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​Choosing the right certification: a guide to grant writing credentials for professionals

Grant Professionals Association

Typically, grant professionals learn on the job through trial and error, plus there are vast numbers of classes, webinars, and articles to read on writing grants. Through my experiences and practices, I am convinced that the best way to learn to write grants is through hands-on practice and receiving individualized feedback on your writing.

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YOU ARE INVITED!

Grant Professionals Association

Scrolling through the GPA’s website I learned about the Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) offered by the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI). She has been in the grants field since 2008 and currently works as a consultant for the Government of Puerto Rico and non-profit organizations. I invite you to do it all.

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Grant Decision Making. How do you choose which grants to chase?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Guest post by: Jeff Bauknecht | Grants Manager | The Museum of Flight Who decides which grants to pursue or to let pass by? In 2008, I accepted a position as a Major Gifts Officer at the largest independent nonprofit air and space museum in the world. Remember 2008/2009, the Great Recession? So……… Who decides?

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September Cause Awareness: National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

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Edwin Shneidman (left) at his home in Los Angeles, California with Maurizio Pompili, who was the recipient of the 2008 Shneidman Award. The 2023 theme follows the triennial theme established in 2021: “Creating Hope Through Action.” In October 1998, the first National Suicide Prevention Conference was held in Reno, Nevada.

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#11NPD: Rethinking Movement Buildling

Tech Soup

ColorOfChange's constant communciation with its members through tweets and other social media were crucial to the success of the campaign, Robinson told us, as they kept participants informed and aware that their actions were making a difference. Case in point: Obama for America, the 2008 Obama election campaign effort.

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

Forty percent find charities through plain old web searches. This has been a steady upward trend since 2008. That said, some of the group predictions that clearly did come to pass include: "The rise of crowdfunding as an important fundraising tool. Communications and Marketing. This past year, U.S. Privacy and Security.

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

Candid

However, we can revisit the topic of workers’ rights through a new lens by exploring the increasing role that a newer breed of labor organizations plays in the social sector. For example, the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) undertook a six-year lobbying campaign in New York to pass better protections for domestic workers.

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