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.From the Blog
Because words are so important in proposals, grant proposal professionals should avoid clichés that detract from their prose. On a recent discussion blog among members of APMP (Association of Proposal Management Professionals), members listed some their most irritating proposal clichés. Although they were applied to business proposals, they commonly appear in grant proposals too.
I will list some favorites along with summaries of the author’s frequently humorous reasons for avoiding them. There are good reasons not to use clichés if you want to convince evaluators that your organization is best qualified to
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