Hi Sylvia,  Thanks for this information.  I followed your instructions but 
I did not see a topic "Effective Grant Writing".At 01:40 PM 1/13/2006, you 
wrote:


>Participate in the VLC Effective Grant Writing Discussion Forum

>

>Does your organization rely on grants to pay for staffing, training, new

>equipment, and other organizational operations? Do you find it increasingly

>challenging to target funders, develop successful grant proposals, and

>provide effective project reporting and evaluation? From January 17 - 27,

>Verizon Literacy Campus (VLC) will offer a moderated discussion on the VLC

>Discussion Forum about the following facets of the grant writing process:

>

>Research: finding appropriate funding sources

>Relationship: building connections and associations with your funder

>Request: writing and submitting the proposal

>Reporting: evaluating your grant project and demonstrating accountability to

>your funder

>

>The guest moderator for this discussion will be Jim Aiello, development

>officer for ProLiteracy Worldwide. During the nine-day period, questions

>will be posted on the Forum for participants to discuss. As moderator, Jim

>will answer and pose additional questions and topics for participants. At

>the end of the period, this discussion will be archived on the VLC site.

>

>You can access the discussion by doing the following anytime beginning

>January 17:

>

>To read the messages posted to the Effective Grant Writing forum:

>1. Go to www.literacycampus.org.

>2. Click on "Discussion Forums" in the upper left menu bar.

>3. Click on "For Program Staff".

>

>To respond to messages in the Effective Grant Writing discussion:

>Follow steps 1 and 2 above.

>

>If you are a new user, click on "Register" and complete the form displayed

>on your screen. Please note that you can control whether or not your e-mail

>address is displayed in your postings.

>

>If you have already registered for a VLC Discussion Forum:

>1. Click on "Log In" and enter your user information.

>2. Go to the Discussion Forum page at:

>http://www.literacycampus.org/discussion/index.asp

>3. Click on "For Program Staff". You will see several topics displayed.

>4. Click on "Effective Grant Writing". You will see a welcome message from

>Jim Aiello containing information about this discussion as well as

>instructions for accessing helpful resources in the VLC Library.

>

>New topics about grant writing will be posted regularly during the nine days

>of this moderated discussion. You are free to post responses to the

>questions or to post new topics for the participants to discuss.

>

>Please remember to visit the Discussion Forum page frequently to see new

>questions and postings.

>

>Additional resources will be made available in the VLC Library as

>supplemental background and information.

>

>

>Sylvia C. Lieshoff

>Verizon Literacy Campus: www.literacycampus.org

>

>

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