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Library Research Assignment

Professional Proposal

The discussion assignment for this week will be developing a professional proposal. Knowing your audience is important to creating the tone and format in your technical proposal. In this assignment, you will be reworking the draft proposal you developed for your instructor to submit to a potential project sponsor. Complete the following for this assignment:

• Research the library and the Internet for information on suggested formats for a formal proposal to a project sponsor.
• Select 1 of the researched formats, and rework your draft you created in the first week.
• You will be posting this proposal to be critiqued by your peers in the Discussion Board.
• Be sure to share the source of your format and why it is appropriate for this type of proposal.
• Explain why knowing your audience was helpful in developing a professional proposal.
• Respond to 2 of your fellow classmates with a reply of at least 100 words.
  • What did you learn from your classmate's posting?
  • What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
  • What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
  • What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates' postings?