Grant Professionals Association

JULY 10, 2024

Despite our best efforts and knowledge, sometimes sabotage can sneak in to derail progress on a project or proposal. In this article, we will discuss the two biggest challenges through sabotage: external (i.e., This changed the language in other sections we had spent the previous week working on to align throughout the proposal.

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. We will discuss objectives in more depth in a future article. Let me know if this article was helpful. She is one of only 17 Grant Professional Certified (GPC) grant professionals in Georgia. Save this for the outcomes).

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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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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”. My best advice is: Just jump in!

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Grant Professionals Association

JULY 2, 2024

You might be tempted to paste the narrative part into your grant proposal as is!) 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

AUGUST 13, 2024

At the same time, grant professionals need program employees’ support to develop proposals, steward funders, and bring in enough dollars to keep the organization running. You cannot develop grant proposals in a vacuum with no underlying knowledge of what activities will be feasible on the ground.

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Grant Professionals Association

MARCH 28, 2024

As we strive to create high-quality, competitive grant proposals for the organizations we serve, grant professionals are engaged in advocacy for their missions and communities with funders. Good advocates are excellent communicators who can frame even the most complex issue in a way most people understand. Sound like anyone you know?

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Think and Ink Grants

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In this article, we'll delve into the top grant writing skills. A proficient grant writer knows how to use this data to align their proposal with the funder's goals. This skill can significantly increase the likelihood of your proposal being accepted. Ensure your budget aligns with your proposal narrative.

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Grant Professionals Association

JUNE 19, 2023

Have you ever gotten a call for proposals from a funder that fits your organization’s mission, and you have some ideas, but you don’t know where to start with the actual writing of the proposal? We start with asking three questions that will end up being the foundation for the proposal. GPC Competencies: 1,3,4,9

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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

JULY 11, 2023

Changing thought patterns is ongoing and will likely require revision at various times—when you take on a new role or face knowing a proposal is not top quality due to limitations that might not have been your own. Author Bio: Kellie Brungard, GPC (she/her), is a grant specialist at Assel Grant Services.

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Grant Professionals Association

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

As a grant professional, I have an enduring faith in the myriad of talents needed to craft comprehensive and convincing proposals -- talents that can’t be automated by artificial intelligence (AI) -- but I also understand the existential fear of our profession being devalued or compromised through technology. Let’s start with the negatives.

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Qgiv

MARCH 30, 2022

A clear presentation of the facts and the argument in favor of support–and a well-targeted grant proposal that fits with the funder’s area(s) of interest–is often best. GPCI administers the nationally recognized Grant Professional Certification (GPC) credential, which is highly regarded and well worth placing on your resume.

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