Class Title: Do You Have What it Takes to Become a Grant Writing Consultant?

Class Format:

On-demand. This class was recorded from the live session. You will receive the same class materials as with the live class, and be able to play the recorded class over the Internet. You can replay the class or go over sections that you want to concentrate on. You may also exit the class and log back in later if you want to break up the 90-minute session.

Class Description:

For years, the instructor wrote grant proposals for free as a community service and for her employers. She didn’t realize, at the time, that writing winning grant proposals is not only a skill, it’s a business! In this course, as an experienced grant writer, you will explore if you have what it takes to become a grant writing consultant.This session will explore answers to the following questions: Why do I want to be an entrepreneur? Do I have what it takes? What are the traits of successful entrepreneurs? What are the startup costs? How do I develop an effective business plan? What are the legal forms of ownership? How do I market my new business? How do I prepare for my first client meeting and how do I run my business smoothly? The session will conclude with tips for sustainability.

Measurable Learning:

This session will provide you as a grant writer with an understanding of what it takes to start your own grant writing consulting business; the various ways to fund your new business; dynamics of aligning contract opportunities with professional ethics; the difference between contracted services and virtual employment offers and how to weigh the benefits of both revenue streams. Benefits to grant professionals are:

• Learn how to identify your existing business acumen skills.
• Learn how to acquire new consulting skills.
• Learn the importance of professional networking.
• Learn what it takes to reach long-term sustainability as a self-employed consultant.
• Learn how to expand your consulting services to the for-profit sector and find paying clients.
• Learn how to establish yourself as an expert in the grant writing consulting field.

CEU

Participation in this class is applicable for 1.5 points in Category 1.B – Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.

About the Instructor, Beverly A. Browning

Beverly A. Browning has been a grant writing consultant for units of municipal government, school districts, colleges, social and human service agencies, and other nonprofit organizations for two decades. She has assisted clients throughout the United States in receiving awards of more than $80 million.

Browning is the author of a dozen grants-related publications, including audio and video products, including Fundraising with the Corporate Letter, Grant Writing For Dummies™ (2001 and 2005, Wiley), Grant Writing for Educators (2004, NES), How to Become a Grant Writing Consultant (2001 and 2005, BBA, Inc.) and Faith-Based Grants: Aligning Your Church to Receive Abundance (2005, BBA, Inc.).

Browning holds degrees in Organizational Development, Public Administration, and Business Administration. She is a grant writing course developer and online facilitator for Education To Go; instructor for Rio Salado College Online, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Central Arkansas Community Development Institute.