Writing for
Development Courses
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This 5-day course is for anyone who works in the development sector with an interest in improving their writing. This course will boost your skills to produce compelling and original pieces of writing that engage your reader. Writing is an undervalued yet increasingly important skill for development practitioners. Proposals, progress reports, articles, case studies, fundraising material, websites, blogs, press statements… The list is endless. Many of us feel overwhelmed by all the writing we are expected to do and struggle to articulate our thoughts and put our experiences onto paper. The result is that a lot of what is happening ‘on the ground’ remains unseen and unknown to the general public and potential donors. This is a missed chance!
Six public courses are planned for 2014:
Two public courses are planned for 2015:
Download the Brochure for the South African Courses
Download the Brochure for the East African Courses
This course can also be run in-house -
Email marianne@cdra.org.za for details and
Email marlene@cdra.org.za for registration inquiries.
As a participant you will:
Development Courses
See Course Details
See Participant Feedback
This 5-day course is for anyone who works in the development sector with an interest in improving their writing. This course will boost your skills to produce compelling and original pieces of writing that engage your reader. Writing is an undervalued yet increasingly important skill for development practitioners. Proposals, progress reports, articles, case studies, fundraising material, websites, blogs, press statements… The list is endless. Many of us feel overwhelmed by all the writing we are expected to do and struggle to articulate our thoughts and put our experiences onto paper. The result is that a lot of what is happening ‘on the ground’ remains unseen and unknown to the general public and potential donors. This is a missed chance!
Six public courses are planned for 2014:
- Nairobi (Kenya) 5-9 May - done
- Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) 12-16 May - done
- Cape Town 26-39 May - done
- Cape Town 17-21 November - register
- Johannesburg 1-5 December - register
Two public courses are planned for 2015:
Download the Brochure for the South African Courses
Download the Brochure for the East African Courses
This course can also be run in-house -
Email marianne@cdra.org.za for details and
Email marlene@cdra.org.za for registration inquiries.
As a participant you will:
- Understand what your challenges are with regards to different kinds of writing
- Know what the components of a compelling piece of writing are
- Discover the fun of writing as a creative process
- Find the voices needed for different kinds of writing
- Learn to write unique, authentic and inspiring stories about your work
- Learn to give and receive feedback on writing
- Be inspired to write about your work on a continuous basis.
