Solicited Proposal

Proposing & RFP Presentations Solicited Proposals Cheryl Geisler Lecture 13-14 Persuading Agenda Workshop 5  RFP Comparisons Part III  Intro to Solicited Proposals  RFP Comparisons Part IV  Style Style Workshop 5 Emphasis Original Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion is the most important event in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War.  Three-quarters of the history is devoted to setting up the invasion because of this.  Through the step-by-step decline in Athenian society that Thucydides describes, we can see how he chose to anticipate the Sicilian Invasion.  The inevitability that we associate with the tragic drama is the basis reason for the need to anticipate the invasion.  Akintayo   In Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, the most important event is the Athenians' catastrophic invasion of Sicily.  He examines the causes of this invasion, to which he devotes three quarters of the book.  Thucydides builds to a foreshadowed conclusion, the invasion of Sicily, by detailing the cause, the decline of Athenian society. He leads us along the arc of this tragic drama, leading us to an inevitable catastrophe. Laura   The most important event in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion which is why three-quarters of the book is devoted to setting it up. As a matter of fact, through the step-by-step decline in Athenian society that Thucydides describes, we can see how he chose to anticipate the Sicilian Invasion which was needed due to the inevitability associated with this tragic drama. Jake The most important event in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War is Athens’ catastrophic Invasion of Sicily.  Thucydides devotes three quarters of his account to describing the social decline among the Athenian people, and paints a picture reminiscent of the best Greek tragedies.  The historical evidence presented leads to an inevitable and tragic conclusion: the Sicilian Invasion.  Johanna  Many people describe the Sicilian Invasion as inevitable, but it is this precise inevitability that allowed Thucydides to anticipate and predict its occurrence, although he was unable to prevent it. RFP Comparisons Part III RFP III 6:30Akintayo 6:40Laura 6:50Ryan 7:00 CJ Solicited Proposals Solicited Defined A proposal written in response to a formal request for proposals Features Proposal expected, even desired  Competitive  Formal review process  Explicit criteria  Hard work  Often team work  Schedule  Mar 24:    Apr 14: Apr 21- 28: May 5: Concept paper & Conference (2 weeks) Draft (5 weeks) Presentation (6-7 weeks) Final (8 weeks) Some Examples Vermont Studio Center 4-week residency and full fellowship in nonfiction writing MacArthur Foundation  Equipment to expand computer center Guggenheim Foundation  Genius Award to Fund A Year on the Road Free Markets Development Advisers Program  An International Management Opportunity for Year Abroad Creative Capital Foundation A sculpture that represents the thoughts feelings and emotions evoked by War Memorials Oracle Corporate Giving A grant of 10,000 to purchase digital audio/video equipment for the ARC Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary Education (FIPSE)  Comprehensive Program Electronic Mentoring Program for Minority Students at Rensselaer US Soccer Foundation  City Soccer United: Bringing Soccer to Schenectady Baseball Tomorrow Fund  LaGrange Youth Baseball/Softball field 2004 American Association of University Women  Modeling the MinCDE System in E. coli Central Valley Regional Center (CVRC) Small Business Administration National Geographic Travel Magazine STC American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Palo Alto Foundation for Education Planning Option 1 unsolicited proposal the next step  Write on behalf of organization you targeted in unsolicited  Take Option 2 unsolicited proposal the next step  Write to get the resources you need to continue the work  Take Option 3 a new project  Write to get resources to accomplish something you care about  Choose Criteria for Choosing an RFP        Mission consistent with your goals? Level of funding available adequate? Meet the requirements for a project? Work required feasible in given timeframe? History of funding suggest you’re competitive? Connections with agency? Friendly to your methodology? Managing Scope  Problem: Often too large in scope  Solution: Focus on the core that represents the baseline logic Adding in and Leaving Out  Add in – credentials – budget – application form  Leave out: – Supplementary materials that are impossible to create or gather AND not central to your argument Questions about What to Include?  Conference in two weeks Solicited Concept Paper Weeks  Brief description of topic  Preliminary baseline logic  RFP URL or paper copy of RFP  Contact list started  Two RFP Comparisons Part IV RFP IV 8:oo Thomas 8:10Jeff 8:20Jiuru 8:30Johanna Coming Up This Week  Draft unsolicited proposal due by close of day Friday (Mar 6) Next Week Break  Comments on unsolicited back by weekend (Mar 15)  Continue legwork  Spring Two Weeks (Mar 17 Workshop  Themes & Qualifications  Revised Unsolicited Proposal due by close of day Friday (Mar 20)  Concision Three Weeks (Mar 24) Reports  Concept papers for Solicited Proposal  Field Questions?