| Summit
Agenda & Speaking Faculty |
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| Day
One: December 6, 2004 |
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| 8:00 |
Conference
Registration & Continental Breakfast |
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| 9:30 |
Keynote Address: State Updates in Grants
Management and Regulations
The State of Florida offers guidance to grant seekers
through technical assistance and information about
available federal, state and private grants, proposal writing
support and review of applications and proposal writing
training. Listen to a representative from the State discuss
updates to state guidelines and mandates for grants
management.
Walter Sachs, Senior Fellow, The Performance
Institute
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| 9:45 |
Comprehensive Framework for Performance-
Based Grants Management
• Develop a framework for measuring grant program
performance
• Utilize logic modeling to link end-outcomes to specific
grant program activities
• Understand emerging accountability and transparency
issues in grants management
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| 10:45 |
Show
Me the Money: How to Identify Available
Grants
Listen to a panel of grant administrators from the state
and learn about available grants in:
• Florida Education Department
• Florida Department of Health
• Florida Children and Families Department
• Florida Law Enforcement Department
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| 12:00 |
Luncheon Dialogue: Grant Managers and Grants
Seekers: Getting on the Same Page
This informal luncheon discussion will be a continuation of
the previous session. Grants representatives from the
following agencies will be on hand to answer questions
and discuss grants opportunities.
• Florida Education Department
• Florida Department of Health
• Florida Children and Families Department
• Florida Law Enforcement Department
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| 1:15 |
Costing and Auditing Rules for Grants
• Understand applicable legislation and compliance issues
• Discuss the pros and cons of developing and
implementing performance measures to evaluate grant
program success
• Understand the links between direct and indirect costs
and implement indirect cost rate allocation
methodologies
Walter Sachs, Senior Fellow, The Performance
Institute
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| 2:00 |
Performance-Based
Grants Management
• The Ten-Step Approach to Maximize Grant
Management Efficiency
• 6 Proven Success Stories in Performance-Based Grants
Management
• Selecting Your Targets and Measuring Your
Improvements
Walter Sachs, Senior Fellow, The Performance
Institute |
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| 4:00 |
Adjourn |
| Day
Two:December 7, 2004 |
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| 8:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
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| 9:00 |
Establishing A Grants Program in Your Organization
• Building Organizational Capacity for Grant Success
• Strategic Budgeting - Working with Elected Officials
• The master task list for grants administration & program
success
Jeff Barlow, The Hawthorn Institute
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| 10:00 |
Problem Identification
• Developing a strong problem based-application
• Sell the problem before selling the solution – Problems
Motivate, Goals Direct
Jeff Barlow, The Hawthorn Institute
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| 11:00 |
Program
Evaluation Overview
• Models for program evaluation & when to use them
• Consider Evaluation success stories that justified
General Revenue pick up
Jeff Barlow, The Hawthorn Institute
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| 12:00 |
Networking Luncheon
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| 1:00 |
Grants
Writing Workshop
• Writing measurable goals and objectives
• Integrating project management in the application process
• Utilize the Logic Model methodology for grant writing
Jeff Barlow, The Hawthorn Institute |
| 4:30 |
Conference
Adjourns |
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