Monday, June 13, 2011

8th Commandment of Business Writing: Plan your proposal

When writing a proposal you need to plan the document: What content will it contain? What should the title say? How long should it be? How should the format be presented? These are all important questions to consider before starting. In other words, planning is of paramount importance.

The content should focus on four things.

1. What you're going to do
2. How you're going to do it
3. When you're are going to do it
4. Evidence that you will do it well

By nature reports are not exciting documents, so only contain these elements to keep readers interest. In that aspect, the document should only be as long as you need to convey your information. The title should be clear and specific. Don’t say “Taxes on Southern Universities”, say “State Taxes on Tuition at State Funded Schools in Kentucky”.

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