# How to Write Knockout Proposals

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/how-to-write-knockout-proposals/
- Published: 2004-05-01T15:48:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**What You Must Know (and Say) to Win Funding Every Time**

If you’ve ever wondered why you were denied funding for an obviously worthy project,
_How to Write Knockout Proposals_ just may have the answer.

In all likelihood, your proposal was the culprit. With information all around us
today – both online and in print – virtually anyone can identify the right prospects,
whether they’re corporations, foundations, or even individuals.

That’s the easy part. But few people, as Joseph Barbato says in the first chapter
of his new book, can write a ‘Knockout’ proposal, “a document of such force it nearly
catapults the funder down the hall.”

A proposal writer himself for 30 years, Barbato hopes to change that.

Includes a foreword by Joel Orosz.