This document provides guidance on writing a short bio, including what to include, tips, and an example. A short bio should briefly introduce yourself and highlight your achievements and relevant projects in 2-3 sentences. It is important to include your current job, publications, professional memberships, awards, education background, work experience, and notable achievements. The bio should be interesting and relevant to your intended audience. It is closed with a reminder of who you are and contact details. An example bio is given that follows these guidelines in 3 sentences and less than 100 words.

1. Writing short bio

2. What is a short bio
• Brief biography to introduce yourself
highlight achievements, list important projects with which
you are involved.
• Bios have to be interesting and relevant to audience

3. Why do you need a short bio?
• Post on your website and blog
• Include in your conference
materials
• Provide with proposals to
clients
• Submit for speaking,
presenting or grant
applications
• Include in any books, ebooks,
reports or professional
documents you develop

4. How many words?
• It depends where is your
bio and who will read it
• It’s hard to summarize a
life and career in just a few
sentences.

5. What to Include in Your Bio?
• Current job, business or professional experience
• Publications or presentations you have
completed
• Professional memberships
• Awards, honors and certifications you have
received
• Your contact information

6. Tips
• Introduce Yourself in the third person
Oksana Honcharenko is a manager of IT company “New Vision”
• List education background and work experience
Earned the bachelor degree at the National Technical University in Kharkiv.
Worked as an IT-specialist for Microsoft Ukraine.
• Add information about notable achievements
In 2008 became the finalist of the educational exchange program and had an
internship at Microsoft Germany in Berlin.
• Close with a short reminder of who you are and a call to
action.
Oksana Honcharenko continues to implement the successful experience of the
foreign companies in Kyiv.
• Provide the contact details (e-mail, telephone, address)

7. Example
• Jumbo Jim: Bio
Jumbo Jim writes on a broad range of subjects for national newspapers, magazines and journals,
and continues to ensure his business clients are advantaged by his copy and marketing writing
skills.
Jumbo Jim's first professional post was to work as a copywriter for a major newspaper. After two
years Jumbo moved on to lead the editorial team of the new media magazine The Zone. After
winning the London Writers Best Article Award in 1998, Jumbo Jim set himself up as a freelance
writer and consultant.
Jumbo Jim continues to progress his passion for writing and his enthusiasm for getting a job well
done. Jumbo Jim: for new writing commissions and consultancy work.
Contact Details:
Jumbo Jim
Postal Address: 101 My Street, My Town, My City, My Country,
My Post/Zip Code
Email: me@my-web-site.com
Website: www.my-web-site.com/
Phone: 0101 (0) 10101 010101