Bid, tender and sales-proposal writing
Well-written bids and proposals are key to securing new business. With the right techniques, you can create a strong, persuasive case that gets your prospect to ‘yes’.
Overview
Well-written bids and proposals are key to securing new business. With the right techniques, you can create a strong, persuasive case that gets your prospect to ‘yes’.
That’s why we developed this course. It will give you a comprehensive understanding of the best practices of bid and proposal writing – making sure your writing skills don’t stand between you and winning your next contract.
Successful bids, proposals and tenders are your greatest allies in securing new business. But writing winning bids and proposals is a complex skill. This intensive, practical course will give you and your team a complete understanding of the best practices in bid, proposal and tender writing, ensuring their writing skills aren’t what’s standing in the way of winning your next contract.
Outcomes
By the end of the training, attendees will be able to:
- fully answer the questions in a client brief, ITT or RFP
- engage all readers – from senior executives to compliance teams
- use win themes and highlight benefits that are meaningful to the client
- write in plain English and incorporate the right tone of voice for your company
- avoid misusing ‘boilerplate’ text
- bring together multiple contributions to make a winning argument
- spot embarrassing errors in a bid before it’s sent to the client.
All attendees will also receive our unique pre-course writing analysis. This covers 15 different areas of writing skills and helps us ensure the training meets attendees’ precise writing needs, while allowing for rapid, targeted improvements.
Who's it for?
Our bid-writing course is suitable for anyone who has to write persuasively to win business.
For in-house group courses, we can tailor the content to your team’s needs and the ITTs/RFPs you respond to.
Find the training that fits
For individuals
Book one to three people on one of our public courses. With a maximum of eight learners per course.
For groups
Train four or more people (up to your whole organisation) with in-house training designed for your team and your needs.
Tailored to you
Individual writing analysis
We'll analyse each attendee's writing across 15 different areas
Expert trainers
Each with 15+ years' experience as professional writers, editors and coaches
Individual coaching
Expert one-on-one feedback with personalised insights embeds learning
AI writing
Learn how to get the most from AI tools: supercharge your writing without losing your human edge
Tailored content
Course content built around your specific learning objectives
Real-world examples
Activities and exercises modified to use your team's documents
Where
Online virtual classroom
Online or in person at
your chosen venue
Duration
One day
Tailored to you
Price
£495
per person + VAT
Get a quote
for your bespoke course
Course programmes
For individuals
Book one to three people on one of our public courses. With a maximum of eight learners per course.
For groups
Train four or more people (up to your whole organisation) with in-house training designed for your team and your needs.
For groups
Train four or more people (up to your whole organisation) with in-house training designed for your team and your needs.
Individual writing analysis
We'll analyse each attendee's writing across 15 different areas
Expert trainers
Each with 15+ years' experience as professional writers, editors and coaches
Individual coaching
Expert one-on-one feedback for each learner to ensure lasting improvements
AI writing
Learn how to get the most from AI tools: supercharge your writing without losing your human edge
Tailored content
Course content built around your specific learning objectives
Real-world examples
Activities and exercises modified to use your team's documents
Where
Online or in person at
your chosen venue
Duration
Tailored to you
Course programmes
Price
Get a quote
for your bespoke course
For individuals
Book one to three people on one of our public courses. With a maximum of eight learners per course.
Individual writing analysis
We'll analyse each attendee's writing across 15 different areas
Expert trainers
Each with 15+ years' experience as professional writers, editors and coaches
Individual coaching
Expert one-on-one feedback for each learner to ensure lasting improvements
AI writing
Supercharge your writing learn, get the most from AI tools without losing your human edge
Tailored content
Course content built around your specific learning objectives
Real-world examples
Activities and exercises modified to use your team's documents
Where
Online virtual classroom
Duration
One day
Course programmes
Price
£495
per person + VAT
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