Webinar: Write Smarter: Grant-Seeking Strategies and Time Savers

Please join the WSU Office of Foundation Relations and the Office of Research Advancement Programs for a grant seeking strategies and time saving webinar.

Time: Thursday, February 25 – 11 a.m.

Duration: 60 minutes

Location: ETC, Neil Hall 416

 Please note that this webinar is especially geared toward privately-funded grants. Space is limited please RSVP to Sarah Comstock at cfr@wsu.edu as soon as possible.

 Our experts will offer easy-to-implement ideas for improving your proposal planning, including how to use logic models strategically. They will also demonstrate how to strengthen your case for support and offer strategies for better assessing and conveying your impact to grant makers.

Presenters

Lynn English: a proposal writer with more than 25-years of experience who has helped local and national nonprofits raise millions of dollars in federal, foundation, and corporate grants. Ms. English also provides training in proposal writing to the grantees of several foundations. During this session, she will share strategies for developing efficient processes for proposal development and overcoming common grant-proposal pitfalls.

Martha Holley-Miers: a national director of development for the nonprofit Higher Achievement who has helped the organization triple its operating budget in eight years. She will share examples of how her nonprofit, which recently won a $12-million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, measures and communicates its impact and crafts compelling stories. She’ll also share examples of how the group approaches other key elements of a grant proposal including the effective use of data and storytelling.

All campuses are welcome.

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