Ready to Read: A Survivor’s Guide to Museum Grant Writing

Rachael Cristine Woody

October 31, 2018

I’m pleased to announce that my new book, A Survivor’s Guide to Museum Grant Writing, is now available. Published by Lucidea Press, it will show you how to develop a successful approach to grant writing that increases your chance of grant acquisition success.

The book includes such topics as seeing each grant application as an opportunity, learning and moving on from inevitable failures, using grant acquisition to provide valuable financial sustenance to your museum without negatively impacting staff, and applying a systematic, common sense approach that builds the necessary skills to survive the grant writing process and thrive within it.

Chapters are:

Identifying Funding Roadblocks
How Not to Apply for Grants
Top Ideas for Funding
Working Museum Problems to Find a Funding Solution
Constructing a Project by Breaking it Down
Define Project Success & Measure It
How to Find the Best Funding Opportunity
Create a Bulletproof Proposal
Grant Pitfalls – Know and Avoid Them
What Happens if You Fail?
When & How to Engage a Grant Specialist

Grant writing is not for the faint of heart and those who pursue it do so out of their love and commitment to the museum field.

I hope it will inspire you as you set your own grant writing strategy, and that you find the book relevant, with practicable advice and insights drawn from my career as a museum professional and consultant. The print version is available for purchase at Amazon.com, but for the moment you can get a free PDF copy in advance, courtesy of Lucidea, here.

Rachael Cristine Woody

Rachael Cristine Woody is a guest author for Lucidea’s Think Clearly Blog. Rachael is the Owner of Rachael Cristine Consulting, and provides services to museums, libraries, and archives. Previously she was at the Freer|Sackler Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and the Oregon Wine History Archive at Linfield College. She is active in Northwest Archivists and the Society of American Archivists, and is an alumna of the Archives Leadership Institute, a National Historical Publications & Records Commission (NHPRC) program.