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Where Strategic Planning and Grant Writing Meet

For your convenience, you can download the webinar slides here.

Are you tired of the “spray and pray” approach to fundraising? (Aka: "throw it all out there and hope something sticks method”?)

Is your organization ready to raise substantial grant funds to grow your programs or operating capacity?

Funding for Good’s experts will outline WHY every organization needs a well-crafted strategic plan and HOW to use it to leverage both dollars and donors. This workshop breaks down the top ways a strategic plan contributes to fundraising success and what donors are looking for in your written plan. Finally, walk away with actionable tips and tools to cover the cost of your next planning process.

Key Takeaways:

  • Learn why a well-crafted strategic plan is the greatest tool in an organization’s fundraising toolkit
  • Confirm why many donors request a copy of your strategic plan
  • Discover what donors are looking for in your plan
  • Explore strategic planning verbiage that increase your chances of funding
  • Understand WHY many donors are willing to fund an organization’s strategic planning process
  • Learn HOW to leverage dollars to fund your next strategic planning process
  • Access a variety of free tools and templates to help your organization grow for good

About the Author

Marie Palacios, Lead Consultant for Funding for Good, is an expert facilitator, certified by The Institute of Cultural Affairs in the USA, in evidence-based facilitation practices known as the ToP Method. She combines proven facilitation methods and her passion for community to facilitate dynamic and productive meetings. Marie enjoys facilitating community organizing, advocacy, consensus building, and action planning workshops for diverse organizations across the nation. Over the past two decades, Marie has worn every hat imaginable in the nonprofit world: volunteer, board member, program director, executive director, and development consultant. Her nonprofit specialties include strategic planning facilitation, program design, board development, grant writing, and messaging. Marie is bilingual and uses her Spanish skills to provide language access services for businesses and local government sectors, teach Spanish for Professional Courses, and coordinate missions in Latin America through her consulting company, MP Pro Consult. Marie is a native of Morganton, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband and three children.

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