TCCL Foundation Center Blog

New Titles in Business and Non-Profit Subjects

Finding Funding:  Grantwriting From Start to Finish, Including Project Management and Internet Use

Topics Covered:

• Grant applications
• Government and educational grants (Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, Grants.gov)
• Using the Internet to access funding resources
• Writing grant proposals

People to People Fundraising:  Social Networking and Web 2.0 for Charities

Topics Covered:

• Using the Internet to build relationships
• Web site benchmarking
• Social networking
• Online marketing to special groups
• Integrating offline and online fundraising

Ethical Fundraising

Topics Covered:

• Appearance of impropriety
• Donor rights
• Public privacy
• Tainted money
• Compensation
• Use of donations as intended
• Restoring public confidence
• Honesty and full disclosure
• Includes web sites for International Fundraising Codes of Ethics & Standards

The SAGE Handbook of Advertising

Topics Covered:

• History
• Brand equity
• Psychology
• Consumer memory
• Emotions and metaphors in advertising
• Planning
• Advertising environment
• Advertising analysis, tracking, and response

Knowledge Management Series:  A Handbook of Applied Technologies

Topics Covered:

• Best practices
• Document management
• Collaborative work systems
• Future technologies
• Knowledge management strategy implementation
• Knowledge map development
• Organizational memory
• Project management
• Workflows

The Tulsa City-County Library will host a free workshop on grant seeking basics for nonprofit organizations on Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 10:30am – 12:30pm.

 “Grantseeking Basics with Foundation Directory Online”

The Grantseeking Basics session will be led by Kief Schladweiler, Coordinator of Cooperating Collections with the Foundation Center (http://foundationcenter.org). The course will provide an overview of the funding research process for nonprofit organizations seeking grants from foundations, corporations, and grantmaking public charities. Mr. Schladweiler will offer tips on how best to identify funding sources for your organization, highlighting the electronic and print resources available for your free use at the Tulsa City-County Library, a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center. The workshop will include a demonstration of the Foundation Directory Online, the Foundation Center’s top-tier searchable database providing information on more than 91,000 grantmakers and more than a million grant records.

Registration is required

Registration is limited and is first come first served.
To register, please send an email to foundationcenter@tulsalibrary.org or call 596-7940

Location

Tulsa City-County Library, 400 Civic Center Tulsa, OK 74103
View Directions to Tulsa City County Library

Join us for "Market Like You Mean It,"  9:30-11:30 a.m., October 22, at Hardesty Regional Library.  Pre-registration is required.  Please email foundationcenter@tulsalibrary.org or call 596-7940 to sign up. 

The Foundation Center at TCCL provides workshops on grant seeking for nonprofits (next class, August 7, 1:30-3:30), which often leads to questions about grant writing. Though we don’t have any grant writing workshops planned at this time, there several other organizations in our community that offer such classes.

Following are a few upcoming opportunities. These are not presented in partnership with the Tulsa City County Library (therefore, please view this post as information, not an endorsement).

FREE Grant Writing workshops through HUD in Oklahoma
http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=ok

“Faith-based and community organizations: Learn how to become more competitive for federal grant funds at these free workshops.” (Note: As of 7/14/08, the Tulsa workshop registration is closed, but the Oklahoma City class is still open.)

Grant Writing Class hosted by Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
http://grantwritingusa.com/events/write/tuok0908.html?h

This two day workshop is offered September 11-12, 2008. Please note, there is a fee for this workshop.

Do you know of other grant writing classes in our community? Let me know at mkash@tulsalibrary.org.

Does your nonprofit need new grant prospects?

Join us for the next Grant Seeking Basics for Nonprofits class and learn how to use library (i.e. free!) resources to find funding your nonprofit’s important projects. The workshop will be offered July 22, 1:30-3:30 p.m., in the Computer Training Room of the Central Library. Pre-registration is required.

This hands-on workshop provides nonprofit managers, employees and volunteers with the basic knowledge needed to seek grants. We will explore the Foundation Directory Online, the library’s database of foundations. The Foundation Directory allows you to save grant-maker profiles, so bring a USB drive or disc (you can purchase blank CDs at the library for $1).

Space is limited to 24 participants, so please register in advance! Call 596-7940 or email jgreb@tulsalibrary.org to sign up.