Right Before You Write : The Groundbreaking Planning Process Used to Win More Than $385 Million in Competitive Grant Awards

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• ISBN13: 9780981621609
• ISBN10: 0981621600
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Sandy Point Ink Llc

Summary

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 Hollywood's 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.

Author Biography

O'Brien made his transition from screenwriting into the nonprofit sector when he was seduced by the good side. In addition to his work in the nonprofit arena, which involves writing grants, consulting with nonprofits and conducting workshops across the country, O'Brien is also an ever-popular screenwriting instructor at Santa Barbara City College in California. Claiming a case of "EDD" (Employment Deficit Disorder) his other experience includes being a UCLA film school graduate, a former CBS network program executive, an award-winning filmmaker, creator and former co-host of NPR's "Beyond Words" and a former juvenile hall writing instructor. With his wife he founded Sandy Point Ink, an independent publishing company with a goal of publishing 10 good books for good people who do good things."