Training

Alaska Funding Exchange offers a variety of individual and organizational capacity-building workshops and classes:

Grant Writing:

AFE professionals offer a variety of training opportunities in grant writing:

1. A 1-2 hour grantwriting overview covers the basics of program planning, finding funding sources, and proposal preparation. This option is a good choice if you need a conference workshop or general staff orientation to grant writing.  Cost: $150/hour plus travel expenses(if any)

Our two-day and five-day grant writing classes are offered in concert with a class sponsor - a nonprofit organization that would like to receive several scholarships and a bit of the profit from the class. 

In return, the sponsor provides the location for the class and registration logistics.  Go here for more information about sponsoring a class with Alaska Funding Exchange in your community.

2. Two-Day Grantwriting Workshop
   This is an introductory class to the world of grants, introducing the participant to where to look for funding sources, writing simple grant proposals,  and some of the requirements and jargon of this world.

   The goal of this workshop is for students to leave the class with an idea of the best places to look for the types of funds they are seeking, writing a basic grant proposal, and the most effective ways to approach potential funders.  (Cost to participant:  $350)

3. Five-Day Intensive Grantwriting Class
   This option is the best for new or inexperienced grant wrirters, or for grant writers who want to develop a cadre of grantwriting colleagues and are interested in new and better ways to do their work. Classes are limited to a maximum of twelve students.
   
   In this workshop, each student brings a simple Request for Proposal (RFP) of the type of grant proposal they are interested in learning to prepare. As we work our way through the class, students will use their RFP to guide their class project. There will be homework in the evenings, so come prepared to work! Each student will work on their own proposal and learn to edit others’ proposals. Students leave the workshop with a completed proposal that can be submitted directly to the funder and also dissected into templates for future proposals.
   
   Because each student brings a different type of RFP from which to work, all students benefit from hearing questions and answers about a variety of proposal types. It’s been our experience that students get to know each other during the week and often leave with a network of peers who continue to support one another in their grantwriting efforts long after the end of the class.

   
   

Organizational Topics:

All topics listed below may be offered as a half-day or full-day workshop. Cost: $1500/day plus applicable travel expenses. Watch our website as this list grows, and let us know if you have a topic you’d like to see addressed!

1. Boundaries in Business: Do you have trouble saying ‘no’ effectively? Do people take advantage of you? Or do you seem to anger your employees on a regular basis? This workshop will help you identify the issues at stake, help you correct the thinking that created (or allowed) the problem, and provide you with tools to begin making needed changes.

2. Positive Conflict Mediation: Have you been avoiding dealing with a business problem (er, person) you know you need to address? This workshop is all about having healthy confrontational conversations that encourage better work relationships.

3. Managing Difficult People: This workshop helps managers and supervisors learn to identify a variety of personality types traditionally thought of as ‘challenging’, and learn ways to manage them to allow a positive and productive work environment.