A challenge for all creative, wordy people out there...

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I need to come up with a title for a document I'm writing and am all out of inspiration. So though I'd see if I could pick any brains here. It's about beginnings - the aim of the document is to rally the troops (not literally, just people working in a profession) and say, kind of, here's a fantastic opportunity, see what it can do for you.

Background - it's about a new policy which could do amazing stuff for you and possibly save the day. (Am not writing this for the people who came up with the policy, but am trying to enthuse people on the ground and demonstrate some examples of people making it work for them). But people out there are cynical and justifiably so.

Have tried 'seize the day' which might work but kind of cliched.

Star prize for the best suggestion!

LOL at Get Your Capes On.

Do It To Them Before They Do It To You?

I'd be tempted to call it something like "Look, we're trying bloody hard here, but feel free to use this for bog paper if it doesn't inspire you. Read it first though, there's a love"

Too long, but:
Call it What you Will, Make it What You Want

Enthusing people on the ground rarely works. (why on the ground anyway - a step up from grass roots???) Give it a secret code sounding number and at least get their interest at the beginning....

CXU 007999222 - the policy document for YOU!

From grass roots, many a mighty oak did grow...

tired.bed.mumsnet off.

People who need enthusing rarely get enthused by sweated-over documents though.

It's action and involvement that enthuses people IME.

Let Us Entertain You... (bloody song titles!)

Sorry, realise you don't want people telling you about enthusing other people. You want a bloody good title.

Which I'm failing to provide.

Gah.

bloss - sounds great, but makes me want to run a mile! The DoH call things the most dreadful titles and you really do get used to the idea that the more cheesy the title the more ill thought out the policy and the worse the outcome will be. Oh, and the way they use commas! ('Our health, our care, our say', or a complete load of pap covering 240 pages) for example. The best one has to be Commissioning a Patient Led NHS - or lets just sack everyone for a laugh. Clearly that's what the patients told them to do - not! Hmm - sorry a bit cynical hear methinks!

How Do We Value You, Let Us Count The Ways.

S'all right hunker, was only vaguely picking MN's collective brain.

Thing is, there's money in it. Maybe we should just say 'Free Money, Find Out How to Get It and Use It'.

Like that one! Honest and to the point and mentions dosh.

Oh, and second everything Nooka says. Am NOT writing this for DH, btw. Wish I was, they'd pay more.

Go for blatant attention grabbing - a lecturer used same tactic when i was at uni - just when everyone was falling asleep he would say how the very condom used by George Elliot and her partner was available for viewing ......etc etc. Everyone in that lecture theatre woke up sharpish. Twenty years later still fresh in memory.

Get it and Use It - Start Here.

ambiguous beginnings reference. can u tell i'm ready for bed but in denial?

"not another boring policy document"

seriously people will be intrigued. however you would have to have a management structure with a SOH - not likley is it?

Thing is we're all so attention-grabbing-headline outed, aren't we?

I'd just call it: It's A New Policy, It'll Do Amazing Things And There's Probably Free Money In It For You. Read On.

some trite word catchers

upstart
start right
work right
worklight
lighter life!

Never mind the deficit, here's another boring policy document... (inspired by Custy).

Hunker, that's the exec summary sorted, then!

Read This, Then Bitch Among(st?) Yourselves, As Per Bleeding Usual.

Again, a management with a sense of humour required

lol at hunker! like it

Oh Hunker, I so wish I could use that. But I'm not actually writing it for the DH so it's not giving people orders.

It's just what happens. It doesn't matter how much blood, sweat or tears you shed over stuff like this, it always has the same reaction. It's probably even able to be broken down into a mathematical equation - you know, matronly office-mum type gets the wrong end of the stick and has to be reassured that it doesn't mean she's losing her job and having bamboo shoved under her nails instead of a teabreak, etc, etc.