Tweet I’ve had a lot of fun these past few weeks presenting webinar topics concentrating on different aspects of grant writing. We’ve covered how to tell your nonprofit’s story in a grant application, how to write goals and objectives and how to effectively state your need that hooks grant makers from the beginning. It’s… Read More
4 Considerations for Your New Nonprofit Career in 2013
Tweet Does this December have you feeling ho-ho-hum in your job? You started out 2012 with all the best intentions yet here you are at the end of the year feeling burned out, discouraged and just plain blah. You’re not alone. According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the average turnover rate for a person employed in… Read More
Lesson One in Your Beefy Grant Writing Strategy
TweetRemember those Chunky Soup commercials from long ago? They have recently brought them back and usually featured some tough NFL football player and his just as tough mom touting the filling and delicious benefits of heating up a can of this soup to soothe that man-sized hunger. When it comes to writing proposals, grant funders… Read More
How to Best Present Your Organization’s Need to a Donor
Tweet I still am genuinely surprised when I see nonprofits show not an ounce of grace when it comes to thanking their donors. When I question why they aren’t thanking their donors on a regular basis their responses indicate that they’re too busy, they’re too short-staffed, they don’t have the money or the gift wasn’t… Read More