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Storytelling for Grant Writers: 10 Tactical & Stylistic Tips

Achieve

We’ll explore some foundational storytelling strategies for grant writing, broken into two categories: tactical and stylistic. Tactical Tips for Storytelling in Your Grant Even before it’s time to put pen to paper, these logistical and process tips will help you hone your grant storytelling strategy: Understand your funder.

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SCD Group: Chicken, Bus, Holland America & Associations: How do.

SCD Group

Last month, our Holland America (@HALcruises) tour bus broke down while we were driving the Top of the World highway (TOTWH) from Chicken, ALaska, to Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada. Chicken, Alaska, an isolated (100+ miles from nearest cell signal) "way station" of 37 people is a hard hour drive from Tok, the nearest village.

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Thursday Buzz: This Association’s Celebrating the National Parks

Associations Now

The tour includes Bryce Canyon, in Utah, and the Kenai Fjords, in Alaska, among others. The Event Manager Blog team shares 11 crazy event rules and what planners should do instead. wrote about some strategies for starting off well before the break of dawn. Those Gosh-Darn Rules. Bn8g1eRSfG. It’s the 21st century, right?

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Announcing My Next Book: The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit

Beth Kanter

I am excited to announce that I am working on my next book, tentatively titled “The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout.” I’m honored to be co-authoring this book with Aliza Sherman to be published in 2017 by Wiley. Effective team work habits and communication. Productive and effective meetings.

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Association Brain Food: 4.15.22

Reid All About it

Quorum makes that job easier with their list of ways a government affairs team delivers membership ROI —talking points you should definitely share with your membership department. They believe an API strategy is crucial to defining your association’s value proposition and taking your “rightful leadership position to steer your industry.”.

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Maximizing Member Management: Why It’s Time to Switch from Spreadsheets to an AMS

MemberClicks

The system also helps develop enhanced engagement strategies that lead to increased member satisfaction and retention, which helps support your organization’s growth. This means your team can spend more time on big-picture projects instead of getting caught up in daily tasks.

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Association Brain Food: 4.22.22

Reid All About it

Quorum explains why companies might want to have their own in-house governance relations team, strategy and software. But as teams are stretched to their limits, as job roles expand and become more complex, the need is emerging for planners to have a new network of resources, expertise, and support. New member engagement.