Posts Tagged "Grant Twitter Chat"

Grant Professional Certified

Grant Professional Certified

In this our third Link Party blog, we’ll discuss the eight competencies of the Grant Professionals Certification Institute (the elements upon which the exam for GPC certification are based). Click on the links in this blog for more great information from my esteemed colleagues Jana Jane Hexter, Diane Leonard, Heather Strombaugh and Mark Whitacre. You can also read our two previous Linky Party blogs here and here for more information and additional links. What Your Grant Professional Knows Could be Worth Millions! Do you engage a grant professional – staff or consultant – when you develop your strategic plan(s)? If…read more →

Measuring Grant Success

Measuring Grant Success

How Do You Measure Grant Success? What does it take to be successful as a Grant Professional? How do organizations hire and evaluate grant professionals? We put this topic to the Grantchat community and – of course – it was a great success! Why are award rates so low now? Grant success rates vary by industry and by type of grant, such as community development, education, technical studies and family foundations. (Grant geek – numbers and acronym alert  – next paragraph)  The National Institute of Health success rate report shows a drop in the percent of applicants successfully receiving award went from…read more →