Peak Proposals

JANUARY 1, 2023

January 01, 2023 Like many of you, we’ve worked on grant proposals that have not come together easily, and the final product feels mediocre at best. They can be summarized as (1) making a clear case for the need for your project, (2) getting specific about how the work will be done, and (3) using plain language (e.g., avoiding jargon).

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JANUARY 6, 2023

You won’t get the grant if you don’t apply.”. . Just write the grant.”. . “I I know someone who got the grant for this exact equipment, so we should go for it.”. . As a grant professional, it can be tempting to write every grant that comes across your desk, cross your fingers, and hope for the best.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Our blog posts typically focus on grant strategies for nonprofit institutions. Through our work in grant development, we’ve met many faculty members who have not received training on how to find funding or write grant proposals. Where and How Can You Research Funders? The topic is research funding.

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Peak Proposals

AUGUST 17, 2021

Preparing a grant proposal is a deadline-driven task, and sometimes, those deadlines can be very close at hand by the time you discover the opportunity and decide to apply. If you only have a few weeks to pull together a grant proposal, what’s the fastest way to pull together a proposal? The time periods can be adjusted as needed.

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Peak Proposals

MAY 3, 2020

, you have three primary options for raising funds: 1) you can solicit donations from individuals, 2) you can submit proposals to foundations and government agencies to receive grant funding, or 3) you can hold fundraising campaigns and community events to collect donations. What Does Fundraising Involve? This is not the case.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 28, 2023

But some more serious-minded tests and assessments can help identify personality traits such as the Enneagram (I’m a 1), or, what started a decade-long journey for me, Susan Cain’s Are You An Introvert or An Extrovert And Why Does It Matter ? You can take the quiz here: [link]. The “Why Does It Matter?” It’s all in fun.

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Grant Central USA

AUGUST 8, 2023

In today's fast-paced and competitive world, securing funding for your projects and initiatives through government grants, can be a daunting task. Whether you are a non-profit organization, an educational institution, or a business looking to expand, winning government grants, can be a crucial lifeline that propels your goals forward.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

“Can I really stabilize my nonprofit’s finances with grants? If you’re not having the grant success you want, if you’ve been struggling to piece together a successful grant strategy or trying to learn to write grants through tedious trial and error. you are NOT alone. you are NOT alone.

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Peak Proposals

JULY 17, 2022

July 17, 2022 Writing a grant proposal usually requires a significant amount of collaboration with others. Keeping a proposal moving forward and coordinating everyone’s contributions can take a lot of work, and there are many potential obstacles that can prevent a team from functioning effectively.

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Grant Central USA

AUGUST 7, 2023

When applying for a grant, whether it's a federal or foundation grant, you need to include a cover letter along with your full proposal. The grant cover letter should be compelling and unique, highlighting the reasons why the potential funder should invest in your project.

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Peak Proposals

JULY 17, 2022

Writing a grant proposal usually requires a significant amount of collaboration with others. Keeping a proposal moving forward and coordinating everyone’s contributions can take a lot of work, and there are many potential obstacles that can prevent a team from functioning effectively.

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Grant Writing Made Easy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Julie Ann Ward The decision-making process The decision-making process was a long one for me. It was impossible to cultivate an academic program without long-term investment, and poor working conditions pushed our majority-contingent faculty members to look for work elsewhere.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 3, 2023

She is the President of Golden Touch Grant Services and I am privileged to talk to her about her success. The Grant Writing Learning Process And Success The Golden Touch Rodney Walker Hi, this is Rodney Walker. Grant Central USA, Grant Writers Association, and today I'm excited to have a special guest, Denise Sailes.

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Grant Central USA

JULY 3, 2023

She is the President of Golden Touch Grant Services and I am privileged to talk to her about her success. The Grant Writing Learning Process And Success The Golden Touch Rodney Walker Hi, this is Rodney Walker. Grant Central USA, Grant Writers Association, and today I'm excited to have a special guest, Denise Sailes.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JUNE 24, 2022

Anytime I lead a grant writing workshop, I always ask the attendees to share their grant experience – whether they’ve been a grant professional for years and are looking for a refresher or if they’ve been voluntold that grants are now under their preview. But that dream world of mine does not exist.

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GovLoop

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

If you have some of these structures in place, it’s easy to have this pipeline of ‘How do these things inform our priorities?’ and ‘How do we quickly adapt to those things?’ In that case, Noinaj recommends taking time to reflect on the impact your work has. Digital Service and a past GovLoop Featured Contributor.

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Peak Proposals

AUGUST 17, 2021

August 17, 2021 Preparing a grant proposal is a deadline-driven task, and sometimes, those deadlines can be very close at hand by the time you discover the opportunity and decide to apply. If you only have a few weeks to pull together a grant proposal, what’s the fastest way to pull together a proposal?

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Peak Proposals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

However, if you are not careful, you can end up putting too much emphasis on finding funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) over other grant-seeking activities. Does this dive-in approach sometimes work? Yes, sometimes it does, which is why people do it.

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ResourceAssociates

JULY 15, 2020

Grant Questions? The Process of Writing the “Perfect” Grant Proposal. Timing, discipline, and structure make for three fundamental ingredients to writing the “perfect” grant proposal. In an ideal world, you would have plenty of time and a solid plan to write your proposal. Let’s talk.

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Peak Proposals

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Each month, we receive a significant number of emails with questions about how to get grant funding and where to look for funding, as well as more specific questions related to securing grants for particular types of projects. The top question we get asked is, “How does an organization apply for a grant from Peak Proposals?”

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Peak Proposals

JUNE 1, 2023

If you work on certain kinds of grant proposals, particularly proposals for research grants, you must cite sources that support your proposed solution, providing evidence of related work and data. Several options exist for storing and adding references to grant proposals or other documents, such as project reports and research papers.

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Super Library Marketing

DECEMBER 11, 2023

How are people using LinkedIn right now? How much success can we see on LinkedIn? Photo courtesy of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library This is the fifth installment in the 2024 series of social media guides for libraries. It includes: Facebook Instagram TikTok YouTube Next week, we’ll cover Twitter/X. Stay tuned!

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 13, 2022

In September 2020 I penned an article entitled Battling Burnout as a Grant Professional where I shared several resources to help overcome the struggle. But what do you do if the boss keeps piling onto your “to do list” with no thought about how many hours there are in the day? Please do not take this as complaining, because I am not.

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Peak Proposals

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Developing a grant strategy involves identifying the funders and funding opportunities you intend to pursue over a certain period of time (usually a 12-month period, although it could be longer). Grant strategies should be updated at least annually. Why Develop a Grant Strategy?

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Grant Central USA

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Never let anything stop you from realizing your goal of writing a grant. This complimentary training will help you to understand the basics of what you need to do to learn how to write a grant proposal with step-by-step instructions. You will also discover the steps you can take to become a grant writer.

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Grant Central USA

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The Advantage Of A Grant Writing Certification. Hey, guys, Rodney Walker here and I'm here to address the issue with you of how can you benefit from a grant writing certification? Can you benefit from grant writing certification? Can you benefit from grant writing certification?

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Grant Writing Made Easy

OCTOBER 9, 2022

If you’ve been in the nonprofit field for a while, then you’ve probably heard people say that you shouldn’t design a program in response to a grant opportunity. This advice is a good starting point, but it doesn’t tell you much about how to actually go about designing strong programs. How will you differentiate yourself?

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Grant Writing Made Easy

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It’s also a reminder of how little time is left in the year. Take care of yourself and your team. If you have a managerial role, encourage those under your report to take their paid time off (PTO) before the year ends. Strategize how to reduce people’s workloads. Often a simple and specific thank-you goes a long way.

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Super Library Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I still have memories of my school library, and asking my parents to take me to the public library where we lived near Winston-Salem,” she remembered. “I I still have memories of my school library, and asking my parents to take me to the public library where we lived near Winston-Salem,” she remembered.

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Grant Central USA

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Rodney Walker How are you doing out that way? Several years ago, I assisted in writing some grants , which is when your class and I was successful, got some funds for the thing. What were you doing any writing before that time or writing some or what was the story? So that's how I got into it.

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Grant Consulting Services, LLC

OCTOBER 3, 2022

This program, unfortunately, does not pay for laptops, Chromebooks or printers and other end-user equipment. This program, unfortunately, does not pay for laptops, Chromebooks or printers and other end-user equipment. There are multiple steps to take and forms with a bunch of numbers instead of names to submit. Shakespeare c.

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Let's Talk Parks

MARCH 2, 2022

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about finding work right now. The job landscape looks so different in mid/post-pandemic world, and the typical ways of volunteering and shadowing may not be available like they used to be. Thanks for your understanding Becky: Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Let’s Talk Parks.

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Let's Talk Parks

AUGUST 22, 2021

Take Inventory of your current policies. ” Why does the terminology matter? In fact, in the story that I mentioned above, I had to be granted special permissions to customize our department website (which was built by people wayyyy smarter than me) with code. So, I created a solution that changed the way we did business.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

EMPDC was created by the Barry Administration to be a CDC and to take over management of the market, but vendors and other stakeholders fought the idea, and the market remained managed by the city--for a time by a putative nonprofit--with different spaces, like North Hall (arts) and Sunday under the shed run by different entities.

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Microsoft Public Sector

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace. Newsworthy Highlights Announcing general availability of Universal Print in GCC/GCC High! government organizations. Thank you for your patience.

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Microsoft Public Sector

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

At the heart of this transformation is Microsoft 365 Copilot, a groundbreaking tool set to redefine how government agencies work. Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace.

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Microsoft Public Sector

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace. Microsoft 365 Government Community Call Join Jay Leask and other members of the Government Community live on LinkedIn!

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