Course Summary Crounded ln Lhe lnLerplay of buslness educaLlon governmenL and nonproflLs Lhls advanced

workplace wrlLlng course concenLraLes on long formal documenLs speclflcally ptoposols qtoots and tepotts found ln
a varleLy of organlzaLlons 8ulldlng on Lhe skllls learned ln ersuaslve ArgumenL (37720100) WrlLlng for Lhe Workplace
(37721100) and 1echnlcal WrlLlng (37721300) you wlll develop Lhe crlLlcal Lhlnklng and wrlLlng skllls requlred Lo
O ffecLlvely deflne a problem or recognlze an opporLunlLy (ssessmeot)
O ,ap a vlable plan (9toposol wtltloq)
O Welgh fundlng opLlons and creaLe fundlng relaLlonshlps (toot uevelopmeot)
O ommunlcaLe lnformaLlon and leverage collaboraLlon (epott eoetotloo)
8ecognlzlng Lhe value of connecLlons among lndlvlduals ln Lhe workplace and across lnsLlLuLlons and drawlng on our
hlsLorlcal undersLandlng of soclal caplLal we wlll lnvesLlgaLe Lhe lnLenLlons challenges and goals of Lhe professlonal
proposal wrlLer
As !ohnsonSheehan conLends ln wtltloq 9toposols etotlc fot Moooqloq cooqe proposals are never wrlLLen ln a
soclal vacuum 8aLher Lhey are wrlLLen ln soclal pollLlcal and eLhlcal envlronmenLs LhaL are always muLaLlng and
muLable" ln oLher words change ls a glven relnvenLlon ls a necesslLy
roposals from Lhe workplace Lhe long and Lhe shorL of lL are as !ohnsonSheehan suggesLs Lhe Lools for Laklng
purposeful acLlon ln a world LhaL never seems Lo sLop movlng" onsequenLly Lhe power of persuaslon ls ln Lhe conLenL
and clarlLy of Lhe blueprlnL for dlrecLlng people and resources Lhe proposal Sales managemenL sclence Leachlng
publlc servlce soclal servlces or healLhcareall envlronmenLs wlll lnvolve persuaslve wrlLlng and Lhe recognlLlon of
soclal leverage
Whlle lmmersed ln group granL developmenL experlences wlLh communlLybased cllenLs we wlll dlscuss Lhe LheoreLlcal
foundaLlons of soclal caplLal 1he culmlnaLlon of Lhls dlscusslon wlll be ln Lhe developmenL of proposals and reporLs
LhaL offer dreams for Lhe fuLure As Samuel !ohnson would offer lL ls always Lhe wrlLers duLy Lo make Lhe world
beLLer
WlLh an eye Loward conLlnued pracLlce and lnformed guldance Lhls course wlll relnforce Lhe prlnclples of sound
wrlLlng
khetor|ca| know|edge (the art or sc|ence of commun|cat|on |n words)
We wlll look aL potpose and respondlng Lo Lhe needs of dlfferenL ooJleoces An lnvesLlgaLlon of volce tooe and level of
fotmollty wlll be lncluded
Cr|t|ca| 1h|nk|ng kead|ng Wr|t|ng Sk|||s
We wlll reflne Lhe wrlLlng ablllLles LhaL you need Lo funcLlon wlLhln a professlonal seLLlng
An Understand|ng of Wr|t|ng rocesses
We wlll sLudy wrlLlng as a ptocess LhaL lnvolves crlLlcal Lhlnklng drafLlng and revlslng We wlll parLlclpaLe ln Lhe
collobototlve and soclal aspecLs of Lhls process
I know|edge of Convent|ons
ln Lhls course you wlll learn Lhe varlous convenLlons of proposal granL and reporL wrlLlng