Assel Grant Services

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Maybe those arches remind you of an article you read about staff and wage shortages or the company’s impact on the economy. Or perhaps they give you another emotional response relative to your most recent experience at a restaurant or in a long line in the drive-through? The same is true for your brand.

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Assel Grant Services

APRIL 22, 2024

A Harvard Business Review article from over a decade ago points to a multi-decade study showing that multitasking is ineffective. By Ashley Dooley, GPC first appeared on Assel Grant Services. You probably do not even catch yourself multitasking, because it happens so frequently. Are you REALLY Listening?

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Assel Grant Services

MARCH 3, 2024

Several published articles, like this humerous classic by Vu Le , illustrate grant practices that do more harm than good. “If you expect me to help you meet the organization’s fundraising goals, invite me to be an active participant in strategic planning.” Here are some of the top pet peeves grant professionals deal with.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

We will discuss objectives in more depth in a future article. Let me know if this article was helpful. Our next article will bridge this information and communicate how goals, outcomes, and outputs inform logic models, so stay tuned. She is one of only 17 Grant Professional Certified (GPC) grant professionals in Georgia.

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Think and Ink Grants

APRIL 28, 2022

Funders read dozens of articles all of the time. Shavonn __ About Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. Say it again?

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

In this article, we will discuss the two biggest challenges through sabotage: external (i.e., Author Bio: Bonnie Houk, GPC, Director of Grants Management, Southeast Kansas Education Service Center. The Oxford Dictionary lists some common synonyms for sabotage as to undermine, cripple or impair.

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Grant Professionals Association

APRIL 10, 2024

Based on reasons that go beyond the scope of this article, this offers a strategic advantage over seeking new funding opportunities. As a result of reading this article, perhaps you too will begin to mull over additional ways to steward relationships with funders and thereby reap the rewards of doing so.

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Think and Ink Grants

MARCH 30, 2022

The article provides the following solutions for nonprofit leaders to consider: "Nonprofit leaders can shift their resources to reduce damage from inflation, such as by putting more money into interest-bearing accounts or deferring actions that would require them to take out loans. Salaries- up. Even the demand for your services is up.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 3, 2023

He went on to explain that “kill your babies” was a phrase used in the journalism profession to remind writers that once their articles are written and submitted to copy editors, those articles are out of their hands. I still remember the sting I felt receiving feedback on the very first article I ever wrote.

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Think and Ink Grants

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

There are nuances in how you manage employees and subcontractors that will be discussed in a future article so stay tuned. Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020.

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Grant Professionals Association

AUGUST 13, 2024

Look for opportunities to work with program staff, whether through conferences, co-written articles in professional journals, or regular participation in program meetings. GPC Competency: #8 Knowledge of methods and strategies that cultivate and maintain relationships between fund-seeking and recipient organizations and funders

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Grant Professionals Association

MAY 1, 2024

The Imperative: Listen and Learn As grant professionals, we’re inundated by articles, webinars, and marketing messages about AI’s role in prospect research and analysis, proposal and report writing, and more. This may produce fear of dire outcomes – such as, “there’s no more need for us”. There’s no better outcome than this.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Many reading this article may say, "Shavonn, I already knew this. You can download your complimentary e-guide and logic model template: " How to Design a Fundable Nonprofit Program " Shavonn Richardson, MBA, GPC is Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting™. Tell me something new."

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

Keith supports nonprofits and small and large businesses with professional grant writing and digital content writing needs and challenges, including county, state, federal, and foundation grants as well as web pages and online articles and blog posts.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

In a 2016 blog article , Barbara Floersch, Chief of Training & Curriculum for The Grantsmanship Center , referred to the grant professional as a “rain-maker, a change-maker, and a social activist”. Good advocates are excellent communicators who can frame even the most complex issue in a way most people understand.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In this brief article, I aim to touch upon some of these challenges and propose potential solutions. GPC Competences: 3 and 8 Language Proficiency: Organizations led by non-English speakers often struggle with English proficiency when completing grant applications independently.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 11, 2024

At GGPA's monthly roundtable, we've found success in predetermining timely topics, such as "The Implications of AI in Granting," and providing optional pre-reading materials like articles or podcasts. During the meeting, a facilitator poses questions related to the topic, sparking organic discussions.

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Think and Ink Grants

DECEMBER 19, 2020

This article was previously published on forbes.com: [link] The year 2020 has indeed been a year like no other. She earned the GPC (Grant Professional Certified) credential from the Grant Professionals Certification Institute in 2020. Nonprofit organizations have especially been hit in several ways.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In this article, we'll delve into the top grant writing skills. Richardson, MBA, GPC Shavonn is the Founder and CEO of Think and Ink Grant Consulting. But grant writing is no easy feat. It requires a unique blend of skills. We aim to provide practical, straightforward advice that you can apply in your organization.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 19, 2023

Try to think about general factors that may apply to multiple communities which you can usually find in more formal research such as journal articles or white papers. GPC Competencies: 1,3,4,9 Approach this by looking at why the problems exists generally as well as specific factors that are unique to your situation.

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 11, 2023

Author Bio: Kellie Brungard, GPC (she/her), is a grant specialist at Assel Grant Services. If you have ever been told to “fake it until you make it,” imposter syndrome is the lived experience of that ideology. Question: How do you overcome feelings of imposter syndrome as a grant professional?

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Millionaire Grant Lady

OCTOBER 6, 2023

What you’ll find in this article: What certifications should a grant writer have? Additionally, you should look for a candidate who has a recognized professional certification, such as Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) or Grant Professional Certificate (GPC). We know what it takes to successfully win grants.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 5, 2023

This article will explore many ways AI can be used in grant writing and reporting, specifically focusing on data, data processing, and outcome tracking. www.ascendnbs.com GPC Competency: Competency #3: Knowledge of effective program and project design and development strategies.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In this article, I will highlight three ways I believe AI will benefit grant-seeking and three concerns I have about its impact on our profession. The above article was NOT written or assisted by AI tools. But I did enter this text into ChatGPT and asked it to write a poem, based on my article. Let’s start with the negatives.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

GPCI administers the nationally recognized Grant Professional Certification (GPC) credential, which is highly regarded and well worth placing on your resume. I recommend also checking out the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), as they have quite a few webinars and articles you may find helpful. I recommend Candid highly.

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