Grant Readiness: It's About Way More Than Just Writing When most people think about grants, they immediately jump to "grant writing." While writing is critical to the process, it's one piece of a much larger puzzle. The secret to grant success is to be grant-ready...
What’s the first step of the grant writing process? In what might be a shocking turn of events, it’s not grant writing. So many organizations skip the grant readiness step, and that is to their detriment. If your agency wants to find success in grant seeking and grant...
Picture this, Sicily 1923… Okay, don’t picture that, but drop me a line if you get the reference, IYKYK. Instead, picture a Monday morning when a decent grant opportunity with a challenging deadline pops up in your inbox. If your grant writing experience was anything...
If you’ve been in the nonprofit or local government sector for more than a minute, you’ve heard plenty about collaboration. If you’ve listened to the Fundraising HayDay podcast or attended any HayDay Services training, you may have heard me preach about collaboration...
Collaboration comes in so many shapes and sizes, especially when grant professionals are involved. You can sub-contract for consultants, develop a joint grant proposal, co-author journal articles, co-present workshops and webinars, and so much more. We’re joined by...
I love the viral protest sign: “So Bad The Introverts Are Here.” It’s me on a molecular level. When executive orders, legislative decisions, or policy changes threaten to harm people and communities that nonprofit agencies serve, we must take action, but responding...
Are you a fan of awards, and maybe even awards shows? I totally am. I used to attend an Oscar best picture marathon with friends. The two Saturdays before Oscar night, you’d find me at the local AMC, watching five movies a day, because it was so much more fun to watch...
Does your organization have an award or recognition program for your members? Did you ever consider using grants to fund those programs? Well, maybe you should. We are joined by David Lindeman, CFRE, GPC, Director of Grants & Development for the Society for...
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