Webinar Description:

Online grant applications are here to stay! They are frustrating, exasperating, and daunting. Still, how do you convey your case for support when your need statement and project description sections can only be 2,000 characters or roughly 350 words in length?

Although brevity is key, grantmakers still want engaging narratives that state the issue or problem succinctly while providing evidence that your organization will achieve the proposed outcomes. Knowing what to say and how to say it in a short grant application is the focus of this session. Some answers will not be presented because they are not part of the selected group of questions based on the answer to #12. Writing tight or to the point while getting the attention of the grant reviewer has never been more crucial. Learn how to position your case for support using deductive writing techniques that help you get to your point quicker. Eliminate superlatives from your writing and just say it.

This interactive session will ask the question, how do you approach the process of preparing an online grant application? The methods discussed will help you design successful paper and paperless proposal narratives including those to the different levels of government as well as foundation and corporations.

 
Presenter:

Diane Gedeon-Martin is President of The Write Source, LLC. Since launching her consulting firm in 1993, she has helped 283 nonprofit clients in 26 states and Washington, DC, win grants to further their missions. She is a nationally recognized speaker and certified AFP master trainer. For 14 years, she was a faculty member of The Fund Raising School at Indiana University, where she not only taught but also co-authored the curriculum for their Grant Proposals course. Diane is a GPA Legacy Member. 

 
Skill Level:
Mid-Career

Learning Track: 
Proposal Development/Communication Strategies

GPC Competencies:
How to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application
Ability to write a convincing case for funding

Originally Recorded:

2021