WeekNine

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Week 9

1. Idea/ Purpose : What is the topic of your project? From this topic, formulate the most important and practical question or set of questions you expect your readers need answered. What is your purpose in writing about this issue or problem?

2. Form : Think about the media and research methods you will mix: film clips and sounds from the world wide web and beyond? Of course. A poster, story board, or presentation of some sort? Perhaps. Text documents, interviews, field research....be creative with this one, use the wiki's flexibility for all it's worth. Your final project should combine various forms.

3. Idiom and Audience : At the same time, consider your audience – will you deal with your subject as a technician might? Like an artist? Like an athlete? Like an entrepreneur? A scholar? An employee at large firm? Each project will be different, because each will be tuned to a different scenario.

4. Rhetorical process and unit assignments : How will you, as a group, divide the tasks? How will you plan your time? Include a timeline in your proposal. How will you align the pieces of the project? How do you anticipate that you will parse the process and divide the work? You can break down the process many different ways, and each project will surely end up diverging from the provisional memo produced for this deadline. Still, consider what you'll need to do in any case: experiments with transitions and arrangement strategies via argumentative technique (definition, evaluation, cause, analogy, idiom translation, prolepsis, prolepsis, and more prolepsis), deployment of technical editing skills (grammar, syntax, drawing/drafting, audio or video work). Most importantly, you'll establish the format and genre your 2 major unit assignments, which will comprise the spine of your final project. What kind of writing do you want to learn more about? Here's your chance to customize your 3250 experience.

5. Exportable versions: you will prepare 2 versions of each major unit assignment: wiki, and print. Also, plan for rendering an abstract, or some sort of serial (linear) description, narrative, or argument detailing your overall project in a .pdf file. Try and tune your document to the needs and strictures of a particular discourse community or even a particular journal.

Here are the components of a good letter proposal:

Ask for the gift: The letter should begin with a reference to your prior contact with the funder, if any. State why you are writing and how much funding is required from the particular foundation
Describe the need: In a very abbreviated manner, tell the funder why there is a need for this project, piece of equipment, etc.
Explain what you will do: Just as you would in a fuller proposal, provide enough detail to pique the funder's interest. Describe precisely what will take place as a result of the grant.
Provide agency data: Help the funder know a bit more about your organization by including your mission statement, brief description of programs offered, number of people served, and staff, volunteer, and board data, if appropriate.
Include appropriate budget data: Even a letter request may have a budget that is a half-page long. Decide if this information should be incorporated into the letter or in a separate attachment. Whichever course you choose, be sure to indicate the total cost of the project. Discuss future funding only if the absence of this information will raise questions.
Close: As with the longer proposal, a letter proposal needs a strong concluding statement. Offer to provide more details or meet with the funder.
Attach any additional information required: The funder may need much of the same information to back up a small request as a large one: a board list, a copy of your IRS determination letter, financial documentation, and brief resumes of key staff.

My Proposal

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