Title: Editing with Intent: Strategic Editing for Competitive Grant Proposals

When: May 13, 2026 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Cost: $60

Who Should Attend: Nonprofit professionals who want to be prepared to navigate the grant pre-award process with confidence.

Strong proposals often fail due to strategic misalignment rather than poor writing. Learn to sharpen the strategic, structural, and stylistic dimensions of proposal editing. You will learn how to edit for strategy—not just style—by aligning proposals with funder investment logic, strengthening need–solution–outcome–budget cohesion. Finally, you will explore how to edit for voice, tone, and credibility so proposals communicate confidence without overstatement and avoid risk-signaling language that can erode reviewer trust.

 Participants will be able to:

  • Diagnose whether proposal weaknesses stem from strategy or writing.
  • Edit proposals using funder priorities.
  • Strengthen alignment among need, solution, outcomes, and budget.
  • Remove risk-signaling language and improve professional credibility.


Instructional Delivery Method: Group Live
GPCI/CFRE Approved CEU Credits: 1.0
Field of Study: Specialized Knowledge
Knowledge Level: Advanced
Prerequisite Education, Experience, or Advance Preparation: None

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About this course

  • $60.00

The trainers for these sessions are all credentialed grant professionals (GPCs) through the Grant Professional Certification Institute, Approved Trainers with the Grant Professionals Association, and/or credentialed Certified Grant Management Specialists (CGMS) through the National Grant Management Association. All of the trainings in this series align with the CGMS exam classification system and the Grant Professionals Certification Institute’s competencies and skills and are approved for Continuing Education Units (CEU) by GPCI and CFRE International.