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Grant Writing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

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Good Intro
Grant writing for dummies....as a reference
Awarded $250,000 Federal grant because of this book!
Love this series!
I Can Do This!

Grant Writing For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))
Beverly A. Browning
Manufacturer: For Dummies
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Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You REALLY Need to Do to Get Grants

ASIN: 0764584162

Book Description

Inside tips from a pro who's won $80 million in grants

The best up-to-date advice on getting funding from governments, corporations, and foundations

Whether you're a first-time grant writer or a veteran fundraiser, putting together a grant proposal can be a daunting task. Thankfully, this up-to-date insider's guide shows you step-by-step how to research your options, deal with application forms, give prospective funding sources the specifics they're looking for — and get the money you need.

Discover how to

Get the scoop on government grants
Go for the gold with multiple grant requests
Make the case for your grant request
Use words that make funders say "yes"
Recycle a rejected proposal

Customer Reviews:

Good Intro.......2007-04-25

This is a good intro, without much information on actual grants for specific purposes. If you are an educator, non-profit, or individual interested in grants related to technology, for innovation, curriculum, development, emerging technologies, I recommend Technology Grant News: Everything Technology: Awards-Contests-Grants-Scholarships. Technology Grant News: Everything Technology [2007]:Awards ¿ Contests ¿ Grants -Scholarships ¿ Fellowships

Grant writing for dummies....as a reference.......2006-11-13

This is a good starter book, but it does not provide quality resources for you to practice the skills gained. You should build your skills with quality templates, references, wording techniques. I would caution readers to move on to a good intermediate work like Government Funding and You. This book will provide you with the skills to put together a quality grant with the potential LAND that grant. This book is an excellent start, but Government Funding and You is a crucial next step.

Awarded $250,000 Federal grant because of this book!.......2006-08-26

I was working at a NON-PROFIT organization and the departing Executive Director refused to submit a renewed grant request to a Federal agency. I was tasked to do it instead within one week. I had no support of the staff or Board of Directors because they did not have a clue of the process. I had never written a grant. So, I purchased this book and read it over the weekend. It was easy to read and made sense. I simply followed the book...identified a problem/an unmet need and a way to solve it. Thank you! The agency was awarded $250,000 to fund two of the full-time employees over a 2 year period.

Love this series!.......2006-07-22

Each one of the "Dummies" books has been so helpful, not only for me but for my daughter who is in high school. Everything from religion to business. "Grant Writing for Dummies" is in keeping with the others: very informative, gets to the point for the layperson, and is done in a very easy-to-use format. So far, I haven't come across one book in this series that isn't helpful!

I Can Do This!.......2005-07-26

I found this book extemely helpful and easy to read. It reduced the mystery of the grant world to something even I could understand. Based on the title, I have to say that I can do this!

The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets

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Helped me through my class!
More for organizations than individuals
Outstanding Guideline
I enjoyed this book......
Grant writing

The Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and Grant Givers Share Their Secrets
Ellen Karsh , and Arlen Sue Fox
Manufacturer: Carroll & Graf
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Winning Grants: Step by Step, 2nd Edition

ASIN: 0786717548

Book Description

This is the revised and expanded edition of the most sought-after guide for everyone seeking grants: nonprofits, state and local governments, universities, school administrators, teachers, artists, and those seeking funds for scholarly and cultural enterprises. Written by two authors who have won millions of dollars in grants — and updated to include vital information and advice accumulated since The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need first appeared — this new edition provides a comprehensive, step-by-step guide for grant writers, demystifying the process while offering indispensable advice from funders and grant recipients. It includes the following.

• Guidance on developing a realistic, cost-effective, collaborative program
• Concrete suggestions (with practice exercises and examples) for approaching each section of a grant so that the proposal is absolutely clear to the funder
• A glossary of terms with any word, phrase, or concept a grant writer may need, plus fifty tips for writing a winning proposal
• Funders roundtables put you inside the minds of the people who award grants

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Helped me through my class!.......2007-05-14

I used this book for a grant writing class I've taken and found it to be a great guide. It's written well and very user friendly. This is definately a book that I'll keep and use through the years when it comes to writing future grants! The resources in the back are helpful and it's fun taking the quizzes and realizing how much I know. Good book...worth buying.

More for organizations than individuals.......2007-04-05

It more geared towards someone writing for grants for a non-profit as opposed to artist/business grants.

Outstanding Guideline.......2007-01-10

Outstanding guideline for anyone needing advice and direction
in regards to writing proposals. Also shows how to present your
group or organization in the best light.

I enjoyed this book.............2006-11-14

This was the first grant-writing book I ever purchased. It has been some time indeed. This is a quality book, but it doesn't provide alot of sources for funding. I would suggest Government Funding and You for a more complete view. But I would very strongly suggest this book.

Grant writing .......2006-11-11

As I am keeping this book for reference for a future date, I have not had the opportunity to read it fully. I gave it five stars as I did glance through to see if it contained all of the information I will need and it did seem well laid out and comprehensive.

Winning Grants: Step by Step, 2nd Edition

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Very useful book
Pragmatic worksheets
good, basic overview but don't use alone
Good for foundation grants, not so good for gov't grants
Invaluable to the small nonprofit organization

Winning Grants: Step by Step, 2nd Edition
Mim Carlson , and The Alliance for Nonprofit Management
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ASIN: 078795876X

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Written for both novice and experienced grantwriters, the workbook is filled with practical advice and illustrative examples, including

Important information such as determining whether your program or idea is fundable
Clear examples that make it easier to create a well-written letter of intent
How to do the necessary research to find the right funder to approach
Targeting your proposal to meet the priorities of the funder
What happens to your proposal once it reaches the funder
How to adapt this program- and project-specific funding approach to assist in general funding

Once the workbook exercises are completed, your organization will have a fully developed grant proposal.

Customer Reviews:

Very useful book.......2007-03-08

I have been reading lots of books on how to write grants, being new to the field. They are all good, this one is concise and well laid out, the information is clear and the samples are good. I would recommend it. We will see how successful I am...that will be the real test of how well the book worked.

Pragmatic worksheets.......2004-04-09

If you come in to our nonprofit management support organization and ask for a book on grant proposal writing, there are two we'll pull out right away: Grassroots Grants and Winning Grants Step by Step. We're often asked which to choose. Of all the books we see, these are the two we most often recommend, but they do have different approaches.

Winning Grants Step by Step takes a pragmatic tone. It accepts the rules of the game and offers to show you how to win within them. "Most funders prefer to give grants for new and expanding programs or in support of special projects and new ideas rather than for the general operating expenses of an organization or the ongoing costs of established programs," it explains. "Because funders have these preferences, this workbook uses the idea of creating a new program as the basis for developing a proposal." (The book does also give examples of core operating support proposals, and does start with a planning guide to help you see which programs fit your priorities).
In the introduction to Grassroots Grants, on the other hand, the publisher shares her qualms about publishing a book about grants at all, preferring that the reader focus first on developing more renewable and less restricted gifts from individual donors. "This book is about two things: money and power," says Grassroots Grants, and calmly analyzes the dynamics of both in the grant proposal process. This big-picture view is in the end more pragmatic - it encourages you to take control of the grantseeking process by searching out those funders and pitching those programs that really best fit with what you are trying to do.

Both books have excellent project planning guidelines. As Winning Grants Step by Step observes, "Generally, organizations will spend approximately 80 percent of their time planning a project and only 20 percent of their time writing and packaging a proposal," so this section is obviously very important. Both books ask questions such as "What is unique about your organization's project?" "Is anyone else working on a similar project?" "What members of your community support each project?"

Both also contain useful information about finding appropriate funders, which is key to the process - much more important than your writing skills is finding the right funder who cares about projects like yours. Although Winning Grants Step by Step puts this information at the end in an appendix, you should really read it first, particularly the excellent section on corporate giving programs. Grassroots Grants contains very helpful guidelines about what to consider when deciding whether a funder is really a good fit for your organization, and detailed information about ways to develop good relationships with potential funders.

The books have different approaches to how they help you with your own writing. Winning Grants Step by Step has a workbook format, with questionnaires you fill out as you go, so that by the time you have completed them you will have addressed most of the subjects covered in a typical proposal, and it will be easy to cut and paste the appropriate bits into the funder's preferred format. It comes with all the worksheets on a CD-ROM so you can fill them out electronically and reuse them. If you like project planning, but get nervous about the writing process, this format may help walk you through. Grassroots Grants has questionnaires throughout the text, and it has more examples of proposals, query letters, and other documents with notes on how they were developed. If you like to write by reading examples to inspire you to your own purposes, this book will suit you.

Ultimately, these books complement one another. Even if you prefer the workbook format of Winning Grants Step by Step, the "big picture" you get from reading Grassroots Grants will help you answer all those questions. Likewise, if you prefer the style of Grassroots Grants, you can still benefit from the excellent sections on overhead costs and planning for sustainability in Winning Grants Step by Step.

good, basic overview but don't use alone.......2003-09-25

I am a consultant, grantwriter, and trainer who specializes in technical assistance and training for HIV/AIDS services. I provide a copy of this workbook to participants in my grantwriting ("Bringing Home the Money!) workshops, because it's a good, basic overview of many of the different parts of the request for funding proposal.

What's most useful about Carlson's book is that it provides a summary for participants and another way of explaining some of the things I teach. There are also good worksheets included in Carlson's book, designed to help first-time grantwriters grapple with the different proposal elements. Carlson also includes a CD-ROM with different forms that can also be helpful.

However, there are important limits to Carlson's book, thus the caveat in my review title that you NOT use this book alone.

1. Carlson's book is very general. For certain funders or funding areas (such as in HIV/AIDS), grantwriters need to include and be very familiar with things like public health data and certain standardized evaluation methods. You will not get that kind of information or guidance in Carlson's book.

2. Some of the sections lack sufficient details that can help first-time grantwriters better understand the concepts. For example, the budget and budget justification section are weak. She does not provide any explanation for "priority/target populations," a concept important to HIV/AIDS and other public health programs.

3. Carlson starts off with a good premise: Helping grantwriters understand the writing of a good proposal by having funders--the people who would actually read and decide on your proposal--speak about what makes good and bad proposals. It's a great idea and one that is the backbone to my own workshop. However, it is a thread that Carlson quickly drops and doesn't bother to integrate into the entire workbook.

4. Finally, the different elements are presented in such a way that they remain disintegrated, separate, fragmented from each other. In reality, a good proposal (i.e., one that is most likely to be funded) includes all the required elements (abstract, description of need, work plan, goals and objectives, evaluation, etc.) that are written well, are strong in content, and all work together in an integrated way.

To Carlson's credit on my last point, I should note that very few writers of grantwriting books and guides have succeeded in showing the latter, although I think it's one of the best signs of a well-written, strong, viable program.

In summary, then, this is a good first place to start if you're new to grantwriting or need a refresher. But definitely use it in conjunction with a great workshop and/or other grantwriting resources that are available.

Good for foundation grants, not so good for gov't grants.......2003-05-15

The information contained in this book primarily applies to non-governmental entities soliciting grants from non-profit foundations. Organizations like the NSF, NIH, etc., have fairly strict guidelines and don't permit the "excesses" encouraged in this book.

As the review title states, this would probably be a very useful book for a charitable organization looking to obtain funds from corporate foundations. However, if you're looking for research money from a government organization like Nat'l Science Foundation or Dep't of Education, this book is virtually useless.

Invaluable to the small nonprofit organization.......2003-03-11

This book should prove invaluable to the small nonprofit organization without development staff. Its clear and logical steps are easy to follow and non-intimidating for the uninitiated.

In my practice as a consultant to small nonprofit organizations, I found that the three areas most often not understood are: building relationships with funders, clearly setting and articulating outcomes and objectives; and providing a rationale why this particular nonprofit organization is uniquely suitable for providing this particular service or goods. Carlson's book provides instructions to help an organization address these three areas in a simple straightforward way.

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How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit

A Nonprofit Corporation Is Still a Corporation

How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization: From Writing and Managing Grants to Fundraising, Board Development, and Strategic Planning
Michael A. Sand
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ASIN: 1564148041

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Agency professionals at every level will find themselves referring to How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization anytime they have a problem and need helpful, practical and to-the-point advice from an acknowledged leader in the field. Each of the nine chapters includes numerous practical recommendations: * Board members will learn how to run effective meetings and get and keep the best people on their team. * Busy staff members will learn how to maximize opportunities to obtain grant funds while minimizing the time spent. * Grant writers will learn how to prepare better proposals and how to manage the funds once they get them. * Agencies will learn how to establish an outstanding volunteer program and how to form community coalitions that work. * And everyone will learn effective strategies to help improve supervisory, personnel, and general management skills. Is it easy to manage an excellent nonprofit organization? The answer to that questions is easily, "no". Agency professionals at every level will find themselves referring to How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit Organization anytime they have a problem and need helpful, practical and to-the-point advice from an acknowledged leader in the field.

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How to Manage an Effective Nonprofit.......2007-01-24

Super book. Concise, well written and just the information needed to get our museum effort on track. I'll have our entire board read it.

A Nonprofit Corporation Is Still a Corporation.......2006-01-16

Author Michael A. Sand, a consultant to nonprofit organizations for more than 25 years, has condensed his experience and knowledge of not-for-profit agencies into an information-packed book. He thoroughly covers the ABCs of managing a community service agency - from forming and operating a governing board to writing better grant proposals to hiring and supervising a productive staff. This handy reference is straightforward and easy to follow. It tackles many of the problems nonprofit organizations face everyday. Each chapter is accessibly divided into an outline format with headlines and bullet points, making the information easy to find and digest. The author includes sound, basic management material that might apply to most small businesses, as well as nonprofits, but unfortunately does not include case studies, anecdotes or real life examples to support his suggested strategies. Still, if we ever offered a start-up or refresher course called Nonprofit Agency Management 101, this book would be required reading.

How to Write Fundraising Materials That Raise More Money: The Art, the Science, the Secrets

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All Fundraisers Can Benefit From This Book
Like being in a candy shop with a pocketful of money
Tom Ahern is the best!

How to Write Fundraising Materials That Raise More Money: The Art, the Science, the Secrets
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All Fundraisers Can Benefit From This Book.......2007-06-18

For research purposes, I have more than 30,000 direct mail samples, countless annual reports, and hundreds of newsletters in my business library. And I'd say probably anywhere from 2 to 3% of them are really good (that means they raise a lot of money). They practice what Tom Ahern teaches you in his new book.

If you've ever had the opportunity to see Tom present - and he presents at many conferences around North America - then you'll know why you need this book. His way of thinking about donors, and what they want, will enable you to improve almost any donor-directed publication that you produce.

I strongly encourage anyone working for a nonprofit to buy this book - almost certainly it will improve the quality of the information you give to your donors, and the amount of money they give to you.

Like being in a candy shop with a pocketful of money.......2007-05-21

Two great things about Tom Ahern: 1) he writes in crisp, clear, jargon-free language, and 2) virtually every sentence contains advice or a tip I can actually use. In this straightforward but packed book, he taught me to always put myself in the donor's shoes when I'm writing, to never write anything that doesn't include an offer, to run like hell from "writing by committee", the emotional triggers that get people reaching for their wallets, and how to write great headlines and good copy. I'm not sure what else you can ask from a book that fits in your back pocket, reads deliciously the second and third time, and even apologizes for leaving out a chapter he'd call "Feeling Stupid". Feeling stupid is what you should feel if you don't order this book right after you finish this review.

Tom Ahern is the best!.......2007-04-22

You can find lots of stuff in print about writing fundraising materials -- but you won't find any book that's more squarely on point or more clearly and compellingly written. Tom Ahern is a master of writing for results. This superb new book is a must for anyone who writes to raise money.

Writing Effective News Releases...: How to Get Free Publicity for Yourself, Your Business, or Your Organization

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excellent advice
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Very Useful
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Writing Effective News Releases...: How to Get Free Publicity for Yourself, Your Business, or Your Organization
Catherine V. McIntyre
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excellent advice.......2005-07-16

I read Catherine McIntyre's book before writing my first and only press release, to publicize my church's program for children with autism.

I did everything Ms. McIntyre told me to do.

That press release won my church a story and photos in the New York Times.

I should add that I'm a professional writer, so I had a leg up on the topic.

But I'd never written a press release in my life. I don't think I'd even read one.

McIntyre told me what I needed to know.

Fantastic Resource!.......2003-07-23

When I started looking for information on news releases I read a lot of books on the topic. This book, without question, was the best of the bunch. The author is a newspaper reporter and advertising copywriter and knows what it takes to grab the attention of news editors. Before I read this book I tried for a year to get my news releases puiblished. After reading this book I learned what mistakes I'd been making. Now almost every release I send gets printed. The author outlines a foolproof formula for creating newsworthy releases regardless of the topic. Contains loads of examples of news releases that have proven to be successful. Other books I've read were kind of boring and hard to read, but this one is written in a down-to-earth style that's sparked with humor throughout. A thoroughly enjoyable and useful book. Highly recommended!

Not too impressed.......2003-05-17

This book is written in a "hunt and peck" style: you have to hunt for useful information and then peck what is feasbile and what is not. I wasn't too impressed, but I guess all publicity books are the same. It's not like there's much new information out there.

I do recommend "Free Publicity" by Jeff Crilley. ...

Very Useful.......2002-08-30

McIntyre hits the nail on the head witn this one. I've found that my organization's releases have received much higher usage now that we follow her format. We also use Michael Levine's Guerrilla PR: Wired because of its strength in updating public rlations techniques to the Internet.

from someone in the biz.......2002-08-22

It's rare that you read something informative and entertaining. This book is written with humour and intelligence. It isn't exactly in the class of Michael Levine's Guerrilla PR Wired, but it is a gool tool to have around. The specific nature of the book is also helpful for those with specific questions.

Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You REALLY Need to Do to Get Grants

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Three years later, I still return to this book
A systematic approach to grants ... and a good read, too
Very comprehensive
Demystified!

Demystifying Grant Seeking: What You REALLY Need to Do to Get Grants
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Demystifying Grantseeking is an inspirational and instructional guide to grantseeking. The authors--successful grantseekers in their own right--show you how to overcome the common fears fundraisers often experience and offer sound, practical advice to successful grantseeking. The book provides you with a systematic and logical way of searching for grants, and helps to identify which foundations to approach so fundraisers don't waste time on dead-end proposals.

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Three years later, I still return to this book.......2005-06-29

I purchased this book to guide me through my first grantwriting position in the winter of 2002, and I still return to it today. The sample letters are valuable, and I have successfully modified them to meet the needs of three different organizations. The filing systems make managing a huge amount of information easy. I always recommed this book to people looking to get started with grant writing, and have sung its praises at several workshops I have conducted for beginning grantwriters.

A systematic approach to grants ... and a good read, too.......2004-05-19

This book presents a systematic approach that begins with identifying your internal needs and moves through the process of research, proposal development, and outreach to funders. Myths are addressed along the way; for example, grants are not "something for nothing," but rather "rational deals between colleagues." A good read filled with specific, hands-on advice.

Very comprehensive.......2003-08-18

I am new to the grant writing field. I started my education by reading this book. I found it very informative, but easy to follow. The book is not only theoretical, but offers a great deal of "hands on" advice, including sample forms, grants, etc. The writing style was straighforward and professional. I found the book to be an excellent way to start gaining a practical understanding of this field.

Demystified!.......2002-01-19

For anyone entering the realm of grant seeking for non profits - or seeking more effective ways to do their job - Demystifying Grant Seeking is a powerful tool. This book takes the reader through the steps of setting up a usable office, making matches between agencies and foundations, writing grant applications, evaluating the process and doing it all again, tighter, quicker, better. The authors use one agency as an example, taking their audience through the entire process. No question is left unanswered, and all questions are answered patiently, graciously, and in easily understood language. This book is a great resource.

Grantseeker's Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Funding (Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series)

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Worth the money
Good Book with a Glaring Omission
well-written steps to follow
Grantseeker's Toolkit Review
This is an excellent tool for Principals.

Grantseeker's Toolkit: A Comprehensive Guide to Finding Funding (Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series)
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ADVANCE PRAISE FOR Grantseeker's Toolkit.

"For most worthy nonprofits to fulfill their missions, passion and dedication are simply not enough. Securing financial resources requires that 'the case' for support be made in a clear and persuasive fashion. Beyond their skill in winning grants, New and Quick also know how to effectively coach others, in a conversational, step-by-step manner, to do the same!"—Dr. Janice B. Yost President Mary Black Foundation, Inc.

"Grantseeker's Toolkit is an outstanding and comprehensive reference document for the grantseeker and writer. Cheryl and James have created a valuable resource for both the novice and the experienced grantseeker/writer."—Marlene L. Ritter Unit Head, Leadership Development Office of Quality Educators Louisiana Department of Education.

"Grantseeker's Toolkit is a breath of fresh air. This book should provide a recipe for community-based organizations and small universities that have spent thousands of dollars hiring writers to develop proposals. Several copies of this book should be on file in the business or grants office of every community-based organization and community college or university. Cheryl and Jim should be commended for developing this tool."—Arlene A. Granderson, M.P.H. Director of Operations, Office of Rural Health Policy Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD.

"Grantseeker's Toolkit is a very valuable resource on the complex process of grant development. It will be useful for all grantseeking groups or individuals. Mr. Quick and Ms. New's advice and direction is useful across the full range of grant proposal development, from the simplest grants to the most complex."—Geraldine Ritter Director, Grants Administration Wake County Public School System, North Carolina.

ON THE DISK The enclosed disk contains forms and exercises that help you develop the skills you need to design grant proposals customized to fit both your organization's needs and your potential funder's requirements.

Customer Reviews:

Worth the money.......2001-09-05

I am an intermediate grantseeker who hoped to find a book that would assist me in further honing my writing. This book did just that. It is concise yet substantial and provided me with a fresh approach that will be useful for years to come. The language is intelligent (the authors steer clear of trite, 'inspirational' language), clear, and honest. I suggest this book for anyone interested in the grantseeking process.

Good Book with a Glaring Omission.......2001-03-27

There are excellent guidelines in this book. If you purchase it, you will be getting good information except for one very important area which appears to be completely overlooked. In today's grant market, you must know how to design good outcome measures. The concepts of goals and objectives come into play here (and are addressed in the book), but the buzz words are "outcome measures". I wish the authors had included a chapter or two on designing outcomes measures for both project oriented grants and for general operating grants (which are by far the harder to design).

The information here is good. It is easy to understand and, from my experience as a full time grant writer, right on the mark. Just know you will have to attend a workshop or find another place to learn about outcome measures.

well-written steps to follow.......2000-01-29

In recently conducted grant workshops for teachers this guide was most helpful.For future workshops-- for educators applying for grants in their field, another title might be more appropriate and targeted to needs of educators. Educators usually have an RFP in hand and this book is helpful to find funding ....which isn't always the educator's focus at that moment.

Grantseeker's Toolkit Review.......2000-01-06

Grantseeker's Toolkit is a must read for novice as well as experienced grantwriters. Cheryl Carter New and James Aaron Quick have laid out, in easy to follow steps, the complete grantwriting process. They have generously shared their own specific techniques that begins with formulating ideas for fundable projects to the actual writing of grants and ultimately to finding appropriate funders. It is a realistic and throrough approach that teaches readers how to prepare proposals that meet the requirements of funding sources. Grantseeker's Toolkit is divided into parts. Part I covers the designing of fundable projects that includes the development and refining of ideas, grantseeking strategies and designing and organizing the projects. Part II covers finding suitable funders for projects. This section explains federal, state, foundation and corporate funders and their general proposal requirements. Part III includes the development of the final project, explaining how to meet the grantors guidelines and the actual writing of proposals. Part IV takes readers through each step of writing proposals. The procedure teaches readers how to write problem statements, determine the operation of the project, laying out budgets and also shows readers how to prepare the final package for submission. Grantseeker's Toolkit provides an all inclusive method to follow for grant writing and thoroughly prepares readers for completing successful proposals I am certain purchasers of this book will be quite satisfied and will refer to it often when writing future proposals.

This is an excellent tool for Principals........1999-02-20

As an elementary school principal I have found this book to be an effective tool to share with my faculty when we are seeking funding or writing grant proposals. I keep this resource handy on my book shelf to loan out to my staff throughout the school year. I have shared this information with our district personnel hoping they will schedule a seminar by the authors for our entire district.

Kids in Print: Publishing a School Newspaper, Second Edition

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Great Starter Book
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Great Resource for School Paper in WV
A must have resource for any school newspaper
Very helpful

Kids in Print: Publishing a School Newspaper, Second Edition
Mark Levin
Manufacturer: Mind-Stretch Publishing
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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How to Write Articles for Newspapers & Magazines, 2/e (Step By Step (Thomson Learning (Firm)).)

ASIN: 096764092X

Book Description

Have you been looking for a handbook that contains everything you need to know to start a student newspaper in your school? Are you a newspaper advisor in need of some teacher-tested tips? Whether your school newspaper is a dream or a reality, "Kids in Print" is a book you should have at your fingertips. Hints on organizing, teaching journalism skills, layout, and publication-plus a variety of student reproducibles and a handy glossary to help motivate real-life writing experiences are all included in this informative resource by the creator of NESPA, the National Elementary Schools Press Association. Let Mind-Stretch help you get your "Kids in Print." For grades 3-9.

Customer Reviews:

Great Starter Book.......2007-02-28

I found this book last year when I was starting to teach middle school journalism for the first time. It was very helpful in laying out information for my students. It also helped me get organized as to how I would run my classroom. I would recommend this book to any journalism teacher!

Review of Kids in Print.......2007-02-28

We just started our school newspaper this year, and Kids in Print was an invaluable resource for us. It was the main source book we used to help us develop a primer on journalism basics for our elementary school students, grades 3-6. The checklists and other handouts were also extremely useful. Unlike most other guidebooks on teaching journalism, this book covers topics that are relevant to young journalists, in language that is accessible to younger students.

Great Resource for School Paper in WV.......2006-05-27

I ordered the handbook when our school decided to begin a school newspaper. I have not had to search for any other resource. This book has everything you might need. It begins with hands-on practical approaches to choosing a staff and things to consider before beginning the paper. It is followed by actual ideas that can be used to produce a true journalistic setting from which to publish the paper. There are many pages that can be reproduced.The book gives ideas for monthly columns as well as ideas for feature stories. It even has a page to reproduce "press badges" for the staff. Our sixth graders produce our school paper but this book would be good for any start-up or established paper.

A must have resource for any school newspaper.......2006-04-21

"Kids in print" is an excellent resource. The book is well organized and offers several tips on starting a school newspaper. There are also several "organizational" sheets that can be copied to help students stay on track while interviewing people and writing stories.

Very helpful.......2006-03-27

This book helped our school start its newspaper. The format is easy to follow and the information is useful and practical.

Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level

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better than nothing
Excellent material for serious software developers...
Help your compiler write better code

Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level
Randall Hyde
Manufacturer: No Starch Press
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Binding: Paperback

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Write Great Code: Volume 1: Understanding the Machine
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ASIN: 1593270658

Book Description

The second volume in the Write Great Code series supplies the critical information that today's computer science students don't often get from college and university courses: How to carefully choose their high-level language statements to produce efficient code. Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level, teaches software engineers how compilers translate high-level language statements and data structures into machine code. Armed with this knowledge, a software engineer can make an informed choice concerning the use of those high-level structures to help the compiler produce far better machine code--all without having to give up the productivity and portability benefits of using a high-level language.

Customer Reviews:

better than nothing.......2006-08-08

The first 100 pages of this book were fantastic for concepts. After that, there were numerous code listings of various dialects of assembler that were each several pages in length. The premise is that you should learn to read assembler so that you can write better high level code. However, there is no tutorial on what the various assembler keyword instructions mean. This book feels like it was slapped together because it was the long overdue volume two in the series, and has so many references to the first volume that you practically need to own both. There is not enough on Java (or OO in general) as the reader's high level langauge of choice, and far too much on Pascal.

Excellent material for serious software developers..........2006-06-25

Back in "the day", you really couldn't write high-level code without at least some exposure at some point to lower-level code, like Assembler. Now, you can pretty much be completely ignorant of what happens in your Java or VB code "under the covers". But that doesn't mean you can't benefit from understanding how your compiler turns your readable code into machine-readable operations. Randall Hyde does an excellent job in explaining all this in his book Write Great Code Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level.

Contents: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level; Shouldn't You Learn Assembly Language?; 80x86 Assembly for the HLL Programmer; PowerPC Assembly for the HLL Programmer; Compiler Operations and Code Generation; Tools for Analyzing Compiler Output; Constants and High-Level Languages; Variables in a High-Level Language; Array Data Types; String Data Types; Pointer Data Types; Record, Union, and Class Data Types; Arithmetic and Logical Expressions; Control Structures and Programmatic Decisions; Iterative Control Structures; Functions and Procedures; Engineering Software; A Brief Comparison of the 80x86 and PowerPC CPU Families; Online Appendices; Index

This is the type of book that will really excite you if you're wondering why a nested if statement performs differently than a case statement. Hyde explains basic compiler theory, and applies that to how your compiler of choice decides on optimization strategies. It's impractical to get a program optimized for all factors, like code size and speed, but there are reasonable trade-offs as well as compiler options you can use to prioritize one factor over another. You also don't have to be completely conversant with Assembler in order to work through this book. He uses a number of high-level coding examples from various languages (like C, C++, and Pascal) that should be understandable to most any IT developer. He then shows the translated code at the assembler level and explains why a particular compilation might be good or bad (depending on your requirements). Once you start to understand how (and why) your compiler "optimizes" your code, you can make more intelligent choices as far as programming constructs. There is often a dozen ways to do something, but a few of those ways will be far more efficient at the machine level than the others.

If you're writing a program that runs in a second or two, these techniques may not necessarily have an immediate practical application for you. But that hour-long program may have the same underlying problem as your first program, and it could be that a slight change in program structure at your end could dramatically reduce the run time. This is one of those books that most serious software developers should have sitting on their shelves...

Help your compiler write better code.......2006-04-15

I earned my Computer Science degree several years ago. During my studies I learned languages like Assembly, Modula-2, C and C++ and even a little VB in a computer graphics class. I learned quite a bit about how computers work at the binary level and even got into some Electrical Engineering topics.

As you might expect, I don't use any of those languages in my career today. It's all Java, LotusScript, and other high-level languages for me these days. I rarely find myself shifting bits or thinking about logic gates. Does this mean my CS degree was a waste of time? Absolutely not. Although it would have been nicer if I had been learning Java... :-)

It's not the languages I learned that gave the education its value. It's the algorithms, patterns and logic that have come to my aid again and again. An understanding of what's going on inside the computer can be very helpful at times. That's why I was so interested in reading Randall Hyde's book: Write Great Code, Volume 2: Thinking Low-Level, Writing High-Level.

This book teaches the following concepts (Chapter 1 excerpt):
- Why it's important to consider the low-level execution of your high-level programs
- How compilers generate machine code from high-level language (HLL) statements
- How compilers represent various data types using low-level, primitive, data types
- How to write your HLL code to help the compiler produce better machine code
- How to take advantage of a compiler's optimization facilities
- How to "think" in assembly language (low-level terms) while writing HLL code

The general goal of this book is to teach you how to think like a compiler so you can anticipate what the compiler will do with your code. Randall Hyde is also the author of The Art of Assembly Language. It would be an understatement to say he has a good handle on this subject. Chapter 3 goes into detail on 80x86 assembly for the HLL programmer while chapter 4 looks at the Power PC. Chapter 5 looks at compiler operation and code generation. This chapter gave me major flashbacks to compiler class.

In chapter 9, the author includes a great discussion of arrays and how they are handled by various languages. Another topic, in chapter 12, that I found very interesting was the discussion of variant data types. (Us LotusScript developers mustn't forget to use 'Option Declare.') Chapter 15 includes a description of various types of loops and hammers home the importance of coding efficient loops.

We spend so much time these days trying to abstract everything and think at a high-level. That's all fine and good but we can make better high-level decisions by understanding the low-level workings of compilers. Readers who are experienced developers with a genuine interest in writing quality code will get a lot out of this book. I especially recommend it for career developers who didn't have the benefit of formal Computer Science training.

At the end of the book is a teaser for the next book in the series: Write Great Code, Volume 3: Engineering Software. In this book, Hyde will discuss "personal software engineering" and will focus on craftsmanship, art, and pride in workmanship. I'm looking forward to that one too.

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