Join us for the 2007 TAA Conference at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo in downtown Buffalo, NY, June 22-23

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Book Raffle
IIL Publishing, New York will raffle four books at the 2007 TAA Conference
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Coming to Buffalo? Put these two books on your reading list
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Trip to Niagara Falls by Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic)
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Mentoring Sessions
Several veteran authors have agreed to serve as mentors at the conference. Attendees will be able to sign up at the conference registration desk for 15-minute sessions with a mentor. A list of mentors will be available soon.

Roundtable Discussions Luncheon
Saturday, June 23
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Choose from 10 different moderated roundtable discussions related to textbook and academic authoring.
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Dinner at The Anchor Bar
Thursday, June 21, 6 p.m.
The restaurant where Buffalo-style wings were invented
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Buffalo, NY Waterfront Tour
Friday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Take a guided tour of the Buffalo waterfront
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Karpeles Manuscript Musuem and Library Tour
Friday, June 22, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
View Walt Disney illustrations and documents, among others
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Social Networking Event: A Chartered 3-hour Dinner Cruise Aboard the Grand Lady
Friday, June 22, 6:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Four-hour Guided Tour to Niagara Falls (American side)
Saturday, June 23, 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tour full.
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Free one-on-one sessions with an authoring attorney or literary agent
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Kenneth Henson

2007 TAA Pre-Conference Workshop: Writing Grant Proposals

Presented by Kenneth Henson, Distinguished Professor of Education at The Citadel's School of Education and the author of Grant Writing in Higher Education: A Step-by-Step Guide

Thursday, June 21, 2007
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Room: Delaware, located on 2nd Floor of Hyatt Regency Buffalo (download PDF floor plan)

Cost: $150, includes a boxed lunch, workshop handouts and materials, a one-year membership to TAA, and a copy of Henson's book, Grant Writing in Higher Education: A Step-by-Step Guide

Special Rate: $200 for workshop and TAA conference registration ($225 after May 1)

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Learn how to get inside grant proposal evaluators' heads from an experienced grant writer who has written a string of grants ranging from a few hundred dollars to more than a million dollars each. Kenneth Henson's "Writing Grant Proposals" workshop is designed for beginning writers and writers who have had a few proposals accepted and wish to get ideas for new topics and develop skills needed to increase the acceptance rate of their future proposals. Unlike the many workshops that just talk about grant writing, this workshop is all nuts and bolts: do this and expect these results.

This one-day, six-hour workshop by The Citadel's Distinguished Professor of Education, and author of Grant Writing in Higher Education: A Step-by-Step Guide, is packed with practical suggestions and tips that can increase your acceptance rate. Discover how to give your proposals that spark that makes them irresistible. Develop an effective, bottom-line writing style from the author of over 300 national publications, including over thirty professional books, four on writing for publications.

You will examine successful proposals and will be shown the specific qualities that made these proposals more attractive than the competition's. You will also learn how to:

• Design a budget that evaluators will perceive as honest and fair.
• Give your proposals the same test that evaluators use to rank proposals. One single tip will help you avoid the one mistake that causes the most rejections.
• Identify your own unique circumstances and use these to strengthen your proposals.
• Turn limitations into strengths.

Bring your ideas for proposals to the workshop and receive suggestions for writing a new proposal or strengthening an existing proposal. Each workshop participant will receive a free copy of Henson's Grant Writing in Higher Education, courtesy of TAA.

Kenneth Henson is Distinguished Professor of Education at The Citadel's School of Education. He is the author of Grant Writing in Higher Education: A Step-by-Step Guide, published by Allyn & Bacon in 2005. Henson's grant writing has brought in more than $100 million. His technology proposal was the largest funded by AT&T in 1991. His series of grants with school districts won a top state award in Alabama and a national award in Indiana. Henson has been giving workshops on grant writing for more than 20 years.

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