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Advancing Knowledge: Knowing your “Why” by Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Have you ever stopped to consider the reasons why you sign up for webinars, attain or continue to maintain your grant professional certification (GPC), or set out to learn an entirely new skill set (like project management)? For some, an employer prioritizes professional development and encourages developing a training plan.

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Competition and Training: Not just skills for the court By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

To be competitive, your grant team must train and prepare to advance through the rounds and win awards. Instrumental defines grant readiness as a measurement of your organization’s capacity to research, apply, win, and manage grant applications successfully. Grants, much like professional sports, are competitive, and increasingly so.

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Certifications for the Grant Professional By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Certified Grants Management Specialist (CGMS) There are just over 300 CGMS professionals at the end of 2023; only five have also received their GPC, including two AGS staff. The application phase is often the focus of our work as grant professionals. Eligible applicants must pass a certification exam. There are 1.4

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Lessons from MotivateMonday | Answering the Sustainability Question

Pamela Grow

It’s the grant application question you always dread… How will your organization sustain this program when the grant is complete? But the real answers to the sustainability question start long before keying in the first word on a grant application.

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Taking the Fear out of Grant Management: Conflict of Interest By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

There are two important things to remember when broaching grant management: You don’t have to change everything overnight, so take learning piece by piece and you will continue to grow your understanding and application. A good COI policy will include provisions for regular COI training. It doesn’t have to be scary.

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Metrics for Grant-Seeking By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

All too often, an organization will set unrealistic goals without adequate resources or available opportunities or set unreasonable expectations for the number of applications an individual needs to submit. Yet data helps leadership and the board of directors quantify the year-to-year success and progress toward department goals.

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Denied and Denied Again by: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

While self-awareness is important, so is understanding the factors that are beyond your control in an application. If your organization is a first-time applicant, building a relationship with a funder can be important to the process. Outside of the application, how have you connected with the foundation or program officers?

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