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It's the Opportunity, Stupid
Posted on 01/23/2012

With apologies to a presidential candidate some of our readers are too young to remember, we urge grant professionals everywhere to adopt this new mantra. (Ok, my mother would never allow her children to call anyone stupid, so you can drop that part, but be sure to keep the opportunity part.)

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Unsolicited LOIs
Posted on 12/02/2011

One of the grant professions' perennial challenges is how to get foundations to know you exist and get on their list of people they do accept applications from. This blog post was written in response to a question posted on a professional discussion forum (AFP on LinkedIn): how to break into those foundations who state they do not accept unsolicited applications.

We welcome your comments and your own experiences.

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