As a grant professional, you have a challenging job. The details, tasks, and scope of work to write successful applications can be overwhelming.
That’s why it’s vital you don’t try to do everything yourself.
Building a team can help you increase the number of applications you can submit, improve your applications by using the expertise and perspectives of various stakeholders, and reduce burnout.
During this TargetEd session, Cynthia Adams will provide practical tools and resources you can use to build a successful proposal writing team.
You will learn:
- potential roles to fill in the grant planning and writing process using the strengths of your stakeholders;
- processes to engage others in a fun and sustainable way; and,
- keys to successful team management to keep the team engaged and moving forward.
You’ll leave with sample job descriptions and a proposal writing schedule you can use to quickly get started in developing your team. And even if you are a “one-person shop,” you’ll see you don’t have to go at it alone as there are many ways to engage others in support of your proposal writing efforts.
This session is perfect for grant professionals, executive directors, members of a development team, and nonprofit program staff.
Cynthia M. Adams
GrantStation's Founder and Corporate Advisor, Cynthia M. Adams has spent the past 40 years helping nonprofit organizations raise the money needed to do their good work. Many of her early efforts centered on raising funds to set aside wilderness areas in Alaska. In 1990 she started her first company, the Alaska Funding Exchange. This endeavor served as the testing ground for a national company, GrantStation, which opened its Internet doors in the fall of 2001. Cindy built this business because she believes that grantseeking requires a thorough understanding of the variety and scope of grantmakers and sound knowledge of the philanthropic 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 across the U.S. and throughout the world.
