It was a delightful surprise when a more experienced grant pro asked, "How'd you find that funder?" In this session, I will share six grant prospecting strategies I've used to raise $120 million.

In response to foundations prioritizing diversity, equity & inclusion, this session offers effective strategies for organizations to demonstrate their efforts to serve their targeted communities.

Learn how honorary achievement awards can help you win grants by raising your organization's profile and building credibility.

Bring your grants questions to this trio of podcast cohosts with 60+ years of grant research, writing, and management experience. Get answers served with a dash of humor in this informal Q&A.

The Federal government has issued more than $1.9 trillion in funds in response to COVID-19 – which will be heavily scrutinized. Learn how to identify and avoid potential waste, fraud, and abuse.

Grantwriting entails much more than a character limit. If you are struggling with keeping all the balls in the air at your organization this session will help give you tools you need to own your job.

Looking for alternate ways to fund your agency's next technology deployment? Join us to discuss the public safety funding landscape as well as how to justify the inclusion of equipment in a proposal.

A lively discussion exploring books that foster personal, interpersonal, and organizational growth. Grant professionals will hone their leadership and collaboration skills to maximize their potential

Gain exposure to millions of donors and build connections with key funders. GuideStar Seals of Transparency and Foundation Directory are essential tools for expert fundraisers.

This session will cover proven strategies for preparing an effective Federal grant application, including in-depth discussion of how to leverage evaluation criteria and avoid potential pitfalls.

Join us for an informative deep dive off the bridge into practical applications for connecting the gap of the 5 generations we are working with and serving today as grant professionals.

This session will help leaders build a comprehensive and multi-faceted budget to be used as a strategic management and fundraising tool throughout the year.

Building on a decade of experience in creative community engagement, I will share my best practices for building mutual and equitable partnerships, both as a queer person and as an ally.

Grant professionals' skills are highly transferable and invaluable during capital campaigns. Learn how to leverage your skills for organizational fundraising success and new professional opportunities

Attendees will learn how to create a successful annual grants strategy, going in-depth into the process of finding, vetting, and managing grants using a tool called the Master Grants Planner.

In this session we will discuss critical Diversity, Equity and Inclusion current trends and why it is important to understand the purpose of DEI and have a plan for your organization or business.

This session will examine ethical considerations for organization readiness and program design. Information will be tied to codes of conduct, standard best practices, case studies, and a robust Q&A.

This session is a stimulating discussion of GPA’s code of ethics and the dilemmas faced by your peers. Bring your questions, scenarios, and thinking cap for this insightful and challenging discussion.

Untapped funding for cultural exchange throughout North America will be identified, as relations among Canada, the US, & Mexico change, & as indigenous peoples, monarchs, & culture have always flowed.

Indirect costs were never simple. Whether you are a federal agency, a pass-through or other nonfederal entity, here's what you need to know, updated for the revised uniform guidance.

Ready to take the next step in your career and earn the Grant Professional Certified (GPC) credential? Learn about the application and exam processes and the benefits of the nationally accredited GPC.

Colleagues, partners, and board members must understand grants but they seldom do. Join us to learn memorable "isms" to quickly and clearly communicate critical concepts to the novices in our lives.

Do you feel alone on an island? If your grant office an office of 1? Does leadership not recognize the value of grants? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this is the session for you!

A grant proposal is like a tour. Just like tours, they can be guided or unguided. Writers can be like tour guides, using god writing to help readers see the whole picture with less confusion.

If only Grant Writers could wield the ultimate power of the Infinity Stones! This session provides pro writing tactics that can replace the need for the Reality Stone. Create your own reality!

This presentation will highlight the progress the Grants QSMO has made since designation related to customer engagement across the grants community with a focus on innovations to improve the applicant/recipient experience. We will also use this time to gather feedback from participants to continue enhancing and improving support provided to the grants community.

In federal grants the needs section sets the stage for your entire proposal. This session will take a deep dive into the needs section and how to find and present data for a perfect score!

Effective partnerships can improve outcomes. Lead the way in your organization to establish partnerships that result in competitive proposals and projects that truly impact your beneficiaries.

Burnout is real, relevant, and recoverable. Join four grant pros as they laugh and (maybe) cry through their eye-opening burnout journeys and provide concrete strategies for prevention and recovery.

Join veteran grantmaking officer Maryn Boess for a unique journey into one grantmaker's funding process - and find out what really happens inside the Grantmaker's Black Box - after you push SUBMIT!

Developed to increase factory productivity and decrease waste, the Lean philosophy has been adopted by many industries. Learn how a Lean mindset can make grant seeking more efficient and effective.

Conflict is inevitable! If that is the case, then we better learn how to manage conflict so that it does not hinder our grants processes while also maintaining our professional integrity.

Consultants must delicately balance their instinct to lead with the duty to follow a client's wishes; therefore communication is the key to a synchronized and successful grantseeking performance.

A basic budget might help you secure local or regional grants, but if you want to win increasingly larger foundation awards, this session will help you bolster your chances with a stand-out budget.

Gain live hands-on experience of creating a logic model in this highly participatory session. No logic model mechanics will be reviewed. Advanced logic model knowledge is required.

Logic models can be very useful, but developing them may seem like a challenge. This interactive session will provide a step-by-step approach to developing a logic model.

How can you help your team determine good funding matches and that you're "grant ready?” Create your own Rubric to guide decision-making and discussions in pursuit of viable funding opportunities.

What are common metrics that grant professionals can use for strategic planning, performance, and board reports? We'll discuss that and more (psst: it's not Census and evaluation data)!

This panel provides advice and tools for how to find the right people, determine the best structure for managing them, and reimagine your changing role in scaling up your business.

Join this session for live demos of data tools featuring new data for your grant applications from the 2020 Census, economic programs, and key information that measure the impact of the pandemic.

Utilizing the Nonprofit Leadership Center at Northwestern University, this facilitated cohort will explore topics grant professionals need including: Strategy, Finance, Fundraising, Impact, and more.

Grants under New Management: the American Rescue Plan Act and the revisions to the 2 CFR Uniform Guidance.

While not exactly proposal writing or in the grant pro's job description, program design creeps into our work. Come learn principles of program design and tricks to get details from project owners.

Attendees will build knowledge about (1) successful post-award grant management elements and (2) a framework for setting up and/or improving agency procedures and tools to manage grants post-award.

Make your proposals come alive with photos and video! Join us to learn how strategic use of multimedia can enrich your storytelling, validate your case for support, and enhance grant stewardship.

This session will review tracking systems, process flowcharts and standards of work to manage grant sponsored projects in a large (or small) organization.

Panelists will share personal experiences with career challenges. Participants will leave with actionable tools and strategies to effectively face career set-backs and build resilience.

Researching performance requirements of a federal program with which you have no prior experience can feel overwhelming. This session walks through useful tools for a systematic approach.

Goals, objectives, outcomes? You can do this - develop your retirement plan! Learn methods and resources to envision your life after grants and fundraising. No Panic Allowed!

We will discuss why, when, and especially how to say "no" and set boundaries so that we can be advocates for ourselves and the grants field, internally among our coworkers or with our clients.

Have you ever been stymied by the evaluation plan for a federal grant? Focusing on your assets and knowledge, we'll focus on building quality evaluation plans that you can actually deliver upon award.

Techniques for preparing large-award proposals with grant management in mind. Attendees will explore setting up a project for success to ensure capacity, reportable metrics, and effective spending.

Honing one's writing, editing, and reviewing skills is a key part of continually becoming a better grant pro. Learn how to achieve these goals and grow in the field as an author or peer reviewer!

Now's the time that we truly understand Cultural Intelligence (CQ). (CQ) is the ability to understand intercultural settings thereby enhancing written communication between grant writers and funders.

The rise of the social enterprise sector brings unprecedented opportunities for nonprofits with a social impact mindset. Learn how to adopt this mindset to benefit your organization and your work.

Learn best practices and new, unique ways of strategically connecting with, and stewarding, funders to maximize your grant success both during COVID-19 and beyond.

As grant professionals, it is our job to create a picture of the greatest need to get funded. How can we be sure we will honor clients' privacy and do not exploit them in telling their stories?

Structuring collaborative performance of federally funded projects - know where you have flexibility and how to use it in strategic planning and negotiating relationships with partners.

Learn how to use strategic planning in your consulting business to ensure you are investing your time and resources into the things that matter. Warning: results may be transformative.

An undeniable amount of research demonstrates the benefits of strengths-based leadership. Come learn how you can use your natural talents to unleash your leadership potential!

Becoming a consultant can be a daunting endeavor. This workshop candidly explores the multiple early issues facing grant professionals when transitioning from grant writer to consultant.

How much is your program really costing you? Two grant pros and a finance pro discuss how to budget your program's actual costs, so you're not leaving money on the table or costing your agency.

Two seasoned and successful grant pros present tips and tricks for grant preparation trouble spots. Let's talk apps, surprising cool tools, different styles, shortcuts, and keeping it all organized.

Funders need to know who you are before they can make those big grant awards. Discover some simple do-it-yourself marketing techniques that will enhance your ability to obtain grant funding.

Federal agencies depend on high-quality evaluations of SMEs to support the selection of funded recipients. Take your knowledge to the next level, engage in the grant application peer review process.

Learn the best methods and tools to take (and maintain) the lead on grant projects in any size organization, and turn management resisters into enthusiastic collaborators.

The heart of grant writing relies on your ability to tell a story. In this session, we'll learn how to utilize creative writing techniques to help you develop a grant narrative that will WOW funders!

This highly interactive session will include the use of logic models and the CIPP evaluation framework for program design and the development of comprehensive evaluation plans for grant proposals.

Do you reach for books to learn or relax or something in between? This session is for you! Meet other grant professionals who share your passion for reading.

As a grant professional, you influence change in your organization. Learn how women's innate characteristics help you leverage your power to exercise leadership to create and manage change.

1 in 4 Baby Boomers will never retire, while Gen Y is entering the marketplace in greater numbers and faster than we can prepare them. The way we work and communicate must change with the times.

Will your agency take the next step in connecting with decision-makers? Turn your case for support into an advocacy strategy - keep nonprofit status and still work with elected officials.

Federal grants offer large-dollar funding that transforms organizations. But why are they so hard? Learn an approach that deepens your understanding of federal grants and improves your ability to win.

Curious what to expect for K12 education in FY22, the first budget proposed by the Biden Administration? Join us to learn funding priorities and specific opportunities to add to your grants calendar!