This workshop is designed to meet the needs of any ecologist who wants to enhance their strategic planning and grant-writing skills. Organized by team members of ESA’s Sustaining Biological Infrastructure (SBI) Training Initiative (www.esa.org/sbi), this workshop will introduce the Kellogg Logic Model as an effective planning and grant-writing tool. We will explain how facilitated structured brainstorming activities demonstrate some best practices in team planning. Participants will then have the opportunity to practice creating a logic model. We will close by discussing characteristics of effective grant proposals and strategies to increase funding success.