Sign Up Now for Iowa Grant Symposium

Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at the Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel

Be sure to join your grant seeking peers from thoughout the state at this premier training event on August 16 at the Sheraton West Des Moines Hotel in West Des Moines.

The agenda is filled with information relative to all grant seekers.  Some highlights of the agenda include:

• Opening session on "Nonprofit Oversight and the Iowa Principles and Practices for Charitable Nonprofit Excellence" presented by Sandy Boyd and Richard Koontz, Iowa NonProfit Resource Center, University of Iowa
• Workshops on proposal writing and grant seeking presented by The Foundation Center Grants.gov workshops presented by the U.S. Department of Education

Concurrent workshops will cover:

• Grants.gov:  Find, Apply, Succeed
• Do's and Don'ts of Administering Federal Grants
• Funding for Home and Community
• Enriching Your Public Programs
• Proposal Writing Basics
• Iowa Community Foundations -- Capturing the Transfer of Wealth, Providing Community Support
• How to Begin!  A Proactive Approach to Seeking Grants
• Using Hard Data to Build Strong Proposals

$65 registration fee which includes a deluxe continental breakfast, lunch and afternoon break

Enrollment is limited!

To register online, go to www.iagems.gov. 
Questions?  Contact Kathy Mabie at www.kathy.mabie@iowa.gov or (515) 281-8834