I'm in the thick of it every day: writing, reviewing or advising on proposals. Just recently, a proposal of ours swung open the doors to a leading Nigerian bank partnership. It’s these real-life ...

Manage your time – Know the deadlines and plan ahead to obtain requirements like transcripts and recommendations. Follow directions carefully – Applications that are missing elements or submitted ...

Recently, I had the chance to combine my technical writing skills with my experience as a help desk analyst. In checking the Legal Notices section of my local newspaper, I noticed the following ...

PROPOSAL writing can be likened to storytelling. The art of proposal writing lies in the ability to tell a story. Every proposal is a story with a goal, and its effectiveness derives from the ability ...

Once you have passed your comprehensive exams, the time has come for you to complete the dissertation proposal. In this memo, I give you some of my thoughts on ways to approach the proposal. Also, I ...

Before you can write your business proposal for management training, you need to ascertain what areas require development in your company. For example, you can examine operational metrics, including ...

In a column last February, I described the six main elements of a book proposal: overview, competition, market, author description, table of contents, and sample chapter. But I focused on one of ...

The Zen of Proposal Writing: An Expert’s Stress-Free Path to Winning Proposals. By Kitta Reeds (Three Rivers Press, 223 pages, $13). Writing a proposal for a government contract and the Japanese tea ...

Proposals are used in the workplace to obtain funding for projects. Whether those projects are in-house, such as a proposal to launch a new product, or geared toward a third party, such as when a ...

Jennifer Simonson is a business journalist with a decade of experience covering entrepreneurship and small business. Drawing on her background as a founder of multiple startups, she writes for Forbes ...