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The Competitive Advantage and Head Start of Pre-planning for Large Grants

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

The order in which our team recommends you approach pre-planning is to create drafts (not finalized, not set in stone, but working documents that are a starting point for the real application) of the three following elements: Logic model – A draft of the key elements of your program/project design.

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Key Takeaways for the GWBC Session as a Seasoned Grant Professional

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Recently, I attended MyFedTrainer ’s Grant Writing Boot Camp (GWBC) hosted by our team’s founder and President, Diane H. Having written many federal grants in the past, I was excited to hear insights from another seasoned grant professional. Grant writing is not a solo sport! Leonard, GPC, RST.

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The Holy Grail of Grant Writing Success: How to Write Goals, Outcomes, and Outputs

Think and Ink Grants

If you have not yet had any “ah-ha moments” when it comes to learning how to write grants, you are in for a real treat. Learning the difference between goals, outcomes, and outputs is key to writing competitive proposals. This is the holy grail of grant writing. outcomes in our logic models.

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Productivity Is An Inside Job: Measuring Personal Happiness As A Means To Success

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Over more than 25 years of researching, prioritizing, writing, developing objectives, creating evaluation plans, and tangling with logic models, I never spent much time measuring a crucial aspect of work that affects all those tasks and more—my happiness. What makes you happy about the work you do?

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Become a Stronger Grant Writer Simply by Addressing DEI

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Either/or thinking has stopped or slowed some major career choices such as employee vs. consultant, grants vs. fundraising, grant writing vs. coaching or training. It’s the only reasonable way to conquer that logic model or have a difficult but necessary conversation with a program officer or board member.

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From Good to Better to Best – Telling a Compelling Story of Impact

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Fortunately, there are tools in the world of program evaluation that we can tap into as grant writers to tell our stories of impact in a compelling way. The post From Good to Better to Best – Telling a Compelling Story of Impact appeared first on DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services.

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Juicing up Your Federal Grants to Engage Reviewers

Grant Professionals Association

I’ve written grants, primarily federal grants, for more than 30 years, but my love is creative writing. Some might see creative writing as antithetical to federal grant writing. After all, we’re not writing fiction, and we can’t make things up. The logic model. In a federal grant?