Bid Writing Boot Camp
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23-24 April 2015 The Free Word Centre, London EC1R 3GA [MAP] Cost: £420 We are responding to constant requests to run an in-depth session on bid-writing. This two-day event will appeal to people with experience of grantseeking and a desire to embrace new ideas and the reach the highest standards in proposal writing. As part of the course you will be able work on your own bids – improve them with the latest techniques and exceed the demanding expectations of the most sophisticated funders. This will be a rare chance to learn and put into practice in the same event.
posed by funders. We will also work on techniques to compress your writing into limited word counts – without losing meaning. Finally we will impart two techniques to make your writing memorable.
The tutors: Bill Bruty and Carol Akiwumi are highly experienced fundraisers and Fellows of the Institute of Fundraising.
• Use a logical format for writing a concept note.
This course is suitable for anyone who has to grapple with several complex proposals as an essential element of their job – you needn’t be a professional fundraiser. We will cover how to squeeze your complex project into a succinct enquiry email, how to produce a robust and eye-catching concept note and then how to address the most complex questions
As a result of attending, participants will be able to: • Describe their work in an attractive manner by using less than 140 words.
• Explain the meaning of complex questions in application forms and develop effective answers to a selection of these. • Use a technique to convey the same meaning with fewer words. • Use two techniques for writing with impact.
fundraising training limited PO Box 240, Wallingford, Oxon, OX10 9XZ, UK tel/fax 44 (0) 1491 202070 e-mail bill.bruty@fundraisingtraining.co.uk info@fundraisingtraining.co.uk www.fundraisingtraining.co.uk