The world of grants seeking is becoming more competitive. Gain the skills to become a successful grant writer either as the head of an organization, program manager or as a fund developer.

Learn a series of key skills related to project design, development and persuasive writing skills.

Topics will include:

• Grant writing as an essential skill for organization leaders, program managers and fund developers;
• Prospect research — learning where to find grants and best approach to research
• Project development – using the logic model to design your project
• Formulating goals, outcomes and objectives
• Preparing a project work plan and timeline
• Budgeting your project
• The evaluation component
• Editing for persuasive communications
• Packaging your document for either snail mail or e-mail
• Building relationships with grantmakers and ethics

In order to achieve the certificate, you will need to complete a grant proposal within the eight weeks, following the course curriculum.

Your instructor, Allison Shirk, has more than twenty years’ experience writing grants.

She will guide you through this process step-by-step.

Register here: https://www.campusce.net/SeattleCentral/Course/Course.aspx?c=12405