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Do you enjoy writing factual material? Can you present your facts in a convincing manner? Do you feel strongly about a particular cause? Then, perhaps, grantwriting is for you.
Ehrenkranz, Penny Lockwood. Writing World (2001). Articles>Grants>Proposals
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Grantsmanship is the art of acquiring peer-reviewed research funding. The objective of these guidelines is to assist both new and veteran investigators to optimize their chances of successfully competing in a peer-reviewed grant application competition.
Kraicer, Jacob. University of North Carolina. Articles>Grants>Proposals
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Back to Fund-amentals: The Business Realities of Funding for Performance Support Projects 
Although electronic performance support systems (EPSSs) sound like exciting projects to technical communicators and instructional designers, many proposed EPSSs stay on the drawing boards because the organizations for whom they were designed choose not to fund them. In general, EPSSs require more up-front investment than traditional documentation and training. That additional expense, sometimes increasing up-front expenses by several times, could be enough to stop a project unless the designers can explain how the organization can benefit from this additional investment. In fact, most often, these organizations decline to fund the proposed EPSSs because the financial benefits of the EPSSs are not explained, and so the proposed EPSS is perceived to exceed the cost of designing and developing it. In other words, the businesses do not perceive that the EPSS is a good investment of their money.
Driscoll, Margaret and Colin Hynes. Technical Communication Online (2002). Articles>Content Management>Proposals
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Best Practices for Developing Sales Proposals 
Help differentiate your company from the competition by using Schoenecker's suggestions to create effective sales proposals.
Schoenecker, Michelle M. Intercom (2004). Articles>Business Communication>Proposals
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This paper analyzes behaviors and mechanisms that led to successful and unsuccessful aerospace proposals written by one company over 10 years. Successful proposal managers elicited cooperation through persuasion and by successfully negotiating organizational, disciplinary, and cultural boundaries. Tracking devices that identified scheduling problems early in the project and designation of a dedicated, neutral project space located near corporate decision makers also contributed to a proposal team's success. This research suggests the need for technical writing instruction that develops students' non-coercive persuasive skills and their sensitivity to the communication challenges inherent in cross-organizational and cross-cultural contexts.
Kent-Drury, Roxanne. Technical Communication Online (2000). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Writing
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Build a Business Case for Online Learning Projects
Upper-level decision makers seem to thrive on 'what if?' Here's how it works: Line workers, managers, and independent consultants enthusiastically propose a project, and executives shred it apart with 'what ifs?' and 'have you considereds?' In reality, such questions indicate that a project proposal is incomplete. The people who prepared it may have assumed an overly optimistic or pessimistic result, overlooked relevant alternatives, or may not have considered relevant component costs. And when it comes to technology projects--such as online learning development -- executives may kick 'what if' into high gear. Though the benefits of such projects seem self-evident to the converted, the possibility of a high price tag and organizational disruption sobers many executives considering the online plunge.
Carliner, Saul. ASTD (2000). Articles>Management>Proposals
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Proposal are also the cause of a great deal of anxiety for many creatives--especially those new to the industry. They're usually not on the list of most creative-related classes in school. But, fear not, oh ye creative bethern. I'm going to take you step-by-step and show you how it's put it together.
Tortorella, Neil. Creative Latitude (2004). Careers>Graphic Design>Proposals
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Developing And Writing Grant Proposals
A successful grant proposal is one that is well-prepared, thoughtfully planned, and concisely packaged. The potential applicant should become familiar with all of the pertinent program criteria related to the Catalog program from which assistance is sought. Refer to the information contact person listed in the Catalog program description before developing a proposal to obtain information such as whether funding is available, when applicable deadlines occur, and the process used by the grantor agency for accepting applications. Applicants should remember that the basic requirements, application forms, information and procedures vary with the Federal agency making the grant award.
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Does Typography Affect Proposal Assessment?
Experience from assisting in the review of 30 proposals to a major funding agency suggests that mundane aspects of proposal formatting have an effect on proposal assessment. Why do these apparent connections between mundane formatting and actual funding occur? Here are a few possibilities.
Berleant, Daniel. Communications of the ACM (2000). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Typography
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Businesses, non-profit organizations, government departments, and other groups produce a lot of proposals and reports. This article summarizes some features of reports and proposals that are not the same as books, news items, manuals, magazine articles, memos and many other documents.
Hollis Weber, Jean. Technical Editors Eyrie (2001). Articles>Editing>Proposals>Reports
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A proposal must convince the prospective donor of two things: that a problem need of significant magnitude exists, and that the applicant agency has the means and the imagination to solve the problem or meet the need.
Center for Nonprofit Management (2000). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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By engaging the rhetorical and technical challenges of formal requests for proposals (RFPs), observation reports, and group work plans, first-year engineering students at UC Santa Barbara demonstrate that they are able to emulate the design strategies employed by professional engineers in the production of design proposals. Because the RFPs called for products that aided the disabled, the students also became practiced in the research and questioning skills that engineers need to employ when they are designing products for a population of consumers with special needs
Applen, J.D. STC Proceedings (1998). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Engineering
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Essential Elements of a Writing Course Proposal
At some point in their careers, many writers may teach writing courses, either before a 'live' classroom audience or, these days, online. But how does a new teacher develop that first course proposal? What elements should go into it?
Dreifus, Erika. Klariti (2005). Articles>Education>Proposals>Writing
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Estimating Project Times and Costs Without Losing Your Shirt--Or Your Sanity
Determining how long it takes to complete a job is essential for planning and for budgeting your time, whether you're a wage slave or a freelancer. In this article, I'll focus on the needs of the freelancer, but the same approach will work equally well for managers of teams of technical communicators and even for lone writers.
Hart, Geoffrey J.S. Geoff-Hart.com (2006). Careers>Freelance>Proposals
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This is a real proposal for a real client. We changed the name of the client and the product. Download to see what we detail in our plans.
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Finding Funding: Writing Winning Proposals for Research Funds
Identifies funding sources and describes the proposal review process. Provides example criteria and identifies ways to write proposals to meet the needs of its audience of reviewers.
Grove, Laurel K. Technical Communication Online (2004). Articles>Grants>Proposals>Rhetoric
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Finding Proposal Money for Nonprofits
Offers tips on how nonprofit organizations can search for and attain funding.
Munger, Roger H. Intercom (2001). Careers>Business Communication>Proposals
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Finding the Perfect Match—Writing Requests for Proposals
Writing a request to attract project proposals or tenders can be a difficult, time-consuming and expensive task. Issues include assessing and planning both what to communicate and how.
Durham, Marsha. STC Proceedings (1999). Articles>Grants>Proposals
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Funding Your Best Ideas: A 12-Step Program
A set of practical ideas to help you write a proposal.
Straumanis, Joan. FIPSE (1999). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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A collection of links to grant resources for educators.
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Grant Writing Resources on the Web
There is no single standard format for organizing a grant proposal. Rather, potential funding sources will generally provide information about proposal format, including requirements concerning information to be included in the proposal, the order in which information is to be presented, and the length of specific sections, as well as the overall length of the proposal.
University of Kansas (1999). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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Group Interviews as Source for Writing Proposals
Group interviews can be an effective means for collecting information for competitive proposals. Many knowledgeable people who are phobic about writing will talk freely during a group interview. In addition, people who consider themselves too busy to write a section of a proposal may be amenable to committing 2 - 3 hours to a technical or project management interview.
Kendrick, Jim. Competitive Communication Methods (1998). Articles>Interviewing>Proposals
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Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
This Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal was created to help empower people to be successful in gaining funds for projects that provide worthwhile social service. A major theme that runs throughout the Guide is a concern for the development of meaningful cooperative relationships - with funding agencies, with community organizations, and with the people you are serving - as a basis for the development of strong fundable initiatives. The Guide is built on the assumption that it is through collaboration and participation at all levels that long term change can be affected.
Levine, S. Joseph. Learner Associates (2003). Resources>Grants>Proposals
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