Grant Seeking and Writing Skills for Community Projects

This interactive workshop is designed to give all levels of grant writers a detailed overview of how to research and write successful grant funding requests. The tips and skills presented are applicable to federal, state, foundation, and corporate proposals and applications. Previous workshop attendees have seen their grant win rates increase after spending a day with Dr. Bev Browning.

Exercises and discussions will include researching regional and national grantmakers, matching funder priorities to organizations’ needs, writing award-winning narrative sections for the Common Grant Application format, and understanding the grant proposal selection process  of private- and public-sector grantmakers.

 Takeaways include increased ability to:

• Research grant funding opportunities via the Internet
• Determine a go or no-go grant funding opportunity
• Make initial contact with potential funders to determine interest
• Find relevant and current demographics to support the statement of need
• Write in a storytelling format
• Identify what funders expect to see in award-winning grant requests

Policy Regarding Refunds: Due to the upfront expenses incurred by eCivis, Inc. to secure a large enough facility; order amenities, and print handouts, no refunds will be issued for cancellations.  However, you can designate another person to attend in your place or request a copy of the handouts and complimentary text book written by Dr. Browning).

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About the Founder and Trainer

Dr. Beverly A. Browning has been consulting in the areas of grant      writing, contract bid responses, and organizational development for nearly four decades. Her clients have included chambers of commerce, faith-based organizations, units of local and county municipal government, state and federal government agencies, school districts and colleges, social and human service agencies, hospitals, fire departments, service associations, and Fortune 500 corporations. Dr. Browning has assisted clients and workshop participants throughout the United States in receiving awards of more than $350 million.

Dr. Browning is the author of over 39 grants-related publications, including Grant Writing For Dummies™ (4 editions), Grant Writing for Educators, How to Become a Grant Writing Consultant, Faith-Based Grants: Aligning Your Church to Receive Abundance, Perfect Phrases for Writing Grant Proposals and Prefect Phrases for Fundraising (new in 2012). She holds degrees in Organizational Development, Public Administration, and Business Administration. Dr. Browning is a grant writing course developer and online facilitator for Ed2Go.com, a former faculty member at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management, and a current member of the American Association of Grant Professionals. She is CEO of Bev Browning & Associates (BBA, Inc.), Founder and Director of the Grant Writing Training, and most recently, the new Vice President for Grants Professional Services at eCivis Inc. (www.ecivis.com)