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Reminder: May Training Opportunity with The Grantsmanship Center

The Grantsmanship Training Program® is coming to Indianapolis May 20-24, 2013. The program is an intensive, five-day workshop.

Tuition for 5-day training — $895
$50 discount for additional registrants from the same agency

Dates:
May 20-24, 2013 – Indianapolis

Additional Information:

During the course of the workshop, participants will be involved in a proposal writing exercise. It will be helpful if participants bring a laptop computer to the workshop on Wednesday.

For Details and to register, follow this link to the registration page for the upcoming Indianapolis Grantsmanship Training Program.

April 22, 2013 0 Comments Short URL Outside Training, Proposal Writing

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May Training Opportunity with The Grantsmanship Center

The Grantsmanship Training Program® is coming to Indianapolis May 20-24, 2013. The program is an intensive, five-day workshop.

What is the Grantsmanship Training Program?

The program is part of The Grantsmanship Training Center, Inc., based in Los Angeles, but presented all over the country in regional workshops. TGCI periodically offers the program through regional hosts, as they will in May in Indianapolis.

“Designed for both novice and experienced grantseekers, the Grantsmanship Training Program® is a comprehensive, hands-on workshop that covers researching funding sources and writing and reviewing real proposals. The program will teach you to use The Grantsmanship Center’s® proposal writing format, the most widely used in the world. During the workshop you will search out funding sources and, as part of a team, you will develop a proposal for your own agency or help a classmate develop one.” - http://www.tgci.com/gtptraining.shtml

Tuition for 5-day training — $895
$50 discount for additional registrants from the same agency

Dates:
May 20-24, 2013

Training Site:
Mental Health America of Indiana Training Institute
1441 North Delaware Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Local Host Contact:

Lisa Hutcheson
(317) 638-3501
lhutcheson@mhai.net

Additional Information:

During the course of the workshop, participants will be involved in a proposal writing exercise. It will be helpful if participants bring a laptop computer to the workshop on Wednesday.

For Details and to register, follow this link to the registration page for the upcoming Indianapolis Grantsmanship Training Program.

April 4, 2013 0 Comments Short URL Outside Training, Proposal Writing

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Upcoming Seminar on Evaluation from McMillen Center for Health Educations

Using Evaluation to Improve Your Organization
March 15, 10:30am – 3pm

Evaluation is an essential tool in developing and modifying programs, securing funding sources, and implementing marketing plans. Join other professionals for networking and a midday seminar on this important topic.
Tickets are just $25 and include lunch!

McMillen Center for Health Education
March 15, 2013 from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Agenda

10:30 – 10:45 Registration
10:45 – 12:00 Measuring Impact Will Impact Funding with Michael Burns Consulting

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch catered by Apple Spice Junction
Speaker: Marilynn Fauth, Paul Clark Nonprofit Resource Center

1:00 – 2:00 Design a Long Term Evaluation Tool with Michael Burns Consulting
2:00 – 3:00 How to Use Evaluation Results in Marketing

Marketing Panel

Please RSVP by Monday, March 11
Questions? Call Frances or Linda at (260) 456-4511.

About the Michael Burns Consulting Sessions: (more…)

March 5, 2013 0 Comments Short URL Development, Grant Seeking, Management, Marketing, News, Nonprofit Professional, Outside Training, Program Evaluation, Proposal Writing

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Grant Basics I and II

Who Knew? Grant Basics I and II

Did you know that the Paul Clarke Nonprofit Resource Center offers free classes about grant seeking EVERY month of the year, except in August?

In Grant Basics I, you learn how to use The Foundation Directory Online. The Directory is updated weekly and provides the most accurate details available on U.S. funders and their grants. It has over 108,000 U.S. foundations and corporate donors, and is the premier tool for grant seeking nonprofits.

In Grant Basics II you learn about the basic components of proposals, the process of grant writing, necessary vocabulary, and writing tips. As well as tips from foundations and resources for further study.

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Check out Your New Kits!

New Kits for Asking for Contributions, New Board Members, Proposal Writing, and Board Governance

Looking to learn more about being a new board member? Want to share resources with your new board members?

Our former intern, Katie, and our Board Kits

Maybe you’re curious about how to ask for contributions – or how others do that?

Find ways to improve your proposal writing skills and all of the above in the newly available kits from the PCNRC.

2 New Board Member Kits

2 Updated Proposal Writing Kits

1 New About the Ask Kit

1 New Board Governance Series Kit

To see each kit’s contents, or to place a hold, click through to the ACPL Catalog.

Not seeing the kit you need? We have more!

See all of your nonprofit kits listed in the ACPL catalog.

More about the kits and details on borrowing: (more…)

November 28, 2012 0 Comments Short URL Board Resources, Books, Fundraising, Nonprofit Resources, Our Resources, Proposal Writing

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New Books: Proposal Writing

Click the covers to go to the ACPL catalog to place a hold.

Confessions of a successful grants writer : a complete guide to discovering and obtaining funding / Joanne Oppelt.The ultimate insider’s guide to winning foundation grants : a foundation CEO reveals the secrets you need to know / Martin Teitel ; foreword by Amy Goldman.The Foundation Center’s guide to proposal writing.

November 2, 2012 1 Comment Short URL Books, Nonprofit Resources, Proposal Writing

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Foundation Center Training: Proposal Writers Boot Camp!

The PCNRC is a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center, and Cleveland is one of four field offices in the USA. We’re please to post this training opportunity from the Foundation Center:

This grantseeker boot camp features three of our most popular courses, taught over three days, cost $495.00. We’ll show you how to craft a comprehensive and compelling proposal package, and create a sound, well-organized proposal budget. You’ll master how to successfully steward a grant, and build a path to securing the next one.

Tuesday, October 16 – Thursday, October 18, 2012
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily
Check-in and coffee: 8:30 a.m.

Foundation Center – Cleveland, OH
1422 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, OH

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October 9, 2012 0 Comments Short URL Fundraising, Nonprofit Resources, Online training, Outside Training, Proposal Writing

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New Books: Starting & Managing a Nonprofit and Fundraising

Click the covers to go to the ACPL catalog to place a hold.

The art of doing good : where passion meets action / Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey Solomon with John Sedgwick Charity case : how the nonprofit community can stand up for itself and really change the world / Dan Pallotta Perfect phrases for fundraising / by Beverly Browning

September 24, 2012 0 Comments Short URL Board Resources, Books, Fundraising, Grant Seeking, Management, Nonprofit Resources, Proposal Writing

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Sources for Community Statistics and Data

Finding Funders - Knowing that your most burning questions typically revolve around funding, our program started here.

Foundation Directory Online – In Grant Basics I, our monthly class, we teach you how to use this tool to find grantmakers that fits your nonprofit work. See our Training Schedule here.

Foundation Center Digital Grant Guides – $39.95 each – Yes, this information is the same as the free database we offer here, but if you live at a distance, this purchase might make sense. See our post on the Grant Guides here.

Proposal Writing Resources

Grant Space, the Foundation Center’s online portal for a variety of proposal writing resources including: Samples, Training schedules, Specific Fields of Interests topics and more.

See more Fundraising and Proposal Writing links in our link section.

See more Program Evaluation resources our links section, too.

For Statistic and Data resources, Start Here

Most of the information you need can be found here, in the next three links.

American FactFinder2 Resources: How to Find Census Data - A program presented by the Community Research Institute covered how to use the new FactFinder2 to find data on the community you serve. Link to our post with the screenshots and links to more census tutorials.

The Community Research Institute has also created PDFs of basic information about Allen County, so start here. And don’t miss their Allen County Census Profile for projections of how our community is changing.

https://ipfw.edu/centers/cri/census/

Go directly to the American FactFinder here: http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml

More State and Local Resources

When specific, tough questions come our way, these resources might prove helpful, though typically, you won’t need to dig this deeply. Remember, you can always ask us – perhaps someone else has already and the answer has been compiled recently.