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Maintaining that effective grant proposals tell a tale, this innovative program provides a step-by-step guide to key planning strategies that are essential to know before writing even begins. With practical advice and clear examples, this handbook demonstrates how storytelling techniques of Hollywoods top screenwriters can help program planners hone vague ideas into compelling concepts imbued with structure and real-life drama that are more likely to capture the attention of funding agencies. Using "Jon's Almost World Famous Seven Cs!"a fun, easy-to-follow, seven-step blueprint to designing winning grant proposalseveryone from novices to professionals will better their thinking and, in the process, better their chances of winning competitive grants.
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Axiom Business Book Awards 2009 Silver Award Winner: General Business/Economics Category
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Finalist, Business: Writing & Publishing National Best Books 2008 Awards, sponsored by USA Book News. Semi-Finalist, General Business/Economics
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Annual Terry McAdam Book Award
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2009 Bill Fisher Award
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"Soars light-years beyond the 'business as usual' approach to grant writing . . . Take this book at its title: its not really about making you write better, its about making you think smarter, long before you commit a single word to paper." Gail Willumsen, Emmy Awardwinning writer and producer, Gemini Productions
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"Required reading for all our writers." Kristina Brook, MA, owner, K&M Enterprises: Research & Fund Development
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"At last . . . a book that tells you what you really need to know about the art of successful grant writing. The authors experience, passion and humor bring a unique perspective to this book that is filled with practical advice and clear examples." Cheryl Gourgouris, director, Program-Richstone Family Center
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"This is the funniest book about writing I've ever readand also the most serious." Jim Barnes, managing editor, Independent Publisher Online Book Contest
About the Author
Jonathan OBrien, ThD, is a screenwriting instructor at Santa Barbara City College, a program designer, and a grant writer. He is a former CBS program executive and a creator and a former cohost of the NPR radio program Beyond Words. He lives in Lompoc, California.