In this fast-paced, half-day workshop, you will gain expert insight on how to write winning grant proposals. It 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.

Hyatt Regency Hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana

Wednesday, May 2, 2012, 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Writing Winning Grant Proposals

In these economically challenging times, many nonprofits are competing with others 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.

Attendees will receive:

copies of all course materials, including a list of sites for researching foundation giving preferences,
sample IRS Form 990,
list of common grammatical mistakes, and a
list of common spelling errors.

Marge’s success rate for writing winning grant proposals is above 80%. Marge is the founder of InfoRich Group, Inc. In addition to raising tens of 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!”

Presenters:

Margaret

King, MBA

President

InfoRich Group, Inc.

Joann

Wleklinski, MLIS

President

Wleklinski Information Services

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 and former editor of The Informant. 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 and a BA in English from Boston College. Joann is often quoted as saying “Nothing will reduce your perceived IQ faster than bad grammar.”

Registration fee: $165

Group discounts are available. Contact us for more information at: 1-484-461-8100.

Get directions to the Hyatt, Indianapolis.

Breaking news–March 16, 2012: An InfoRich Group, Inc. client received notice that it has been awarded $7 Million based on a proposal written by Marge King and Joann Wleklinski.