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
Earlier this year, I was featured in a series on LinkedIn created by my colleague Gerard Atkinson about neurodivergent workers. I’m pretty open about having an ADHD brain – I genuinely see it as a strength, even though it does make some things harder for me. It helps me think… Read More »How I Work Neurodivergently
A few weeks ago, I got a LinkedIn message from David. A few other grant writers I know got the same message. Looks like David was doing the rounds, searching for the right grant writer for him. Good for you, David! Unfortunately, David’s message included the following: Regarding the financial… Read More »Never pay a grant writer on commission. Let me tell you why.
I was chatting with a colleague the other day about the difference between “evaluation questions” and “research questions”. She said my explanation was really helpful, so I thought I’d share it more widely. Evaluation is sometimes called applied research, but it’s a bit more than that. The definition I like… Read More »“Evaluation questions” vs. “research questions”
In my Facebook Group, The Freelance Grant Writers’ Network, we recently had a question about how to address the question of “success rates”. I was pleased to see that most grant writers who responded said that they aren’t often asked about their success rate. But it does come up sometimes.… Read More »Why you shouldn’t use “success rate” to hire a grant writer
