[Englmajors] Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop (June 2007: University of Washington, Seattle

Tue May 22 11:23:10 PDT 2007

The career field of development - also known as fundraising - is a 
booming market for English graduates.  All non profit agencies - from 
the local boys and girls club to major universities - depend on 
development professionals to keep the life blood of funding coming in. 
A big part of any development program is grants, and landing grants 
depends on solid grant writing skills.  Although English majors are good 
general writers and researchers, they don't learn the complexities of 
putting together good grant proposals as part of their liberal arts 
educations.  These skills can be learned on the job, or through a 
volunteer position, but you may want to put them together more quickly 
and present a credential to a prospective employer.  If you'd like an 
opportunity for professional training in this area, check out the 
upcoming workshop offered by The Grant Institute.  The fee for this 
three-day course is $597.00, so this really is for people who wish to 
make a major investment in professional development.

See below for details.

Melissa Wensel
English Advising
(206)543-2634

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop (June 2007:
University of Washington, Seattle)
Date: 	22 May 2007 00:04:22 -0700
From: 	Anthony Jones <info at thegrantinstitute.com>
To: 	engladv at u.washington.edu

The Grant Institute's Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing
Workshop will be held at the University of Washington, Seattle , June 18
- 20, 2007. Interested development professionals, researchers, faculty,
and graduate students should register as soon as possible, as demand
means that seats will fill up quickly. Please forward, post, and
distribute this e-mail to your colleagues and listservs.

All participants will receive certification in professional grant
writing from the Institute. For more information call (888) 824 - 4424
or visit The Grant Institute at www.thegrantinstitute.com.

Please find the program description below:

The Grant Institute

Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing Workshop

will be held at the

University of Washington Seattle

Seattle, Washington

June 18 - 20, 2007

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Grant Institute's Grants 101 course is an intensive and detailed
introduction to the process, structure, and skill of professional
proposal writing. This course is characterized by its ability to act as
a thorough overview, introduction, and refresher at the same time. In
this course, participants will learn the entire proposal writing process
and complete the course with a solid understanding of not only the ideal
proposal structure, but a holistic understanding of the essential
factors, which determine whether or not a program gets funded. Through
the completion of interactive exercises and activities, participants
will complement expert lectures by putting proven techniques into
practice. This course is designed for both the beginner looking for a
thorough introduction and the intermediate looking for a refresher
course that will strengthen their grant acquisition skills. This class,
simply put, is designed to get results by creating professional grant
proposal writers.

Participants will become competent program planning and proposal writing
professionals after successful completion of the Grants 101 course. In
three active and informative days, students will be exposed to the art
of successful grant writing practices, and led on a journey that ends
with a masterful grant proposal.

Grants 101 consists of three (3) courses that will be completed during
the three-day workshop.

(1) Fundamentals of Program Planning

This course is centered on the belief that "it's all about the program."
This intensive course will teach professional program development
essentials and program evaluation. While most grant writing "workshops"
treat program development and evaluation as separate from the writing of
a proposal, this class will teach students the relationship between
overall program planning and grant writing.

(2) Professional Grant Writing

Designed for both the novice and experienced grant writer, this course
will make each student an overall proposal writing specialist. In
addition to teaching the basic components of a grant proposal,
successful approaches, and the do's and don'ts of grant writing, this
course is infused with expert principles that will lead to a mastery of
the process. Strategy resides at the forefront of this course's intent
to illustrate grant writing as an integrated, multidimensional, and
dynamic endeavor. Each student will learn to stop writing the grant and
to start writing the story. Ultimately, this class will illustrate how
each component of the grant proposal represents an opportunity to use
proven techniques for generating support.

(3) Grant Research

At its foundation, this course will address the basics of foundation,
corporation, and government grant research. However, this course will
teach a strategic funding research approach that encourages students to
see research not as something they do before they write a proposal, but
as an integrated part of the grant seeking process. Students will be
exposed to online and database research tools, as well as publications
and directories that contain information about foundation, corporation,
and government grant opportunities. Focusing on funding sources and
basic social science research, this course teaches students how to use
research as part of a strategic grant acquisition effort.

Registration

$597.00 tuition includes all materials and certificates.

Each student will receive:

*The Grant Institute Certificate in Professional Grant Writing

*The Grant Institute's Guide to Successful Grant Writing

*The Grant Institute Grant Writer's Workbook with sample proposals,
forms, and outlines

Registration Methods

1) On-Line  Complete the online registration form at
www.thegrantinstitute.com <http://www.thegrantinstitute.com/> under
Register Now. We'll send your confirmation by e-mail.

2) By Phone - Call (888) 824 - 4424 to register by phone. Our friendly
Program Coordinators will be happy to assist you and answer your questions.

3) By E-mail - Send an e-mail with your name, organization, and basic
contact information to info at thegrantinstitute.com
<mailto:info at thegrantinstitute.com> and we will reserve your slot and
send your Confirmation Packet.

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