{"product_id":"9781938077159","title":"Strategic Grantsmanship: It's Time to Raise Your Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf seeking grants is an important part of your job, you're a grant professional-even if it's not in your job title or your job description. You may be a development director, executive director, program manager, artistic director, principal, or teacher. You may not even get paid, but you're a committed volunteer who spends significant time developing grant proposals. Grant professionals have been doing it for at least a year, at least part time, and have written at least a few proposals. This book is for them as well as for more seasoned veterans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrategic Grantsmanship \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003egrew out of Wells's experiences during twenty-five years as a grants consultant and over forty years working with nonprofits. There are several good books on how to write grants. (There's a list in the book.) Most of these books are geared toward beginners and cover the same basic material. But there are very few resources for the working professional who wants to move to the next level. \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrategic Grantsmanship: It's Time to Raise Your Game\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e provides more advanced information for them-and for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWells divides the book into three sections and addresses these topics:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart One: Before You Start\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrends That Are Changing Grant Writing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHoning Your Professional Skills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Two: Strategic Grant Writing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeveloping a Strategic Approach\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTelling about Yourself\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResearching to Establish Need\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing Logic Models in Grant Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatching Evaluation to Your Project and Organization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing an Outside Evaluator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing the Budget to Tell Your Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUsing Attachments Effectively\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart Three: Managing Grants Strategically\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasic Grants Tracking for the Small Organization\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrants as Part of a Capital Campaign\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasic Funder Research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompetitive Funder Research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrant Writing Resources\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWells's hope is that this book will be immediately useful to the active grant writer. Readers will stop in the middle of the book because they're inspired to make changes in the proposals they're working on this week. The first-year grant writer might say, \"Wow, I never thought of that. I can use this technique to make my proposal stand out.\" The experienced grant writer may say, \"Huh. I've always shown matching funds in the budget, but I never thought about it in the larger context. Now I see how I can use those numbers to strengthen my sustainability section.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're entirely new to grant writing, you can certainly use the information in this book, but it won't tell you the basics that you need to know about grants. You should also read at least one of the books listed in Chapter Fifteen, \"Grant Writing Resources,\" and look at the list in the beginning section of Chapter Two, \"Honing Your Professional Skills.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the In the Trenches Series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs part of the CharityChannel Press \u003cstrong\u003eIn the Trenches\u003c\/strong\u003e series, \u003cstrong\u003eStrategic Grantsmanship\u003c\/strong\u003e is written in a fun, upbeat style. 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