OVERVIEW

Becoming a successful grants writer requires a series of key skills related to project design, development and persuasive writing skills. This comprehensive course will introduce the fundamental tools required to produce truly competitive proposals.

Topics will include:

• Grants writing as an essential skill for organization leaders, program managers and fund developers; scoping grant-winning proposals; funding sources
• Topic identification, team assignments and collecting your supporting data
• Project development – using the logic model to design your project
• Formulating goals, outcomes and objectives
• Preparing activities and the scheduling chart (GANNT)
• Budgeting your project
• The evaluation component
• Editing for persuasive communications
• Packaging your document for either snail mail or email
• Presenting and negotiating your proposal

TUITION

$395. (Plus $30 fee paid to class instructor on first day)

SCHEDULE

Thursdays: 6:00pm - 8:30pm.  Begins Sept, 30th, 2010 for 10 Sessions
Saturdays: 9:00am - 3:30pm.  Begins Oct. 2nd, 2010 for 3 Sessions 

LOCATION

Seattle Central Community College Campus –|   DIRECTIONS & MAP

INSTRUCTOR

Jim Hopkins is a successful grants writer, having written a countless number of proposals generating millions of dollars. He has also served as a proposal reviewer at the state and national levels. Hopkins has been teaching grants writing for the last ten years and is recognized as an outstanding grants writer trainer.

MORE INFORMATION

Visit www.learnatcentral.org. Call (206) 587-5448.

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