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About
This Workshop
The How
to Write Grants and Understand the Evaluation Process Workshop
will not only teach you how to write and submit a successful
grant application, but you will learn tips to beat your competition
by creating an application that wins high peer review points.
Also, you will learn how to better understand the grant review
process.
Stop being
left behind—financially and programmatically. This is being
taught by a nationally-renowned Grants expert. Two half day
grants workshops are being combined into one great course.
Reduce your stress when it comes to finding, writing, and
winning government funding opportunities!
What
You Will Learn
- How
to locate grant funds
- How to create
a successful grant application
- How
to spotlight your organization over your competitors
- How
to transfer a rejection into a new opportunity
- Why
your competitors are winning grants and cooperative agreements
- Why
your grant isn’t being funded
- What
reviewers are looking for when scoring a grant application
- Best practices
and sample sections of a successful grant application
A Homeland Defense Journal "Certificate of Completion"
will be provided to all attendees upon conclusion of the workshop.
Who
Should Attend
- Any nonprofit
or for-profit organization that has not -- or has! -- been
successful at winning government grants and cooperative
agreements
- Regional,
state and local public safety and emergency management executives
and senior staff
- State
and local grants personnel interested in learning about
updating grant writing skills
- Academia
interested in funding for critical programs and projects
- Novice
grant seeker to the seasoned grant writer that wants to
increase their rate of funding success
Early Registrants Include:
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American Bio Recovery Association, Environmental
Division Manager
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Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Chief,
Mortality Surveillance
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Audrain Medical Center Foundation, Foundation
Director
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City of Bethlehem, PA - Health Bureau, Community
Health Specialist
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DDESS Special Education Teacher
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Department of Defense Patient Safety Center,
Administrator
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Department of Homeland Security, Senior Records
Officer
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Fairland Manor, Dentist
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FATS, Inc., Contracts Administrator
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Food and Drug Administration, Senior Optical
Engineer
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GSA, Human Resources Specialist
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INPUT, Manager, State & Local, AEC
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INPUT, State & Local Analyst
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Kansas National Guard, Public Affairs Specialist
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Library of Congress, Preservation Specialist
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M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Senior Improvement
Advisor
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Marion, Co., IL Sheriff's Office, Sheriff
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Mason Co., OR PUD No.3, Accountant
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North York Borough, PA, Manager
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Southern Research Institute, Advanced Research
Biologist
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St. Johns Teaching & Research, Research
Coordinator
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SuperCom, Inc., Inside Sales
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Teledyne Brown Engineering, Senior Operations
Analyst
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University of Rochester, Associate Professor of
Psychiatry & Emergency Services
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U.S. Department of Labor/Veterans Employment &
Training, Veterans Program Assistant
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VersaMed Inc., Marketing Manager
What Previous Attendees Said
About This Workshop
“I left feeling that I have a very good chance of writing my first
successful grant application.”
Joni Ashton, Administrative Assistant,
Maricopa Fire Department
“Dr. Browning has more knowledge in her little finger than most
agency grant writers as a whole. Thanks for sharing.”
Nan Tarlton, Administrator- Special Projects, Mississippi
Department of Transportation
“This was well worth the investment. I am very pleased I was able
to participate.”
Amy Mann, Director, Health and Regulatory
Affairs, American Horse Council
”Fantastic. I’ve taken the Grantmasters 5-day course and I got a
lot more out of this one-day with Bev.”
Diane Tentschert, Staff
Assistant, City of Tucson, Arizona
Your
Speaker
Dr.
Beverly A. Browning
is an international grant writer and grant consultant.
Throughout nearly two decades of contracted grant writing,
workshops, internships, and publications, she has used her
experience to win public and private funding requests for her
clients. She has demonstrated expertise in securing $80
million in foundation, corporate, state, local and federal
grants. Dr. Browning is the author of a dozen grants-related
publications, including audio and video products, including
Grant Writing For Dummies™ (2001 and 2005, Wiley), Grant
Writing For Educators: Practical Strategies for Teachers,
Administrators, and Staff (2004, NES), and Faithbased Grants:
Aligning Your Church to Receive Abundance (2005, BBA).
Agenda
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7:30 - 8:00am |
Registration,
Continental
Breakfast (coffee and pastries) |
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8:00– 8:45am |
Powering Up with Grant
Basics
This
session will cover how you can search for government
grants and how to talk the talk of grant writing. |
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8:45 - 9:45am |
Putting Together your Grant Application
This session will show you how to put a grant
application together, how to put the spotlight on your
organization, and demonstrate how grant funds will be
used. |
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9:45 - 10:00am |
Networking Break |
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10:00 - 10:30am |
Reaching the Finish Line of your
Application
This session will explain what to look for when
the deadline is approaching, how to follow up, and how
to transfer a rejection into a new opportunity |
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10:30 - 11:15am |
Tips on Grant Writing
This session provides the ten ways to personalize
your request, ten grant writing no-no's, ten tips for
organizing your writing, and ten tips to handling a rejection. |
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11:15 - 11:30am |
Questions and Answers on Grant Writing Process
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11:30 - 12:30pm |
Lunch on your own |
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12:30 - 1:00pm |
Introduction
and Background of the Evaluation Process
This session will cover the funder planning processes
and strategy development. |
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1:00- 1:45pm |
General
Grant Evaluation Process and Review Criteria
This session will explain the general proposal
requirements that funders are looking for and how to access
the funding opportunities to ensure that they are a good
fit. |
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1:45 - 2:00pm |
Break |
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2:00- 3:00pm |
Specific Components of a Grant Proposal
This session will cover what funders are looking
for section by section and include best practices and
samples of a grant proposal. |
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3:00- 3:15pm |
Post
Grant Submission Requirement
This
session will teach you the program implementation requirements
and the how to handle rejections. |
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3:15-4:00pm |
Additional Information, Wrap up, and Outstanding
Questions and Answers |
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Registration
Fee
- Industry
- $595 per person
- Small
Business (100 employees or less) - $495 per person
- Government
- $395 per person
Includes
refreshments, continental breakfast (coffee and pastries),
and your course handouts.
Registration Options
NOTE:
On-line registrations for this workshop are now closed. Space is
available for walk in registrants. To register the day of the
conference, please bring your payment and the attached
registration form.
Registrations are payable by Visa, Mastercard,
American Express, company check or government purchase order.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
You may designate a substitute in writing any time before
the conference. If you need to cancel your registration, you
must send your notice in writing and will be subject to a
$50 processing fee. No refunds are given for cancellations
received one week prior to the event start date or later.
PLEASE NOTE: No shows will be liable for the entire registration
fee.
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Location/Hotel
Accommodations
The workshop will be held in the Market*Access
Training Center in the NRECA Building at 4301 Wilson Boulevard,
Suite #1003 (10th floor), Arlington, VA 22203. Public parking
at the facility is available for $9 a day. The NRECA Building
is just one block from the Ballston Metro Station in the orange
line.
Ballston Metro stop information
Driving and Metro Directions
Nearby hotels include:
Contact
Us
•
For registration information, contact
Pamela
Greenstein, (703) 807-2753
• For government speaking and best practices presentation
opportunities, product and solutions companies
interested in sponsorship information and related speaking
opportunities, contact
Kim
Hovda, (703) 894-1096
If
you have any questions about Homeland Defense Journal events
in general, please see our
Event FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).
On-Site
Training
Have a Large Staff to Train? Can't Make These Dates?
Tight Travel Budget?
Homeland
Defense Journal can provide Grants
training, wherever and whenever you need, including on-site
at your facility. Our staff will cost-effectively implement
training customized to your needs. If you have group of attendees
(usually 20 or more), we can bring this course to you and
help save you time, travel costs, and more!
To request a
proposal and schedule training, e-mail Laura
Johnson, VP of Conferences & Strategic Planning, at
ljohnson@marketaccess.org
or call (703) 807-2747.
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Conference Management and Production by:
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4301
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