Launch Your 2015 Grants Plan with GrantStation

April 30, 2015

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April 30, 2015

Launch Your 2015 Grants Plan with GrantStation

Presenters

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Assisting with chat: Julie Navejas and Ale Bezdikian, TechSoup

Becky WiegandWebinar Program Manager

TechSoup Global

Jeremy SmithCommunications & Tech Director

GrantStation

Sara KennedyDirector of Online Education

GrantStation

Where Are You?

We Are Here

We Are Here

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Agenda

• Introduction to TechSoup• Participant Poll

─ Do you have a grant strategy?• Launch Your Grant Strategy

─ Project Description Worksheet─ Research─ Decision Matrix

• GrantStation Special Offer• Q&A

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About TechSoup Global

We are a global network of 63 partner NGOs that provide the best technology resources to over a half-million organizations in 121 countries.

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We connect organizations and people with the resources, support, and technology they need to change the world.

Learn more from our 2014 Year in Review.

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We are working toward a time when every social benefit organization on the planet has the technology, resources, and knowledge it needs to operate at its full potential.

121countries served

63partner NGOs

41Net2 local

groups

615kNGOs

reached

Our Reach

Our Impact

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Together, we build a stronger, more resilient civil society.

$4.8Bin technology

products and grants employed by NGOs for the greater good

35languages used

to provide education and

support

100+corporate and

foundation partners connected with the

causes and communities they

care about

5.9Mannual visits to our websites

600,000newsletter

subscribers empowered with

actionable knowledge

79%of NGOs have

improved organizational efficiency with

TechSoup Global's resource offering*

*Source: = survey conducted among TechSoup members in 2013.

Our Product Donation Programs

Donated technology, education, and community forum resources for NGOs save costs, magnify impact, and extend reach.

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GrantStation Special Offer, May 5-6

What: Discounted one-year membership for $99 (That’s $200 less than the regular discounted fee and

$600 less than retail!)

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Tip: Wait until May 5-6 to place it in your cart to get the discounted offer:

www.techsoup.org/grantstation

Participant Poll

• Do you have an overall grants strategy in your organization?

─ Yes─ No─ Other pithy comment in chat

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Participant Poll

Are you an existing GrantStation member or have you used it before? • Yes• No

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GrantStation Promotion and Discount Programs

GrantStation Promotion

What: Discounted one-year membership for $99 (That’s $200 less than the regular discounted fee and

$600 less than retail!)

Tip: Learn more about GrantStation with their free tour:

www.grantstation.com/public/tour.asp

GrantStation Promotion

Who: Eligible U.S. nonprofits, charities, and public libraries. New members or renew existing membership!

Tip: Learn more about eligibility and restrictions:www.techsoup.org/restrictions#grantstation

GrantStation Promotion

When: 8 a.m. Pacific time (11 a.m. Eastern), May 5 through 5 p.m. Pacific time (8 p.m. Eastern), May 6

Tip: Wait until this timeframe to put

GrantStation into your TechSoup cart!

GrantStation Promotion

Where: www.techsoup.org/grantstation

Tip: Not registered with TechSoup yet? Don’t wait! You must be registered and

complete qualification and payment within 9 days of the promo period to

access this offer. www.techsoup.org/joining-techsoup/

registration

Additional Resources

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• GrantStation Program• Eligibility and Restrictions• Tour GrantStation• FAQ page • About GrantStation• GrantStation Help 

Q & A

Please type your questions in the chat window.

Continue the discussion in our grantwriting #SoupChat starting

soon!

http://bit.ly/1GCBgm5

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Learn and Share!

• Chat in one thing that you learned in today’s webinar that you will try to implement.

• Will you share this information with your colleagues and within your network?

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