Essentials for Effective Writing & Writing and Finding Grants

Webinar Part 1: Essentials of Effective Writing

• Understanding and incorporating “plain language” into written communications
• Identifying and writing to the “right” audience
• Creating and using a purpose statement to focus writing
• Employing and understanding “bottom line up front” (BLUF) to quickly convey critical messages to high level audiences
• Simplifying sentences and paragraphs
• Using bullets for clarity and conciseness
• Understanding the “Cs” of effective communications
• Managing documents using outlines or talking points
• Installing and using readability

Webinar Part 2: Finding and Writing Grants

• Identifying and writing to the “right” audience
• Ensuring 100% compliance with funder requirements
• What makes grant proposals effective: Why grants win and why they lose
• How to analyze Request for Applications (RFA) and other solicitations
• Researching potential funders
• Ensuring a “good fit” with funder goals and objectives

Upon completion of webinar part 1, participants will have a good grasp of what makes writing effective, including identifying and writing to the “right” audience and keeping writing simple, concise, and to-the-point. Additionally, the webinar will include techniques for simplifying writing, making writing a process rather than a chore, and identifying audiences and their goals.

Upon completion of webinar part 2, participants will have a better understanding of what makes for a “quality,” compliant grant application, how to identify suitable funders/sources of funds, and how to research opportunities to avoid “spinning your wheels.”