Proposal writers: Comments or suggestions about proposal writing courses, especially ICI, The Grant Institute

[Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -dot- eamd -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Hi All,

I recently saw an ad for Grants 101, which is a professional grant
proposal writing workshop. It costs a fair amount (~$600)  and the
site advertising it  doesn't specify how long the workshop is.  So
before investing my money on calling them, I thought I'd see what any
of you who've worked in proposal writing might suggest about my taking
such a course and paying for it myself.

I'd appreciate opinions about the following, or anything else in a
similar vein (e.g., your own experience with workshops)

Is there a standardarized set of procedures that can be taught that
apply to both profit and non-profit organizations? I imagine I will be
working at a for-profit org.

How much of the proposal process is organization specific (in your experience)?

Do you think that my attendance at a  workshop would be a useful
addition to my tech writing experience if an employer wanted a
proposal writer (My only proposal experience was as a student
researcher)?

Assuming that the workshop is well run, do you think I would/could
learn as much from such a workshop as I could get from several books
at the library?

TIA

Kathleen

PS I don't think this post is against techwhirler guidelines, but if
you know differently, please respond off list and let me know!

thanks!!

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