The North American Program Planning and Policy Academy will be conducting the Certificate in Professional Program Development and Grant Proposal Writing Master Course in Chicago, Illinois from August 17 - 19, 2011. Interested development professionals, researchers, faculty, and graduate students should register as soon as possible, as demand means that seats will fill up quickly. Please forward, post, and distribute this e-mail to your colleagues and listservs.
For more information call (800) 649-6522 or visit The NAPPPA website at http://www.napppaPrograms.org. Please find the program description below: The Certificate in Professional Program Development and Grant Proposal Writing Master Course is a three-day, intensive and interactive experience in which participants will be led through the program development, grant writing, and funding acquisition processes through the completion of four courses. This Certificate Program is not a seminar. Participants will actively engage in exercises and activities designed to strengthen their mastery of grant acquisition. Through the completion of varying assignments, students will leave the program with a real grant proposal outline complete with quality research, solid content, and expert review. This program focuses on combining the fundamentals of grant proposal writing with expert knowledge of fundraising strategies and principles. The Master Course is complete with advanced communication and persuasion techniques, customized grant programs for each participant, and valuable course material that acts as a resource long after the course is complete. Definitely an organizational investment, the culmination of the course is materialized by the completion of the Program Development Dossier which will allow the recipient certified professional and their organization an advanced foundation for future program pursuits, funding applications, and organization development efforts. The Certificate in Professional Program Development and Grant Proposal Writing Master Course will cover the following modules during the three day master course: (1) Program Development and Evaluation This course is centered around the belief that its all about the program. This intensive course will teach professional program development essentials and program evaluation. While most grant writing workshops treat program development and evaluation as separate from the writing of a proposal, this session will teach students the relationship between overall program planning and all strategic fundraising, including grant writing. Consistent in our belief in strategic fundraising, this session encourages students to understand successful program development and to think strategically about funding as an integral part of the overall program planning process. This class turns participants into experts by teaching them how to take ideas and concepts and turn them into professionally developed programs. (2) Advanced Grant Proposal Writing Designed to obtain tangible results, this session will make each participant an overall proposal writing specialist. In addition to teaching the basic components of a grant proposal, successful approaches, and the do's and don'ts of grant writing, this session is infused with expert principles that will lead to a mastery of the process. Strategy resides at the forefront of this session's intent to illustrate grant writing as an integrated, multidimensional, and dynamic endeavor. Each student will learn to stop writing the grant and to start writing the story. Ultimately, this course will illustrate how each component of the grant proposal represents an opportunity to use proven techniques for generating support. (3) Strategic Funding Research At its foundation, this session will address the basics of foundation, corporation, and government grant research. However, this course will emphasize a strategic funding research approach that encourages writers to see research not as something they do before they write a proposal, but as an integrated part of the grant seeking process. Students will be exposed to online and database research tools, as well as publications and directories that contain information about foundation, corporation, and government grant opportunities. Focusing on funding sources and basic social science research, this course teaches students how to use research as part of a strategic grant acquisition effort. (4) Advanced Fundraising Strategies This session will provide students with an arsenal of advanced fundraising strategies based around persuasion and argument techniques. Centered around expert fundraising and marketing principles, this strategy session will change the way students conceptualize grant proposals and other fundraising tools. This course is grounded on the idea that fundraising and nonprofit development are essential acts of advocacy and must be treated as such. This session will conclude with a complete grant proposal outline. Tuition for this two day strategy session is $597.00. Master Course Registration 1. Participants tentatively reserve a seat online at www.napppaPROGRAMS.org, by calling the Program Office toll-free at (800) 649-6522, or by sending their name and contact information via email to regist...@napppanetwork.com. 2. A confirmation email is sent to registrants that includes session site information, travel information, program description, and details on how to confirm attendance and make payment arrangements. An invoice and agency W9 is also included. 3.Upon attendance confirmation, registrants will receive (usually via email) a Pre-Session packet that will include 1) a Pre-Session Interview, 2) A Pre- Session Reading Packet, 3) Three exercises to be completed, 4) a Session Agenda and Schedule, and 5) a receipt. You have received this invitation due to specific educational affiliation. We respect your privacy and want to ensure that interested parties are made aware of NAPPPA strategy sessions and schedules. This is intended to be a one-time announcement. In any event, you should not receive any more announcements unless there is a program next year in your area. To be unlisted from next year's announcement, send an email to rem...@napppanetwork.com and write "Unlist" in the subject line.
