Expert Grant Strategy + Nonprofit Management

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Grant Writing for Novices

Become a Grant Writing Expert Online

Learn how to write winning grant proposals, think like a funder, and connect purpose with your organization’s passion.

Get the 100% Online Course to Learn our Methods

This grant writing course is designed to lead you through finding, writing an entire grant, and making sure you’re ready for submission at your pace. 

Our method ensures your program is as successful as possible for your organization and your clients; while helping you maintain a positive, sustainable rapport with your funders.

We work with you to make a sustainable program and use the SMARTER goals framework to support your success.

Self-paced with 4 modules, 23 lessons, a workbook, and now including a bonus tips video and a bonus 990 instructional video.

Course Includes the Workbook

Successful Grant Writing For Beginners

Kovir’s Grant Writing for Novices Workbook is…

… a 60-page workbook providing nonprofits with direction on how to practice intentional program development in the midst of writing a winning grant proposal. This guide is ideal for program directors, executive directors, board of directors, and grant seekers.

 

This Grant Writing workbook includes 6 Sections:

  • Prepping your organizations
  • How to plan a new program or service
  • How to find a funder
  • How to write the narratives in a grant proposal
  • Templates to use as a foundation or reference when structuring your grant proposal
  • And preparing for the final report to show impact to the funder

DE&I Anti-Racism Bundle

Build an inclusive culture and improve team engagement in your organization. 100% online.

Diversity – Equity – Inclusion 
With a focus on Race 

Kovir LLC is honored to have been asked to lead several talks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism.

Let us be clear, “diversity” does not and should not be used to replace the word race. As you’ll learn, diversity is the variety of human differences; therefore, it also includes age, gender, orientation, income, political status, family status, and so much more.

Given the requested topics by our clients and the funding available to provide the presentations, not to mention the tragic deaths of black and Asian persons, these bundled webinars focus on anti-racism work.

Currently, this bundle has seven talks, approximately 45-60 minutes each.

DEI Anti-Racism Bundle with a happy middle aged brown woman with afro curls

Course Includes the Workbook

Building an Inclusive Online Community

AgeFlux - The Platform

An Online Community for Older Adults Because Tech is for Older People Too

Previously, older users were taught when they encounter errors, especially digital ones, the fault is their own: “fat fingers,” “shaky hands,” or perhaps their lack of digital intelligence.

Let us be clear: The design team is at fault, not the older person.

Society consistently neglects aging persons and those with disabilities during their design process; Small targets, confusing animations, inconsistent sites, interaction patterns, and so on.

UX designers, UI designers, and the agency that hired them should have considered their customers when creating the experience and interface. The design team consistently neglecting the needs of older users contributes to the everyday ageism older people experience. They need to understand their physical changes, cognitive changes, and how older clients want to use the tools provided.

Reach your aging community members with virtual programs and content to complement your on-site operations.

We design white-label online community platforms for older people (“white label” means your name is displayed, not ours).

Create a social community and maintain a catalog of on-demand programs to keep your participants supported whether they are homebound or you are closed ( for a pandemic, inclement weather, renovations, whatever the case). Your clients can take you with them when they travel! 

We build it. You Leverage it.

Create an Engaging Online Community For Your Organization

Create Your Own AgeFlux

Learn how to create an effective and engaging online community for senior citizens. Apply aging theory to best serve and reach older people online as an extension of your on-site operations. 

Whether you are using our AgeFlux, a competitor, a freebie, and ESPECIALLY if you are deciding what is right for you, this course will be useful to solve some common questions we’ve been answering around aging and tech.  Here is our fact sheet, and below is the course outline.

What platform is right for my older people?

How do I know if it’s working?

How do I know if it is going to be worth it?

How do I get my older adults to engage?

Will it be sustainable?

What else should I be asking?

I’ve never managed a community before. Can I do this?  (YES!)

Self-paced with 5 modules, 15 lessons, 30 videos, a workbook, and aging theory integrated at every turn.

Course title with cell phones, paper, and pens

Course Includes the Workbook

The Complete Guide To Building Your Digital Community

A 41-page workbook.

This workbook provides aging services with direction on how to build intentional online services for older adults. This guide is ideal for program directors, executive directors, board of directors, and small teams with little to no IT support.

This workbook includes:

  • Setting Goals to ensure administrators and users get the most out of this expansion,
  • How to choose your platform,
  • How to build out your platform,
  • How to fill your online community,
  • And we’ll address your sustainability plan.

We’ve also included some extras for tablet lending programs, peer tech support, and intergenerational tech support.  This workbook is also provided in the Online Course: How to Build Online Community for Older Adults.

Foundations to Tech Coaching Courses

Peer-to-Peer

About Peer-to-Peer Focus

Peers” is a term we use when talking about persons with shared experiences.  “Tech Coaches” can also be referred to as “Digital Navigators” or “Digital Guides.”  The research surrounding tech peer support with older adults is growing stronger every day.  Click here to read what our friend, Dr. Karen Fortuna, and her colleagues have been researching and writing about.

Regarding older people learning to use tech, we encourage using peers and matching based on shared experiences and/or identities.  Here are some (but not all) shared dimensions you can consider when pairing participants:

 
  • Age
  • Vocation
  • Military Background
  • Hobbies
  • Gender
  • Neighborhood
  • Education
  • And other shared experiences!

What’s the training like?

When Kovir leads these trainings, we cover some of the following topics:

  • Everyday Digital Ageism
  • Aging and Accessibility
  • Adult Learning Models
  • User Experience  
  • Tech Ethics and Scams

How do we set up this program?

This is a great question but will vary greatly depending on your needs and resources. 

Option one: Register for our self-paced intergenerational tech coach (ITC) training below.

Option two: Something custom. Maybe you want additional classes for your coaches. Maybe you want a Q&A workshop with our team as part of your training set-up. Maybe you want help with program development, measures, funding, etc. Maybe you want a booking site created to go with your program. We can work with you on that should you need it. “Peers” is a term we use when discussing persons with shared experiences. “Tech Coaches” can also be referred to as “Digital Navigators” or “Digital Guides.” The research on tech peer support with older adults is growing stronger daily.   

Intergenerational

About Intergenerational Tech Coaching

“Intergenerational” is a term we use when talking about younger generations working alongside older generations.  “Tech Coaches” can also be referred to as “Digital Navigators” or “Digital Guides.”

We encourage community-based organizations to partner young people with older people in a meaningful way, instead of letting a “youngin” swoop in a fix the issue.  To avoid that kind of one-sided relationship, Kovir’s tech and aging tracks emphasize the partnership between these two groups – and we can train you.  Click here to read what our friends have been researching and writing about.

 What’s the training like?

When Kovir leads these trainings, we cover some of the following topics:

  • Everyday Digital Ageism
  • Aging and Accessibility
  • Adult Learning Models
  • User Experience  
  • Tech Ethics and Scams

How do we set up this program?

This is a great question but will vary greatly depending on your needs and resources. 

Option one: Register for our self-paced intergenerational tech coach (ITC) training below.

Option two: Something custom. Maybe you want additional classes for your coaches.  Maybe you want a Q&A workshop with our team as part of your training set-up. Maybe you want help with program development, measures, funding, etc. Maybe you want a booking site created to go with your program.  We can work with you on that should you need it.