Meaningful stakeholder engagement is involvement of constituencies as integral partners in advancing the work of organizations and institutions. As more funders embrace stakeholder engagement in the grantmaking process, what does this mean for grant seeking process? In this webinar, we will explore why stakeholder engagement is integral to grant strategy and how grant professionals can help foster meaningful stakeholder engagement to support an organization’s development.

Presenter:
Lesa-Kaye Holtham, MPH serves as the National Kidney Foundation’s Government Grants Director, where she works with executive leadership to develop and implement a government grants strategy that fosters collaboration with kidney patients and their families, policy makers, healthcare professionals, academic research institutions and other stakeholders. She holds a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Virginia and has worked as a grant professional for more than a decade for public health and health service organizations. Lesa-Kaye shares her insights on grant strategy on her blog at fromlesakaye.com
 
Skill Level:
Mid-Career
Advanced-Career

Learning Path: 
Evaluation/Collaboration
Proposal Development/Communication Strategies

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