How to Become a Grant Writing Consultant

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Summary: How to Become A Grant Writing Consultant
Review: Disappointing. Gives just a brief overview of the grants writing process. Suggest you do the preliminary research of grant writing on the internet (there are tons of sites) and save your money. She does give you a few tidbits, such as how much to charge for projects (this info can't be found easily elsewhere.) Overall, this book would be a better value to you at half the asking price. However, if you are unfamiliar with in-depth research or want a quick info find, go for the book it will fill the need. No information given of how to structure a grant proposal, however.

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Summary: Very useful
Review: I agree with other reviewers that at 62 pages it may be a bit expensive but I think if you reread the title of the book you will find no misrepresentations of what's inside. When you consider the content and price of Ms. Browning's "Grant Writing For Dummies" book and the hefty $$ price of this book, one would expect a more voluminous work, but having said that, one must remember there are many, many books on grantwriting and I challenge you to find any other books on how to become a grant writing consultant. This book is about the business of a money business by one of the top in the business and if you're a business-minded individual you will always remember the #1 consideration in business is: SUPPLY & DEMAND. There are no complicated theories addressed here but a straight forward account of how she started in this business and how you can start in this business and what you must do and what you must know. Once again, there are many books that will help to teach you what you must know but only this book addresses what you must do in order to make a living as a grant writing consultant.
By the way, I can't utilize the information contained here at this time because I don't know enough about grant writing but I'm very glad Ms. Browning offers her other resources here (Why would Arnold Swarzenegger recommend you read another bodybuilder's book when he's the world's most accomplished bodybuilder?).
I would've given this book 5 stars but I took one away because although it's worth the $$ I do feel that Ms. Browning held back just a little and used this book as an appetizer to sell her grant writing mentoring programs. Highly recommended.

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Summary: The First One Was Better
Review: I found Bev Browning's "Grant Writing For Dummies" when I started to write grants as an independant, and I thought for sure that her book "How to Become A Grant Writing Consultant" was important for me to have even at the hefty price. I just took another good look at her workbook (60 pages?)and realized that any good consulting book would be more valuable for business practices and all the other information is available on the net for free. Besides that, if everyone had the experience she uses to fill the book, they wouldn't be buying this manual.

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Summary: Great Advice on Getting Started as Grant Writing Consultant
Review: I recently read this book for some inspiration and advice on how to get started as a grant writing consultant, and found what i was looking for. Bev Browning is the only person doing this who has written a "How-to" book on the subject, and I have been trying to find some real-life and honest information on the subject. This book is a generous and honest account of how to get started and succeed. I was particularly interested in fee setting, branching out into various subject areas, marketing, and her philosophy on helping others succeed. I have been a state funder and am now writing grants in a part-time consulting business, and I have read and re-read this book!

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Summary: Great Advice on Getting Started as Grant Writing Consultant
Review: I recently read this book for some inspiration and advice on how to get started as a grant writing consultant, and found what i was looking for. Bev Browning is the only person doing this who has written a "How-to" book on the subject, and I have been trying to find some real-life and honest information on the subject. This book is a generous and honest account of how to get started and succeed. I was particularly interested in fee setting, branching out into various subject areas, marketing, and her philosophy on helping others succeed. I have been a state funder and am now writing grants in a part-time consulting business, and I have read and re-read this book!

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Summary: So-So and Way-Overpriced
Review: I was a little taken back by the price of the book at first, but as a professional business woman in another field, I recognize that good information doesn't come cheap. I found the investment worthwhile and I would recommend this book to anyone who wants the nuts and bolts of getting into the grant writing business.

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Summary: Reply to Adrienne from Sebring, FL
Review: I'm sorry that you thought the book was going to teach you how to write grants. I have written several books on how to write grants, as have dozens of other authors. The book's title: "How To Become A Grant Writing Consultant" is pretty self-explanatory. The book is for two audiences: 1) People who are already writing grants for their employer in a nonprofit setting and want to hang out their consulting shingle or 2) For individuals learning to write grant applications (currently taking a college course in grantsmanship, taking local or regional certification training, etc., who plan to start their own consulting business. I had no intention of telling people how to write grants in a "How-To" business start-up book. There are no other books like mine out there for those with a will looking for a way. A good grant writer and any type of consultant is only worth their price if they can pay attention to detail--like the detail describing this book.

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Summary: Priceless Inside Information
Review: I, too, was a little put off by the cost of such a small book, but having been a small business owner myself, I immediately recognized that Ms. Browning has generously shared marketing information that is crucial to the success of any business, especially one that is home-based. The "dollars" is a SMALL price to pay for the inside tips and tricks of someone who is obviously a success in her field. If you want to write grants and start a home-based business, I could not recommend another book as highly as this one.

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Summary: Falls short of expectations
Review: The author did a terrific job in her other book "Grant Writing For Dummies". I expected more of the same in her "Consultant" book. The book is little more than a desktop published brochure. It is particularly irksome given the hefty price of $50 for a 60 page printout. This stikes me as little more than opportunism by the author.

My advice is to stick with her "Dummies" book. "How to Become a Grant Writing Consultant" falls short of the mark.

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Summary: A Disappointment and A Waste of [money]
Review: This is the only book I've ever read where the author actually quotes herself. Too much of the book is Bev singing the praises of Bev and selling her other books and workshops. It has some useful information, but overall it is overpriced for the content. One of her chapters is a half page long! The only reason I bought it is because there is a lack of information about setting rates for consulting, and this was addressed in her book in a straightforward manner.