CORRECTION: Arkansas Grant Writing Boot Camp - December 1 & 2, 2011

Nov. 9, 2011 - PRLog -- The Grant Writing Training Foundation is not a school or college or university or vocational school.  It is merely a community-based nonprofit (501C3)  foundation established by Dr. Beverly A. Browning to offer affording training programs across the country.

*The Grant Writing Boot Camp content for the State of Arkansas has been modified from a nationally used curriculum to a reduced non-learning outcome based model aimed at delivering adult enrichment content ONLY to the general public regardless of educational level.  

No CEU's will be awarded.

Arkansas Grant Writing Boot Camp™  

An Adaptation of the Foundation’s Traditional Boot Camp Program
An Adult Enrichment Program under the Grant Writing Training Foundation

Arkansas Moderator: Dr. Beverly A. Browning

TARGET AUDIENCE FOR ADULT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
•   General public (open to anyone regardless of educational level)
•   Volunteers for nonprofit organizations
•   Newcomers exploring the definition of grant seeking, proposal planning, and what funders expect to see in a funding request

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This adult enrichment course covers the basics of finding grant funding opportunities and learning the volunteer-related grant writing approaches for helping others submit funding requests.  

CONTENT

Funding, Communications, Partnerships, and Formats:
Exploring Funding Sources
Qualifying Your Organization
Cultivating Relationships
Community Partnerships
Grant Writing Teams
Grant Writing Formats
Examining the Case Statement:
Describing Your Organization
Describing Your Request
Describing the Problem
Exploring the Road Map for Funding Use
Demonstrating Sustainability
Wrapping up the Funding Package and Follow-up:
Exploring the Budget
Attachments
Finishing
Following Up

 
ENRICHMENT PROGRAM TAKEAWAYS

Day 1 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with two 15-minute breaks and one one-hour lunch):

FINDING FUNDING, COMMUNICATING WITH POTENTIAL FUNDERS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND FORMATS:
Exploring Government and Foundation Funding Sources
Qualifying the Funding Opportunity and Your Organization
Cultivating Donor Relationships
Pros and Cons of Community Partnerships
Considering Grant Writing Teams
Reviewing Grant Writing Formats

THE CASE STATEMENT:
Describing Your Organization
Describing the Problem
Describing Your Request to the Funder

Day 2 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with two 15-minute breaks and one one-hour lunch):

THE CASE STATEMENT (CONTINUED):
Exploring the Road Map for Funding Use
Demonstrating Sustainability

WRAPPING UP YOUR FUNDING PACKAGE AND FOLLOW-UP:
Exploring the Budget
Attachments
Finishing s
Following Up

REFERENCE BOOK
Grant Writing For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons.  

NOTICE:  This modified course is not designed for career track progression or vocational aspirations.

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National adult enrichment training in how to find grant funding opportunities and how to research and write grant proposals and applications. Easy to follow course content is provided by Dr. Bev Browning, author of Grant Writing For Dummies.