[Baynet] Infopeople's online course "Library Grant Writing Online"

Tue Feb 12 16:00:52 PST 2008

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Title:  Library Grant Writing Online

Dates:  March 18, 2008 - May 12, 2008

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/370

Fee: $100 for those in the California library community and $175 for those
out-of-state.

Successful grant writing is neither one of the magical arts nor an "insider"
job. Grant writing is a set of skills that can be learned, and then improved
upon with practice. In these difficult economic times, winning grant awards
may be the only way your library can introduce new services and programs. At
the same time, competition for grand funding is fiercer than ever. This
Infopeople online learning course is designed to help you gain a competitive
edge in the grant application process-and has a track record of getting
results for those who complete the course. This intensive eight-week course
will guide you through the process of writing an actual grant proposal.
Students should have in mind a specific project or idea that can be
developed into a proposal document. 

*	Week 1: Overview of Grant Writing, Grant Formats, the Grant Proposal
Model, and California LSTA Specifics 

*	Introduction to funding sources 
*	General guidelines 
*	Grant formats 
*	Grant Proposal Model (from the Grantsmanship Center) 
*	California LSTA specifics 

*	Week 2: Building a Solid Foundation 

*	Identifying the need 
*	Documenting the need 
*	Client group involvement 
*	Importance of 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 

*	Accomplishing your goals and objectives: your plan of action 
*	Developing your project timeline 
*	Personnel requirements 
*	Resources 

*	Week 5: Will Your Program Make a Difference? 

*	Evaluation models 
*	Using third-party evaluators 
*	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 
*	Formatting the final packet 
*	Writing the cover letter 
*	Post-submission strategies 

*	Week 8: Finding a Funder 

*	Funding sources beyond LSTA - government, foundations, corporations 
*	Researching funding sources 
*	Finding a match 
*	Staying current 

Instructor:  Holly Hinman.  Grantwriting became a major part of Holly's
professional life after she was appointed Director of the Metropolitan
Cooperative Library System (MCLS) in March 1978. MCLS sent Holly to training
at the Grantsmanship Center in Los Angeles and then put her to work writing
grants. Over the next eleven years, Holly wrote dozens of grants, both for
the system and for individual member libraries. Holly left MCLS to become
the Library Services Manager in Beverly Hills in 1989, and subsequently
served as the Library Director in Burbank from 1991 through 1993.  She is
now the  Director of the Infopeople Project and is responsible for overall
Project planning, management, and evaluation. Infopeople has evolved from a
project that deployed Internet equipment and connectivity to a project that
is the primary training and continuing education program of the California
State Library. Holly teaches online and on-ground courses in grantwriting.

Notes from the Instructor:

A.	You can take this course at several levels of intensity and effort.
The original idea for the course was that each student, over the course of
the 8 weeks, would write an actual, fully developed grant proposal. As I
taught this course in previous years, however, I found that not all students
can expend this level of effort, nor is it necessary for everyone.
Accordingly, I have identified three levels of effort and you can select
whichever level works for you: 

1.	Some students have told me that they get what they need from the
course by simply reading the course material and participating in the online
discussions and chat sessions. If you don't have a current project and just
want to learn about the grant writing process for the future, this may suit
you. 
2.	The second level of effort involves doing the assignments that
prepare you to write a grant application for your project, but not actually
writing the application. I have created new exercises for this session of
the course specifically to accommodate this level of effort. 
3.	The most intense level of effort involves actually writing sections
of a grant application to correspond with the course material in each week.
Thus, in the second week you would write a statement of need, in the third
you would develop the goals and objectives for your project, in the fourth
you would write a narrative description of your program, etc. You will send
the sections to me as you write them, and I will provide you with written
feedback. If you already have a clear idea of what you want to do and have
identified a possible funding source, you may want to work at this level as
it is a good way to structure your work and to get one-on-one coaching.
Since the timing of this course overlaps with the California LSTA
application process, this level is especially appropriate for those working
on LSTA applications. 

B.	Since, as mentioned above, the timing of this course overlaps with
the LSTA application process for 2008/09, I will be working on the
Infopeople application as I am teaching the course. To give students a
first-hand look at what is involved in writing a very complex LSTA grant
application, I will blog about the grant development process as I work on
the Infopeople grant. 

Online Learning Details: 
This eight-week course will be taught online using the web. When you
register, you will receive a registration confirmation which will include
the URL to get to the course, as well as a username and password. 

The workshop consists of eight learning modules. You can work on each module
at your own pace, at any hour of the day or night. However, you will be
expected to log in to the course each week to do that week's assignment. We
ask that you log in sometime during the first week of the course to begin
the course work. 

The materials will remain available to work on for two additional weeks
following the official end date, but you will be expected to accomplish the
majority of the course in synchronization with your peers during the first
eight weeks. 

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

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. 

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 at infopeople.org if you are trying to register after the official start
date. 

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information
about Infopeople Training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops
page at http://www.infopeople.org/workshop

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685.

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