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Grant management needs to be made easy otherwise you will miss a grant or funding deadline!\xa0\n\nLet me know if you resonate with any of the following:\n\nYou've woken up in the middle of the night with a start and pry out your phone realizing you just missed a grant deadline\nOr maybe you submitted a grant a year ago but can't find the final application anywhere.\nOr a combination of the above!\n\nYes, whether you are a nonprofit leader that is juggling your actual job and had the role of grant writer thrown on your lap or if you are a freelance grant writer and are having a hard time keeping up with grant opportunities (or plain management) of your nonprofit clients, then this episode is for you!\n\nIn this week's podcast episode Rachel Waterman, CEO and Founder of GDS Grants, shares her Grant Management System Made Easy (GEMS). She also discusses her unique system of managing clients and her background on how she got started with writing grants. (wink-wink, it might include the Peace Corps).\n\nWhat We Discuss in This Episode:\nHow Rachel got started in writing grants\nHow leveraging your strengths can help you as a grant writer\nRachel's unique grant writing methods\nWriting out objectives and goals in grants\xa0\nHow federal and foundation grant writing are similar\nHow to manage upcoming grants and funding opportunities to never miss a deadline\nHow to manage nonprofit clients\nHow to be more professional as a grant writer\nAbout Rachel:\n\nRachel Waterman has over 25 years of community development and grant writing experience, is Grant Professional Certified (GPC), a Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE), a Grant Professionals Association (GPA) Approved Trainer, and an expert in grant management. She holds a Master\u2019s degree in community and economic development with a concentration in applied social research from Illinois State University and a Bachelor\u2019s degree in international studies from Barry University.\n\nHer career has encompassed a broad spectrum of professional experiences, including serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer, nonprofit executive director, community organizer, city master planner, researcher, and Mayor of the city of Lake Worth Beach, Florida.\n\nRachel is CEO and Founder of GDS Grants. She is responsible for client strategy, new program & budget development, data tracking systems, outcome measures and data analysis.\n\nRachel also oversees the GDS Professional Development Program and personally coaches GDS interns, fellows and mentees.