Submitted by Tobias Eigen on 19 September, 2008 - 03:55
I received the following from Jonathan Peizer by email today - potentially of great interest to Kabissa members seeking to tweak their fundraising skills. Enjoy!
(Update - Jonathan has provided the index and introduction of the tips for sharing here. Se attachment below)
I'd like to announce a new publication designed to help grant seekers be more strategic and successful in their solicitations. It's based on over a dozen years of experience as a program director/grant maker. Over the years I've found grant seekers often approach solicitations from their own perspective. They typically under-appreciate the donor's perspective and often don't leverage it to their advantage.
20 Tips Every Strategic Grant Seeker Should Know is written for every grant seeker wanting to do a better job of translating their passion into successful grants or who have walked away from donor interactions wondering what they were thinking. It explores the key issues from a grant maker's perspective, providing grant seekers insight into the dynamics of the donor decision making process and the reasoning behind it. Most importantly, it lays out successful strategies to leverage these dynamics. The twenty-four page guide is written in very practical terms. Each page describes a distinct donor behavior or practice, a brief description of why it occurs, its effect, and most importantly a strategy for the grant seeker to leverage or avoid it. I think it's a very useful and timely guide for difficult economic times and is based on my experience on both sides of the table and in the sector over a couple of decades. Expect at least a few "A-Ha" moments as you read the tips and accumulate insight into donor behavior you may not have considered.
You can access this free publication at http://grantseekersedge.org or http://20grantseekertips.org
As the first entry of my new Tea & Strategy Series of publications this free offer is being coupled with another, discounted offer to promote both knowledge and a healthy, greener lifestyle.
About the Author:
20 Tips Every Strategic Grant Seeker Should Know is written by Jonathan Peizer, the author of the book, The Dynamics of Technology for Social Change, (http://technologyforsocialchange.org). He has over two decades of successful implementation experience with socially responsible projects including work as a program director with the Open Society Institute, institutional founder and board chair of Aspiration and developer of Capaciteria.org - the peer rated nonprofit capacity index.
He is currently the Principal and President of Internaut Consulting, providing strategic consulting advice on socially responsible initiatives to nonprofits, corporations and governments -- and managing one of his own - Greentealovers.com.
If you have questions and comments or want more information about Internaut Consulting services visit http://internautconsulting.com or send an e-mail to jpeizer@internautconsulting.com
20 Tips Every Strategic Grant Seeker Should Know is written for every grant seeker wanting to do a better job of translating their passion into successful grants or who have walked away from donor interactions wondering what they were thinking. It explores the key issues from a grant maker's perspective, providing grant seekers insight into the dynamics of the donor decision making process and the reasoning behind it. Most importantly, it lays out successful strategies to leverage these dynamics. The twenty-four page guide is written in very practical terms. Each page describes a distinct donor behavior or practice, a brief description of why it occurs, its effect, and most importantly a strategy for the grant seeker to leverage or avoid it. I think it's a very useful and timely guide for difficult economic times and is based on my experience on both sides of the table and in the sector over a couple of decades. Expect at least a few "A-Ha" moments as you read the tips and accumulate insight into donor behavior you may not have considered.
You can access this free publication at http://grantseekersedge.org or http://20grantseekertips.org
As the first entry of my new Tea & Strategy Series of publications this free offer is being coupled with another, discounted offer to promote both knowledge and a healthy, greener lifestyle.
About the Author:
20 Tips Every Strategic Grant Seeker Should Know is written by Jonathan Peizer, the author of the book, The Dynamics of Technology for Social Change, (http://technologyforsocialchange.org). He has over two decades of successful implementation experience with socially responsible projects including work as a program director with the Open Society Institute, institutional founder and board chair of Aspiration and developer of Capaciteria.org - the peer rated nonprofit capacity index.
He is currently the Principal and President of Internaut Consulting, providing strategic consulting advice on socially responsible initiatives to nonprofits, corporations and governments -- and managing one of his own - Greentealovers.com.
If you have questions and comments or want more information about Internaut Consulting services visit http://internautconsulting.com or send an e-mail to jpeizer@internautconsulting.com
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Comments
After posting this announcement for Jonathan Peizer's tips for grant seekers, several people on the interider email list who looked closer than I did pointed out that the publication is not actually available as a free download, but is offered free to people who buy tea through Jonathan's website. Sorry for getting your hopes up!
I'm sure Peizer's tips are very useful and encourage those with credit cards and an interest in green tea go ahead and order the publication - and hopefully soon Jonathan will release his free publication to the rest of us!
I'm pleased to report that Jonathan has agreed at my urging to provide this publication free of charge to requestors in the developing world that would have difficulty ordering the tea. Here is the update to his website:
He's sent me a copy as well and I can confirm that it's a great resource and fun to read - I strongly recommend Kabissa members to check it out. Here are the titles of some entertaining and insightful tips:
Ah am glad this has been clarified as I dont want any tea :) Well I dont live in the global south but still cannot afford to buy the tea so this is unfortuante for some but good news for others
Hi Sokari -
My impression is that Jonathan would be happy to hear from people that are interested in the publication but can't pay for it, no matter where they live in the world. He just has a vision for encouraging well rounded wholesomeness by encouraging people to use his bundled fundraising tips and green tea. :-) If you can't afford the tea but think the tips will be useful to you, go ahead and ask him for them anyway.
I would be interested to learn if African organisations find the tips to be useful.
Cheers,
Tobias
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