BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20211021T180000Z DTEND:20211021T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Grant Ethics: Organizational Capacity and Readiness DESCRIPTION:Issues of ethics abound when grant professionals examine their organization's readiness to apply for grants. For example\, you may ask yourself if the grant is aligned to the organization's strategic plan or is the organization chasing money and causing mission creep? Are you applying for funding opportunities that are a really good match for the organization or are you just sending out grants to anyone with funding? Is it unethical to reach out to foundations when you don't provide programs in their priority service area?\n\n\n\nJoin Julie Assel\, GPC and President/CEO of Assel Grant Services\, to learn what ethical codes do and don't say about each of these questions.\n\n \n\nParticipants in this session will learn how to:\n\n\n Carefully ask hard ethical questions to organization leadership\n Help your organization stay true to its ideals and values when searching for additional funding\n Create a strong process which builds organizational capacity and doesn't just eliminate options\n\n\nOctober is National Fundraising Ethics month\, and now is the perfect time to ask important questions about your grant management practices. Whether you are a board member on the governance committee or a brand new grant coordinator just entering the field\, this is a must-take session for anyone who will be making decisions about whether or not to apply for a grant. \n\nPresenter:\n\nJulie Assel is President and CEO of Assel Grant Services\, a professional grant services firm she founded in 2007. She has over fifteen years of experience in prospect research\, proposal writing\, and grant management. She is one of less than 400 grant professionals who hold the Grant Professionals Certified credential through the Grant Professionals Certification Institute\, and one of just 25 GPCs who are also Approved Trainers through the Grant Professionals Association. Julie manages a deep training portfolio of over forty different training sessions annually through Assel Grant Services' professional development programs. Her current portfolio includes training series on federal grants\, grants and ethics\, basic grant training\, and more advanced topics related to grants. In addition to speaking at Grant Professional Association and Association of Fundraising Professionals chapter trainings\, regional conferences\, and national conferences\, Julie also provides live and webinar trainings upon request to targeted audiences and the broader nonprofit field.\n\n\n\n\n\nFull participation in this training is also applicable for 1 point in Category 1.B - Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nThis training aligns with the Grant Professional Certification Institute's Competencies and Skills and is approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU). Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 points in Category 1.B - Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.\n\nCancellation/Program Policies:\nNo refunds will be processed within 3 business days of the program date. No shows will be billed. Nonprofit Connect may take photographs\, screenshots\, or video recordings at public and virtual events\, so we ask that you read our Privacy Policy for more information. Each registration is for one individual. We kindly ask that you do not circulate your webinar link with others who have not registered.\n\n\n\nSo that we can serve you better\, we want to understand who is in the room. You will be asked two demographics questions as you register for this event. We will never share your individual information\, and we will only report on demographics in aggregate. Any questions or comments? Contact us at info@npconnect.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Issues of ethics abound when grant professionals examine their organization'\;s \;readiness to apply for grants. For example\, you may ask yourself if the grant is aligned to the organization'\;s strategic \;plan or is the organization chasing money and causing mission creep? Are you applying for \;funding opportunities that are a really \;good match \;for the organization or are you just sending out grants to anyone with funding? Is it unethical to reach out to foundations when you don'\;t provide programs in their priority service area?
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\nJoin Julie Assel\, GPC and President/CEO of Assel Grant Services\, \;to learn what ethical codes do and don'\;t say \;about each of these questions.
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October is National Fundraising Ethics month\, and now is the perfect time to ask important questions about your grant management practices. Whether you are a board member on the governance committee or a brand new grant coordinator just entering the field\, this is a must-take session for anyone who will be making decisions about whether or not to apply for a grant. \;

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Julie Assel is President and CEO of Assel Grant Services\, a professional grant services firm she founded in 2007. She has over fifteen years of experience in prospect research\, proposal writing\, and grant management. She is one of \;less than 400 grant professionals who hold the Grant Professionals Certified credential through the Grant Professionals Certification Institute\, and one of just 25 GPCs who are also Approved Trainers through the Grant Professionals Association. Julie manages a deep training portfolio of over forty different training sessions annually through Assel Grant Services'\; \;professional development programs. Her current portfolio includes training series on federal grants\, grants and ethics\, basic grant training\, and more advanced topics related to grants. In addition to speaking at Grant Professional Association and Association of Fundraising Professionals chapter trainings\, regional conferences\, and national conferences\, Julie also provides live and webinar trainings upon request to targeted audiences and the broader nonprofit field.
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Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1 point \;in Category 1.B - Education of the CFRE International application for initial certification and/or recertification.
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This training aligns with the Grant Professional Certification Institute'\;s Competencies and Skills and is approved for 1.0 Continuing Education Unit (CEU). \;Full participation in this training is also applicable for 1.0 points in Category 1.B - \;Education of the CFRE International application for initial \;certification and/or recertification.

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Cancellation/Program Policies:

\nNo refunds will be processed within 3 business days of the program date. No shows will be billed. Nonprofit Connect may take photographs\, screenshots\, or video recordings at public and virtual events\, so we ask that you read our Privacy Policy for more information. Each registration is for one individual. We kindly ask that you do not circulate your webinar link with others who have not registered.
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\nSo that we can serve you better\, we want to understand who is in the room. You will be asked two demographics questions as you register for this event. We will never share your individual information\, and we will only report on demographics in aggregate. Any questions or comments? Contact us at info@npconnect.org. LOCATION:Your desk! Zoom access instructions provided after registration. UID:e.9142.5375 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260502T101617Z URL:http://business.npconnect.org/events/details/grant-ethics-organizational-capacity-and-readiness-5375 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR