Our lead trainer, Shelley Baker, is an energetic, compassionate and savvy grant writer and researcher with more than twenty years of experience in the social services and education field as both a consultant and Executive Director.  She offers extensive community-building experience working with health agencies, social services, faith-based organizations, the business community and school districts.  In addition to being a published author of two academic collegiate textbooks, she has served as an external evaluator on more than 100 state and federal grant programs.  Shelley has presented at numerous state and national conferences on topics ranging from program evaluation, curriculum design and program implementation.  She has also served as a grant reviewer for numerous federal and foundation grantors.

Upcoming grant-writing workshops include:

• Cleveland, Ohio                                     June 5-6, 2006 SOLD OUT

• Lansing, Michigan                                 July 10-11, 2006 SOLD OUT

• Dallas, Texas                                         August 14-15, 2006 SOLD OUT

• Atlanta, Georgia                                   September 11-12, 2006 SOLD OUT

• Tampa, Florida                                      October 9-10, 2006 SOLD OUT

• Los Angeles, California   November       12-13, 2006 SOLD OUT

Workshops are for two days.  Class time is from 9 AM - 4 PM each day. Lunch will be on your own.

Registration fee is $395. Fee includes participant materials, (workbook and resources on CD) 

Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover as well as checks or money orders are accepted for registration. 

Immediately upon receipt of registration you will receive a confirmation email and printable receipt.

Workshop attendees comments:

" She had a wealth of information on where to find grant opportunities, where to find statistics for your grant and what grants to write and what grants to pass by. Shelley was able to communicate on lay-man's terms and all gleaned a wealth of information."   

" What I liked best about this program is:

"Very interactive - all our questions were answered.  Thanks for the CD and the useful handouts." 

"The teachers approach and logical training."

"The casual tone, the teacher was good.  I found the handouts very helpful."

"The simplicity, accuracy, clarity and honesty as well as the examples shared."

"The large amount of 'take home' materials that were given out."

"The down to earth way the class was taught.  Very enjoyable!"

To register click here or for additional information, click the 'Contact Us' link on this page