GPA's Publications Committee will offer an overview of the GPA Grant News, Strategy Papers, and Journals, as well as how articles are solicited and acquired. The session will review strategies for developing an article, writing a manuscript, receiving and incorporating reviewer feedback, and editing and finalizing a published work. The session will also share how GPA's double-blind peer review process works and share strategies for providing critical, constructive feedback as a peer reviewer in a scholarly article.

Benefits: Grant professionals enhance their research, writing, and critical review skills in a new context, expand knowledge, and gain visibility as published authors. They contribute to an ongoing conversation about best practices in the grants profession, contribute to a scholarly community, and advance the profession.

Presenter:

Sean Kirby is a grant writer who works with K-12 school districts across the U.S. to help them fund projects big and small. Sean knows that, whether a school wants funds for a new STEM lab or professional development for staff, it is vital to always focus on how programs will benefit the students. Sean has volunteered with the GPA Publications Committee since 2018 and holds a M.A. in English Literature from John Carroll University.

Joan L. Whitman, Ph.D., is a founding member of the Wisconsin GPA Chapter having served as Secretary, Vice-President, and current President. Joan owns Grant Associates LLC which specializes in nonprofit grant development and building systemic grant program structures for new nonprofits. Her specialization is grant evaluation and mixed methods research of program outcomes. She has volunteered with GPA since 2015 and serves as Peer Review Co-Manager and the Publications Committee's Co-Chair.

Ozzie has 10 years of experience in grant management across the public and nonprofit sectors in San Diego and Orange County, applying for grant funding from federal, state, and local funders for transportation, land use, and education projects. In addition to serving as chair of the Acquisitions Subcommittee of the GPA Publications Committee, Ozzie supports professional development and recruitment of presenters for the GPA Orange County Chapter.

 
Skill Level:
Mid-Career

Learning Path: 
Personal Growth

GPC Competencies:
How to craft, construct, and submit an effective grant application

Strategies for effective program and project design and development Organizational development as it pertains to grant seeking

How to research, identify, and match funding resources to meet specific needs 

Organizational development as it pertains to grant seeking

Nationally recognized standards of ethical practice by grant developers

Post-award grant management practices sufficient to inform effective grant design and development

Methods and strategies that cultivate and maintain relationships between fund-seeking and recipient organizations and funders

Practices and services that raise the level of professionalism of grant developers

Ability to write a convincing case for funding