- September 17, 2011The cliche goes, "Chance favors the prepared mind," and we could repurpose it to, "Short deadlines favor the prepared nonprofit."…
- September 3, 2011* How to meet not only your program officer, but the US Attorney as well: "D.C. Government Claims Nonprofit Used…
- August 27, 2011A recent email from a prospective client got me to thinking about the best time to prospect and apply for…
- August 21, 2011When you find an ambiguity or outright contradiction in an RFP, it's time to contact the Program Officer, whose phone…
- August 14, 2011We try hard to keep our proposals fresh by making our project concepts reflect what is going on in communities…
- August 6, 2011Have you ever wondered where grant programs come from, like a child asking about the nature of baby making? Programs…
- July 17, 2011Writing short is on my mind today. I've been working a Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood proposal this week (see this…
- June 12, 2011For reasons not clear to me, I am on the (usually) happy-talk email distribution list of Dorothy Stoneman, doyenne of…
- May 2, 2011As any consultant knows, some clients will hate you and some will love you. That's certainly true of us, but…
- April 19, 2011Faithful readers will have noticed a paucity of recent blog posts. There's a reason: we're fantastically busy. Despite all of…
