Writing Winning Proposals Course

Location: Lagos.

Fee: N80, 000

Duration: 2days

Writing a winning proposal is an art and a craft that can be mastered through learning and practice. Make your next business or sales proposal stand out from your competitors by learning how to plan and design a document that not only provides practical information but grabs the reader and holds their attention.

Achieving mastery in writing a winning proposal requires skilled research, document design and planning, outlining concepts, the actual writing itself, organising, reviewing and editing. This comprehensive training course gives you practical skills in proposal writing to help you craft outstanding business proposals.

During this course, participants develop various skills including identifying the audience and the purpose of a proposal, creating a framework, using details to perfect a proposal, using online and offline resources, writing, editing, and proofreading.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, participants will have learnt to:

• Understand the proposal writing process
• Identify and create different types of proposals
• Identify the purpose of a proposal
• Identify the audience
• Perform a needs analysis
• Write a goal statement
• Use the proper format for proposal writing
• Create a framework
• Understand the importance of details and focus on them
• Identifying resources online and offline for research
• Organising information masterfully
• Use persuasive writing techniques
• Review spelling and grammar
• Constructing words, sentences and paragraphs brilliantly
• Check the readability of a proposal
• Proofread and edit
• Provide a professional feel and look to a proposal

Course Outline

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 1

Getting Started

• Pre-Assignment Review
• Workshop Objectives

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 2

Understanding Proposals

• What is a Proposal?
• The Proposal Writing Process
• Types of Proposals
• About Requests for Proposals

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 3 Beginning the Proposal Writing Process

• Identifying Your Purpose and Your Audience
• Performing a Needs Analysis
• Writing the Goal Statement

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 4 Preparing An Outline

• A General Format
• Special Sections
• Creating a Framework
• Getting Down to Details

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 5 Finding Facts

• Identifying Resources
• Using the Internet as a Resource
• Organising Your Information

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 6 Writing Skills, Part One

• Spelling and Grammar
• Working with Words
• Constructing Sentences
• Persuasive Writing
• Mastering Voice

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 7 Writing Skills, Part Two

• Creating Paragraphs
• Creating Strong Transitions
• Building up to Conclusions

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 8 Writing the Proposal

• Educating the Evaluator
• Ghosting the Competition
• Using Illustrations

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 9 Checking for Readability

• Checking for Clarity
• Reading for Your Audience
• Using the Readability Index

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 10 Proofreading and Editing

• Proofreading Like a Pro
• Editing Techniques
• Checking the Facts
• The Power of Peer Review

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 11 Adding the Final Touches

• Our Top Typesetting Tips
• Achieving a Professional Look and Feel
• Creating the Final Package

Writing Winning Proposals Training Course – Lesson 12 Wrapping Up

• Words from the Wise
• Your Notebook

About Instructors

Akinjide Ajewole

(CIPSCMI, MNIM, FIIFMM, CMM, Ch. FM) Remoik Nig Ltd

He has years of experience in the human capital development with several contribution to the growth of SAHARA GROUP as the sole project manager of the company

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