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				Detailed Table of Contents Unit One: Describing the Problem in Context Chapter 1. Strategic Planning and Audience Analysis Overview Learner outcomes What makes your organization unique? Mission Strategies Budgets Control Strategic planning as a tool for audience analysis The strategic planning exercise Questions for review and discussion Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 1 Chapter 2. Writing the Need Statement Overview Learner outcomes What is a proposal? Describing problems Writing the need statement Description of the problem Rhetorical appeals Your solution to the problem Stating your instrumental purpose Sample need statement Questions for review and discussion Writing your need statement Thinking it through Mapping out a plan Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 2 Chapter 3. Researching Your Need Statement on the Web Overview Learner outcomes Where can you find statistical data on the Web? Identifying keywords Using search engines Basic search strategies Narrowing your search Broadening your search Working with URLs Sample Web searches for statistical data Sample Web search on restoring historical murals Sample Web search on preventing child abuse in the Hispanic community Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 3 Unit Two: Identifying Sponsors and Finding a Match Chapter 4. Finding Funding Sources Using Library Resources Overview Learner outcomes What are the different types of sponsors? Government funding sources Foundation funding sources Locating and identifying potential sponsors Conducting your own search for sponsors Sample search for ESL curriculum development Sample search for Radio K technology upgrade How to interpret an RFP/RFA or program announcement A note on ethics Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 4 Chapter 5. Finding Funding Sources on the Web Overview Learner outcomes How do you search for funding sources online? Incomplete information Information overload Sample search for dissertation funding Online government funding sources Federal government portals Government agency sites Online publications Online foundation websites The Foundation Center website Sample foundation websites Useful databases Listservs Resources summary Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 5 Strategies for finding sponsor websites Unit Three: Getting Buy-in Chapter 6. Writing the Letter of Intent and Preproposal Overview Learner outcomes Where do you find additional information about sponsors? Making initial contact with sponsors Gathering information on small and medium-size foundations The letter of intent Questions for review and discussion Guidelines for writing the letter of intent Sample letters of intent The preproposal Guidelines for writing the preproposal Questions for review and discussion Summary Writing assignments for Chapter 6 Chapter 7. Advance Planning Overview Learner outcomes What is strategic organizational communication? The proposal development team The lead writer The accountant The team secretary The need for advance planning Advance planning questions Building support and getting buy-in What are the resources that you already have that could be diverted to this project? Describe the resources you would still need to implement your idea and write the proposal Questions to ask and answer about your idea Building support Steps for implementation Advance planning exercise Summary Writing Assignment for Chapter 7 Unit 4 Designing, Writing, and Revising the Proposal Chapter 8. Drafting the Proposal Narrative Overview Learner outcomes What are the sections in a proposal? Sample proposal for business plan training Questions for review and discussion Types of awards Proposal logic Writing the project description Describing your solution to the problem Goals Objectives Tasks and activities Exercise on goals, objectives, and tasks Questions for review and discussion Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 8 Chapter 9. Using Software Tools to Enhance Your Proposal Overview Learner outcomes What are the differences between goals, objectives, and tasks? Cause mapping exercise Identifying the relationships between tasks Adding predecessors and resources Project management concepts Creating your project time line Identifying project resources Project management software example Linking times and tasks to resources Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 9 Chapter 10. Designing the Monitoring and Reporting Plans Overview Learner outcomes How important are monitoring and reporting to evaluation? For whom do you evaluate? Formative evaluation Summative evaluation Monitoring and evaluation Designing monitoring and reporting plans Sample monitoring and reporting plans Expected and unexpected project outcomes Frequency of reports Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 10 Chapter 11. Writing the Evaluation, Dissemination, and Sustainability Sections Overview Learner outcomes How do you turn objectives into outcomes? Questions for review and discussion Restating objectives as outcomes Relationship of outcomes to goals Dissemination of project results Questions for review and discussion Building sustainability into your project Financial sustainability Managerial sustainability Social sustainability Technical sustainability Environmental sustainability Questions for review and discussion Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 11 Chapter 12. Preparing the Proposal Budget Overview Learner outcomes How do you prepare a proposal budget? Communicate with the sponsor Budget the whole project Research your costs Expect the unexpected Calculating your direct costs Calculating your personnel costs Identifying your nonpersonnel costs Considerations in preparing your budget Determining your cost sharing options Calculating your indirect costs Creating a budget narrative Completing the sponsor's budget pages Preparing your own project budget Sample budget for business plan training Sample budget for Clothing for Kids Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 12 Unit Five: Preparing the Front and Back Matter Chapter 13. Preparing the Organizational Information Overview Learner outcomes How do you gain the sponsorís trust? Playing to your strengths Assessing the sponsorís needs Shifting perspectives Gathering information from government agencies Determining your competitive advantage Questions for review and discussion Elements in the organizational information section Questions for review and discussion Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 13 Chapter 14. Writing the Cover Letter, Executive Summary, and Abstract Overview Learner outcomes How do you introduce your proposal to the sponsor? Common rhetorical elements The cover letter The cover letter as a letter of transmittal The executive summary The abstract Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 14 Chapter 15. Compiling the Appendices Overview Learner outcomes What goes into the appendices? Appendices as reference tools Appendices as influencers Appendices as a show of commitment and support Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 15 Unit Six: Final Checks and Afterthoughts Chapter 16. Putting the Proposal Package Together Overview Learner outcomes How do you follow the sponsorís guidelines effectively? Interpreting the Minnesota Common Grant Application Form No proposal preparation guidelines from the sponsor Complying with the sponsorís document design specifications Designing a document template Tracking changes from multiple readers Creating custom dictionaries Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 16 Chapter 17. Preparing for the Review Panel Overview Learner outcomes How do evaluation criteria help you write a better proposal? Examples of review processes Independent foundation review processes Corporate foundation review processes Nonprofit sponsor review processes Government agency review processes Requesting reviewersí comments Participating in a review panel Summary Writing assignment for Chapter 17 Chapter 18. Responding to the Sponsorís Decision Overview Learner outcomes What happens if the sponsor says ìYesî? Accepting the award Negotiating the award Requesting feedback from the sponsor Developing and maintaining the relationship What happens if the sponsor says ìNoî? Summary Appendixes A. List of Foundation Center Cooperating Collections in U.S. Libraries B. Sample RFP from the U.S. Department of Labor for a Youth Development Practitioner Apprenticeship Initiative C. General Mills Foundation Information from the Foundation 1000 Directory D. USDA Scoresheet for Reviewers E. Sample Proposal: Clothing for Kids Top Home >> About the Book >> Detailed Table of Contents Webmaster Copyright © 2004 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Pearson Longman - Legal Notice