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Current AAGP to become GPA (Grant Professionals Association) Contributed by:
Bill SmithWednesday, September 29, 2010 (2 years 228 days ago)
American Association of Grant Professionals, the largest membership association serving the overall grants profession, is emerging from an identity crisis. Yes, AAGP is changing its name and working to clarify what a true professional association for our sector should look like.
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Are you a member? Are you certified? Does it really matter? Contributed by:
Bill SmithTuesday, June 08, 2004 (8 years 342 days ago)
For all the time, energy and money spent on the razzle-dazzle of professional membership and certification, does it really matter when you write a grant? Does it make a difference to funders? Other than personal gratification, who cares if you are a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) or that you hold a professional certification?
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Just Answer the Questions and Other Tips for an Award-Winning Proposal Contributed by:
Bill SmithWednesday, April 07, 2004 (9 years 39 days ago)
...The advice I then heard set the composition and presentation of our award nomination on a new and much better course. Believe me, two months later when I received word that we had been named 2003 Affiliate of the Year, I was glad I listened. Here is the advice I received:
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Sometimes the Message is the Machinery Contributed by:
Bill SmithTuesday, January 06, 2004 (9 years 131 days ago)
...a grant writer must learn to use these tools. When between a tight spot and a drop-deadline, technical wizardry saves creative wordsmithing. Sometimes the message is the machinery.
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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CharityChannel Press Books
CarityChannel Press is the publishing arm of CharityChannel. Many of the sector’s most experienced, knowledgeable practitioners are part of the CharityChannel professional community. Because of its unique role in the nonprofit sector, CharityChannel Press enjoys a rich pool of prospective authors from which to draw. In addition, the CharityChannel professional community, consisting of tens of thousands of practitioners, forms a natural initial market for the books as does the greater third sector itself. Interested in writing a book or manual?
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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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The Writer Never Arrives - Part 2 of 2 Review by:
Bill SmithWednesday, July 25, 2012 (293 days ago)
In Part 2, Bill Smith continues his journey to discover that a writer never really "arrives." There is still much to learn of the craft. This post also reveals who saved the world from Y2K.
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The Writer Never Arrives - Part 1 of 2 Review by:
Bill SmithWednesday, July 18, 2012 (299 days ago)
Bill Smith tells of his journey to a place of discovery that he will never really "arrive" as a writer. There is always more to learn about the craft. It took a gruff but kind Texas newspaper editor to convince him that he needs to write to an audience and not just to his own ears.
This is part one of two installments.