How to Say It: Grantwriting: Write Proposals That Grantmakers Want to Fund

This book provides very helpful information on how to write grants that will get awarded. Koch makes the important points that a grant writer needs to know their audience, to get inside the head of the funder as to what interests them and what the funder sees as the best ways to achieve solutions, and essentially to engage reviewers so that the proposal stands out and gets serious consideration for funding. This is done through the words a grant writer chooses to use. The book makes this and other important points while directing the reader with specific steps and examples. My particular interest, though, concerns faculty working within university and college settings who are seeking grant awards. These are unique contexts with their own special dynamics. The book works well with Cynthia Carr's "The Nuts & Bolts of Grant Writing," which takes all of this and in a detailed and comprehensive way makes it relevant for faculty as grant writers. Carr’s book nails it for the particular settings in which faculty find themselves. For faculty seeking grant awards, I recommend buying both books as together they complement each other very well and provide excellent guidance.

"How to Say It: Grantwriting" is a concise and engaging manual for grant writers. Deborah Koch covers all the technical ins and outs of preparing grant proposals but the book's primary focus is on the importance of high quality writing and communication. There is a strong emphasis on understanding potential grantmakers to ensure a good fit with your organization, mission, and strengths. Ms. Koch's expertise is clear in her excellent writing and seasoned advice. There are many examples of proposals as well as "before and after" edits. Pick this one up if you need to write grants for your organization, or are involved in any way in nonprofit communications or fund development. Highly recommended.

A great book on how to word your proposal for a grant, this has helped me in writing grants for my non-profit Organization and this is the first time ever I have done this. This book tells you exactly what you need to keep in mind when writing a grant, how your grant will be perceived by the way you write it which makes a difference on whether or not you are one of the lucky organization to receive monies.Would recommend this book to anyone writing a grant.

I wish someone would write a clear straight forward process for writing grants. What I mean is just start with the beginning process and go all the way through to the last stage/step end. Too much jumping around in this book for me. It has good information but the author(s) is stingy with the core process of writing ONE grant from start to finish "Laid Out." And why are Individual project grants an area that no one will even address. Not one chapter on it I was hoping for at least one chapter on individual project grants.

I have only skimmed over this book so far, but I am glad to have it in my library! Will be an important resource!

This book is a good addition to other books about the complicated topic of grant writing. I don't believe it is comprehensive enough to be the only reference for this type of writing, but it does add depth to the reader's knowledge base.

I got the grant I needed. I had never written a grant before -- this book gave me a philosophy of intention and presentation. If you are in the grant writing arena, buy it -- at the very least it will give you hope and enthusiasm.

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