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O <br />KEITHHAYES <br />WRITERS <br />Proposal <br />i7i3 Pathway Drive <br />Carrboro, NC z75io <br />keith _ hayeswriting.com <br />gsg.gz3.si78 <br />The Orange County Manager's Office has requested a proposal from Keith Hayes to provide writing <br />training services to department heads and to work with the Board of County Commissioners to develop <br />a writing style guide to standardize abstracts and other County writing. <br />Objectives of the program are: <br />• Provide practical training to department heads so that materials they produce for the Board of <br />Country Commissions and for public distribution are clear, succinct, informative and easy to <br />read. <br />• Enable department managers to help each other improve their writing. <br />• With the Board of County Commissioners, articulate standards for writing that all <br />Commissioners can agree upon and clarify Board expectations of staff writing. <br />• Elevate the quality abstracts with six months of program implementation. <br />Elements <br />ale Guide for Orange Country Abstracts, Agenda Items and other public documents <br />• 4-6 page guide on key aspects of writing <br />• Solicit Board input at outset of project <br />• Work with Board subcommittee to develop content <br />• Secure consensus on style guide from full board <br />• Share with department heads at writing workshop, ideally September or October <br />• Cost: ~zioo <br />Monthly writing workshops <br />• s-hour workshops monthly, beginning September <br />• Total of 6-8, at the discretion of Orange County Manager's Office <br />•• Cost: $85o per workshop <br />Individual writing coaching and editing <br />• Keith Hayes will edit abstracts for any department head as they request <br />• Keith will also review edits individually with the department head to reinforce ideas presented <br />in workshops <br />• Cost: $75 per engagement to be billed on a monthly basis, along with workshop fee <br />~~ <br />' ~wlilElS <br />