Proposals and Nonprofits

“Just Step Away from the Keyboard.”

Thinking and careful planning should precede the writing of a grant proposal.

10 Quick Tips for Writing Winning Grant Executive Summaries

Your Executive Summary sets the tone for your entire grant proposal.

8 Things Remarkably Successful Grant Proposal Managers Do

Remarkably successful grant proposal managers have these things in common.

9 Things Successful Grant Proposal Professionals Do Differently

There are 9 things successful people do differently. How many of these traits fo you have as a grant proposal professional?

And Don’t Forget the Grant Proposal Graphics!

Your grant proposal should contain good proposal graphics.

Apply the “Peanut Butter and Jelly” Approach to your Government Grant Proposal

The “peanut butter and jelly” approach can help improve your government grant proposals.

Are You a Grant Proposal Warrior?

Do you have the attributes of a grant proposal warrior?

Are You Ready to Apply for a Federal Grant? First Get Your Finances in Order!

Before you apply for a federal grant, you must ensure that you have the ability to properly manage and disperse federal grant funds.

Avoid Four Common Mistakes in your Grant Executive Summaries

Great Executive Summaries are very important in government grant proposals.

Be Careful about Grant Win Rates!

It is very difficult to calculate grant win rates accurately.

Be Careful about Using Boilerplate in Grants

Learn to use boilerplate grant prose intelligently.

Being an Incumbent still means Submitting a Great Grant Proposal

If you are an incumbent, treat your grant as a must-win proposal to continue your project.

Belated New Year’s Resolutions for Grants Professionals

Here are my new year’s resolutions for grants professionals.

Can You be Happy and a Grants Professional?

If we build social capital where we live and work, then we are likely to be happier as grants professionals.

Develop Winning Grant Proposals by Effectively Reviewing your Writing

You need multiple reviews of your grant narrative to be a good writer!

Develop Winning Grant Proposals by Revising your Writing

Thoughtful revision is a key element in effective proposal writing.

Develop Winning Grant Proposals by Writing Effectively

Organize yourself to write effective grant proposals.

Ditch those Grant Proposal Cliches!

Avoid grant proposal cliches if you want to write effective proposals.

Doing a Grant Proposal? There’s an App for That (Part I)!

Grant professionals can use apps to improve the proposal development process.

Doing a Grant Proposal? There’s an App for That (Part II)!

Grant professionals can improve the proposal development process by using apps.

Doing a Grant Proposal? There’s an App for That (Part III)!

Using apps can help you do grant proposals.

Doing a Grant Proposal? There’s an App for That (Part IV)!

Apps are becoming a tool in proposal development.

Don’t Botch your Red Team Grant Review!

Run a great Red Team review to improve your grant proposal.

Don’t Let Your Grant Proposal Time Slip Away!

Use a schedule to finish your proposal tasks well and on time.

Dress Up your Grant Proposal Graphics!

Your grant proposals will be more compelling and persuasive if you use good graphics.

Eight Core Beliefs of Great Grant Proposal Managers

Great grant proposal managers have a common core of beliefs, or at least they should!

Foundation vs. Government Proposals

Nonprofit organizations that apply for government grants need to know the differences between foundation and government grant applications.

Get into a Productive Grant Proposal State of Mind!

There are ways to remain fresh and sharp when doing grant proposals.

Get Social Capital and be a Happier Grants Professional!

Build social capital at your workplace, and you will become a happier person

Get the Shipley Business Development Lifecycle Guide 1.0 for Your Nonprodit Organization!

The Shipley Business Development Lifecycle Guide 1.0 will improve your nonprofit proposals, especially to government agencies.

Get the Shipley Capture Guide 3.0 for your Nonprofit Organization!

Get the Shipley Capture Guide 3.0 to improve your proposal development processes.

Get the Shipley Proposal Guide 4.0!

Get the Dhipley Proposal Guide 4.0 to improve your grant proposals.

Go Green with your Grant Proposals!

Going green in your propsoals is good for you, good for your organization, and good for the planet.

Grant Proposal Development as Soulcraft

Is grant proposal development akin to a craft?

How are the Traits of Highly Successful Salespeople like the Traits of Winning Grant Proposals?

You can apply the traits of highly successful salespeople to improve your grant proposals.

How Can You Develop Compelling Win Themes for Grant Proposals?

You can develop compelling win themes for your grant proposals that will help you tell a great story.

How Can You Use Good Win Themes to Strengthen your Grant Proposal?

Good win themes can strengthen your grant proposal if used strategically.

How Do you Write Winning Grant Proposals?

Writing is a critically important element of proposal development.

How is Writing a Grant Proposal like Selling a Product or Service?

Apply the eight essential sales skills to your grant proposals.

How Should You Decide not to Bid on a Grant?

Deciding when not to bid is a very important decision.

How to Achieve Happiness as a Grant Professional: Have Faith

Being involved with religious organizations is a major form of social capital and happiness in America.

How to Achieve Happiness as a Grant Professional: Support Policies that Increase Social Capital

Grant professionals should support public policies that increase happiness and social capital.

How to Achieve Happiness as a Grants Professional: Be Grateful and Adjust Expectations

Grant professionals should be grateful for their careers in the nonprofit sector.

How to Achieve Happiness as a Grants Professional: Be Healthy

Nonprofit organizations and proposal managers can take concrete steps to encourage good health.

How to Achieve Happiness as a Grants Professional: Create a Healthy Work Environment

Creating a health work environment helps build strong social capital.

How to Achieve Happiness as a Grants Professional: Create a Satisfying Work Environment

Work toward create a satisfying work environment and both you and your co-workers will be happier.

How to Achieve Happiness as a Grants Professional: Go with the Flow

Creating “flow experiences” at work leads to more satisfied grants professionals.

How to Achieve Happiness as a Grants Professional: Make Peace, Not War

If you want to sustain strong social bonds at work, be cooperative and collaborative.

How to Add Zip to Your Nonprofit Proposals!

You can add zip to your nonprofit proposals by using the principles of good information design, using good visuals, and by using recognition to organize the proposal’s structure and content.

How to Describe your Organization in a Grant Proposal

In your grant proposals, use convincing stories to describe your organization and its accomplishments.

How to Develop a Grant Budget and Stay Out of Jail

Follow four basic principles to develop a compelling budget for your grant proposal.

How to Develop Grant Win Strategies and Win Themes

Use this seven-step process to develop better win strategies and win themes for your grant proposal.

How to Get Grant Proposal Writers to Meet Deadlines

There are steps you can take to help your grant writers succeed.

How to Get Your Content Noticed in Grant Proposals

There are proven techniques you can use to get reviewers to pay closer atention to the content of your proposal.

How to Help Reviewers Evaluate Government Grant Proposals

You can use four important techniques to help evaluators to review your government grant proposal quickly and effortlessly.

How to Learn from Losing

Nonprofit organization can use rejected government grant proposals to improve their proposal development processes.

How to Learn from Your Grant Proposals

You can use your previous grant proposal effort to create a better proposal the next time.

How You can use VfM to Submit More Competitive Grant Proposals

Using VfM can help you submit more competitive grant proposals.

Impress your Colleagues — become a valued Grant Proposal Professional!!

Valued proposal professionals embody certain habits and traits. Do you have them?

Join the Grant Professionals Association

Joining the Grant Professionals Association will broaden your horizons and boost your career.

Make Good Nonprofit Oral Presentations with Graphics

Good graphics can help you make more effective oral presentations.

Make Your Grant Proposals Easy to Read

Use MS Word to help make your grant proposal prose more readable.

Make Your Grant Proposals More Visually Appealing

You can follow simple tips to make your grant proposals more visually appealing.

Managing a Virtual Grant Proposal is a Challenge!

It takes special skills to manage a virtual proposal effort.

Minimize Your Grant Proposal Risks

Recognize and address the predictable risks in grant proposal development.

Myths and Realities in Grant Proposal Writing

Writing a great grant proposal is not an easy task.

Pricing Your Government Grant Proposal

Learn to develop good government grant budgets.

Prune Your Grant Proposals!

Prune your prose to make your grant proposals more persuasive.

Purchase these eBooks to Improve Your Grants!

Purchase these eBooks to improve your grants!

Resolutions for Better Proposals from Nonprofits

Nonprofit organizations should follow some simple but highly effective resolutions to improve their proposals.

Reviewers Hate Bad Grant Proposal Prose!

Good proposal prose will help you create winning proposals.

Searching for Federal Grant Opportunities

To get federal grants, you must know how to search for them electronically.

Sell Yourself as an Older Grant Proposal Professional!

There are ways to sell yourself effectively as an older grant proposal professional.

Seven Essential Etiquette Tips for Grant Proposal Teams

Practicing good etiquette will help your grant proposal team perform better.

Seven Things Happy Grant Proposal Professionals Do Differently

Find ways to become a happier grant proposal professional inside and outside of work.

Seven Tips for Great Government Grant Proposals

Follow these seven tips to improve your government grant proposals.

Should You Apply for a Federal Grant?

Carefully assess your chances of being awarded a federal grant before you decide to spend the time, money, and resources to apply.

Show your Benefits Front and Center in Your Grant Proposals!

Make benefits a prominant part of your grant proposals.

Start your Proposal with Great Application Instructions

Every good grant proposal effort begins with a great set of Application Instructions.

Take Advantage of Grant Proposals Lessons Learned!

A great way to improve your next proposal is to hold a “lessons learned” meeting about your previous proposal.

Telling a Good Story is Important in Grant Proposals!

In a grant proposal, a good story becomes a powerful tool for advocacy and persuasion.

Ten Books to Read on Grant Proposal Development

There are many good books that can help you become a more successful grants professional.

The 5 Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Grant Proposal Managers

There are five habits grant Proposal Managers should avoid.

The Top 11 Traits of Exceptional Grant Proposal Managers

Do you have these 11 traits to be an exception grant Proposal Manager?

The Top Six Lessons Steve Jobs can Teach Grant Professionals

Grant professionals can learn a great deal from the life and accomplishments of Steve Jobs.

Transitioning to the Private Sector

If you want to move from the nonprofit to the private sector, develop a careful plan and do your homework.

Understanding Federal Government Grant Announcements

To apply for a federal grant, you first must understand federal grant announcements.

Unleash your Critical Thinking Skills in Government Grant Proposals!

By encouraging a critical thinking mindset in your organization, you can improve your proposals.

Use Collective Knowledge to Solve Grant Proposal Problems

Small informal working groups may help nonprofits solve grant proposal problems.

Use Four Simple Strategies to Improve your Grant Proposals

There are four simple strategies every Proposal Manager can use to improve grant proposals.

Use Graphics to Communicate Effectively in Your Grant Proposals

Good graphics can help you communicate more effectively in your grant proposals.

Use Graphics to Show your Grant Proposal Data

Good graphics promote understanding and persuasion, especially ones that convey data.

Use Graphics When You have Tight Page Limitations in your Grant Proposals

Good graphics are well-suited for grant proposals with tight space limits.

Use SMEs Effectively to Develop Great Grant Proposals

You can get SMEs to work effectively with your grant proposal team.

Use Storytelling to Develop Compelling Proposals

Nonprofit organizations can tell great stories about how they are making a difference in people’s lives. Convey your mission effectively by using powerful stories in your proposals.

Use the Principle of Recognition in Your Grant Proposals

Use the principle of recognition to develop your grant proposals because it helps reviewers evaluate them.

Use Time as your Ally in Grant Proposals

There are steps you can take to manage your time more efficiently and effectively in grant proposal development.

Use your Proposal Outline to Develop a Compliant Grant Proposal

A compliant government grant proposal begins with a compliant outline.

Using Graphics to Emphasize Win Themes in Grant Proposals

Create compelling visuals for your win themes to strengthen your proposals.

We’re All in This Grant Proposal Together!

How do you help your proposal team feel engaged and committed?

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