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Opportunities to Connect Urban Conservation and Vacant Land Stewardship

Center for Community Progress

In September 2024, Community Progress convened a learning exchange in Cleveland for leaders in land conservation and their partner land banks and local government agencies from four cities: Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, and Detroit. Traditional land conservancies work to permanently conserve natural landscapes and working lands.

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AWS re:Invent 2024 recap for government agencies

AWS Public Sector Blog

Watch this lightning talk to learn how you can empower your CloudOps teams to do more with a governance-by-default approach. This talk gives you a comprehensive guide on how to maximize the effectiveness of platform engineering, and highlights how leveraging AI can boost developer productivity.

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Where in the Organization Chart Does Your Grant Professional Belong?

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

We are fundraisers, so nonprofits often place us in the development department. We might report to city managers, executive directors, development directors, finance directors, vice presidents, assistant superintendents, or any number of titles found in nonprofits, universities, local governments, K-12 schools, and other organizations.

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Improve Your Grant Success with the Help of Elected Officials

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

I quickly learned about the power of relationships, particularly when building programs and developing grant proposals. For more details about local government grant seeking, check out this blog post. To get the details of how to best lean into working with elected officials, check out the latest episode of Fundraising HayDay.

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Educating Up to Streamline the Grant Writing Process

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

Perhaps you were coordinating a community program or project for a nonprofit or local government and needed a way to sustain those important efforts. After more than 28 years in grants and fundraising, I have found that about 20% of grant writing is actual writing. Either way, those writing skills drew you in.

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Unlocking Funding Opportunities: Achieving Grant Writing Certification in the Nonprofit Sector

Grant Central USA

With a grant writing certification, you can demonstrate your skills and knowledge of the process advanced grant development, as well as your dedication to furthering the mission of your organization. Many organizations list volunteer opportunities related to their grant development and writing where you can get firsthand experience.

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Charging Forward: Public sector EVs pose both challenges and opportunities for state agencies and their partners

American City & Country

Addressing these disparities requires careful planning and coordination among state agencies, local governments and private-sector partners. Companies like ChargePoint, Blink Charging and EVgo are playing a pivotal role in helping governments build the necessary infrastructure to support the transition to electric vehicles.