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Gwynne’ Grammar & The Only Grant-making book you’ll ever need: Frank talk from grammar to grant writing

Gwynne’s Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English, N.M. Gwynne The Only Grant-Writing Book You’ll Ever Need 5th ed., Ellen Karsh & Arlen Sue Fox Grammar as blood sport By Diane Hill (January 29, 2020) Gwynne’s Grammar: The Ultimate Introduction to Grammar and the Writing of Good English, N.M. Gwynne, Vintage, November … [Read more...] about Gwynne’ Grammar & The Only Grant-making book you’ll ever need: Frank talk from grammar to grant writing

Upstream: How far up the river do you really want to go?

By Gail Picco (January 28, 2020) Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen by Dan Heath, Avid Reader Press, March 3, 2020, 320 pp., $36.97 In my line of work, as a fundraiser and charity strategist, I spend a fair amount of time planning how to respond when things go wrong or when objections are raised. Because as campaign-tested professionals know, … [Read more...] about Upstream: How far up the river do you really want to go?

Diversity Inc: The diversity industry is thriving, even if diversity itself is not

Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business by Pamela Newkirk Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias by LaWana Harris, By Roger Ali (January 23, 2020) Diversity, Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, Pamela Newkirk, Bold Type Books, October 22, 2019, 272 pp., $30.28 Diversity, Inc. by … [Read more...] about Diversity Inc: The diversity industry is thriving, even if diversity itself is not

No one is too small to make a difference: Please heed the call

by Gail Picco (January 21, 2020) No one is too small to make a difference by Greta Thunberg, Penguin UK, July 30, 2019, 80 pp., $7.45 When you see climate scientist, Greta Thunberg, on TV, it is striking how diminutive she is, a child really, one seemingly sent by Mother Nature herself to tell the world our time is practically up. A child with a roar of an ocean. Or … [Read more...] about No one is too small to make a difference: Please heed the call