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Starting a grant proposal & paralyzed by the blank page? 😱 Hesitant about how AI fits into the grant landscape and your role as a grant writer? In this video, I’ll guide you on how to use AI tools as a grant writer. You can save time and money, 💰 allowing you to shine in your creative, critical role in the process of grant writing. Follow along as I show you, through real-world grant questions and prompting, 💡 how to use AI in your proposal. Want more videos like this?These Grant Writing Updates in 2024 are Going to be Game Changers 👉 https://youtu.be/93sCOd2Sk9E3 Insanely Easy Ways To Reduce 🤯 Chaos In Your Work Week👉 https://youtu.be/PU9hATSFnZwCheck out more videos grant writing hacks in this playlist: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdG9L-lMwx_gIBonPKpeUruhO4jUuwwGVWant to help us test out the AI Unicorn Co-Pilot we’re building? Signup to be a beta tester with this form here: 👉 https://forms.gle/Br1ZVoWGrb8XA5oaASubscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@LearnGrantWriting?sub_confirmation=1 Once upon a time, a grant writer unearthed a big problem: there were no options for learning to write grants in a modern, refreshing way. Existing options were “old school” and expensive.The idea? Create an online learning experience that makes grant writing approachable and fun.Learn Grant Writing was founded on the belief that our time should be spent adding real value to our communities and leading fulfilling lives.You’re in the right place if you want to…🔸 explore your curiosity🔸 change careers🔸 freelance grant write🔸 volunteer, or🔸 improve an existing skill.No sugar coating it! Grant writing is hard work. But, if it fits your personality and goals, it can be life changing. Getting professionally trained in grant writing can save you years of mistakes and lost grants, make you indispensable, and give you wonderful lifestyle flexibility. You can become a grant writing unicorn 🦄 faster than you might realize. Learn more: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/Subscribe for new weekly videos: https://www.youtube.com/@LearnGrantWriting?sub_confirmation=1 Watch this video about Grant Writing for Beginners: https://youtu.be/MBRrCwOuM00Learn the 7 Steps to Writing a Grant: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLdG9L-lMwx_iCIOdD4oKpTXjpivrLClp-Free Grant Writing Course: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/free-grant-writing-course/Write Grants. Get Paid: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writing/Let’s Connect…Website: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/Podcast: insert linkLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/senecaworks/IG: https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/FB: https://web.facebook.com/learngrantwriting.org/🧡 The Team at Learn Grant Writing

📢 Tired of struggling to secure funding for your nonprofit organization? 🤔 We dive into the inspiring journey of Abigail Cool, an Executive Director who shares her journey of combining grant writing with her passion for helping others, and how it has transformed her organization’s impact. 💪 Executive Director’s wear a lot of hats. Interested in how you can find more balance in your role as an Executive Director? Check out this video on less chaos days: 👉 https://youtu.be/PU9hATSFnZwAbbigail Cool didn’t take the traditional path. She cared for her children, focused on family, and headed back to get her degree in 2022. After graduating, she felt called to give back. She landed her dream job as the Executive Director of a Women’s Respite Care Center after dabbling in grant writing with the Global Grant Writers Collective. Abbigail talks about the challenges of getting an organization “grant ready,” and how it’s not just about writing grants, but also about building relationships. You need to position your organization for success. 🤝 Finding her footing as an Executive Director for the first time, she shares the importance of surrounding yourself with supportive individuals to grow and learn. She now has the confidence to know her role and think creatively when securing funding. 💪 Abbigail also discusses the impact of grant funding on her organization, including the expansion of their services and the ability to help more women in need. 🌟 Abbigail has a unique perspective on grant funding being in the Executive Director position. She shares her top secrets to managing her responsibilities and securing funding:1️⃣ Start by educating yourself and building your tool belt of skills. 📚 2️⃣ Surround yourself with a supportive network of people who believe in you. 🤗 3️⃣ Focus on building relationships and positioning your organization for success. 🏢 4️⃣ Stay confident in your abilities and never stop learning. 💡 Interested in the secret sauce of getting more grant funding? Here is a free training on how to win more grants while writing less: 👉https://www.learngrantwriting.org/nonprofit-grant-writer/ 💥00:00 Intro03:47 Small organization transitions becoming an Executive Director08:39 Building relationships, and networking for success10:23 How to jump into a new role, transition careers12:30 It’s all about who you hang with15:59 Advocating for others18:45 Using past experiences to help others18:53 The Global Grant Writers Collective as empowerment19:56 Support and resources20:20 Rapid fire “get to know you” questions23:43 The collaboration and community effort needed to achieve the dream

Meet Maria Beotegui a grant writing unicorn who didn’t want to sacrifice her wellness and ♥️ her family’s quality of life for a paycheck. Maria left a well paying career with the federal government because she was burned out. A year later she reflects on motherhood, intentional work, and meeting financial barriers from a practical approach. 🌟Burned out from your career? Want to know if grant writing is a good fit for you? Take our career fit quiz here: ➡️ https://www.learngrantwriting.org/successful-grant-writer-quiz/Maria’s first love was connecting children to themselves through nature discovery and inquiry. She worked as an environmental educator for county parks, non-profits and the National Park Service. She worked tirelessly, nurturing partnerships, leveraging resources and managing grants. With dwindling budgets she was pushed to be more and more creative to meet not only program goals, but also the goals of numerous initiatives. Maria experienced first hand how chasing grants and bending to fit grant requirements lead to burnout. 😩 She left her career with the federal government to focus on her family and her own wellness during the pandemic. In that time, she went back to the drawing board to determine how she could put her professional skills to good use. After a lightbulb, “candy bar” conversation, she realized her expert project management, creative problem solving and thoughtful writing skills could serve the greater good, as a grant writer. 👏 Maria shares how she’s taking the journey one day at a time focusing on work that lights her up and supports her family. ⭐ She speaks on the practical approach of “backing in” to the financial needs of her family to set realistic goals with her consulting business (Lantern Strategy). 💡 She now measures success through connection and wellness instead of financial gain. Want to explore a career in grant writing? Start with a training on how to create recession-proof opportunities without prior experience. Training here: ➡️ https://www.learngrantwriting.org/become-a-paid-grant-writer/Timestamp:02:00 What did success look like when you joined and how it’s changed.04:45 Aligning with your work goals with your financial goals and intentional visual reminders07:26 How to meet financial examples with consistent action10:50 How to come through challenges with eased, picking yourself up from the bumps13:16 Most proud of being able to not sacrifice my wellness and quality of life14:40 What has come from facing financial fears 18:20 Rapid fire get to know Maria

Did you know a group of unicorns is a blessing? The blessing has spoken. When we asked grant writing members how they wanted us to allocate resources this year, their #1 vote was for “Money Makin’ Interventions.” So let’s pull back the curtain on new tech, strategies, and curriculum updates this fall. Ready to build a life you love through the grant writing profession? Join the Collective here: https://app.learngrantwriting.org/offers/dtzLVzwQ/checkoutYou’re here to learn. And you’re here to earn. 🔸 Make $15,000 freelancing alongside your full-time job and busy home life.🔸 Experienced? Scale to pay yourself double.🔸 Don’t want to freelance? We have a path for you too.We are obsessed with your success. Tech is only one piece of the equation to get you where you want to go faster. It takes a roadmap and we’ve updated ours.We cover: 🤖 Sneak peek at our build of new AI software🦄 Unicorn chat buddy (like a search function on steroids)🧠 3 mindset strategies (curious conversations, soul care, belief upgrades)💰 Updates on what to charge and how to contract💡 NEW Earn & Learn acceleratorHave questions about the Collective? Come have digital coffee with me here: https://forms.gle/pp98iJ4zKPb4ubW48Timestamp: 00:00 Intro00:30 Technology adoption curve04:15 Can AI help our members05:00 AI Copilot demo 06:30 Finding clients with AI (thinking differently about outreach)10:32 Informational interviews, Toolkit, and contracts14:45 Courtney’s story, getting up to speed with a new client (saving 5 hours)23:13 Key takeaways from AI24:15 What to charge and how to contract (cake pricing)29:05 3 keystone activities that make your goals a forgone conclusion30:20 Unicorn chat buddy (a search function to efficiently find answers to your questions)38:49 What is the Global Grant Writers Collective41:59 Are these themes keeping you on the fence?42:50 Our juicy guarantee48:00 Belief upgrades50:56 Wins from the Collective JUST today52:16 Bonuses if you join before 11/15/2355:50 Q & A

Have you been lurking? 👀 I see you. You’ve done your homework, binged our spotlights and reviews, but you’re still on the fence thinking this won’t work for you. Sound familiar? Let’s get into the three questions you should be asking yourself if you’ve been lurking on the Collective! Ready to turn all your DIY learning from the outside into real action? Get your booty in the Collective by clicking here: 👉 https://app.learngrantwriting.org/offers/dtzLVzwQ/checkoutMy lurkers out there, you can likely relate to “Lucy’s” story. At first glance, Lucy was doing the right thing. She found a local mentor to apprentice under and was advised to volunteer to gain experience. The mentor told Lucy we were off our rockers promising you can get paid to find grants without prior experience. 🤦‍♀️ ​Just as I warn against,​ the volunteer gig was going nowhere. 18 months had passed and Lucy had only grown frustrated, without new experience and certainly no earnings.Fast forward, Lucy shows up to a group Q&A call in September, and it was déjà vu! Yep, Lucy had come to one of our group Q&A calls a YEAR AGO! Lucy had done her homework. 📚 She knew the ins and outs of the Global Grant Writers ​Collective​. Triple checked the reviews. Binged YouTube content. Showed up to live events. And yet was still on the fence. 🤺At that moment, I realized the issue…There was no other proof I could hand over that would change her beliefs that our method would work for her, because she had not yet addressed the limiting belief in herself that she could do it. We all have limiting beliefs. Yours truly included. 😉 That’s why you are supported on mindset upgrades throughout your time in the Collective, but I can’t help you from the outside. ⚠️ If YOU ARE lurking, I want you to do three things 👉 TODAY to decide if you’re all in or all out! ONE…Write down your limiting beliefs of why you think this won’t work for you. Straight up paper and pen your beliefs. ❌I don’t know what I’m doing. ❌ I can’t make $$$ doing this. ❌ I won’t find any clients. etc.) Then, write down an incrementally better belief for each. ✅ I can learn new skills. ✅ I have done hard things before. ✅ With a roadmap, I can make money doing mission-driven work.TWO…Ask yourself, who am I taking advice from? Only consider taking advice from people who are where you want to go! Seriously, the peanut gallery is opinionated. Find yourself a mentor that can actionable show you how to build a life you love because they’ve done it themselves. THREE…Calculate the cost of inaction. Lucy above, joined the Collective. In her first month, she made 💸 $3k. Yup. Multiple that by the 18 months she spent lurking and you have only a fraction of her cost of inaction. ⚡ You can’t afford to know what you don’t know. NOW…It’s time. Come out of the shadows, my friend. Let’s get this show on the road! Building a life you love takes action, not tire kicking.So are you all in or all out?For you magical unicorns all in, here’s the link to join the Collective: 👉 https://app.learngrantwriting.org/offers/dtzLVzwQ/checkoutTimestamps: 00:00 Intro00:27 Lurkers among us01:13 Meet Lucy who after 18 months of old school grant mentorship made no progress01:47 Doing your homework vs. limiting beliefs02:17 Why you believe this won’t work for you02:49 Take advice from those who are where you want to go03:24 Calculate the cost of inaction03:58 Our juicy guarantee for joining the program05:15 Get your booty in the Collective

ChatGPT became mainstream in December of last year. We immediately wondered, “Can AI help our grant writers win work faster? Deliver better work? Write more winning grants?”Through lots of failed attempts 🎢 and a serendipitous encounter, we’re pleased to report – yup, we sure can!!!Grant writers, picture this: Less grind, more brainpower for research & strategy. No more burning the midnight oil! Inspired by AI’s game-changing efficiency in various fields, we leaned into curiosity.Join us for Ready, Set, AI: New Tech For Grant Writing Unicorns and level up your skills before the year’s end.Discover how our AI-Copilot:🚀 Supercharges your deliverables🌟 Crafts your funding roadmap📞 Generates contact lists for interviews📧 Whips up killer email copyBut wait, there’s more! 😉 I (Meredith) have been on a creative rollercoaster, transforming your curriculum for even faster success. Get the scoop on the autumn updates live.EVENT DETAILS:Nov 8th – 11 am PST/ 2 pm ESTGet registered here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsfu2hrD8pHtG9XFyo43akC_ithC-4jn_a#/registrationSEATS ARE LIMITED because we have this open to members of the Collective (600+ members deep). 🌟 This is your chance to unlock the ultimate grant-winning arsenal if you join in November! 🌟🤖 6 Months FREE of our AI Co-Pilot Software!💲 Instrumentl – Best Pricing from any Partner✨ From Pen To Polished: Learn To Write Well and Say What You Mean In Grant Applications – $750 value💰 Salary Negotiation Training from Emily Liou – $400 value🧠 Victoria Song’s Mindset Workshop on 11/10 – $400 valuePlus, be part of our FIRST Earn and Learn Cohort for onboarding and accountability – 30 days to MORE success! 🚀Party starts here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsfu2hrD8pHtG9XFyo43akC_ithC-4jn_a#/registration

ChatGPT became mainstream in December of last year. We immediately wondered, “Can AI help our grant writers win work faster? Deliver better work? Write more winning grants?”Through lots of failed attempts 🎢 and a serendipitous encounter, we’re pleased to report – yup, we sure can!!!Grant writers, picture this: Less grind, more brainpower for research & strategy. No more burning the midnight oil! Inspired by AI’s game-changing efficiency in various fields, we leaned into curiosity.Join us for Ready, Set, AI: New Tech For Grant Writing Unicorns and level up your skills before the year’s end.Discover how our AI-Copilot:🚀 Supercharges your deliverables🌟 Crafts your funding roadmap📞 Generates contact lists for interviews📧 Whips up killer email copyBut wait, there’s more! 😉 I (Meredith) have been on a creative rollercoaster, transforming your curriculum for even faster success. Get the scoop on the autumn updates live.EVENT DETAILS:Nov 8th – 11 am PST/ 2 pm ESTGet registered here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsfu2hrD8pHtG9XFyo43akC_ithC-4jn_a#/registrationSEATS ARE LIMITED because we have this open to members of the Collective (600+ members deep). 🌟 This is your chance to unlock the ultimate grant-winning arsenal if you join in November! 🌟🤖 6 Months FREE of our AI Co-Pilot Software!💲 Instrumentl – Best Pricing from any Partner✨ From Pen To Polished: Learn To Write Well and Say What You Mean In Grant Applications – $750 value💰 Salary Negotiation Training from Emily Liou – $400 value🧠 Victoria Song’s Mindset Workshop on 11/10 – $400 valuePlus, be part of our FIRST Earn and Learn Cohort for onboarding and accountability – 30 days to MORE success! 🚀Party starts here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEsfu2hrD8pHtG9XFyo43akC_ithC-4jn_a#/registration

🎥 It’s way too easy to find chaos in your life! Let’s get into untethering from the chaos and gaining control of your schedule. 💪 Structure your week with management days, money days, and mission days. Say goodbye to chaos and hello to productivity! 📆✨Looking for more tips & templates to organize your grant writing life? Here are free resources: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/free-grant-writing-resources/Let’s face it, our days are filled with interruptions like emails, phone calls, and unexpected issues. It’s chaos! I was floundering in work, depleted, before I began structuring my days, weeks, and quarters grouping work flow tasks together.My method of organizing your days comes in three types: management days, money days, and mission days. By assigning each day a theme and sticking to it, you’ll regain control of your schedule and eliminate the chaos.Management Days are for your admin & operation tasks like all those meetings. Money days are for tasks that make your business money.Mission days are stepping away from the business to work on the business. So here’s how it works:Decide which days will be your management, money, and mission days. Plan it out for the next 8-12 weeks and stick to it.On management days, focus on meetings, operations, and admin work. Get all the necessary tasks done.Money days are for making money, whether it’s completing billable work or doing business development.Mission days are all about working on the bigger picture of your business. Step away from the office and engage your brain in creative ways.Remember to prioritize deep work, which is uninterrupted, focused work. Set aside a dedicated deep work day each week to really delve into a project.Be flexible with your mission day (typically Fridays) and use it for rest and recharge, or to dive into trainings and personal growth.By following this method, you’ll regain control over your schedule, increase productivity, and eliminate the chaos that’s been holding you back. So go ahead, give it a try and see the transformative impact it has on your life. You won’t believe how easy it is to bring order to the chaos!Curious how you could get into grant writing and build a career in it? Here is a free training on how to do that without volunteering or having prior experience: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writingTimestamp00:00 Intro00:46 Recap of chaos and introduction to deep work as the opposite.01:22 Introducing the concept of connected work and its importance.02:40 Explaining the three types of work days: management, money, and mission.04:29 Discussing how to schedule each type of work day throughout the week.05:27 Addressing the feasibility of implementing this method in a corporate environment.06:06 Encouragement to try out this scheduling model for the next eight to twelve weeks.06:19 Teaser for the next video on buying back time from chaos

Federal grants are their own beasts! But if you follow the funding guidelines and with plenty of time, you can tackle 💪 federal grant writing. Meredith deconstructs a federal grant narrative in a coaching call to show you ways to score the highest points. Looking for coaching and mentorship as you write grants? Follow the link for training relevant to where you are on your grant writing journey (new / inhouse / experienced). https://www.learngrantwriting.org/Maria is a member of the Global Grant Writers Collective. As part of the Collective, we host 2x monthly coaching calls. During these live sessions members get 1:1 feedback from a professional grant writing coach. Maria brought a draft of her federal grant narrative. No easy task to compile and write. No easier task to edit. She had all the pieces and content (the most difficult part). The structure, however, needed a tune up. Meredith drops in some killer advice: ⭐ How to use the funding guidelines to calculate narrative length and points per section. ⭐ How to target key language for responses⭐ How to cut lengthy sentences (37 words) to be clear and direct (10 words)The federal grant narrative tear down is a sneak peak into what coaching looks like in our community. Interested in professional mentorship as a grant writer? Email us at info@senworks.org so we can send you personalized resources. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:25

When Spencer joined the Collective, he’d been brewing a dream since 2013— to become a grant writer. As a technical writer, 📝 he saw the value in helping people find funding with a well-worded proposal. He wasn’t sure how to turn his trade into a career. Spencer joined the 🦄 Global Grant Writers Collective in 2022, hoping to manifest his long-time dream into his life. Spencer’s journey to becoming a grant writer was also navigating multiple priorities, health being a big one. After being diagnosed with Complex PTSD, Spencer had greater obstacles to bringing his dream to life. “One of the biggest hindrances to achieving your dreams when you have mental health issues are (the fears) ‘I’m too overwhelmed’ or ‘I’m too depressed.’ But mindfulness gives you the space to step from all that.” Spencer instead sought help, connected with others, and prioritized self-care with grace. ♥️ Spencer brings a whole new level of what self-care looks like to the Collective community, being an advocate for those in the community who want to achieve their goals. “Some people want to make self-care all glitter and rainbows and feel good, but sometimes self-care does not feel good. Sometimes the best things you can do for yourself feels like crap in the short term… but the work is worth it for the long-term effect.” Spencer shares that to balance mental health & grant writing, you should find a daily mindfulness practice you can lean into (meditation or intentional breathing) and prioritize connection to have support (maybe seeing a therapist to work through baggage for better social skills). “Those two things in combination can empower just about anyone!” Spencer has grounded himself in doing the work. 💪 He worked through the steps to setting up a business–relationship building, branding, creating a website–and even found a unique way to reach clients. A way more suitable to his personal mental health goals for connecting with others. Spencer put a slit twist on how the Global Grant Writers Collective teaches Information Interviews to reach new clients. Instead of cold emailing, Spencer wanted to explore good old-fashioned cold calls. ☎️ The personal nature of a phone call, a different approach to connecting, has led to crazy amounts of success, he says. Leaning into this new reality of success, he says, is vindicating. “It’s very surreal… things can happen if you just keep trying. If you keep pushing forward, things can happen if you keep trying and believe in yourself.” Spencer continues to grow his consulting business and connect mindfully with the Collective community. Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:25 The dream of becoming a grant writer 02:18 What does success look like 03:16 Success in the next 3-6 months 04:15 Breaking from cold emails 06:57 Wanting the dream and begin living the reality 08:43 Keeping the dream going while balancing Complex PTSD 11:22 Defining self-care 15:05 Advice on pursuing a dream with mental health 17:25 Rewarding aspects of the grant writing journey 20:48 Rapid fire questions

Johanna joined the Collective trying to find her professional footing after taking some time off to be a stay-at-home mom. Since joining, she went from having a few one-off based clients to building a full consulting business with a consistent income flow ($9k months). She’s owning her identity as an entrepreneur 💰and leveraging her expertise in USAID and USDA grants for international organizations. Feeling stuck in your consulting business? Check out this training on how to make $100k (take home pay) working 20 less hours a week. https://www.learngrantwriting.org/experienced-grant-writing-consultant/International funding became a clear pull for Johanna when the Syrian refugee crisis began affecting those in the town where she grew up in Southern Turkey. She went back to school to get a Masters in Program Development and quickly landed in a position as program officer at an NGO following graduation. She was working as a program officer, but life delivered some harsh blows and Johanna took some much needed time off to be a stay-at-home mom. ⚡Her return to work was as a consultant. Johanna was working on proposals for a corporate client when something clicked. She wanted to do more, and was capable of more, than the “copy and paste” type proposals that her client was requesting. She quickly jotted down on a sticky note some tough love encouragement. 💡 “What you really want is to be a consultant in your field. So figure out how to do it.” 💡 Getting clear on what she wanted, Johanna looked at ways to build her expertise. She had a client ask her to lead a massive proposal for development, Johanna realized she needed some support in the workload. She had learned that you always need back up when you’re a singular consultant. She was also working out the details of what it meant to be an entrepreneur. Want to learn more about the Global Grant Writers Collective? DM us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/ She joined the Collective to get clarity on moving things forward with ease. She’s proud of having written and been able to move into the USAID space, but having the capacity to hire and take on more work through hiring has made her a proud entrepreneur. ♥️Her advice, even if you’re a stand alone consultant you want to have back up if you have to hand something off. Maintaining a balance between ‘I want to make the money, I want to work the hours, and I need to maintain myself’ is important because you are your only asset.⚡Johanna is an expert in USAID and USDA grants. We picked her brain on the top things to know about international funding. 🌍➡️ It starts and it ends with relationships, more so than domestic funding. ➡️ Small grants aren’t usually publicly listed. It’s about relationships on the ground.➡️ The funding requests are larger because the scope is usual a country wide initiative that takes massive amounts of resources.➡️ Flexibility is key because things shift and move slowly. ➡️ Funding strategies are a fantastic start, but funder outreach happens on the ground, in-country.➡️ Being an international consultant, partially means being able to say no if an organization doesn’t have all the components for a strong project.➡️ Top tools to use include Asana (internal organizing) and then a high-level activities and outputs document, along with a wins theme summary (helping an organization highlight successes in the past or highly rated areas of work). 🦄 As she continues to grow her own consulting business, she shares her wealth of knowledge with those in the Collective. Want to grow in this field as a grant writer without riding the struggle bus alone? Check out this training on how to make $100k (take home pay) working 20 less hours a week. https://www.learngrantwriting.org/experienced-grant-writing-consultant/Resource Library | Work With USAID: https://www.workwithusaid.org/resource-libraryTimestamps0:00 Intro02:00 Dreaming of more rewarding work 05:45 Resisting temp work to be a full time entrepreneur & $9k months 07:00 Bringing on a team member 08:20 Balancing the first year of business as an entrepreneur11:49 How do you get into international grant writing?15:00 Anything that happens internationally is relationship based16:30 Identity shifting with maternal health “issues” and not being able to work in the field19:00 Approaching international funding as a two way street of learning 19:58 Hiring someone to feel like a real business21:29 What makes domestic funding different from international funding?24:40 One thing everyone should know about international grant writing26:00 Being able to say no when a client isn’t a good fit for a grant.29:10 What tools are used as an international grant writer? Activities outline & Output Outline33:37 Rapid fire questions35:30 How do you know how to start a USAID grant?

Met Elaine, 🦸 supermom of three girls, who started a grant writing consulting business to find herself stuck at a ceiling of $100k in revenue. She maxed out on hours and energy 😩 after two years of hustling. She joined the Collective to find a community of like-minded consultants and develop a strategy to triple her revenue 💰 while cutting back her hours.Are you feeling stuck in your consulting business? Check out this training on how to make $100k (take-home pay) working 20 less hours a week. https://www.learngrantwriting.org/experienced-grant-writing-consultant/On top of her consulting firm (Look Left Grants), Elaine is a business owner of a 👊 boxing gym with her husband and running Tasty Tops, the world’s first savory toppings hand-pounded superseeds. Did we mention she’s got a full house of three kids and two dogs? 🐕 💥Talk about a superwoman! When Elaine started her consulting business, she transitioned out of work as an administrator at a local hospital, where she was unfilled in her work day after day. Her husband sparked the idea of starting her own business doing something that she loved–grant writing. ✍️ She established Look Left Grants. She loved the freedom to make her own schedule, especially with her kiddos. In time, she found that being an entrepreneur was lonely and the solo-woman grind was unsustainable. ➡️ “I just knew I couldn’t keep going the same way as a one-woman show,” says Elaine. “There’s no glory in being the ‘do all the things’ person. It burns you out beyond belief.”Elaine sought out the Collective to join their grant writing retreat in the fall of 2022. She was looking for community 🦄 but unearthed so much more.Among other grant writers, she uncovered how members of the Collective were tackling matters of scaling their consulting business. Members were overcoming burnout and growing through systems and teams. ➡️ “I feel like just having that community and…seeing the change that they’re able to make in their clients’ lives and how they’re able to impart, really lifts me up. I’m not alone in this journey… it’s impactful for me just to get to hear the ins and outs of what everyone else is excited about and struggling with.”Elaine left the “one-woman” attitude and hired her first subcontractor in December of 2022. She built her team to three to give her growing client list a ⭐ seven-star experience. She loves working with a team. She takes pride in building a work environment her team can thrive in.Elaine’s most significant business move was upgrading her pricing structure. 💰 Challenged to list all of her “behind the scenes” services, Elaine saw that she wasn’t charging nearly enough for all her work. ⬆️ By bringing a new pricing structure to the table for her clients, she could draw boundaries around her time and create more transparency in her services. ✨ More importantly, adjusting her prices helped her hire her dream team and move projects forward to make more of an impact for her clients. Now, eight months into her journey in the Collective, Elaine has tripled her revenue. 💰 She has more time with her family & more time for other business endeavors. Curious about how to double your revenue and work fewer hours for a more fulfilling life? Check out this training just for you https://www.learngrantwriting.org/experienced-grant-writing-consultant/Drop us a comment below or email us at info@senworks.org!🧡 The Team at Learn Grant WritingTimestamp:0:00 Intro02:29 Getting Started & Consulting Business Challenges04:02 Loneliness As An Entrepreneur & Needing Community To Scale06:11 How to buy back your time, prioritize, and manage your time to build a dream life08:48 How hiring has helped with business challenges & cultivating a supportive environment12:14 Joys in having a team & overcoming past traumatic work environments13:52 Building a business to pass on something to the next generation, changing the world17:59 Overcoming mindset issues in entrepreneurship19:19 Rapid fire questions, getting to know Elaine22:44 A balanced dream state of business24:24 How increasing prices helped to bring about a dream lifestyle