Grant Writing & Fundraising

The Donor Conversation I Practiced Before I Had It

Before I walked into a meeting with a banking executive to make a significant ask, I ran the conversation with AI first. Not to script it — to find the holes. What I discovered in that practice run changed how I showed up in the real one.

Grant Writing & Fundraising

AI Didn't Give Me a Strategy. It Helped Me Find One I Already Had.

I'd known about Community Reinvestment Acts for years. I had relationships in the banking sector. I had a clear sense of what my organization needed. What I didn't have was the bandwidth to think it through. Then I stopped using AI as a search engine and started using it as a thought partner.