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Grant Writing and the Perfect Storytelling

Tech Soup

Start Your Grant Proposal with a Story. So, why would we not want to use this powerful communication tool when writing grant proposals? It never occurred to me that there was any other way to write a grant request. For decades, I have preached the importance of drawing the reader into your grant request by opening with a story.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Offer to write letters of intent or grant requests for the organization and possibly even submit them to foundations or companies. Help the organization by researching and compiling information on government grants that may be available. Is the donor renewal rate low?

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The 2010 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest Is Here!

Tech Soup

For the third consecutive year, Adobe and TechSoup Global have joined together to award three $1000 cash grants plus Adobe software to nonprofit organizations and libraries that demonstrate outstanding or innovative use of Adobe products to increase their impact and further the missions of their organizations.

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Enter the 2009 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest

Tech Soup

Well, time to get out your most awesomely-designed (yes, I did type MOST awesomely-designed) campaign materials and enter the 2009 Adobe Show Your Impact Nonprofit Design Contest ! If you're not familiar with this cool contest, check out last year's winners. See contest details for specific eligibility requirements).

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Submissions Open! Enter the Adobe-TechSoup Show Your Impact Design Contest by May 21

Tech Soup

Adobe and TechSoup Global are delighted to announce that we are now taking submissions for the Show Your Impact Design Contest ! Your submission could win your organization a $1,000 cash grant, plus your choice of one of Adobe's Creative Suite Premium software packages. See the contest details for specific eligibility requirements.

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Embracing risk culture in nonprofits: let’s start talking about failure

ASU Lodestar Center

One organization implemented a “Worst Grant Contest” in which staff told stories of, and voted on, the worst grants and projects of the year. Prepare real examples and scenarios to demonstrate the capabilities and reasons for the cultural shift. Only you know the best way to approach this.

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6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards

Care2

Furthermore, the Case Foundation will be awarding $10,000 in grants to those videos from this year's contest that demonstrated innovation and risk-taking to advance important messages or big ideas. "As As nonprofits, we want to do more than simply tell people what we do, we want to show the impact it makes on our communities.

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