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To sign up for a webinar or read a full description of what GrantStation has to offer, please choose a link from underneath the 'Upcoming Webinars' image to your right. We currently offer multiple types of webinars:
- FREE webinars have no cost and only require you to sign up.
- (NEW) webinars are being offered for the first time by GrantStation.
Webinars without an additional identifier are a part of our regular offerings.
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All GrantStation webinars take place at 2 PM Eastern Time unless otherwise noted in their description. Look below to identify what time the webinar will take place in your location:
Our Webinar Presenters
Cynthia M. Adams
Cynthia M. Adams has been a fundraiser for over 35 years. Working directly for nonprofits and as a fundraising consultant, Ms. Adams specializes in building bridges between funders and grantseekers. She strongly believes that successful grantseeking requires a thorough understanding of the funders and sound knowledge of the playing field. Her life's work has been to level that playing field, creating an opportunity for all nonprofit organizations to access the wealth of grant opportunities throughout the world.
Sharon Gherman
Sharon Gherman, President/CEO of The Funding Exchange, has more than 30 years of professional experience, with strengths in community and rural development, program development, project evaluation, and organizational capacity building. Sharon has taught grantwriting and professional education workshops on a variety of topics for over twenty years. With experience as a successful development professional and as a grant program officer, Sharon has in depth knowledge on both sides of the grant world. Sharon holds a BA in Rural Development from the University of Alaska, and is a Commissioner on the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Ed and a fellow of WestEd's National Academy of Science & Mathematics Education Leadership.
Terri Hasdorff
Terri Hasdorff is the President of Compassion Strategies, an international consulting firm designed to assist nonprofits in accessing a broad range of funding. Prior to serving in this position, Terri was the Director for the Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) where she was responsible for the international implementation and oversight of the President's Faith-Based & Community Initiative for USAID and the U.S. Department of State. A graduate of Samford University in Alabama, Terri has also completed the Senior Executives Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Linda Lysakowski
In her 16 years as a philanthropic consultant, Linda has managed capital campaigns, helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and has trained more than 12,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt and most of the 50 states in all aspects of development. Linda has received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive award from both the Eastern PA and the Las Vegas chapters of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals) and in 2006 was recognized internationally in Atlanta, GA with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP.
Judith Margolin
Judith Margolin is the Director of Annual Giving for Ridgefield Library and an independent consultant on foundations and grants. She served as Vice President for Planning and Evaluation at the Foundation Center, the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, for a number of years. She has devoted her career to philanthropy and is dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations secure the funding they require to fulfill their valuable missions. She is the author of several books, including The Individual's Guide to Grants and Financing a College Education and has served as editor of multiple editions of the Foundation Center's how-to books. She lives in Stamford, Connecticut.
Simone Parrish
Simone is a classic small nonprofit accidental techie. In 2001, she started working with Innovation Network, Inc., primarily as a writer. She gradually accrued web-and IT-related duties, and in 2007 she discovered that she was the senior IT person on staff. She is now the knowledge manager, IT manager, webmaster, lead editor and resident expert on using the Point K Learning Center. She is pleased to be a GrantStation webinar partner.
Alexandra Peters
Alexandra Peters joined her first board 30 years ago and has been fascinated with how nonprofits work ever since. She has served on 13 boards of many sizes and budgets, and has chaired five of those. She holds a masters degree in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University, and has never stopped studying nonprofit governance and leadership. She is a passionate advocate for the meaningful work of nonprofit service, and her real life experience as a board member has given her hands-on expertise in all parts of the nonprofit process.
Alice Ruhnke
Over the past seven years, Alice Ruhnke has worked with hundreds of nonprofit organizations to help them increase their organizational capacity and secure funding. In 2006, a long time aspiration was achieved when she launched The Grant Advantage, a highly individualized business that offers grant writing and editing services, development of sustainability plans, workshop facilitation, program development, and comprehensive funding research. Alice has raised over $2.6 million writing federal, state, foundation, and corporate grants and has been in charge of awarding and monitoring federal funds to nonprofit organizations throughout West Virginia.