Write Smarter: Grant-Seeking Strategies and Time Savers

Join us for a tactical session to learn strategies for streamlining your proposal writing process. WeÕll share techniques to make your writing stronger and help you craft proposals that stand out from the competition.

YouÕll hear from Lynn English, a proposal writer with more than 25 years of experience who has helped local and national nonprofits raise millions of dollars in federal, foundation, and corporate grants. Ms. English also provides training in proposal writing to the grantees of several foundations. During this session, she will share strategies for developing efficient processes for proposal development and overcoming common grant-proposal pitfalls.

YouÕll also hear from Martha Holley-Miers who, as national director of development for the nonprofit Higher Achievement, has helped the organization triple its operating budget in eight years. She will share examples of how her nonprofit, which recently won a $12-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, measures and communicates its impact and crafts compelling stories. SheÕll also share examples of how the group approaches other key elements of a grant proposal including the effective use of data and storytelling.

Our experts will offer easy-to-implement ideas for improving your proposal planning, including how to use logic models strategically. They will also demonstrate how to strengthen your case for support and offer strategies for better assessing and conveying your impact to grant makers.

What Will You Learn?
How to overcome common proposal trouble spots and meet growing grant-making demands to prove that a program gets results.
How to balance storytelling and the use of data to convey your organizationÕs impact and importance.
How to streamline your proposal process with strategies that maximize efficiency and tactics that improve planning.

Who Should Attend?
Grant-proposal writers
Chief development officers, development directors, and fundraisers
Executive directors