simplify: best practices for streamlining your grants application processes
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SimplifyBest practices for
streamlining your grants application processes
✓ Introductions✓ Goals and best practices
⇢ Increase application inflow⇢ Collect better applications⇢ Save time⇢ Save money
✓ Take action
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Agenda
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WizeHive makes it easier for business people to configure and deploy cloud-based solutions that help them organize, automate, and streamline their business processes; specializing in grants management and scholarship / award management.
A B O U T U S
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P R O U D TO S U P P O R T
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5 0 0 + I N T E G R A T I O N S
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1. Increase application inflow
Increase application inflowDouble or triple the number of applications submitted
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Program managers are always looking for ways to increase the number of submitted applications, while decreasing the number of submitted applications that are partially complete — looking for ways to increase application quantity and improve application quality.
✓ Simplify barriers to entry✓ Simplify your form✓ Simplify your structure
so that our applicants are able to applyregardless of accessibility needs.”
Steve Ewell, Executive Director at CTA Foundation
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“I appreciate that the forms are accessible...
S I M P L I F Y B A R R I E R S T O E N T R Y
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S I M P L I F Y Y O U R F O R M
The families applying for scholarships have been happy with the system.”
Tziporah Altman-Shafer, Jewish Education Community Planner at Coalition for Jewish Learning
“We have used WizeHive to put our scholarship applications online...
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S I M P L I F Y Y O U R S T R U C T U R E
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2. Collect better applications
Collect better applicationsMore complete applications at time of submission
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The quality of the applications you receive from applicants is based on two factors: the degree to which the applicants are qualified for your grant, scholarship, or award; and the substance of the information collected in your application.
✓ Simplify using eligibility quizzes✓ Simplify your instructions✓ Simplify with conditional fields
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S I M P L I F Y U S I N G E L I G I B I L I T Y Q U I Z Z E S
✓ Confirm that applicants are qualified to apply for your grant, scholarship, or award and that they meet any requirements or prerequisites.
✓ Prevent unqualified applicants from spending their time filling out a form for something they’re not eligible for.
✓ Save your administrative and review teams from sorting through unqualified or incomplete applications.
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S I M P L I F Y Y O U R I N S T R U C T I O N S
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S I M P L I F Y W I T H C O N D I T I O N A L F I E L D S
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S I M P L I F Y W I T H C O N D I T I O N A L F I E L D S
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S I M P L I F Y W I T H C O N D I T I O N A L F I E L D S
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3. Save time
Save timeAutomate email correspondence with applicants and reviewers
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With a little prep work and setup, you no longer have to imagine life without all the paperwork! It is possible to have applications collect themselves, and each reviewer will know which applicants they are responsible for. Ultimately, the decision for who to award is calculated for you with only one simple click.
✓ Simplify with automation and workflow
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S I M P L I F Y W I T H A U T O M A T I O N A N D W O R K F L O W
Today, almost every part of the application process can be automated, including:
✓ Application collection / organization / follow-up
✓ Letters of recommendation
✓ Scheduling interviews
✓ Reviewer assignments
✓ Scoring
“It is hard to quantify the value of the mental reassuranceI now possess with my WizeHive solution.”
Kelly Wellman, Sustainability Director at Texas A&M University
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160+ hours saved
S I M P L I F Y W I T H A U T O M A T I O N A N D W O R K F L O W
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4. Save money
Save moneyReduce part time staff during peak work loads
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An online application management solution will help you save money so it can be put back where it matters most. It’s all about the return on your investment!
✓ Simplify by optimizing staff hours✓ Simplify by cutting spending on collateral✓ Simplify by reducing errors
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S I M P L I F Y B Y O P T I M I Z I N G S T A F F H O U R S
allowing our staff to focus on developing new programs and growing the organization as a whole.”
Samantha Millard, Assistant Director, Development at Organization for Autism Research
“Our [grant] competitions are completely streamlined...
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or our grantees plus greatly aids my board members in the review process.”
Jim Fricke, Executive Director at Colorado Garden Foundation
“This makes our grant processmuch easier and less expensive...
“Using WizeHive has streamlined our process and has made managing our scholarship application process easier.”
Katie Damaroda , Scholarship Director at Carson Scholars Fund
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95% error reduction
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SimplifyBest practices for
streamlining your grants application processes