Nonprofit Grant Writing for Board of Directors and Staff

Description

I. Training Information

1. Title – Nonprofit Grant Writing for Board of Directors and Staff 

2. Length – 2 hours 6PM – 8PM CST 

3. Dates – Thursday, June 23, 2022 

4. Training Objectives 

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

Articulate the value of systemic thinking relative to fundraising and the role of everyone, especially governing bodies – the Board of Directors, in planning, execution, monitoring and evaluation of annual and capital campaigns.
Understand how to establish, grow, and sustain balanced bottom-up and top-down involvement for the successful pursuit of grant and proposal management goals.
Understand how to transform your nonprofit organization with competitive grant and proposal writing using project management.

5. Training Description

This training is a hands-on approach to grant and proposal management/writing designed to enable and enhance systems thinking in nonprofit organizations (NPOs) no matter the industry or geographic location. Students are guided through the grant writing process predisposed for success from the standpoint of being an organizational champion or intrapreneur. This training will translate theoretical agile and project management skills applicable to nonprofits into practice with turnkey methods and techniques that will help to bust siloes and help working members of nonprofit Board of Directors, staff, and other categories of volunteers demonstrably work more efficiently and effectively within programs/functions and organizations. The tools and techniques shared can be immediately implemented in every grant pursuit. Real-life examples of failures and successes (lessons learned and case studies) will be covered to highlight the learning process. This training is offered live with dynamic and engaging class participation to provide opportunities for participants to practice what they learn.

6. Detailed Training Outline

Project Management Overview

• Agile Manifesto and Principles,
• Traditional/Waterfall Project Management Lifecycle,
• Agile Project Management Lifecycle,
• Project Management Stages,
• Quadruple Constraint,
• Risk Management: SWOT/TOWS, Benefits Analysis, Assumptions and Constraints.

Project Management Fundamentals

• PMI Framework (7th Edition PMBoK Guide and Standard),
• Motivation Theory, Resource Management,
• 100% Rule and Pareto Principle: Work Breakdown Structure.

Organizational Breakdown Structure, Project Budget, Program Budget, Portfolio Budget, Organizational Budget, Gantt Chart,

• Domains, Code of Ethics, Tactical best practices.

Capital Campaigns as Agile Projects – Planning

• Translating project steps into annual contributions,
• Choosing and modifying project tools for fundraising and grant management,
• Lessons learned and evidence-based best practices.

Systems Thinking, Successful Grant Writing Pursuits

• Managing expectations, recording assumptions and constraints, setting goals and objectives for impact, responsiveness and sustainable responsibility,
• Managing and Engaging stakeholders (internal and external) with appropriate tools like RASCI, techniques like peer-to-peer engagement, and procedures.

7. Who Should Attend

All nonprofit organization Board of Directors, staff, and other categories of volunteers.

All interested philanthropic foundation staff.

All angel investors, impact investors, venture capitalists interested in grant writing/management.

8. Prerequisites

None.

9. Price & Sponsorship 

Price = $250

*Price includes access to the live training event (one person event) and Q&A session, networking, certificate of participation to qualify for professional education or continuing education and share on social media, eligibility to receive a $100 Visa gift card if meet all drawing requirements.

Sponsorship = $375

*Price includes access to the live training event (one person only) and Q&A session, networking, certificate of participation to qualify for professional education or continuing education and share on social media, eligibility to receive a $100 Visa gift card if meet all drawing requirements, commercial (audio or video of no more than 3 minutes to be shared during the training event), logo on all promotional materials for the training event (digital and in print).

II. Instructor Information

1. Instructor

La Juana “The PMO CEO” Chambers Lawson, MPA, PMP, LSSGB has been featured in O, The Oprah Magazine, Entrepreneur, Forbes, San Antonio Express News (Cover Story), VoyageDallas, MarketWatch, and other publications. La Juana serves as the Founder and CEO of Tacit Growth Strategies, a leading management consulting firm and project management office (PMO) that specializes in government contracting, grant and proposal writing, impact investment strategy, and comprehensive international business development consulting. La Juana’s book “Master Grant Writing: A Project Manager’s Guide” is an international best-seller and has been lauded as a comprehensive guide that demonstrates how to build and maintain a successful nonprofit or for-profit impact business.

La Juana is the co-host of Real Management Talk with LJ and Jocelyn, Global Director General of the Global Alliance of Angel Investor and Venture Capital Networks of the Global Council for the Promotion of International Trade, San Antonio Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Honoree 2022, Mentor for Trinity University MIT Venture Mentoring Program, Former President & Board Chair of the Alamo Project Management Institute (PMI), Founding Member of Black Women Lead, Former President & Board Chair of the San Antonio African American Community Archive and Museum, Interim Board Chair of the State of Texas Kidney Foundation (TKF) & Founding Chair of the Legislation and Public Policy Committee, Board Officer of the African American Chamber of Commerce of San Antonio & Procurement Committee Founding Chair, Board Director of the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless (SARAH)/Bexar County/San Antonio HUD CoC, Best-Selling Author of “A Project Manager’s Guide to Grant Writing”, re-released as “Master Grant Writing: A Project Manager’s Guide” published by River Walk Publishing.