Writing Winning Grant Proposals
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Registration fee:
- EarlyBird pricing is available for registrations through March 23: $119 for the half-day session for AIIP, SLA, APRA, and AFP members; $139 for non-members.
- After March 23, registration for this half-day session is $145 for AIIP, SLA, APRA, and AFP members; $165 for non-members.
In this fast-paced, half-day workshop, we will provide expert insight on how to write winning grant proposals. We will begin with researching funders and end with how to make sure your proposals meet the funder’s guidelines and are error-free and presentable.
In these economically challenging times, many nonprofits are competing for limited philanthropic support. In this workshop you’ll learn how to make your proposal stand out from the crowd. Starting with research to match your organization’s needs with funders’ preferences, we’ll examine the importance of following guidelines, review how to develop measurable outcomes and evaluation criteria, while making sure your materials are error-free.
Attendees will learn how to:
- Research funder preferences, to increase your proposal-writing success rate,
- Read a funder’s 990 to determine an appropriate ask amount,
- Identify measurable outcomes and simple measurement techniques to reduce staff time commitment to completing excessive paperwork,
- Avoid common grammatical mistakes that could make your organization look . . . dumb,
- Follow funder guidelines, demonstrating to the reviewer that your organization means business and is a good investment.
About the Presenters
This workshop will be co-presented by Margaret King and Joann M. Wleklinski.
 Marge's success rate for writing winning grant proposals is above 80%. Marge is the founder of InfoRich Group, Inc. In addition to raising millions of dollars for her clients, Marge is a member of the adjunct faculty at Delaware County Community College and Eastern University where she teaches business and fundraising courses at graduate and undergraduate levels. She has served on several nonprofit boards and has written and evaluated multi-million dollar grant proposals for government agencies. Marge earned a BS from Cabrini College, a MBA from St. Joseph’s University and a post-graduate certificate from Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government. Marge is often quoted as saying, “Don’t chase the money; funders can see that a mile away!”
 Joann is an editor extraordinaire and is the owner of Wleklinski Information Services. When not editing grant proposals, Joann writes articles on finding and using information. She has been published in Online, Searcher, The Cyberskeptic’s Guide to the Internet, FUMSI, and has been featured in several books, including The Secrets of the Super Net Searchers. She is the editor of AIIP Connections, the journal of the Association of Independent Information Professionals, and former editor of The Informant, the journal of SLA-Illinois. Joann has nearly two decades of information research and writing experience in technology, academia, business, and healthcare, having worked at such places as Accenture and MIT. She also spent three months on assignment at the United Nations in New York City.
Joann holds an MLIS from Rosary College (now Dominican University), a BA in English from Boston College, plus a certificate in culinary arts, having studied with Simone Beck in the south of France. Joann is often quoted as saying, “Nothing will reduce your perceived IQ faster than bad grammar.”
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Contact:
Margaret King
484-461-8100
mking@inforichgroup.com
Twitter tag: #aiip12
AIIP 26th Annual Conference
May 3-6, 2012
Hyatt Regency Hotel,
One South Capitol Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
