Project Manager Training

Maggie Dennis

Grant Strategist and Community Historian

Accomplished museum historian with exceptional writing, research, interviewing, and communication

skills.

Insightful grant consultant with expertise in strategic planning, matching non-profits with potential

funders, and crafting compelling grant proposals.

Effective project manager who excels at helping organizations build capacity and manage strategic

partnerships with other organizations.

Sought-after consultant with recognized ability to assimilate information quickly and optimize available

resources.

Previous Grant Experience

Anschutz Family Foundation Grant; Grant Writing Consultant ($5,000)

National Science Foundation, Informal Science Education Grant (ISE); Curator & Contributing Writer,

Places of Invention Exhibition Project ($2.5 million)

Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Grant, 2007; Primary investigator ($6,000)

Smithsonian Scholarly Studies Grant, 2003; Secondary investigator ($29,000)

Lemelson Center Research Grant, 1998; Secondary investigator ($55,000)

Selected History Projects

Fort Collins Baseball Club 50th Anniversary, Community Historian

Places of Invention Exhibition, Smithsonian Institution (in development), Curator

Innovative Lives, Smithsonian Institution (youth program series), Museum Educator

Crossroads (adult program series about September 11), Historian and Program Manager

Professional Experience and Community Service

Owner: StoryForge, Fort Collins, CO, 2010-Present

Secretary: Toastmaster s Club #5314 (Noonshiners), Fort Collins, CO, July 2011-Present

Historian: Smithsonian s Lemelson Center, Washington, DC, 1999-2009

Museum Specialist: Smithsonian s National Museum of American History, 1994-1999

Senior Museum Preparator: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1990 1994

Education & Professional Development

M.A. in History, University of Delaware, Newark DE

B.A. in Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder CO

Grant Writing Workshop, Grant Writing USA, Denver, CO, March 11-12, 2010

Evaluation Intensive, JVA Consulting, Denver, CO, Feb. 16-17, 2011

Professional Memberships

Association of Personal Historians

Grant Professionals Association

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Maggie Dennis

Grant Strategist and Community Historian

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Clients

Education and Life Training Center, Fort Collins, CO (www.eltcenter.org)

The Education & Life Training Center (ELTC) is a forty-five year old non profit organization providing

employment skills and literacy training to a wide variety of community members, including economically

disadvantaged and culturally diverse populations in Larimer County. ELTC offers small class sizes and a

welcoming learning environment with caring instructors and dedicated staff, offering courses in allied

health, computer technology, and language and literacy. StoryForge is working with ELTC to build a

strategic grant plan integrated with ELTC s overall mission and sustainable funding strategy.

Fort Collins Baseball Club, Fort Collins, CO (www.fortcollinsbaseballclub.org)

Fort Collins Baseball Club (FCBC) is a private non-profit organization that has served Fort Collins and the

surrounding area since 1961. FCBC has over 250 teams with a total enrollment of more than 3300 players,

ranging in age from 5-18yrs who participate in spring, summer, fall and winter indoor leagues.

StoryForge is working with FCBC to document the Club s history and share their story with the

community for their 50th anniversary, including partnering on a commemorative video and anniversary

scrapbook, and creating memorabilia displays for public events.

Fort Collins Senior Center Expansion Project (www.seniorcenterexpansion.org)

The Fort Collins Senior Center is recognized as one of the top 12 senior centers in the nation by the

National Council on Aging (NCOA) and is one of only two NCOA-accredited senior centers in Colorado.

The Building on Basics Expansion Committee, Inc. (BOBCOM) is a citizen-led 501(C)3 founded in 2009 to

raise funding for the expansion of the FCSC facility. StoryForge is working with BOBCOM to build a

strategic grant plan integrated with their capital campaign, and is also leading the design and

implementation of a community outreach project to engage Fort Collins citizens about FCSC s vital role in

the future of the community and the need for the expansion.

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