About AGS
28 Jul Cheers to Twenty Years by Megan Campbell, MPA, GPC
Posted at 18:00h
in About AGS, Competency Seven, Inspiration, Megan Campbell, Professional Development, Professionalism
When the email from the Grant Professionals Association (GPA) came at the beginning of 2024 congratulating me on twenty years of membership, I called one of my fellow Gen-X colleagues and joked, “I don't know whether to feel exuberant about a career milestone or join the AARP.” In many ways, 2004 doesn’t feel so very long ago. In other ways, twenty years feels like two hundred. Since 2004, I’ve experienced learning to balance marriage, motherhood, graduate school (twice, because I’m a glutton for punishment), and countless career ups and downs. I’ve been part of creative teams, navigated ever-changing technology, learned valuable leadership skills, and taken professional paths that “2004 me” would never have imagined. I’ve witnessed civic unrest, a new age of social activism, and survived a global pandemic. And I’ve seen the nonprofit sector and philanthropy step up and evolve to continue to meet the community's needs.
28 Apr AGS at AFP ICON in New Orleans
Last month, three of our staff - our President/CEO, Julie Assel; our VP of Operations, Julie Alsup; and Administrative Assistant, Katie Kendle - traveled down to New Orleans to the AFP ICON conference to exhibit and talk to development staff from across the world about...
04 Sep Assel Grant Services Hires Two More Grant Professionals to Meet Increasing Demand for Outsourced Grant Writing Services
Lee’s Summit, MO (September 4, 2019) — Assel Grant Services announces that Emily Hampton, MPA, and Michele Ryan have joined the firm as Grant Associates. With the addition of Hampton and Ryan, the firm has grown to a staff of fourteen, eight of whom are credentialed grant professionals, or Grant...
12 Aug Certified Grant Professional, Tracey Diefenbach, Brings More Federal and Youth Development Grant Writing Expertise to Assel Grant Services
No other grant services firm in the country has more GPCs on staff. (KANSAS CITY, MO. August 12, 2018) – Assel Grant Services announces Tracey Diefenbach, a Certified Grant Professional (GPC), has joined the firm. She brings expertise in federal and youth development grant writing and will work...
03 Jun Assel Grant Services Is the Only Firm in Nation with Five Certified Grant Professionals on Staff
News of our fifth staff member passing the Grant Professionals Certification (GPC) exam was like music to Julie Assel’s ears. Literally. Julie, President and CEO of Assel Grant Services, began her distinguished career as a music teacher in the Kansas City Missouri School District. As...
15 Apr Rising Trend of Outsourcing Grant Writing Requires Our Team to Expand with Two More Grant Writers
As the trend rises for more and more companies, even in the nonprofit area, to outsource grant writing, Assel Grant Services is responding by expanding their team of grant writers. Early as 2015, we added three new staff members, and in 2017 we’ve brought on board...
03 Jan Assel Grant Services Welcomes Its Fourth Certified Grant Professional to the Grant Writing Team
Assel Grant Services is growing, adding three new team members to our staff for a total of seven, to meet increasing demand for grant writing services. Our firm is quickly becoming one of the area’s leading teams of grant consultants as the trend of outsourcing...
15 Jun From Engineering to Grant Writing by Tom Assel, GPC
Posted at 21:54h
in About AGS, Competency Four, Competency Nine, Inspiration, Professionalism, Thomas Assel, GPC
Life can be full of twists and turns. At the tender age of 17, I made my plan. I would finish high school (check!). I would do a year of community college to get a feel for college life and get some basics out of...
15 Jun From Music Educator to Grant Writer by Julie Assel, GPC
Many people have asked me over the years how I went from being a music teacher to a grant writer. I think there are two key components which made this a very natural transition for me. My liberal arts music education degree emphasized quality no...
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