The Business of Freelance Grantwriting

Beginning January 24th: the Montana Nonprofit Association is offering “The Business of Freelance Grantwriting”:

“The Business of Freelance Grantwriting is a course for writers who want to start a freelance grantwriting or nonprofit consulting business. The class is also valuable for those who have already started a business and want to brush up on marketing and client management. The course has two components – an online, on-demand curriculum and an optional three-part group video conference series for deeper discussion and networking. 

The course walks you through starting a business, developing a business plan, marketing techniques, contracts, best practices for working with clients, handling sticky situations, and ethics. Find out whether it pays to volunteer, how to raise rates, strategies for working with busy nonprofits, and much more. 

The optional video conference portion of the course begins on Monday, January 24, 1-2pm CST and meets weekly for three weeks. Registration is limited to twenty students.”