Grant Writer Ask Me Anything Session! w/ Breanna Polacik, Lori Fabian & Melissa Reams

In this 1-hour AMA, Instrumentl teams up with three of its partners to give you actionable advice when it comes to your research process, grant writing process, budgets, and grant management and reporting.

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August 24, 2021

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Breanna Polacik, Lori Fabian & Melissa Reams - Grant Writer Ask Me Anything Session!

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In this 1-hour AMA, Instrumentl teams up with three of its partners to give you actionable advice when it comes to your research process, grant writing process, budgets, and grant management and reporting.

​Stop by for a casual lunch or break, to get the answers to all the big questions you may have around grantseeking and grantwriting.

By the end of this Instrumentl Grant Writer Ask Me Anything, we'll answer:

  • ​What best practices are for researching opportunities
  • What are some helpful tips to write more concisely and persuasively
  • How to make better budgets
  • What are the best ways to complete grant reporting?
  • And more!

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Our featured partner panelists include:

  • Breanna Polacik is the Founder & CEO of The Dotted i, a grant writing firm that helps nonprofits pave the way to a better future. Bre is one of only three Grant Professionally Certified professionals through the Grant Professional Certification Institute in Montana and excels in crafting a budget that tells a story, tugging at the heartstrings of funders, and finding those hidden grants that are gems.
  • Lori Fabian is the President of Fabian Consulting, Inc. and has over thirty years of experience as a professional grants manager, writer and counselor, having helped raise nearly $80 million. Ms. Fabian is a specialist in outcome measurement and program evaluation and has served as an external evaluator to many regional and national conferences.
  • Melissa Reams is the founder and principal consultant at Upstream Consulting, a grants consulting firm dedicated to helping health and social service nonprofits win more grants. Since 2017, she has helped nonprofits throughout the U.S. secure more than $7.7M.

Instrumentl Partner Webinars are collaborations between Instrumentl and its community partners to provide free educational workshops for grant professionals. Our goal is to tackle a problem grant professionals often have to solve, while also sharing different ways Instrumentl’s platform can help grant writers win more grants. Click here to save a seat in our next workshop.

Click the video link below to start watching the replay of this free grant workshop, or check out the transcriptions below the video.

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