From the course: Writing a Proposal
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An overview of proposal writing
- So you've been asked to or decided to prepare a proposal. It may be the first one you've ever prepared or you may have prepared many on a regular basis and know that you win some and you lose some. Regardless, you have a labor-intensive task ahead of you. Normally, the proposal has one chance of getting accepted, and in the proposal writing business, there are no do-overs. Maybe your manager has asked you to admit a funding proposal for your division, or maybe that manager has tasked you with preparing a sales proposal based on a Request For Proposal from a potential new client, or your team has decided to submit a general equipment proposal to your company's VP because you see a need for new equipment in the company, or that manager wants to send in an investment proposal to a group of potential investors. Any difference in those proposal situations? Certainly. The first one, funding proposal, is internal and solicited. The second one, proposal in response to the RFP, is external…
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