Jessica,
I think you have to wait until January 17 to access the discussion.

On Jan 13, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Jessica Fitzpatrick wrote:


> 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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