Grant Proposal Development 101 Workshop Four-Day Description: During this four-day comprehensive grant proposal development workshop, attendees will learn:

• On Day 1: How to prepare for success, understanding the funding opportunity announcements (FOAs), request for proposals (RFPs), and notice of announcements (NOAs), how to comprehensively describe problems/needs, writing styles, how to collect and analyze data, and more.
• On Day 2: How to develop program strategies, goals, objectives, and outcomes in addition to developing evaluations, and more.
• On Day 3: How to build budgets and conduct program/project cost analysis, pre-submission closing-out/finishing touches, grant application submission, post application follow-through processes, and more.
• On Day 4: How to search for federal, corporate, and foundation grant funding opportunities, comprehending funder guidelines, matching funding opportunities to charity missions, and how to develop a funding search system.
  
  Intended Audience: New nonprofit organizations, existing nonprofit organizations with only one source of funding (donations), and very small nonprofits public entities, and organizations interested in developing future fundraising staff members. Anyone interested may attend, and it is open to the general public. THIS WORKSHOP IS NOT FOR FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES & ENTITIES SEEKING GRANTS TO START A BUSINESS! Kirk's Consulting Services, LLC. only develops grant proposals for nonprofit , public, and governmental entities.

Where: MainStay Suites, 9200 College Parkway, Fort Myers, Florida 33905
Time: 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM (each day)
Cost: $525 per person (materials included) if paid by 05/30/14, $625 per person if paid on or after 05/31/14.  Pre-registration is required. Seating is limited.

Light refreshments are provided. Lunch is on your own. Seating is limited and offered on a first-come first-serve basis. Attendees are asked to bring laptops, notebooks, IPads or other wireless enabled devices for interactive workshop activities.

Presented by: Nikki Kirk- Kirk's Consulting Services, LLC of Fort Myers, FL. Please support your local small businesses

Workshop Refund Policy

Kirk's Consulting Services fully understands that last minute situations arise unexpectedly. As we work in an attempt to fill every workshop, last minute cancellations create huge financial losses. Please note there is a no-cash refund policy in place. Our refund policies are designed to offset workshop development costs. We have provided alternative options below.

Transfers to Future Workshops: Sometimes an emergency arises preventing registered participants from attending workshops. In these instances you may have the fully paid workshop registration transferred to a future workshop offered by Kirk's Consulting Services LLC within a 24-month period of the original workshop registration date. Attendees will be responsible for any additional fees if workshop prices increase.

In-Kind the Slot: Attendees that find they are unable to attend a workshop may donate the slot to another staff member,  another organization's staff persons, public school educator, or other community-based organization so that they may attend the training. Just email us the information of the currently registered attendee, and the name of the person the workshop is being in-kinded to, and we will do the rest. Transfers must be completed at least 7-days prior to workshop date.

We thank you in advance for your understanding.