Grant Proposal Writing (Conference)

Description

  • 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
  • Key elements of Technical Writing for the Real World: understanding and using plain language, grammar and punctuation essentials, simplification processes, sentence and paragraph management, using bullets, creating detailed outlines
  • The Cs and Rs of effective proposals
  • What makes proposals effective: Why proposals win and why they lose
  • How to analyze solicitation documents: RFPs, Statements of Work (SOW), Performance Work Statement (PWS),  Scope of  Services (SOS), Request for Quotation or Qualifications (RFQ),Invitation for Bid (IFB), Terms of Reference (TOR), and other solicitation documents
  • Coping with a poorly written/unclear RFP
  • Understanding how to create a requirements compliance table
  • Developing a proposal layout aligned with solicitation document(s) and outline
  • Detailed analysis of a sample solicitation document
  • Annotating and adding detail to outline to use as planning, writing, and management tool
  • 40-50%of session is practical applications by participants