CRAIGSLIST FOUNDATION'S NONPROFIT NIGHT SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
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Connect with emerging and established nonprofit leaders at Nonprofit Night San Francisco! Social networking from 5:30 - 6:30PM followed by Grant-Winning Techniques presented by Susan Fox. Free food and Boot Camp details from the Craigslist Foundation crew.
Grant-Winning Techniques: Avoiding the Flaws that Doom Your Proposals to the Reject Pile
What are the top ten flaws that grantmakers cite as their "pet peeves" when reviewing funding requests Can you identify the major problem areas that spell disaster for your grant success rate Using data and comments gathered from a recent survey of North American grantmakers, this presentation will provide you with helpful hints for writing persuasive funding requests. And just in time for you to submit a proposal to win real dollars at the Nonprofit Boot Camp Reality Grantmaking workshop! Come and pick up guidelines for the Boot Camp mini-grant competition and learn proven techniques for transforming "ugly duckling" proposals into "beautiful swans."
Susan Fox, CFRE, has been an independent fundraising consultant since 1980 and is a frequent nonprofit workshop leader throughout the United States and Mexico. With her colleague Cheryl Clarke, Susan co-authored Grant Proposal Makeover: Transform Your Request from No to Yes (Jossey-Bass, 2007).
