From the course: Writing a Proposal
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Constructing a reader-friendly design
From the course: Writing a Proposal
Constructing a reader-friendly design
- Whether the proposal is internal, external, solicited, or unsolicited it needs to look and be easy for the reviewer to read. Not having an overall design that is carefully thought through, and the proposal does not follow our prescribed format, are two of the top ten reasons proposals are turned down. If you're responding to an RFP, you have the sections or categories that must be included. The various categories were identified with heading such as qualifications, budget, and task schedule. If an RFP is not your starting point, then you'll still have to identify questions the reviewer will have such as qualifications, budget, and task schedule. So, let's look at this brief section of the proposal. It includes company background combined with qualifications and projected costs. The first thing that needs to be done, to make that segment reader-friendly is to separate the different ideas, qualifications, and budget with section headings. So immediately, the internal headings for the…
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