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DAY 1 |
STRATEGIC GRANT PROPOSAL WRITING WORKSHOP
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| TIME |
CONTENT |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Welcome |
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Strategic writing strategies (formulating a question that leads to a successful proposal). |
| 9:30 - 10:15 |
Writing Exercise |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Finding the right source of funding |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Group discussion: Who might fund my project and why? |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 - 1:15 |
Review of materials presented and questions and answers |
| 1:15 - 2:15 |
Organization/Mission (Writing exercise). |
| 2:15 - 3:30 |
Statement of Need (Group exercise followed by writing session). |
| 3:30 - 3:45 |
Break |
| 3:45 - 4:45 |
Basic Proposal Elements (Writing exercise). |
| 4:45 - 5:00 |
Summary of the day's activities, questions and answers and individual consultations. |
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DAY 2 |
STRATEGIC GRANT PROPOSAL WRITING WORKSHOP
|
| TIME |
CONTENT |
| 8:30 - 9:00 |
Overview of today’s activities |
| 9:00 - 10:00 |
Review of completed assignments, group exercises, and discussion. |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15 - 11:15 |
Basic Proposal Elements: objectives (Writing exercise). |
| 11:15 - 12:15 |
Basic Proposal Elements: activities (plan of operation). |
| 12:15 - 1:15 |
Lunch |
| 1:15 - 2:15 |
Creating a realistic timeline encompassing each phase of the proposal (Writing exercise). |
| 2:15 - 3:00 |
Evaluation: how the project will be measured and the results related to the donor (Writing & group exercise). |
| 3:00 - 3:15 |
Break |
| 3:15 - 4:15 |
Quality of key personnel, bios, data, graphs and resources. |
| 3:30 - 3:45 |
Break |
| 4:15 - 4:45 |
Putting it all together. |
| 4:45 - 5:00 |
Summary of day's activities, questions and answers, and consulting on individual projects. |
