Pro Tip: How to Work With an Expert Consultant
Your ability to win grants may depend on the last-minute relationships you build with people who have very specialized expertise.
John C. Drew, Ph.D. is an author, trainer, speaker, and consultant. Dr. Drew has raised over $54 million for charities including the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts, Children’s Burn Foundation, Los Angeles SPCA, and Petersen Automotive Museum. Dr. Drew has taught at Cornell University, Hope International University, University of Oregon, and Williams College. He is the founder of the International Grant Writers Association on LinkedIn and a member of the American Evaluation Association.
Paid Reckoning: The Best Approach for Creating Grants that Blow Away the Funder
The return of Ethan Hunt reminds us that one of the most important secrets of success for grant writers is to blow away the funder.
The Eye Tracking Advantage: How to Get the Most Out of Your Grant Cover Letter
It turns out that when someone opens a letter the first thing that attracts their eyes is the appearance of their own name.
How to Conduct a Lightning Fast Meeting
My meetings start and end exactly on time.
All Stars: Leveraging Your Team to Improve Grant Success
Somehow, the best grant writers have a knack for managing small, temporary workgroups. One of my secrets to success is to pay attention to the temperaments of the people involved in the process.
Tips for Funder Research: How to Narrow Down or Enlarge the Field
Most grant funders, of course, focus their resources close to home. Nevertheless, I think that adjusting your geographic focus will increase funding opportunities.
Everything Everywhere All at Once: The Best Approach for Creating Grants that Blow Away the Funders
One of our secrets for benefiting from early epiphanies is to hold on to them tight.
Getting in the Zone: Making the Most of Your Home Office, Part 3 of 3.
Eat the frogs first. This means getting your unpleasant chores done first. I number all my chores each evening or morning and then force myself to do the top one or two first thing in the morning.
Getting in the Zone: Making the Most of Your Home Office, Part 2 of 3
Set aside special times for phone calls, writing, reading, and other work-related activities. It is more efficient to batch these activities than to mix them up.
Getting in the Zone: Making the Most of Your Home Office, Part 1 of 3
Due to the spread of COVID-19 those of us with jobs and businesses spent a lot more time working from home. For some, this was a great triumph. I have a friend who told me he thinks this is a harbinger of a brave new world where almost all of us have given up commuting…