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Spring MeetingApril 27 – 30, 2014

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Other Duties as Assigned

-OR-The Grant Officer as

Coordinator, Facilitator, Counselor, Arbitrator, and Occasional Schlepper

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Kelly Ball-Stahl, Ph.D., Senior Grant Specialist, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Roger Wareham, Director, Grants Development Office, University of Minnesota, Morris

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Session Leaning Objectives: Participants will learn strategies for:

• Balancing the different “hats” a grants professional wears

• Saying “yes” and “no” to requests for assistance beyond typical grant duties

• Getting what information you need without ruffling (too many) feathers

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What formal role do you play at your institution?

What are some of the informal roles you play?

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Grants

Facilitator

Coordinator

Enforcer

Stalker

NegotiatorGrammar Police

Counselor

Idea Bouncer

CheerleaderHow Many

“Hats” Do You Wear?

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How do you build long-term relationships with faculty, staff and administrators so that you are seen as a collaborator and not as someone who only comes by when things are overdue?

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How do you avoid getting sucked into “us” (faculty) vs. “them” (administration) arguments when you likely have strong relationships – and often friends – on both sides.

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Only so many hours in the day…

Other Duties as Assigned

Strategic Planning

Deadlines

Balancing Requests

for Assistance

Friendly Favors

Collaborative Opportunities

“But you are so good

at…”

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The smaller the institution, the more hats your wear: how do you balance your grants duties with “other duties as assigned” and requests for assistance that are tangential to you main role?

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How do you balance customer service while maximizing the number of grant proposals you get out the door?

NCURA Region IV Spring MeetingApril 27 – 30, 2014

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Getting What You

Need Without Ruffling

(Too Many) Feathers

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How do you safely negotiate the minefield of departmental politics when working with faculty teams?

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How do you build bridges and mend fences when creating an institutional grant application, such as the Department of Education’s Strengthening Institutions Program (Title III)?

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What strategies do you have for keeping your sense of humor, maintaining friendships and collegial relationships, and moving forward your objectives (All at the same time)?

NCURA Region IV Spring MeetingApril 27 – 30, 2014

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Other Questions, Tips, or Sanity-Saving Advice?