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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings – passing this along! (Stephanie Gerding (the instructor) is very good, she’s an expert on this topic, and is also the co-author of the second edition of her book,
<i><a href="https://ccrls.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/oslpublic/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:1347249/ada?qu=stephanie+gerding">Winning Grants : A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians</a></i> which can be borrowed from the State Library’s
 LIS Collection.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Announcing—<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:22.0pt"><a href="https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=714">Library Grants 101</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">An Infopeople 4-week online course, October 3 – October 30, 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">Would you like to know how to plan and write grant proposals that have a competitive edge? Register for this popular course with instructor Stephanie Gerding, grants expert and an author of
<i>Winning Grants</i>, and discover the confidence, knowledge, and skills you need to win library grants. This course will cover grant work from start to finish, using an easy-to-follow grant process cycle, including:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Finding the best funding sources and grant opportunities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Determining what grant reviewers and funders are looking for in a successful proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Practical advice, valuable worksheets, and time-saving strategies, too<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt">When you complete the course, you'll be excited, motivated, and ready with the knowledge you need to win library grants.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Instructor:<span style="color:#333333"> </span><a href="https://infopeople.org/people/stephanie-gerding">Stephanie Gerding</a><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Fee: $150 for those in the California library community, $200 for all others. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">For a complete course description and to register go to
<a href="https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=714">https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=714</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Gini Ambrosino, Infopeople Project Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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