Guest Post: You Know When You Are a Grant Writer When . . .

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bethany m. planton, gpc

Note from bmpconsulting: This post was originally published on DH Leonard Consulting on January 5, 2018. Reposted with permission.

Recently at the GPA national conference, I was sitting with a group of friends and one made a pun about the grant profession. We all laughed, and the joke-teller said, “Isn’t it nice to be with people who get puns like this?” Yes, it is.

You know you are a grant writer when . . .

You drink an enormous amount of coffee
You have passionate feelings on the Oxford comma debate
You look forward to emails from the Grant Professionals Association
You know what #Grantchat is

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bethany m. planton, gpc

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