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Community Organizing and the Presidential Election: One Commentator Finally Gets it More or Less Right
Lots of bloviating on community organizing has occurred on cable news shows and in various newspaper opinion pieces in recent…Juggling Rules and Principles In Running Grant Programs
Grant programs are not based solely around rules (e.g. you must do this, you must not do that) or around…It’s a Grant, Not a Gift: A Primer on Grants Management
I was in LA over Labor Day weekend and, at a pool party, chatted with a semi-retired CPA who has…Surfing the Grant Waves: How to Deal with Social and Funding Wind Shifts
In Mordecai Richler's hilarious novel Barney's Version, a discussion arises: "We've got a problem this year. There's been a decline…That’ll Be The Day: Searching for Grant Writing Truths in Monument Valley
Faithful readers know of my Blue Highways post about driving to LA with my daughter following her college graduation last…Links for 8-13-08
* Imagine our surprise at seeing a client on the front page of CNN: "AIDS in America today is a…Tilting at Windmills and Fees: Why There is no Free Grant Writing Lunch and You Won’t Find Writers for Nothing
People often find Grant Writing Confidential by searching for terms like "commission only grant writers,"* "free grant writers," "free grant…Reformers come and go, but HUD abides
Sudhir Venkatesh*, a Columbia University Sociologist, wrote "To Fight Poverty, Tear Down HUD," and in it he suggests imploding HUD…Every Proposal Needs Six Elements: Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How. The Rest is Mere Commentary.
In writing a grant that describes a program, you, the writer, are actually telling a story you want readers to…High Noon at the Grant Writing Corral: Staring Down Deadlines
Jake gave me a DVD edition of High Noon for Father's Day, in which Gary Cooper's Marshall Will Kane must…