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Tips For Winning Proposal Writing

By Kathleen Watson


Vetting panels for proposals are composed of thrifty, skeptic and busy individuals. Their decisions are therefore skewed in favor of engaging proposals that capture their attention. Proposal writing should therefore take the route of persuasion. It is only by employing these tactics that your bid will qualify for funding. You must endeavor to make the writing process worthwhile.

An old adage dissuades the world from judging a book by its cover. However, a selection panel faced with thousands of proposals to consider must result to this form of judgment. There is no much time to read through the thousands of pages at the initial stages. They are forced to rely on an executive summary to identify proposals worth spending more time. This highlights the need for an attractive executive summary.

The executive summary captures your strongest points or arguments supporting your bid. It points at what to expect from the rest of the pages. Make it as convincing as possible to capture the imagination of any selection panel. The panel should think twice before passing over your pitch. A winning pitch enables you to go past the initial competitive stages. Your ideas should be easy and quick to understand.

Readers are bored and bogged down by details and information that is not relevant. To win among numerous proposals, provide the reader with what he or she wants. Avoid buzzwords, information and shop talk that is meaningless. Such a bid is punishing to read and will easily lead to disqualification. Do not say in five paragraphs what can be said in one. The principle of less is more works perfectly.

Panelists are looking for answers to particular questions. They need to visualize the success of a project through the eyes of a bidder. The instructions provided give a hint of the answers they seek. A good pitch must demonstrate knowledge of instructions issued which signals attention to details and good listening skills. The right answer will also show that you can diligently search for a solution.

Sponsors rely on past performances to make a decision on the future of a project, plan or implementer. There is a lot of weight placed on evidence of projects successfully completed in the past. Such evidence confirms that you can follow instructions and deliver according to set expectations. This evidence is your referee that you can deliver. The best projects to highlight are those that bear similarity to the one you are biding for. Such evidence beats a litany of narrated yet untested technical ability.

The lowest bidder is not always preferred. There are doubts about his capability to deliver quality and still, other people might present a lower bid. The search is for a person who is most convincing. At the beginning of your proposal, the sponsor should confirm that you are person he has been looking for all through. Standout and be memorable because of what you offer.

A successful application is one that is founded on facts other than opinion. Create a realistic picture or impression of the expected outcome. Be meticulous when preparing the bid including excellent editing and appropriate design. Endeavor to produce an engaging and attractive pitch that will be memorable after the panelists are done reading through thousands of them.




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