FROM FINAL DRAFT TO FUNDING: Perfect Your LOI or Small Application with Actual Funders!
Jan. 26 - Feb. 16, 2017
9:30 am - 11:00 am
Cal Lutheran Oxnard Campus
2201 Outlet Center Drive, Ste. 600, Oxnard, CA 93036
Individual Members: $55
Organizational Members:
Non-Members: $65
About this event
FINALLY! The workshop you've been asking (and waiting) for!
In this four-part series, you'll have the opportunity to refine your letter of inquiry and work with grant makers to perfect your proposal.
Bring your working draft (or one that’s not working) of a 2-3-page Letter of Inquiry, or brief online application, and together we will put the final touches on your funding request.
Module Overview
1. Assessing your competitiveness
Thurs. January 26
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
How does your draft rate on the Fundable Request Scorecard?
2. The final touches on your funding request
Thurs. February 2
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Make your proposal POP!: Punch Up! Polish! Position! your final draft.
3. Approaching potential funders
Thurs. February 9
9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Ask not what the funder can do for you, but what you can do for the funder.
4. Meeting Working with the grant makers
EXTENDED SESSION: Thurs. February 16
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Roll up your sleeves and prepare to pitch to — and perfect your LOI or online application with — actual funders.
Working lunch included.
Funders will be announced February 9.
Seating is limited due to the interactive nature of this workshop. Recommended for experienced grant writers only. A work sample may be requested.
Faculty
Jonathan O'Brien, Th.D.
A successful program designer/grant writer for the past 15 years, Jonathan O’Brien’s offbeat, humorous approach incorporates his experiences as a network TV executive, professional screenwriter, creator/co-host of NPR’s Beyond Words and college screenwriting teacher. As part of writing teams or thorugh his own company, he has won more than $850 million in competitive grants.
Jon is a UCLA film school graduate, a former network program executive, a former juvenile hall writing instructor, and currently an ever-popular adjunct screenwriting instructor at Santa Barbara City College.
Jon has combined 35 years of diverse creative experiences with his passion for teaching to create his groundbreaking program design method. One of his educational program designs is permanently enshrined in the Smithsonian Institution. Two of the charter schools he helped to create are in the top 20 Charter Schools in the nation.
He is also the author of RIGHT BEFORE YOU WRITE: The Groundbreaking Planning Process Used to Win More Than $385 Million in Competitive Grant Awards. RIGHT BEFORE YOU WRITE has won six national book awards and was called by one reviewer, “the funniest book about writing I’ve ever read, and the most serious!”