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How to be a smooth operator (when it comes to your grant funding data)

Author Andrew Thompson

Published April 20, 2022

If you are a fundraising professional, chances are you understand the importance of donor data. Not only is this data critical for developing relationships with your donors – grant funders … Continued

9 Grant Application Mistakes and how to stop making them

Author Andrew Thompson

Published September 17, 2020

Here’s our list of 9 Grant Application Mistakes and how to stop making them. Feedback from our discussions with funders and observations through our grants training sessions tells us there … Continued

Viruses – Biological and Technological

Author Andrew Thompson

Published March 23, 2020

Whether it be in extreme times such as now, for social isolation and lock down or for the more general need for staff to work from home, appropriate robust IT … Continued

Retaining organisational knowledge is crucial to a successful grants program

Author Andrew Thompson

Published February 18, 2020

Retaining organisational knowledge is crucial to a successful grants program. Good record keeping is critical in maintaining your organisational knowledge – and vital to a successful grants program. Picture this … Continued

Thinking Outside the Box

Author Andrew Thompson

Published October 24, 2016

Author: Andrew Thompson Sometimes you need to think outside of the box, or in this case, what was inside the box! An Amsterdam based bicycle manufacturer was faced with the … Continued

All Systems are Go!

Author Andrew Thompson

Published October 24, 2016

  Author: Andrew Thompson Tips and tricks on Grants IT systems from our IT guru Andrew, who runs our GEM Portal subscriber tutorials and refreshers, and knows our GEMS systems … Continued

Should you always apply for the maximum grant amount?

Author Andrew Thompson

Published August 23, 2016

Author: Andrew Thompson I was recently asked a question along these lines  …  “If the maximum grant amount I can apply for is $10,000, and we would like to run … Continued

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