This book should be essential reading (or listening!) for anyone who works around government – public servants, consultants, funded organisations, and more. This is a book for those of us who wonder at how bad policy and programs are developed and sustained. It shows the chains of decisions and micro-edits… Read More »Book review – Rick Morton’s Mean Streak
Sometimes, people ask me to do masterclasses, webinars and intro sessions for their communities about grant writing. And, I’m really happy to oblige! Back in 2020, the fabulous Bek Lambert from Freelance Jungle asked me to have a chat to the community about grant writing. This was in the early… Read More »Intro class – tips and tricks for better grant writing
A while ago, I was invited to have a chat with Rachel and Lynne on The Content Byte, a podcast for freelancers writers and content creators. It was a really fun chat, and great to be able to share a bit about how grant writing works. For summer 2024/25, Rachel… Read More »Martina on The Content Byte podcast
This is an extract from my course Grant Writing For Freelance Grant Writers. If you’d like to learn more, you can join the course here. If you’d like to discuss how to apply this thinking to your own work, send me an email or book in a strategy call today.… Read More »The Win-Win-Win Nature of Successful Grant Applications
One evening, I opened my email to see a subject line I’d never seen before: “ABC Radio – media enquiry“. The email read: Hi Martina Rach Murphy and Lynne Testoni have suggested I reach out to you. I’m producing Sunday Mornings with Lisa Leong on ABC Radio and we’re putting… Read More »I was interviewed on the ABC
The 2025 Perpetual Impact grant applications are due on 6 December 2024 – we’ve got about 2 weeks! Perpetual is an amazing opportunity for non-profits and community organisations of all different kinds to put themselves in front of philanthropists and access funding. But the structure of the Perpetual Impact grant… Read More »Grant masterclass: Maximise your Perpetual application
The Australian Evaluation Society International Evaluation Conference is always a highlight of my year. It’s when the Australian evaluation community gets together to learn from each other, explore new practice, hear about successes, and make new connections. This year, I got to work with my awesome ARTD colleagues Jade Maloney… Read More »Participatory Analysis Workshops – what is it, when might you use it, and why?
Last Thursday 19 September 2024, I was announced as the winner of the Australian Evaluation Society’s Awards for Excellence in Evaluation – Emerging New Talent award for 2024! I was absolutely stoked to win this award. The award recognising someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the field but… Read More »Winner – 2024 Awards for Excellence in Evaluation – Emerging New Talent
I’m delivering a workshop for the Australian Evaluation Society next month! It’s all about qualitative methods in evaluation – focus groups, interviews, surveys, etc, and how to make the most of them. I’ve designed this workshop to be an accessible, practical overview of qualitative methods and how to use them… Read More »Workshop: Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Evaluation
This is an extract from my course Grant Writing For Freelance Grant Writers. If you’d like to learn more, you can join the course here. If you’d like to discuss how to apply this thinking to your own work, send me an email or book in a strategy call today.… Read More »The five different types of grant maker