Understanding Grant Guidelines & Responding to Requests for Proposals

Understanding Grant Guidelines & Responding to Requests for Proposals

Careful review and response to grant guidelines are critical elements to winning a grant award. This course provides greater detail about the grant proposal submission process. It covers the basics such as: organizing grant documents, determining whether and how to respond to a grant request for proposal, reading and reviewing grant guidelines, forming organizational talking points, delegating grant writing tasks to a team and more. The course covers weighted review criteria popular with grant makers today and how to address exactly the points presented. Participants will walk away with a criteria checklist and process that can be applied to any guidelines or RFP process.

Consider attending this workshop if you plan on applying for one of the Connecticut State Library’s LSTA grants, which will be due in early April 2018. 

Objectives:

  • After completing this course, learners should be able to do the following:
  • Develop an organized approach to responding to funding opportunities;
  • Organizing grant writing projects and teams;
  • Setting up a grants management process;
  • Collecting supporting documentation;
  • Determining organizational competencies;
  • Estimating project costs and schedule.

Who Should Attend?

  • Grants managers who need a more efficient way of responding to funding opportunities.
  • Grant writers who need help organizing proposal responses.
  • Individuals who require an introduction to grants management.
  • Any individual who needs help estimating project resource costs and time.
  • Those who will be applying for a Connecticut State Library, LSTA grant. 

This is a free, in-person workshop taking place at the Middletown Library Service Center. The presenter is Ira Revels.

[The snow date for this session is Tuesday, January 30, 2018 from 12:30 pm to 4 pm., same location.}

Comments from evaluations from previous class:

"Ira Revels was a terrific, knowledgeable and focused presenter. Sorry that I cannot attend her full day session."

                  "Thank you for the list of funding resources and for your expertise! A wonderful presentation,"

"Also liked comments on how to convey passion for project in grantwriting"

                  "Excellent, excellent, so much to learn"

"Most useful aspects of the workshop: Learning how to organize the process and be ready when grant opportunities arise; practical worksheets and explanation of binder process; emphasis on building a relationship with funders before the application gets submitted"

Date:
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Time:
12:30pm - 4:00pm
Presenter:
Ira Revels
Location:
Middletown Library Service Center, 786 South Main St., Middletown
Categories:
DLD Workshop
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Event Accessibility for Guests with Disabilities

We want to provide what you need to participate!

If you require access services to participate fully, please use the Accommodation Request Form at least 7 days prior to the event.

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Gail Hurley at gail.hurley@ct.gov or (860) 704-2223.

You can also see our Library and Accessibility LibGuide for more information.

Registration Eligibility

To register for a DLD workshop or webinar, you must be one of the following:

  • current library staff member
  • undergraduate or graduate library student
  • Friend or Board Member/Trustee*
  • retired or unemployed library staff

Please contact Gail Hurley at gail.hurley@ct.gov or (860) 704-2223 with registration questions.

*Unless otherwise specified that a Friend or Board Member/Trustee is not eligible for a training or workshop.

Note: paid consultants are not eligible to attend DLD workshops or webinars.

Cancellation Policy

If you cannot attend a workshop you have registered for, please remember to cancel at least 3 days in advance so we can give your spot to someone else. You can cancel via the link in your confirmation email, or by contacting Gail Hurley gail.hurley@ct.gov | (860) 704-2222.

Those who miss (without cancelling) 3 events within a 6-month period will be placed on the waiting list when registering for future events. Be sure to sign in when you arrive for any workshop.

Inclement Weather Policy

For all in-person workshops offered by the CT State Library, Division of Library Development:

If the public schools in the town where the workshop is to be held close due to weather, the workshop will be canceled. If the schools have a delay, the workshop will go on as scheduled.

For the most up-to-date information, call us at 860-704-2200.

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Continuing Education workshops and the professional development collection are funded in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Connecticut State Library.