This immersive workshop, facilitated by ELD Director Neil Kendrick, is designed to enhance your reporting skills and elevate your proposal writing capabilities. Over five days, you will explore three main themes:

• Professional Writing Skills
• Reporting Skills / Report Writing
• Proposal Writing

KEY COURSE OUTCOMES: PROFESSIONAL WRITING SKILLS / REPORTING SKILLS

Learn to deliver impactful reports that drive action and support informed decision-making. Gain insights into a streamlined reporting process that reduces time and deadline stress. Learn how to:

• Set clear reporting objectives and apply effective data collection methods
• Analyze data and derive meaningful conclusions and lessons learned
• Plan your writing based on report objectives and your audience's needs
• Structure your ideas persuasively and logically
• Communicate clearly, keeping your readers engaged and attentive

KEY COURSE OUTCOMES: PROJECT PLANNING / PROPOSAL WRITING MODULES

Dive into proposal writing to master the art of planning, drafting, and editing persuasive proposals. Learn to:

• Identify and articulate problems aligning with your donor's interests
• How to use LFA (Logical Framework Approach) to plan your project
• Present straightforward solutions convincingly
• Convey your capability to deliver, winning donor support

COURSE OUTLINE

This comprehensive workshop is structured over five days, addressing the challenges faced by development professionals in reporting, professional writing, and proposal writing. Key topics covered each day include:

Day One

• Principles of Professional Writing / The Writing Process
• Writing Clearly
• The Reporting Process
• Setting Evaluation Objectives
• Deconstructing Field Reports and Evaluations

Day Two

• Organizing Ideas / Persuasive Paragraph Writing
• Data Gathering Methods, Mixed-Methods Approach and Triangulation
• Making Sense of Data / Mind Mapping

Day Three (finishes 2PM)

• Planning, Drafting and Editing the Report

Day Four

• Common Reasons Proposals Fail
• What Donors Seek in a Proposal
• Identifying Projects
• Project Planning / Logical Framework Approach

Day Five

• Planning the Proposal
• Drafting and Editing the Proposal
• Review / Q&A, Certification & Closing

FEES, LOGISTICS, AND REGISTRATION

Training Fee: USD 1500.00

Secure your place by signing up directly via the 'Join Course' link on this page using credit card. For payment via bank transfer, please contact us at [email protected].

What's Included

Fees cover:

• Five days of in-person training at the Double Tree by Hilton, Kadikoy, Istanbul. The Caferağa district is a very lively and cultured part of the city.
• All training materials (hard copy and resources)
• Refreshments and lunch each day
• Certificate of completion
• Lifetime access to a library of training videos

Notes:

Fees do not cover breakfast, evening meals, visas, travel, accommodation, transportation, or other daily expenses. Accommodation is available at the venue (around $150 per night) or within walking distance (from $50 USD).

Please ensure your eligibility for a Turkiye tourist visa or visa on arrival, as we cannot support visa applications. You can check your eligibility here: https://www.mfa.gov.tr/visa-information-for-foreigners.en.mfa. Applications for an e-visa can be made here: https://dtvgroup.com.tr/

We will accept a maximum of 10 participants on this training. Places are only confirmed on full receipt of payment.

Please contact us if you have any further questions.