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Successful Submission Writing – for Business and Nonprofits, 3rd Edition (Jean Roberts, 2009), published by Wilkinson Publishing of Melbourne, Australia

Jean’s 10-Step Model of Successful Submission Writing was introduced in the 1st Edition (1985). A chapter featuring nine worksheets was added in the 2nd Edition (2005).

This 3rd Edition provides greater depth to each of the 10 Steps and 9 worksheets – consequently expanding your potential to:

• improve your strike/success rate with submissions, grant applications, proposals, estimates, quotes and tenders,
• reduce the costs associated with preparing these documents,
• contribute to the skills associated with preparing these documents being readily acknowledged as core business competencies,
• assist government departments, and philanthropic trusts and foundations, in inviting and assessing submissions, proposals and tenders, and
• assist commercial and non-profit organisations in preparing to outsource.

$29.95

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What’s New:

• Jean’s Definition of Assume
• Chapter 7, e-book: Risk management is as relevant in spiritual journeying as in physical journeying
• Successful Submission Writing – for Business and Nonprofits, 3rd Edition (Jean Roberts, 2009), published by Wilkinson Publishing of Melbourne, Australia
• JRUpdate January/February 2010: The Art and Science of Monitoring
• Tendering and Outsourcing ‘mini-checklists’ for Managers
• Chapter 6 of my current e-book, My Spiritual Journey as an Independent Consultant
  Each of us needs to have a belief system, to know and understand it, and to be sufficiently confident to be able to use it as a tool in shaping our relationships and experiences. 
• Jean’s 10 Core Business Strategies for SMEs This weekly series is now complete.  Download all ten to create your copy of Jean’s SME Toolbox (for  commercial, franchise, nonprofit, social entrepreneurs and joint ventures) from Core Business Strategies and Small and Medium Enterprise.     Contact Jean if you would like to receive a hard copy – or are interested in workshops or seminars on any of these Core Business Strategies.

The importance of definitions

The first of the January 2010 Definitions is in place: Integrated Service Planning. Check it out today at Jean’s Library of Definitions.   Latest is Jean’s definition of Assume

In this almost final chapter, we’ll examine the art and science of risk management relevant to spiritual journeying:

• ‘art’ is the doing of a thing, and
• ‘science’ is the understanding of a thing.

For the first half of my life, I was ‘doing’…

One Man Show – Featuring the Author’s and Shakespeare’s experiences as sole operators

The smallest of small business – featuring the Author’s and Shakespeare’s experience as sole operators

A One Man Show is often referred to as a ‘micro-business’ – a term that emphasises the business rather than the person.

This book has four main sections, illustrated by events in both Shakespeare’s and Jean’s personal and business experiences as they persevered:

• Setting out as a One Man Show
• The Resource Base of a One Man Show
• Two different – and useful – business life-cycles
• Traffic lights for One Man Show business start-ups

Jean provides a lively and thought provoking study for any potential entrepreneur considering starting a micro enterprise. The ideas are original, creative, and well researched.

Roger Cook
Centre for International and Open Learning at the Thames Valley University, London.