With extensive experience in grants, project design and evaluation, I deliver tailored training that goes beyond the basics. My services focus on building critical thinking skills and enhancing decision-making capability, giving you valuable skills to improve your work.
Whether it’s mastering grant writing, strengthening evaluation techniques or developing strategic approaches to funding and project design, my training will ensure your team has the confidence to tackle even the most complex topics.
Martina coaches you without making it feel like she’s coaching you. From that first conversation, I got the sense that she really knew what she was talking about as an expert in the space. Working with Martina made it feel like she was one of our team. She stopped me from spinning my wheels and helped me focus on the important things. I got a lot from working with Martina and really appreciated her guidance and advice.
Sheridan Gho
Founder and CEO, Cenofex Innovations
Whether you need a focused seminar on a specific aspect of evaluation or a deep, immersive course covering complex topics, my tailored training solutions can help. My philosophy is simple: knowledge deepens understanding, and understanding empowers action. When you grasp the key components of the bigger picture, everything comes together, giving you the confidence and capability to master a new skill and apply what you’ve learned to your real-world work.
I can help you:
Short, sharp sessions designed to provide a quick lesson or up-to-date refresher on key learning topics.
Interactive workshops, custom-designed to suit your conference schedule or in-house training strategy.
One-off, online sessions where you ask me questions about a specific topic and get the immediate help you need.
Discover my self-paced online training course teaching you how to become a freelance grant writer.
Get in touch to learn more about how my training solutions can help you.
The workshop was very well-received! It was clear that Martina had structured the workshop carefully, selecting materials to suit a variety of levels of experience within our group, and clearly explaining new and sometimes complex concepts. She used interactive sections to help participants stay engaged in the online environment and was very responsive to questions. This was our second time engaging Martina for a workshop, and again we got great feedback, and plan to work with her again in the future.
Kimberley Boswell
The Forever Agenda
I offer tailored training solutions on a range of topics, including:
Conducting and analysing interviews
Developing logic models
Evaluation capacity building
Evaluation design
Evaluation planning
Evaluation skills
Focus group planning
Grant assessments
Grant writing for boards
Grant writing to government
Grant writing for non-profits & foundations
Grant writing skills
Project design and interrogation
Qualitative methods for evaluation
Survey design and analysis
Theories of change
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Get in touch to discuss your needs and how I can develop a tailored training program designed for you and your team.
Martina delivered an online Intro to Evaluation workshop for our Community Leaders Academy. The wor…Read More
Martina delivered an online Intro to Evaluation workshop for our Community Leaders Academy. The workshop was very well-received! It was clear that Martina had structured the workshop carefully, selecting materials to suit a variety of levels of experience within our group, and clearly explaining new and sometimes complex concepts. She used interactive sections to help participants stay engaged in the online environment, and was very responsive to questions. This was our second time engaging Martina for a workshop, and again we got great feedback, and plan to work with her again in the future.
Martina’s enthusiasm for evaluation is catching. She translates key concepts in ways that clients …Read More
Martina’s enthusiasm for evaluation is catching. She translates key concepts in ways that clients and stakeholders can easily and enjoyably engage with to effectively enable learning.
What Martina doesn’t know about grant writing isn’t worth knowing! Her knowledge and passion for…Read More
What Martina doesn’t know about grant writing isn’t worth knowing! Her knowledge and passion for mentoring other grant writers are unmatched, and she generously shares her experience via her course and 1:1 coaching calls. I highly recommend Grant Writing for Freelance Writers to anyone involved in grant writing, including freelance writers who want to add another valuable string to their professional bow. The self-paced modules are packed with actionable insights and tips. It’s an investment you won’t regret making!
‘Martina’s broad knowledge based on her experience and her excellent facilitation skills were the …Read More
‘Martina’s broad knowledge based on her experience and her excellent facilitation skills were the highlight of the workshop.’
‘Martina is really skilled in adapting evaluation practice and theory to real-world situations. She …Read More
‘Martina is really skilled in adapting evaluation practice and theory to real-world situations. She is a highly skilled communicator, she knows her stuff, and I can guarantee it [her training] will be great fun.’
‘I’ve been fortunate enough to work with Martina on a couple of evaluations. She is one of the best …Read More
‘I’ve been fortunate enough to work with Martina on a couple of evaluations. She is one of the best qualitative methods people I know, and she has coached my team to deliver some excellent work. If you’ve got a little training budget to spend before the end of the financial year, it’d be worth signing up for [her training].’
I love being a grant writer, and I want to give others that opportunity, too! That’s why I’ve put everything I know about being a highly capable grant writer into my easy-to-follow, self-paced course.
Grant Writing for Freelance Writers gives you the skills you need to add grant writing to your suite of freelance services. Learn more and start the course today.
This is such an enjoyable course! Martina really shows the whole cycle of grant writing, and there are tips galore, transcripts for each of the videos and really helpful worksheets to use when you’re doing the work. The course is super easy to navigate, and the lessons are all bite-sized, so you can do as many as you want without feeling overwhelmed. I’m so pleased to have completed (yes, a course you will complete and not leave in a dusty folder somewhere on your computer)!
Jillian Pocock
Grant Writing for Freelance Writers graduate
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