More lessons learned in grant writing that are worth repeating. Avoid these six mistakes and write better grant proposals. The Grant Writing Site has a mission to build an interactive community for grant writers. Some of the areas that the site discusses are the basics of grant writing and how to write applications that grant […] Read more
The Problem Statement How do you explain the challenge, need or problem your organization is attempting to address when you’re developing a grant proposal to submit to a private foundation. As a grant writer you should know that need statement or problem statement should form a chapter or major heading in your proposal, which means […] Read more
Mission Statements Are Strategic In any enterprise creating a mission statement belongs to the strategic planning process. In grant writing it is important to be aware of issues and concepts surrounding strategic planning. As such there are three things that organizations need to state clearly and up front: Vision, values and mission. This post talks […] Read more
How to apply ethics to leadership and to be certain that you are doing the right thing “Ethics is concerned with the kind of values and morals an individual or society finds desirable or appropriate”. So says Peter Northouse[i]. Our values and morals are internalized into our character as what we believe to be right […] Read more
The link below goes to an article on entrepreneurs-journey.com, the author, Yaro Starak is a thoughtful, positive and smart young blogger, totally worth listening to. via Inevitability Thinking: Why Your Results Are What You Think They Are […] Read more
Developing yourself as a leader within the organization that you work with can be very rewarding. How you develop relates directly to how you fit into the culture of the organization around you. Being aware of the cultural environment you are in will make you a responsive and effective leader. It will also give you […] Read more
This post is about the some of the basic concepts of leadership. It discusses just a few ideas about where leadership ability comes from and how you can develop your strengths as a leader. This is a topic that I have been thinking about lately and, as I started writing this post, I realized that […] Read more
Hello World and Happy Fourth of July! It is the 236th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence for the United States of America, this nation’s birthday. To launch my blog I would like to reflect on what the Fourth of July means for us as a country and on how far we have come since […] Read more
