Grant Seeking: It’s Not Magic! June 25, 2010, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Wright State University, Student Union, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy., Dayton, OH 45435

Presenter: Linda Gatten Butler, MSW, LISW-S, ACSW, Butler Consulting President

Description/ Content: 6 hours of lecture, interaction among participants, coalition building/networking, powerpoint and exercises regarding the grant seeking process using United Way America model.

Who Should Attend: Staff, board and volunteers of all organizations interested in learning more about grant seeking or refreshing grant seeking skills, especially those involved in ecology and/or housing as well as social workers, counselors, nurses, social service providers and others interested in fundraising and grants.

Learning Outcomes:

• Trainee will recognize what a grant is.
• Trainee will understand the grant seeking process, a model for proposal development and tips for writing a fundable proposal.
• Trainee will learn the “3 Rs” of fundraising and grant seeking.
• Trainee will understand how to develop a winning proposal.
• Trainee will experience how to write goals, activities, inputs, outputs and outcomes.
• Trainee will understand ways to find funding and resources.

Professional Affiliations of Presenter: National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Licensed Independent Social Worker with Supervision (LISW-S), Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), Alpha Delta Mu- National Social Work Honor Society, Springfield Chapter of the National Council of Planned Giving (SCNCPG), American Association of Grant Professionals (AAGP).

Sponsored by: Wright State University, Butler Consulting, and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) by WSU 6.0 Clock Hours CPEs for Social Worker by the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board (accepted by the Nursing Board; & by the CSWMFT Board for Counselors & Marriage and Family Therapists).

Registration:

Call 937-775-2751 for information. Register by June 18th.

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