Learning Objectives 1. Explain how to adapt to your audiences when writing reports and proposals. 2. Name five characteristics of effective report content and list topics commonly covered in the introduction, body, and close of formal reports.
Writing Successful Proposals • Demonstrate your knowledge. • Provide examples and information. • Research your competition. • Prove your proposal is workable. • Adopt the “you” attitude. • Package the proposal attractively.
Summary of Discussion • In this section, we discussed the following: – Revising Reports and Proposals – Producing Reports and Proposals – Prefatory Elements of Formal Reports – Supplementary Elements of Formal Reports
