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Relax and Rejuvenate: The Gift We Can Give Ourselves Contributed by:
Jeanne DonadoWednesday, December 12, 2012 (152 days ago)
Our bodies and brains need
real time off, regularly and predictably. We need to relax and rejuvenate, to protect our health and to honor the inner place that craves a close relationship with ourselves. So, in the midst of all this busy-ness, how do we take care of
ourselves?
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Welcome Aboard the Strategic Planning Ship Contributed by:
Jeanne DonadoWednesday, August 29, 2012 (258 days ago)
Strategic planning is not only essential to project planning and delivery, but is a mainstay in seeking grants and other funding by providing an organizational context in which a particular project can be understood.
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When Does One Become a Professional Grant Writer? Contributed by:
Jeanne DonadoWednesday, July 28, 2010 (2 years 291 days ago)
Several years ago I was hired as the grant writer for a mid-size health system. It was my first entirely grant-focused job and their first time bringing in a full-time writer. Their community health organization had previously worked with a consultant writer. But when I reviewed her work it was clear she had been selling skills she did not fully have. What she had produced showed she simply was not familiar with the range of skills needed to do good grant work.
I wondered why she had been hired. But as I began introducing myself around the health system, it was apparent there was little awareness of what grants are or what they can help accomplish. Clearly ground work needed to be laid, so I rolled up my sleeves to take on the task....
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