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Confessions of a Successful Grants Writer – Part 1 Contributed by:
Joanne OppeltWednesday, April 24, 2013 (19 days ago)
Editor’s Note: This week and next, we will provide our readers with a selected chapter from Joanne Oppelt’s latest book, Confessions of a Successful Grants Writer, part of the In the Trenches series published by CharityChannel Press.
Joanne offers expert advice for new and old grantwriters as they seek to develop their skills as professional fund developers.
To learn more about her book, please visit our bookstore.
CharityChannel's WE REVIEW
CharityChannel members who have been admitted to the WE REVIEW Contributors Panel are eligible to receive recently-published books from a variety of publishers (and some self-publishers) to review. Reviews are not limited to books published by CharityChannel Press, the publishing project of the CharityChannel professional community. If you are interested in reviewing books, you are welcome to apply. Note that, even though WE REVIEW has been publishing reviews for over a decade, it has recently been reorganized and re-launched. We took the opportunity to remove prior reviews, since our focus is on newly published books.
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Confessions of a Successful Grants Writer: A Complete Guide to Discovering and Obtaining FundingAuthor: Joanne Oppelt
Do you want to tap into grant funding? Do you have responsibility to increase donations through foundation, corporate or government funders? Do you want to increase your acceptance rate?
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CharityChannel Press is the publishing project of the CharityChannel professional community. In this blogging feature, the authors and editors of our books and manuals share their thoughts, ideas, insights, and advice on topics of interest to busy practitioners. Reading their blogs is a great way to get to know them and to learn about their latest books and manuals. Be sure to jump in and add your comment to blog postings.
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On Becoming a Book Author Review by:
Joanne OppeltTuesday, February 28, 2012 (1 years 75 days ago)
There are many reasons why you might wish to write and publish a book: to enhance your professional reputation, improve your career opportunities, supplement your income, achieve a lifelong dream, or just give back to the world in some way. For me, I had always dreamed of....
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Meeting Foundations’ Needs Review by:
Joanne OppeltWednesday, February 22, 2012 (1 years 81 days ago)
Fundraising is NOT about money. It is about meeting mission. And mission is about meeting needs – meeting the needs of your donor and meeting the needs of your organization. If you meet the needs of your donor, they will respond by meeting the needs of your organization which, in turn, meets the needs of your clients, thus fulfilling your mission. Today, I am going to talk about meeting the needs of one type of donor: foundations.
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Fundraising: It's NOT About the Money Review by:
Joanne OppeltMonday, February 13, 2012 (1 years 90 days ago)
Fundraising is not all about asking for money. Fundraising is about forming those relationships that best promote fulfillment of your mission. It is about forming partnerships. Partnerships where all parties get something of value. And the first step in structuring such partnerships is by identifying what who your potential partners might be.
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Fundraising: Forming Mission-Related Partnerships Review by:
Joanne OppeltThursday, February 09, 2012 (1 years 94 days ago)
To me, fundraising is all about forming mission-related partnerships. As I explain in my upcoming CharityChannel Press book,
The Partnership Paradigm: Fundraising for a Solid Future, a partner is more than just a collaborator. A partner is any person or group who....
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Fundraising - It’s All About Mission Review by:
Joanne OppeltTuesday, January 31, 2012 (1 years 103 days ago)
As I begin to implement my development plan, not only do I begin to work on the job tasks involved in each fundraising activity I will engage in, I also muse upon the kind of partnerships I want to develop. Who do I want a relationship with? If you think the answer is someone with money, you are wrong.
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My Experience with CharityChannel Review by:
Joanne OppeltMonday, January 23, 2012 (1 years 111 days ago)
I am thankful for CharityChannel Press, the publishing project of the CharityChannel professional community. Stephen Nill has been extremely supportive, not only as an editor, but also a confidante and friend. I have also been able to meet so many other people I would not have otherwise known: fellow authors
Amy Eisenstein,
Kent Stroman and
Linda Lysakowski, to name a few.
So, feel free to contact me with questions about authoring YOUR book, comments or just to say "hi." I look forward to meeting you.