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Posted by: Richard Leggatt
31 / 01 / 23
Imagine you’ve got a new grant proposal to write. And it really matters to you. Now, imagine taking your seat in the cinema or curling up in an armchair with a new novel. You may feel these things don’t immediately have much in common. But you’re so much more likely to find yourself pulled into […]
Posted by: Rob Ashton
30 / 01 / 23
If you’re ever feeling down about what you’ve achieved in life, this surprising fact might cheer you up. You managed to rewire your own brain before you were ten years old. There – feel better now? You should. Mozart may have composed his first symphony when he was eight, but he has nothing on you. […]
Posted by: Catie Holdridge
12 / 01 / 23
Should we show up in our own business writing? The question of whether it’s OK to use first person pronouns like ‘I’ and ‘we’ in business reports is a common one. (We know this because it comes up often on our courses.) The short answer is ‘yes’. But that isn’t the full answer. Read on […]
Posted by: Tom Gard
05 / 01 / 23
Writing a bid is a challenge – you don’t need me to tell you that. But it also means a huge undertaking for the buyer. Those specifications, tender guides, pre-qualifying questionnaires and pricing schedules that you have to wade through? The buyer has to produce them all. Meanwhile, they’re usually also coordinating with specialist procurement […]
Posted by: Stephanie Joy Hubbard
29 / 11 / 22
Employee spotlights are a great way to engage other employees and tell the world about the good stuff going on inside your organisation. Want to shout about your amazing culture? Attract the best new talent? Even demonstrate your commitment to sustainability or diversity and inclusion? There’s no better way to do all these things (and […]
28 / 10 / 22
As a bid writer, you can sometimes feel like a jack-of-all-trades. You have to turn your skills to many things. There’s identifying clients’ key challenges and matching these to your solution, writing persuasively, collaborating, knowing your sector or industry – and the list goes on. You could even be a master of some of these. But […]
20 / 10 / 22
In today’s world, our attention is a commodity. We have all kinds of messages constantly competing for it every day. But what makes some communications cut through and others fall flat? I’ll let you in on the secret: it’s about the power of the message. And how quick and easy it is to grasp that […]
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