chapter TEN
Packaging
Publishing Your Proposal Story
Ahhh... You’ve finished writing your agency’s compelling story. The proposal narrative is complete. Is it time to put your feet up and rest? Get your feet off that desk! There’s still some work to do. A grant proposal is not finished just because the narrative is written and you have an accompanying budget. As the saying goes, “The devil’s in the details.” This is certainly true when it comes to the next step in the grantseeking process, which is getting the proposal ready for submission to a potential funder.
Why can’t you submit the story and be done with it? Imagine that you are judging a writing contest. From the more than one thousand entries you’ve received by the deadline, you ...
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