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Wrapping up 2024

Grant Professionals Association

In addition to the successes, thoughtful consideration of the challenges faced can help you gain insights into areas where you need more training or different systems to ensure smoother grant processes. Training Plan Review the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (GPCI) competencies ( found here: Competencies Tested – GPCI ).

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

Grant Professionals Association

Both types of certifications signify a standardized level of expertise and often follow the completion of specialized training and exams. This is the boat I am in; I wrote grants for a decade before GPCI first offered certifications in 2008 (GPA of Lower Hudson, n.d.), so I never got around to it.

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Continuing Education: A Journey Not a Race

Grant Professionals Association

This present blog piece provides tips on how best to tailor your selection of continuing education activities over the life course. Research specific training or courses that can help you grow your skills. Seek the support of your employer to assist in offsetting registration fees for attending training. (Or Execute your plan!

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What’s on Your Professional Development Bucket List?

Grant Professionals Association

The GPF is a 501(c)3 organization that offers scholarships to help grant professionals in three areas: GPA Membership Scholarships (Open annually February 1 st - 28 th and, if funding is available, August 1 st - 31 st : Membership scholarships provide access to free and discounted resources and training offered by GPA.

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Know Yourself Better: Why Grant Pros Should Take The Four Tendencies Quiz!

Grant Professionals Association

I was particularly frustrated because a few years prior, I had trained for a half marathon and completed it quite successfully. I wasn’t meeting anyone or training with a friend. GPCI Competency: #7 Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers

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Grant Professionals as Advocates

Grant Professionals Association

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”. GPCI Competencies : #7, #8, and #9 Sound like anyone you know? She is a GPA-approved trainer and registered Scrum Master.

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Accreditation: Raising the Bar in the Grant Profession

Grant Professionals Association

The focus of the certification process is assessment of the participants versus their participation in a training. GPCI Competency: 07: Knowledge of practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers Why Accreditation?

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