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About This Workshop
The How to Write Grants and Understand
the Evaluation Process Workshop will
not only teach you how to write and submit a
successful grant application, but you will
learn tips to beat your competition by
creating an application that wins high peer
review points. Also, you will learn how to
better understand the grant review process.
Stop being left behind—financially and
programmatically. This is being taught by a
nationally-renowned Grants expert. Two half
day grants workshops are being combined into
one great course. Reduce your stress when it
comes to finding, writing, and winning
government funding opportunities!
What You Will Learn
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How to locate grant funds
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How to create a successful grant application
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How to spotlight your organization over your
competitors
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How to transfer a rejection into a new
opportunity
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Why your competitors are winning grants and
cooperative agreements
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Why your grant isn’t being funded
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What reviewers are looking for when scoring
a grant application
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Best practices and sample sections of a
successful grant application
Who Should Attend
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Any nonprofit or for-profit organization
that has not -- or has! -- been successful
at winning government grants and cooperative
agreements
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Regional, state and local public safety and
emergency management executives and senior
staff
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State and local grants personnel interested
in learning about updating grant writing
skills
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Acadmia interested in funding for critical
programs and projects
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Novice grant seeker to the seasoned grant
writer that wants to increase their rate of
funding success
Early Registrants Include:
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Dept. of Military Affairs-KYEM KyEM-CSEPP
Division
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Dept. of Motor Vehicles, CT, Supervisory
Accountant
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MBTA Transit Police Dept., Sergeant,
Supervisor of Training
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RI Emergency Mgmt Agency, Fiscal Officer
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Seminole Tribe of Florida, Administrative
Manager
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Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Program
Coordinator
Diana Amy Chidsey offers over ten
years of governmental research, evaluation,
program administration and successful grant
writing expertise, focusing on the public
safety sector. Mrs. Chidsey joined CH2M HILL
as their Grant Coordinator in January 2005,
assisting CH2M HILL clientele in strategically
securing homeland security and public safety
grant funding. CH2M HILL clients are afforded
the benefit and funding advantage of Mrs.
Chidsey’s knowledge in the competitive world
of grant funding.
Agenda
7:30 - 8:00am: Registration; Coffee
and Pastries
8:00– 8:15am: Welcome/Introduction by
Kim Hovda, Manager of Program Development
8:15 - 8:45am: Introduduction to the Grant
Writing Process
This session will review the critical
differences between reactive grant writing and
program planning, and will describe the
planning efforts that need to occur for
proposals to be seriously considered by
funders.
8:45 - 9:45am: Locating Grant Funding
This session will review sources of federal,
state, and private funding, and will
demonstrate effective methods for researching
grants and maintaining relationships with
funders.
9:45 - 10:00am: Break
10:00 - 10:30am: Assessing the Funding
Opportunity
This session will explain how to assess each
funding opportunity to determine if it is a
good fit for your organization.
10:30 - 11:15am: Grant Writing
Starters and Keys to Writing Winning Grants
This session provides direction on how to plan
for and begin the grant writing process
properly, and will provide an introduction to
the key grant writing points required to write
a winning grant.
11:15 - 11:30am: Questions and Answers
on Grant Writing Pre-Planning
11:30 - 12:30pm: Lunch on your own
12:30 - 1:45pm: Grant Application
Components
This session will review the individual
components of a grant application, explaining
the purpose of each section, what funders are
looking for, and key tips. Successful samples
of grant application components will be
reviewed.
1:45 - 2:00pm: Break
2:00- 2:30pm: Post Grant Submission Processes
This session will review the grant evaluation
process, and will teach you how to handle a
rejection as well as an award.
2:30- 3:00pm: Program
Implementation Requirements
This session will teach you the key steps for
successful program implementation, an
essential requirement to receive continuation
funding. This session will also review a
number of reasons for why programs fail and
how they can be prevented.
3:00-3:15pm: Wrap up and Additional
Questions and Answers
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The WCA organizes the world's largest annual
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Become a Sponsor
If you would like to become a
sponsor or exhibitor at this event, please
contact
Andrea Feinberg
at (201) 592-6477.
Registration Fee
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Industry - $595
per person
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Small Business
(100 employees or less) - $495 per person
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Government - $395
per person
Includes
refreshments, continental breakfast, and your
course handouts.
Registration Options
Pre-registration for this workshop is
now closed, but walk-ins will be accepted.
Simply bring the
attached registration form with payment to
the registration desk.
Registrations are payable by Visa, Mastercard,
American Express, company check or government
purchase order.
CANCELLATION POLICY:
You may designate a substitute
in writing any time before the event. If you
need to cancel your registration, you must
send your notice in writing and will be
subject to a $50 processing fee. No refunds
are given for cancellations received 3
business days prior to the event start date or
later.
Please note: no
shows are liable for the entire fee.
We're sure you'll be satisfied with the
content of our conferences.
If you're not, please tell us why in a brief
letter and we will credit your investment
towards another Market*Access event.
You risk nothing!
Location/Hotel Accommodations
November 7, 2005,
the course will be held at the
Fairmont Copley Plaza,
138 St. James Avenue, Boston, MA
02116.
A small block of rooms at the
Fairmont Copley Plaza
is being held for attendees offering $127 +
tax per night. To make a reservation, please
call (617) 267-5300 or email boston@fairmont.com
prior to October 10, 2005 and be sure to
mention you are attending the "Market Access'
Grants Writing Workshop."
Contact Us
• For registration information,
contact
Pamela Greenstein, (703) 807-2753
• For government speaking and best
practices presentation opportunities,
contact
Kim Hovda
,
(703) 894-1096
• For product and solutions companies
interested in sponsorship information and
related speaking opportunities,
contact
Andrea Feinberg,
(201) 592-6477
If you have any questions about Homeland
Defense Journal events in general, please see
our
Event FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions).
On-Site Training
Have a Large Staff to Train? Can't
Make These Dates? Tight Travel Budget?
Homeland Defense Journal
can provide Grants
Writing training, wherever and whenever you
need, including on-site at your facility. Our
staff will cost-effectively implement training
customized to your needs. If you have group of
attendees (usually 20 or more), we can bring
this course to you and help save you time,
travel costs, and more!
To request a proposal and schedule training,
e-mail
Laura Johnson, Director of Conferences &
Strategic Planning, at ljohnson@marketaccess.org
or call (703) 807-2747.
To download a
PDF of planned training conferences and
workshops
for 2006, please
click here.
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