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T, 11/4: Working with clients

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This week you’ll submit a proposal for the feasibility study. If you haven’t finalized your client for this unit and you haven’t spoken with me about it, you need to do so today.

This morning we’re talking about working with clients and on Thursday we’ll begin to discuss how to put together the actual report. Next week we’ll discuss presentations and front/back matter within the report. In the last three weeks we’ll dedicate time in class to hear briefings on your studies, whether they are actually complete or not.

1. Listen and evaluate two tech briefings. We’ll spend 10-15 minutes hearing from each of them and another 5 completing evaluation forms.

  • LinkedIn (Julia & Kelly).
  • Google apps (Ethan & Francisco).

2. Slideshow: Working with clients. Slides here.

3. Activity: Analyze example proposals. We’ll take a look at 3 examples that vary in approach and quality.

Th, 10/30: Proposals

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1. Listen and evaluate another tech briefing: Go2Meeting (Alina & Tian). We’ll spend 10-15 minutes hearing from them and another 5-10 completing their evaluation form. Their deliverable is here.

2. Last-minute questions about the Instructions Project? This is due by midnight.

3. Slideshow: Proposals. Slides here.

4. Activity 1: RFPs. Browse the RFPs at grants.gov, find an example from your field, and skim the synopsis, full announcement and/or application materials to identify:

  • Investors — Who are they? Who do they represent?
  • Problem/need/goal — Why are they posting this RFP?
  • Objectives — What would a good proposal promise to do?
  • Solutions/Methods — How could might a proposal insure it keeps that promise? What must an applicant say about their qualifications, scheduling, resources, and capacity to manage?

5. Activity 2: Kickstarter. Browse the various projects on Kickstarter, find an example that interests you, and skim the page to identify:

  • Investors — Where & how does the maker address them?
  • Problem — What need or desire does this thing satisfy?
  • Solution — What is the thing and what does it promise to do?
  • Methods — What appeals does it make to insure it will keep those promises? What does the page say about the maker’s qualifications, scheduling, resources, and capacity to manage making this thing?