Des Moines Area Community College.

Continuing Education

Grant Writing and Nonprofit Management

A to Z Grantwriting
Cost: $89
Overview of grantwriting process, research funding sources, organize campaigns, prepare proposals and more.

Advanced Grant Proposal Writing
Cost: $89
Gain a full understanding of the criteria used to determine whether your grant proposal gets funded or rejected. You'll learn how to tailor your responses to information found in peer review criteria. Discover a number of finishing touches that can give your project the edge over others. Know the best types of paper to use, which buzzwords to include, which fonts work best, and which types of graphics and formatting techniques will make your proposal more competitive.

Becoming a Grant Writing Consultant
Cost: $89
Good grant writing consultants are always in demand. Learn how you can use a basic knowledge of grant or proposal writing to become an expert in the red-hot grant consulting field. This is one field where your creative writing skills can literally touch thousands of people and make a true difference in their quality of life.

Creating Your Own Nonprofit
Cost: $89
This unique course carefully details the many aspects of taking a nonprofit start-up from vision to reality. Filled with savvy advice and plenty of assistance, this is the perfect how-to course for anyone interested in building a thriving nonprofit organization up from the grassroots.

Get Grants!
Cost: $89
Learn how to develop successful fundable grants. This course will give you the skills you'll need to prepare professional, competitive and compelling grant proposals. You'll understand what funding agencies are looking for and how best to approach them. Your proposals will help you and your organization successfully Get Grants!

Marketing Your Nonprofit
Cost: $89
Discover marketing practices that will help you further the ideals and goals of your nonprofit. In the face of stiff competition, an increase in the number of worthwile causes, new regulations, more oversight, and fewer funding opportunities, you need to work smarter-not longer. This course, packed with practical strategies that you can put to immediate use, will help you compete more effectively for members, media attention, donors, clients and volunteers.

Nonprofit Management, Intro to
Cost: $89
Develop the skills and strategies you need to become an integral part of one of America's fastest growing service sectors. In this course, you will learn how to tranform your good intentions into a professional plan of action. You'll understand the unique characteristics of nonprofit organizations while mastering the core knowledge necessary to become an effective leader in the nonprofit arena.

Writing Effective Grant Proposals
Cost: $89
Prepare grant proposals that get solid results; avoid common mistakes that get good applications rejected.

Wow, What a Great Event!
Cost: $89
Learn how to create and coordinate successful special events. Develop skills, find resources and gain confidence to plan and produce any size or type of event.