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You Know You Are A Grant Writer When…
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Spend enough time in any profession, and the inside jokes that only your peers will typically laugh at annual professional conferences and the like, begin to build up. After reading Rebecca Shawver’s recent article about why more young professionals are not entering the grant writing field, I stopped to think about some of those common characteristics and traits that those of us who have been in the field for awhile can connect with.
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Contributed by:
Diane H. Leonard
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Try, Try, Try Again
Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Yesterday was “one of those days” for me. Our office received another rejection of our National Science Foundation grant application.
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Rebecca Shawver
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Reducing the Stress of Identifying and Utilizing an Outside Evaluator
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
As the expectations of funders grow with regards to evaluation, selection and utilization of an outside evaluation firm often brings on feelings of stress within a nonprofit team. This article provides straightforward advice on how to locate potential evaluation firms and key questions to ask potential evaluation firms - all designed to take the stress out of the process of beginning to work with an outside evaluator.
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Contributed by:
Diane H. Leonard
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Capital Campaign Budgeting: Beyond Construction Costs
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
If you and your nonprofit are considering a major capital initiative, such as a renovation or construction of new facilities, one of the first things to do is to develop a realistic budget, which you can use as a beginning basis for developing your campaign goal. Nonprofits usually start the process of budgeting by....
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Contributed by:
Norman Olshansky
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Bad Planning, Misuse of Mission, Contradictions of Cause Marketing?
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Certain specific demographic cohorts flock to the annual swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated each year, presumably to experience nature and the environment up close.
Some of our friends at Nature Conservancy were intrigued with the demographics of these readers, clearly holding the prospect of adding to NC constituency and donors, so they entered into a three-pronged sponsorship of this year’s swimsuit edition with the magazine and a high-end luxury website.
Unfortunately, the deal blew up in their faces....
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Contributed by:
James V. Toscano
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We’re All Development Officers Now!
Friday, March 30, 2012
A much emailed and referenced article from McKinsey Quarterly by Tom French, Laura LaBerge and Paul McGill, “We’re all marketers now,” stresses the need for commitment from everyone in an organization to fully engage customers.
The authors advocate a total organizational approach to marketing. Quoting the article: “…customers no longer separate marketing from the product—it is the product…In the era of engagement, marketing is the company.”
What about nonprofits?
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Contributed by:
James V. Toscano
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The Best Job Ever
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Whether we are consultants who work at home or employees in large fundraising departments, many of us feel like we work alone. But how alone are we really when the online communities seem to be ever-expanding? Are those connections real and if so, why do we all still feel so alone?
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Contributed by:
Stacey Abate
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The Nonprofit Board’s Five Primary Fundraising Roles: Part Two
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
This is the second part of an article that explores the ways boards get involved with fundraising. This part explores leveraging connections and the board's role in directly raising money. And, there's a bonus! Read what this experienced author has to say about "give or get" policies!
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Contributed by:
Ellen Bristol
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Grants: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Even if not known by name, most grant professionals have or will experience Finagle’s Law. That is, if anything can go wrong, it will...and at the worst possible time. Plus, it will all be your fault and everyone will know it. Likewise, if there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the first to go wrong.
Welcome to the glorious world of grants....
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Contributed by:
Cecilia Blanford
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Your Three-Step Plan to Approach Grant Funders That Only Give to Preselected Organizations
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
I know it. I’ve been right there with you. You find THE most amazing grant funder ever that would be absolutely perfect to support your organization. Their interest is the same as yours. They’re in the same location as you. And they have what you need most – money! But there, in the fine print, you see those five most dreaded words – “gives only to preselected organizations.” As Homer Simpson would grunt, “D’oh!” What’s a grant writer to do?
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Contributed by:
Betsy Baker
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