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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. The first of these is ethos. Unless an appeal (e.g.

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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 powerful goal-setting framework encompasses five key objectives that can be easily implemented and monitored throughout the grant-writing process. Measurable Outcomes and Impact Before funders feel comfortable writing that big check, they want to know that their financial contribution will actually make a positive difference.

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Getting Past Proposal Writing Blocks

Peak Proposals

Proposals come together in fits and starts, and sometimes, the writing just does not flow. Below are five suggestions for getting past writing blocks. If you are struggling to write a grant proposal, the solicitation should be your first destination. Go back to the solicitation. Do outside reading.

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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.

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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

When approaching prospective fiscal sponsors, be ready to give a project proposal that explains: . Check out our proposal writing resources for help creating your project proposal. . Check out our proposal writing resources for help creating your project proposal. . Have a question?