In this our third Linky 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 our esteemed colleagues Jana Jane Hexter, Diane Leonard, Jo Miller, and Mark Whitacre. You […]
Monthly archives for July, 2014
People Give to People, not Proposals
At JustWrite Solutions we frequently chuckle about being “little writer monkeys.” That is to say, as grant writers we’re often at our desks for hours at a time, listening to classic rock and churning out good words in compelling proposals. OK maybe the classic rock part is just me, but this should sound about standard […]
Picture This
As writers we like to think our words alone are enough to engage readers. We’re wrong…or just a bit too confident. Photos engage. They sell. They evoke emotions. Study after study back up these claims. According to Zabisco, “40% of people will respond better to visual information than plain text.” And, according to 3M Corporation, […]