September 30, 2008 through November 24, 2008

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Preliminary Course Outline:

• Week 1: Overview of Project Planning and Grant Writing

  • The world of grantsmanship today
  • Library-friendly funding sources
  • General guidelines
  • Grant formats, traditional and online
  • Getting started

• Week 2: Building a Solid Foundation

  • Identifying the need
  • Documenting the need
  • Involving your client group
  • Establishing community partnerships

• Week 3: Building on the Foundation

  • Relationship of project to library mission and goals
  • Project goals and objectives
  • Writing measurable objectives
  • How much change is realistic?
  • What happens if you don't meet your objectives?

• Week 4: Describing Your Program

  • The key to success: a clear plan of action
  • Developing your project timeline
  • Personnel requirements
  • Resources

• Week 5: Will Your Program Make a Difference?

  • Keeping records
  • Evaluation models and terminology
  • Creating an evaluation plan
  • Outcome measures

• Week 6: Getting to the Bottom Line

  • Budget basics
  • How to estimate costs
  • In-kind and matching fund requirements
  • Indirect costs
  • Negotiating with the funder

• Week 7: Putting It All Together

  • Writing the project summary
  • Writing the cover letter
  • Submission, traditional and online

• Week 8: After Submission – What Do You Do?

  • If you’re funded – beyond celebration
  • Handling rejection

  • The basics of managing a funded projects

    • Implementing the plan of action
    • Managing the budget
    • Reporting
  • Preparing for the next phase

Instructor:  Holly Hinman.  

Who Should Take This Course: Anyone interested in learning about what is involved in writing grant proposals for libraries.

Prerequisites:
This course is taught over the web. You must:

• Have an Internet connection and Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher.
• Be able to save Microsoft Word .doc or Adobe .pdf files to your computer and print them out. (For .doc files, a free Word Viewer is available at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en. Search for "Word Viewer." For .pdf files, a free Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html).
• Be comfortable navigating on the web and navigating back and forward on a website that uses frames.
• To be most successful in this course you should be willing to share information with your colleagues and be willing to spend time reading and participating in the weekly discussion boards.

System Requirements: The online learning product that Infopeople uses is called Angel. The following are minimum system requirements for using Angel. You will need access to a computer that has at least these specifications to participate in an online course:

• Windows:

  • Internet Explorer 6.0 and above, Netscape 7.1 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above

• Macintosh:

  • Mozilla 1.4 and above (which is the same engine as Netscape 7.1), Safari 2.0 and above, or Firefox 1.5 and above
  • OS X and above (OS 9 will NOT work with our online learning product)

If you are not comfortable with any of the above, please consider taking this course with a colleague who does meet these requirements.If space is available you may register for this online class up to seven days after the official start date. Please contact Linda Rodenspiel at assist@infopeople.org if you are trying to register after the official start date. If you would like to subscribe via RSS and be notified whenever new Infopeople training events are available, you can use these links:

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