Merced College Business Forum holds third seminar:
"Winning Strategies for Grant Seeking and Grant Writing"

April 3, 2007

The third seminar in the 2007 Business Forum at Merced College will be held on Saturday, April 14 in the College Theater. “Winning $trategies For Grant $seeking and Grant Writing,” presented by internationally known grant writing consultant Dr. Beverly Browning, author of “Grant Writing for Dummies” will begin at 8 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m. A continental breakfast will be served at 7:30 followed by a complimentary lunch at noon.

Dr. Browning has been a grant writing consultant for units of municipal government, school districts, colleges, social and human service agencies, and other nonprofit organizations for two decades. She has assisted clients throughout the United States in receiving awards of more than $100 million. Dr. Browning is the author of a dozen grants-related publications, including audio and video products, including “Fundraising with the Corporate Letter,” “Grant Writing for Dummies,” “Grant Writing for Educators,” “How to Become a Grant Writing Consultant”, and “Faith-Based Grants: Aligning Your Church to Receive Abundance”. Her newest grant book is “Winning Strategies for Developing Grant Proposals.”

Dr. Browning holds a BA in organizational development, a Masters in Public Administration and most was recently awarded an honorary Doctorate of Business Administration for her grant-related publications. She is currently an Online Campus facilitator for the University of Phoenix and a grant writing course developer for Education To Go, as well as a member of the Advisory Board for the University of Central Arkansas Community Development Institute.

The 2007 Business Forum is underwritten by major corporate sponsor County Bank in partnership with the Merced Sun-Star and Radio Merced’s KYOS Newstalk 1480 and KABX Oldies 97.5, and in association with the Merced College Foundation.

Tickets for each of these seminars are $10 and may be purchased by calling the Merced College Foundation at 381-6471, or online at www.mccd.edu/businessforum/.