|
|
The Anatomy of a Grant (1 Day): Grant Writing Basics
VERSION: 1.0
In this 1-day course, find out about the many types of grants you can choose to write, and how to match the right funder to your organization. You will find out how to Plain Talk your grant for success.
Key Benefits
- Learn grant proposal functions.
- Develop a go/no go checklist.
- Identify fund sources.
- Learn to build a complete proposal package.
Style of Instruction
Onsite: Taught by one of our instructors in a training room, using audio/visual presentations and in-class exercises.
Online: You will download text materials and instructional movies to view. You will view the materials and complete assignments at your own pace, then submit them by direct file transfer (FTP) to your instructor. You may opt to meet your instructor at regular intervals in a live audio/video conference room to discuss your work.
Who Should Take this Course?
Anyone needing an introductory course in grantwriting that gives practical tools to use and checklists to follow, from planning to researching a successful grant or proposal, should take this class.
Objective
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Identify grant proposal functions.
- Complete pre-writing checklists that determine whether or not to write your grant.
- Identify and choose potential funders: federal, Pacific Northwest, national, and international.
- Target your grant proposal to funders who have similar interests to yours.
- Use winning approaches in writing, packaging, and evaluating your written proposal for any funder.
Course Contents
- Taking a hard look at your Proposal and preparation checklists.
- Discussing the 12 most popular grant types and How fund them.
- Deciding HOW and WHERE to market your Proposal.
- Presenting, Packaging, and Evaluating your Proposal.
Text
Participants will receive the 121-page book Anatomy of a Grant: Comprehensive Grantwriting by Dr. Sharon Bridwell and Ms. Teena Kennedy, which includes everything you would ever want or need to know about writing grants.
Prerequisites
To profit from this course you need to:
- Write documents in understandable English.
- Slowly review the material and complete all exercises and assignments without the help of others.
- Navigate a Web site using hypertext links (online course only).
- Send and reply to e-mail messages (online course only).
What we require of you
For the onsite class, you must show up for class on time and remain until it is completed (approximately 7-8 hours each day). You will interact with other learners, complete writing exercises, and ask questions when confused.
For the online class, you will take this course at your own pace. Although we estimate you can complete this course in 14 hours, you have up to ten weeks. If you are new to self-directed learning, you may find this style of learning fresh—and a bit frightening. You learn by doing. You alone are responsible for your own learning. That means you must have the drive and discipline to see the course through.
Before you start
- Review your own schedule to make sure you have the time to give to this learning process.
- For the onsite class you have no pre-class readings or activities.
- For the online class you need to review this document, the terms and conditions, and technical requirements to make sure that you meet all of them (see links below).
- After reading this entire description, proceed to the Register page when you are ready to sign up.
Instructor
Write Words, American Writing Services provides all instructors. For more information on our instructors, click here.
This page contains important details we do not want you to miss. If you find
reading from paper easier, we encourage you to print it by clicking
the “print” command in your browser.
|
|
|
|
