Not a Time Sink) Don’t reinvent the wheel every time a new junior shows up. Get them thinking like a funder and writing like a pro.

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Logic Models, in Plain English

The Grantsmanship Center

Category: Program Planning and Design Proposal Writing and Grantseeking There comes a time when a proposal needs to include a logic model. A logic model is a picture of how your program is intended to work. A speed bump for a lot of people is the “outputs vs. outcomes” element of a logic model.

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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.

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Five Steps to Creating a Winning Logic Model

Think and Ink Grants

Last year, I presented the session "Logic Model LIVE!". It shows how serious (or maybe crazy) I am about logic models. If you've followed me for any length of time, you will have come across a presentation or two about logic models. In logic models, each prior step informs the next step.

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From Good to Better to Best – Telling a Compelling Story of Impact

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Becoming familiar with the theory of change and the logic model behind the program design can help us write a narrative that explains how we know that doing something in a certain way can be expected to achieve certain results. . Support groups meet for 90 minutes and are led by a trained peer facilitator.

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Telling a compelling story: Communicating program impact in a grant proposal

Candid

A narrative that illustrates your nonprofit’s program impact The logic model is a classic framework for illustrating a program’s impact. You can learn the basics of creating logic models for your programs in Candid’s Introduction to Measuring Your Impact course.

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Become a Stronger Grant Writer Simply by Addressing DEI

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Either/or thinking has stopped or slowed some major career choices such as employee vs. consultant, grants vs. fundraising, grant writing vs. coaching or training. It’s the only reasonable way to conquer that logic model or have a difficult but necessary conversation with a program officer or board member. Learn what you can.