The Professional Grant Development Solutions Training Program is great for beginners and intermediates.  Participants will learn valuable grant writing skills through interactive activities and discussions that develop the fundamental building blocks of successful grant writing.  Students engage in challenging activities with their instructors and peers that quickly develop their ability to research, write and implement grant funded programs.  Experienced grant writers will refresh important basics while also learning valuable new skills and insightful tips about how to win grant awards.  Beginners will quickly raise their grant writing to a skill level comparable with seasoned grant writers.  

Our sessions are led by expert grant writers and grant makers,  held in 8 hour blocks over two days.The Professional Grant Development Solutions Training Program consists of Five Key Components that can potentially assist your organization attain funding.

The Professional Grant Development Solutions Training Program Five Key Components:

Grant Research/ Program Development- Session One

The Grant Research and Program Development session is the first step in preparing your organization for grant writing readiness. In this session, you will learn how to:

•     Search for Potential Funders
•     Match Potential Funders to Your Program
•     Reconstruct Your Program to Best Fit the Needs of the Funder
•     Best Solutions for Time-Management
•     Strategies to Keep Your Program on Target
•     Key Phrases and Terminology

Grant Proposal Writing- Session Two

In the next session of the training, you will be taught how to construct a grant proposal that will move you beyond filling out a grant application and move you into creating a successful grant proposal. You will learn to build and sharpen your proposal writing skills through the latest information and technology provided by our industry experts. Students will be able to become "Grant Communication Specialists" and learn what is needed to form an effective grant proposal proposal package that can potentially fund your organization. This session will cover:

•     Proven Methods of Writing a Successful Grant Proposal
•     Essential Components of Grant Proposals
•     Differences Between Funded Proposals and Unsuccessful Attempts
•     Guidelines to Help Construct a Grant Proposal
•     Inside Look into the Grant making Process through the Eyes of the Funder
•     GrantCheck Program
•     How to Shape and Refine Your Program

Marketing- Session Three

The third component of The Professional Grant Development Training Program is our uniquely designed Marketing Program.

This session of the course teaches students how to catapult their organization to the forefront through essential marketing practices. Our industry experts teach how to market your organization efficiently intertwining the grant proposal writing process with marketing principles designed and exclusive to Grant Development Solutions. In this session students will be taught to:

•     Market Your Organization
•     Build Healthy Relationships between Your Organization and Potential Funder
•     Develop Fund raising Teams and Strategies
•     Build and Maintain Partnerships
•     Create a Grant seeking Campaign Plan
 

Proposal Review-Session Four

In this part of the session students will be able to present proposal packages for a student-led panel review board. Students will pose as grant maker review boards and evaluate grant proposals written in class through exercises and activities completed throughout the training. Grant Development Solutions has designed a "GrantCheck" system that teaches students a hands-on approach to evaluating a proposal that will be used in this session of the training.
 

Grant Solutions- Session Five

In the final session of your training, we offer our "solutions". Our Experts will lead a question and answer session to help students understand and utilize their newly acquired grant writing skills. Experts will be available to answer comments and clarify ideas learned in the session.