Course Title: Grant Writing
Hours required: 300
Price: $2,095
Length course offered: N/A
Instructor: Katherine Squires Pang [Bio]
Description:
This nationally recognized Grant Writing online certificate program is perfect for anyone seeking to learn the essentials in writing or acquiring grants for private, public, or government use. If you are thinking of starting a business that utilizes grants, you will want to learn the essentials of writing, researching, obtaining and maintaining operations and strategies within the grant system. The Grant Writing Certificate consists of 10 modules geared to provide the essential information in a timely manner designed to fit busy, work, and family schedules. This online certificate program is offered in partnership with major colleges, universities, and other accredited education providers.
Goals:
By completing the Grant Writing course, students will:
• Know the basics on how to research for and find available grants as well as how to begin the grant process. • Understand the fundamental elements of a grant proposal such as the objectives, problems addressed, methodology, evaluation and assessments, budget and cover letter, as well as the members involved. • Develop the skills needed to prepare professional, competitive, compelling, and successful grant proposals. • Become proficient in the proposal format used by the vast majority of public foundations.
• Identify grant writing terms, potential sources of grants, and grant information. • Know the roles and responsibilities of a non-profit board of directors and the management team. • Use technical writing as a type of conversation as well as an interactive process that involves writers and readers who respond to one another. • Learn how to create documents that use explanation, description, and intentional direction in order to persuade or direct your readers.
• Understand basic communication needs of students pursuing careers in a highly competitive world of Science, Education, Grant Writing, as well as various other high communication based careers. • Become knowledgeable on the fundamentals of legal writing, including analytical reasoning and analysis as well as the importance of using legal authorities to support conclusions. • Learn how to word, edit, proofread, and format basic documents for daily use within an office environment.
• Know how to form, maintain, and dissolve various business entities. Students will have a chance to prepare various documents related to entity formation and maintenance. • Examine the essential aspects of fundraising and how to maximize fundraising opportunities.
Grading System:
Confirmation of Completion awarded with passing score.
School Description:
Offered in connection with a college or university near you, our self-paced, online career courses are designed to launch you into your dream job.
Begin your course anytime. Textbooks are included, and you will have access to student support via phone, email, and chat 24 hours a day.
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Instructor Bio: Katherine Squires Pang
Katherine Squires Pang , J.D., LL.M., M.Ed Founder/President and Chief Knowledge Officer, EdWay Online Dr. Pang received her B.A. in 1980 from Clark University, her J.D. from the University of Dayton Law School in 1982, her LL.M in Taxation from Georgetown University Law School in 1983 and her M.Ed from the University of Texas in 2001. She has practiced law with national law firms since 1983, ran for the United States Senate in California in 1994 and was appointed by Governor Wilson as a Commissioner to the WCAB from 1994 to 1996.
Dr. Pang has served as an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Management at the University of Texas, Dallas and has been an adjunct faculty member in the law and business/ schools of many universities including the Stern School of Business at New York University, Pepperdine University, USC, Golden Gate University and the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Pang has not only over 20 years of law firm experience but in 1989 founded several companies including, LawPrep, Inc./ LawPrep Press, Inc., Legal EdNet.com and EdWay Online.
From 1989 to 1996 Dr. Pang authored over six books, videos and interactive CD-ROMs. Dr. Pang was also the Manager, Firmwide Practice Section Development, Training and Forms for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. Dr. Pang also has experience providing multimedia, interactive distributed learning to working professions, as well as adult learners in law and business, via a variety of technologies including video streaming and on line-conferencing (Webcasts, synchronous and asynchronous threaded discussion boards and chat rooms) via the Internet, satellite, ISDN-based videoconferencing an CD-ROM.
Dr. Pang has been a speaker at the MEC 2001 Conference: Turning a New Page in Educational Technologies sponsored by Arizona State University, the 2001 Conference on Training and Knowledge Management: Moving Beyond Training sponsored by Generation 21 Learning Management Systems and a speaker at various other e-learning conferences. She has design, development, implementation and managerial experience in educational multimedia course design and development including experience with instructional design and educational technologies.
She has been responsible for the course design and delivery using Macromedia Director, Windows Media Player, FrontPage, PowerPoint, Blackboard, Prometheus, WebCT, Webboard and a host of other proprietary platforms. She also has experience with digital video, MPEG, MOV and AVI Files.
