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Proposal Writing Skills: Transferable?

The Grantsmanship Center

Category: Proposal Writing and Grantseeking Let’s say you’re an experienced development staffer, or a consultant , and you’ve been submitting grant proposals to support the organization’s mission—call it child care, or mental health counseling, or any other program focus. How far afield is the new field?

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Proposal Writing the SMART Way

Grant Consulting Services

This is where the SMART approach comes into play to assist you with effective planning and embodying your vision of being realistic and adept at submitting the best possible and qualified proposal. Need some additional tips?

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A Classical Approach to Grant Proposals

The Grantsmanship Center

Category: Proposal Writing and Grantseeking Before campaign advisors, spin doctors, influencers or ad men, there was the Greek philosopher, Aristotle. As proposal writers, we sometimes get lost in the weeds of data, logic models, detailed methods and other granular stuff.

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Getting Past Proposal Writing Blocks

Peak Proposals

On the other hand, if the team can find someone who knows the subject matter and the donorand who is willing to take the time to read the solicitation and the proposal draft thoroughlythen it can be extremely valuable to consult someone who is not part of the proposal process.

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Logic Models, in Plain English

The Grantsmanship Center

Category: Program Planning and Design Proposal Writing and Grantseeking There comes a time when a proposal needs to include a logic model. In proposals, you’re reassuring the funder that you’re not simply shooting an arrow, hitting something and calling it the target.

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All you need to know about fiscal sponsorship

Candid

Check out our proposal writing resources for help creating your project proposal. . Candid recommends consulting with an accountant or financial consultant for detailed assistance. . Your project: why it’s needed and its goals, objectives, method, evaluation, staffing, and budget. . Have a question?

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New Year's Proposal Writers Resolutions

The Grantsmanship Center

Category: Proposal Writing and Grantseeking As the developer, writer and steward of funding proposals , you might consider approaching 2024 with new ideas and new energy for the task. It’s a wonderful/terrible tradition that we make resolutions at this time of year, so why not think about these for your proposal-writing list.