Re: Does grant writing fall under technical writing?

["Patricia Egan" <capdev -dot- communications -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I spent 15 years in fundraising for major nonprofit organizations. If any of
you wish to make the switch from tech writing to grant writing, you need to
become familiar with the resources offered by the Foundation Center. There
are major libraries in NYC, San Francisco, DC, Cleveland, and Atlanta, plus
"cooperative collections" elsewhere.

 http://foundationcenter.org/

Hope this helps.

Pat

On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Yannia Vodrovich <coralfire -at- rocketmail -dot- com
> wrote:

> It is definitely similar. I have done proposals, which is almost identical
> to grant writing,  and there is always a "technical' section if your company
> is a technical one, for the Statement of Work. That section can be very
> similar to technical writing. You have to describe the company, its
> officers, etc. That is kind of like writing an Operations Manual, or
> something similar. That is also similar to technical writing. And then the
> actual persuasive parts are of course similar to grant writing. you are
> making a case - convincing them.
> I too (like another poster) am looking into making the switch, perhaps. I
> went on one job interview about 2.5 months ago with the Boys and Girls
> Clubs. They liked my resume (I redid it in a Functional resume style). But
> they did not hire me, because they said the "realm" that was missing was the
> whole researching part. With grant writing, a large part of it is
> researching what grant or grants to go after, which means knowing where to
> look. There are tons of places to look, from the Federal government (and you
> know them) state governments, local governments, then there are foundations,
> other organizations, public and private, private donors, etc. There are
> those likely to give, not likely, etc. And then you need to know the ropes
> of how to attend the events and schmooze with people, chat them up, etc. You
> must also then make sure you are on track with whatever grant you apply for,
> complying with everything they ask for. So the actual writing of the
>  grant is just a percentage of what you do. So don't make the mistake, as I
> did, of only thinking of the similarity of the actual writing.]
>
> For that reason, right now I am doing some pro bono consulting for a
> non-profit on grant researching so I can add that to my basket of skills.
>  Since I am unemployed, I may as well get as many skills as I can under my
> belt.
>
> Y
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> From: Cardimon, Craig <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
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> Subject: Does grant writing fall under technical writing?
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> I was discussing grant writing with a friend who writes grants the other
> day. Grants have to be written in a certain format, following guidelines
> and rules. I believe you could call grant writing another form of
> technical writing. My friend was dubious. What do you folks think?
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