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This is a replay of a webinar I did with We Wild Women. It’s the first time I shared publicly the gas leak explosion and shared my Ch’weghtsen Point System which is a methodology for building habits. 🔨 This point system is me at my weirdest, 🤓 BUT turns out it resonated with many listeners! What is the Ch’eghwetsen Method? (pronounced “Chew-Witzen”) This is a habit building system for the overly self-critical female entrepreneur. It doesn’t have much to do with the business of Learn Grant Writing, but *everything* to do with the success I’ve had with growing the business. ✨ Curious how you could get into grant writing and build a career in it? Here is a free training on how to do that without volunteering or having prior experience: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writingBuild your own:1️⃣ Make a checklist of habits2️⃣ Laminate3️⃣ Dedicate 5 minutes a day for a half-page journal entry4️⃣ Move points to a spreadsheet 5️⃣ Track the trend lineCh’eghwetsen is a Koyukon Athabascan word for true love. Taking care of yourself, taking care of your health, and being gentle is true love. 🧡 By tracking the overall trend line of your habits, you can begin improving not only habits, but also behavior. 💪 Our brains 🧠 can only handle so many moving parts, so the more we can streamline the repetitive pieces, we save our brain capacity for deeper work. Remember: progress is better than perfection. This system translates really well to business through Standard Operating Procedures and other checklists. At LGW, we have a Weekly Sync and a SOP Playbook. Our Weekly Team Meeting Agenda is built out in Asana, a project management tool. 📋 This agenda has been transformative for reducing mistakes and feeling grounded/connected as a team. We all have wake up call moments. 🌅 Mine was a gas leak house explosion which made it clear that the way we’re working isn’t working. This accelerated a drive for a slower way of operating while still delivering an amazing experience to members in the Collective. The first experiment was to start with Deep Work Wednesday. 🖥️Overall, the Ch’eghwetsen Method is a habit tracking system. Changing habits isn’t all that difficult, but if you can’t change habits, you can’t change behaviors. By tracking the overall trend line of your habits, you can begin improving not only habits, but also behavior. 💪What are your wake up call moments? Is the Ch’weghsetsen Method something you would try?Resources and links:🔸 “How to Write a Grant: Become a Grant Writing Unicorn” by Meredith Noble https://www.learngrantwriting.org/learn-grant-writing-book 🔸 We Wild Women🔸 Ch’eghwetsen Point System Checklist Template 🔸 “The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right” by Atul Gawande🔸 “Deep Work” by Cal Newport🔸 “Stop. Breathe. We Can’t Keep Working Like This.” :// The Ezra Klein Show🔸 Living Through a Gas Leak Explosion Walk Through: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYz2CCcdJZ4&t=3s🔸 Global Grant Writers CollectiveMore questions about the Collective? Celeste is our Unicorn Career Scale Specialist. AKA she helps you decide if a career in grant writing is right for you! If you’d like to schedule a 1:1 with her, send us an email at info@senworks.org .Feel free to DM us on Instagram as well. https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/ 🧡 The Team at Learn Grant Writing Timestamps00:00 Intro02:50 Introducing Meredith 03:27 The Ch’eghwestsen Method Explained10:05 Why This Method Works12:10 Why the Name?13:30 Build Your Own System17:33 Morning Routine 19:30 Standard Operating Procedures and Checklists in Business31:00 Gas Leak House Explosion + Takeaways39:00 How To Be A Freelance Grant Writer41:10 Open Q&A54:00 Conclusion
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Do you feel like you don’t trust yourself to stick with the Collective if you were to join? Is that a reason you’re not moving forward with joining? You’re not alone in thinking that and we don’t want you to beat yourself up unnecessarily due to some past experiences. 🙅Heather, a member of the Collective, had some similar fears before joining. She was afraid she’d spend a lot of time and energy learning the skill of grant writing, but that she wouldn’t be able to land clients. 😨Long story short: Heather hustled to learn grant writing on the side of her full time job, made $15k in 11 months, and then felt confident to make this her stay-at-home gig when she became a mom. 👶Here is a free training on how to build a career in grant writing: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writingWe learned that 46% of surveyed individuals said that they were afraid of not following through if they were to buy another online course. 56% fear not having enough time. 🕧When it feels like you don’t have time how do you work through the course?1️⃣ Download the app and listen to the content while you’re driving, doing laundry, washing dishes, or cooking. 🍳2️⃣ We designed the program so that if you put in 5 hours a week consistently, you can get certified and complete your first paid funding strategy. ✅3️⃣ It’s okay to show up to a coaching call with kiddos and chaos. 🤪 Seriously, it’s all good! ✨ Bet on you! You might not know HOW you’ll get there, but know WHY you’re going for it. Keep in mind that you’re not a failure because you didn’t complete something else. It’s not entirely your fault as most programs do not concern themselves with your success. We literally obsess about you getting results and measuring that. The architecture of the program has a really big impact on whether you’ll be successful. 💥 It’s not just that you’re not disciplined enough! More likely than not, you didn’t finish because the program wasn’t a good fit for you, it wasn’t a priority, or the program might have been poorly designed.Journal and reflect a bit on some of those past experiences:🔸 What didn’t I finish? 🔸 Why didn’t I finish? 🔸 What has to be true for me to finish something in the future? Add in the comments if you have questions!Like audiobooks and podcasts? Listen to Meredith’s book, “How to Write a Grant: Become a Grant Writing Unicorn” for free here: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/free-audiobookQuestions about the Global Grant Writers Collective? Check out this elaborate FAQ page: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/faq Feel free to DM us on Instagram as well. https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/ 🧡 The Team at Learn Grant Writing Timestamps00:00 Intro00:55 You’re Not Alone & Stop Beating Yourself Up01:12 Heather’s Fears & End Result04:05 What The Stats Tell Us05:31 How to Work Through the Course When it Feels Like There’s Not Enough Time09:02 Bet on You10:09 It’s Not Entirely Your Fault: Program Design Matters11:40 Reflect on Past Experiences
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Hey there! Today, Shay of NightSky Consulting and one of our grant writing coaches, talks through her top 3 tips for balancing motherhood and building a grant writing consulting business. ✨1️⃣ Set clear boundaries with your clients. For me, this looks like not starting work until after my kids have gone to school and closing that laptop when they come home from school. 🚌Curious how you could get into grant writing and build a career in it? Here is a free training on how to do that without volunteering or having prior experience: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writing2️⃣ Manage my workload. For example, I will schedule a new client in a month if I am finishing up two projects in the current month. 🗓️ 3️⃣ Set your prices appropriately. 💰 Make sure you are charging enough so that you don’t have to take on four clients to barely skirt by. This starts by getting really clear on what your *true* expenses are. Remember, this isn’t your hobby. You’re running a business! What tips do you have for running a business as a parent? 🦄Resources and links:🔸 NightSky Consulting ➡️ https://www.nightskyconsulting.orgQuestions about the Global Grant Writers Collective? Check out this elaborate FAQ page: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/faq Did you know we have a self study online grant writing class for nonprofit professionals? Or for those that aren’t sure they will like grant writing. You can learn more about Grant Writing: From Start to Funded here: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/grant-writing-class Feel free to DM us on Instagram as well. https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/ 🧡 The Team at Learn Grant WritingTimestamps00:00 Intro01:00 Tip #1: Set Clear Boundaries With Clients02:24 Tip #2: Manage Workload03:20 Tip #3: Set Your Prices Appropriately05:00 This is Your Business, Not a Hobby
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Here at Learn Grant Writing, we move really fast! ⚡ We decided to slow down to give you a sneak peek of what’s going on behind the scenes and tell you all the great, new things happening! And, there’s A LOT going on!1️⃣ Learn Grant Writing is Moving Towards Self-ActualizationThe original vision for Learn Grant Writing was that it would be a platform for multiple experts. No one person can know it all. With six coaches in the community group and several bonus trainings already live or in the works, we’re making progress toward self-actualization. One of those trainings is all about grant administration! Coming in June! 🤩Curious how you could get into grant writing and build a career in it? Here is a free training on how to do that without volunteering or having prior experience: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/webinar-videos/discover-grant-writing2️⃣ Advanced Coaching CallWe’re launched an advanced coaching call so we can nerd out 🤓 about advanced grant writing questions!3️⃣ Advanced Training: Phase 6 & 7These are advanced trainings to get you to $100,000 in revenue & $250,000 in revenue in consulting business, if that’s what you want. If that’s not what you’re after, we cover that too along with training on how to write and win Federal grants. 4️⃣ Writing Training Now LiveThis writing training will help you become more confident and skilled in writing well. ✍️ This 9-module writing training offers a robust writing training and grant application case studies. Bonus: you walk away with writing samples!5️⃣ IRL Unicorn RetreatWe are in the beginning stages of planning an in-person retreat for Unicorns! 🦄 Unicorns are meeting up in small groups organically, but we want to do that on a larger scale. If you know of locations that are easy to get to, have a Girl Scout camp vibe, good internet, and good food please let us know! 6️⃣ Hire a Grant Writer ProcessWe added a page on our website where organizations can come to find a grant writer from our program. It’s actually the #1 ranked website for the search term “hire a grant writer”. Members who have hit $15k in revenue can apply to be listed on the page. 🎉7️⃣ Experimentation With How to Live Slower, More Intentional & Joyful LivesThis awakening was a long time coming and culminated with a tiny house gas leak explosion…while Meredith was inside. Here’s the link to that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYz2CCcdJZ4&t=1sUltimately, the way we live our lives as a culture in a modern way is not working. We’re all burned out and probably don’t feel really healthy. We’re trying harder and harder and harder and it’s not getting any easier. So, what does it take to change behaviors and how we work? 🧐 One experiment we’re trying is Deep Work Wednesdays. This means no slack, no email, no meetings, and no calls on Wednesdays.Let us know if you want us to be sharing more about this process! 8️⃣ Fair & Standardized PricingInstead of having a discount for those that pay their year membership up front, the pricing is the same all across the board. This process is more streamlined and equitable for all.We hope you find this update helpful! If you have any questions, ideas, comments please add them below. We love hearing from you! 📞More questions about the Collective? Celeste is our Unicorn Career Scale Specialist. AKA she helps you decide if a career in grant writing is right for you! If you’d like to schedule a 1:1 with her, send us an email at info@senworks.org.Feel free to DM us on Instagram as well. https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/ 🧡 The Team at Learn Grant Writing Timestamps00:00 Intro What’s Going on at LGW00:27 Platform is Moving Towards Self-Actualization02:02 Writing training 03:43 IRL Unicorn Retreat05:00 Hire a Grant Writer06:42 Awakening – How Do We Live Slower, More Intentional & Joyful Lives?09:25 Standardized Pricing10:20 Recap
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We hosted an Informational Interview Challenge in the Global Grant Writers Collective and we learned so much. 🤓Why did we do this Challenge? Well, lots of people in the Collective were getting hung up on these things:🔸 Convos not going the way they wanted them to🔸 Not drawing out the need🔸 Spinning wheels🔸 Fear of reaching out AND, a foundational aspect of your success deploying the Grant Writing Unicorn Method is conducting informational interviews. So, we did this challenge to blast 🚀 those roadblocks out of the way!This video highlights our key takeaways, a brief overview of the audit Merdith did on her own interview, 🧐 and tips on how to have the best info interview and create opportunities for yourself.Confused how informational interviews fit into our overall process? Stop 🛑 and watch this webinar for how all the puzzle pieces fit together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjbmZoe8W5U&t=2765s ➡️ Organic Networking Framework: tried and true method to find paid work opportunities through informational interviews, without prior grant writing experience. ➡️ Informational Interview: having a genuinely curious conversation with someone that interests you to learn about them and their organization. These interviews allow you to draw out an individual’s pain points, need to understand grant writing, or need for a grant writer. If there is a need, you can present yourself as the solution! 🎉We have a 5-Step Checklist for the Organic Networking Framework. All the details are in the Course in Phase 1.1️⃣ Contact List Development2️⃣ Outreach3️⃣ Preparation for conversation4️⃣ The Informational Interview5️⃣ Follow UpReasonable expectations of the informational interview process include:🔸 33% of the interview requests you send out will result in an interview. 🔸 Not every proposal is accepted, even if they ask for one. 🔸 You are worthy of paid work, even as a beginner. It’s totally a numbers #️⃣ game. The more you do, the better you get at it, the more opportunities you will create for yourself.We recommend you record your interviews so that you don’t have to furiously take notes 📝 and can just listen. In the Bonus Training available to Collective members, there are lots of interview audits covering what to do and what not to do.Meredith did this challenge too! Auditing your own conversation is where you’ll do the most learning…even if it’s brutal. 😬✨ Pro tip: If you have any connection to any community or organization, that can be a great starting point. Don’t get so hung up on it having to be a super cold lead. ❄️ Start within the sphere of your network that you have a touchpoint with. ❗MAJOR TAKEAWAYS ❗💡 Quantity matters. 💡 Record your interviews or you’ll never get way, way better at it.💡 Your intent is key. When you meet with people, you must enter into the space from a place of genuine curiosity and desire to serve and help. Info interviews and the Organic Network Framework are not sales. You literally help a person with a problem if there is a problem. That is values aligned. ✨ FYI: There is a full, in depth debrief in the Bonus Trainings section available to the Collective. Conducting info interviews is truly a skill that you can fine-tune and one that can change your life!More questions? Post them in the comments section below!Still have questions about the Global Grant Writers Collective? Check out this elaborate FAQ page: https://www.learngrantwriting.org/faq Feel free to DM us on Instagram as well. https://www.instagram.com/learngrantwriting/ Timestamps:00:00 Introduction01:37 Recap on Organic Networking Framework02:08 Informational Interview02:30 5-Step Checklist Overview02:53 Expectations04:27 Sneak Peek of Bonus Training Inside the Course08:06 Major Takeaways