Topic: In 7 – 10 pages write a proposal to Genesee Community College Veterinary Technology Department and propose the benefits of adding volunteer work to the students cirriculum. The benefits would be how this would reduce the stray animal population in the area and to educate youth and low income areas about the responsibility and financials of taking on an animal. Touch base on what these volunteers would do and how there work would benefit into there graduation requirement. Also include a 10 minute powerpoint presentation.
Purpose: to propose a valid solution to a situation/problem
Audience: You must decide who your audience is and have a specific person in mind; that decision will affect what you put into the proposal and the tone you use in your writing.
Format: Your proposal may be either external or internal, but except in rare cases will be unsolicited
Your proposal should contain the following sections:
- Transmittal Letter (if external) or Transmittal Memo (internal) containing an executive summary of the proposal
- An Introduction that lays out the problem you wish to solve and the background information necessary to understand this problem
- A Proposed Solution section that discusses in detail what you are suggesting to solve the problem
- A Benefits section that explains how the reader stands to gain from this solution, and that refutes objections the reader may have to the solution
- A Schedule that explains the timeline for implementation of the solution
- A Budget section that explains in detail the costs to the reader of the proposed solution
- An Authorization section (also known as an Action Request) that asks the reader for formal permission to begin work on the solution
- A Works Cited page in MLA format (if necessary). See the Purdue Online Writing Lab (Purdue OWL) for guidance on this topic.
****Attached is the proposal i submitted to my professor in order to get this topic approved