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The Anatomy of a Grant (1-day): Writing an Actual Grant
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You will learn how to write clear and targeted content for letters of inquiry, mini-proposals, and a formal proposal. Because everyone attending will work in teams to prepare a short grant for critique, you may have the chance to rewrite a failed grant or work on a new idea with others. We recommend you complete the 1-day Grant Writing Basics before taking this course.
Key Benefits
- Learn the steps for writing plan for any grant format.
- Learn thirteen possible proposal sections.
- Develop strategies for shorter grant options.
- Have your grant critiqued by a professional.
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?
Any grant writer needing an intermediate or review course in grantwriting that gives practical tools to use and checklists to follow when writing a successful grant or proposal. Any grant writer wanting to know how to turn a failed grant into a success story.
Objective
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Follow easy steps to write a better Business/Organizational Plan for any grant format.
- Review the 13 possible grant proposal sections for 90 percent of all grants you will ever write.
- Develop strategies for shorter grant options such as a simple letter proposal.
- Write and present a grant for instructor critique to include examples of project description, goal, objectives, activities, outcomes, benefits, and comment on community involvement.
Course Contents
- Planning your Program or Project.
- Establishing Credibility for a funder.
- Using the best of rewritten Business/Organizational Plans.
- Reviewing 13Potential Proposal Sections.
- Writing “Mini-Proposals” or “Letters of Inquiry.”
Writing and presenting a mock grant for critique.
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
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