- Workshop #1
How to Develop and Implement a Successful Grants Development Operation in Your Organization - Workshop #2
Understanding the Basics of Grant Development - Workshop #3
Understanding the American Recovery Act and How to Get Your Fair Share of ARRA Education Grant Funding - Workshop #4
How to Carry out Effective K-12 School-Based Grant Development Activities
How to Develop and Implement a Successful Grants Development Operation in Your Organization or Agency
Target Audience: Government agencies, public school systems, charter schools, private schools, charter school organizations and nonprofit organizations.
PURPOSE: The purpose of the training is:
- To help participants understand all aspects of the grant development process within the context of their own organization or agency;
- How to research funding prospects and choose those opportunities which will best advance the strategic goals of the organization;
- To understand who within the organization has a role to play in grant development and what those respective roles are; and
- To understand the vital elements to which an organization must commit, if it is to implement a successful and sustainable grant development operation.
LEARNER OUTCOMES: Participants will learn:
- How to determine who your customers are and how to best meet their needs; How to control the data information flow concerning grants in the organization;
- How to research, identify and track competitive grant funding opportunities for school districts, charter schools, private schools, charter school organizations, and nonprofit organizations;
- How to craft job descriptions that will best support grant development efforts;
- How to stay up-to-date in the grant development profession;
- How to “sell” the grants development department as a revenue producer for the organization and make it “budget-cut proof”;
- How to use technology effectively in all aspects of the grant development process;
- How to make connections, within and outside the organization, to support grant development efforts;
- How to educate your internal customers concerning sound grant development processes;
- How to facilitate inter-departmental collaboration on agency grant proposals and ensure that every proposal has an “owner”, other than the grant development unit;
- How to develop processes and procedures for all major grant development activities in an organization; and
- How to ensure internal organizational review and approval of grant applications prior to submission.
Duration: 6 to 10 Contact Hours
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