Management - For This Assessment Answer

For this assignment, you will produce a proposal in response to ONE of the RFPs shown below. You will address this proposal to the individual identified in the RFP you have selected. Note: You will have to create your own company and populate it with employees. Get creative! Building on First Lady Michele Obama’s Let’s Move campaign against childhood obesity, Dickenson County (in Southwestern Virginia) is soliciting proposals for half-day workshops on health-related issues for area students and their parents. Workshops should be interactive, involving both parents and students, and help foster healthy lifestyles. You and some of your colleagues have just started Health 4All, a non-profit that focuses on improving the overall health awareness of residents in low-income, rural areas in Virginia. Winning this proposal would help you meet your goals and also give your organization a bit of publicity that it needs to continue its work. The county will fund the workshop that best meets these criteria (not necessarily in this order): It focuses on interactivity for students and parents (and contains specific details about how it will make this possible) It contains specific details about activities and their value, qualifications of individuals identified in the proposal, associated costs, and anything else mentioned. It shows an awareness of how obesity is a problem for many young students, including facts and figures from government and other reports. It contains a breakdown of costs and a timetable for activities. It is cost-effective. To apply, submit your proposal to Winifred Costas Dickenson County Superintendent of Schools 2600 Main Street Clintwood, VA 24073 Assignment Specifications Form: Use as your model the examples attached here (although they might be about different subjects). When you submit the final version, you can submit it as a PDF (to preserve formatting). Length: 3-4 pp in terms of the core of the proposal, + cover page (1), letter of transmittal (1), table of contents (1). (Total of 6-7 pp.) Letter of Transmittal Specs: A letter of transmittal serves to introduce ('transmit') a document to which it is attached -- in this case, the proposal. It should use the neutral news message plan: (1) deliver the news: attached please find our proposal, written in response to... (2) provide necessary details: offer a summary of your proposal (what your plan proposes, for example) (3) close cordially: thank the reader and provide contact info in case they have questions Research: You need to use concrete details to flesh out the proposal: evidence that the problem exists that your plan will alleviate, descriptions of your plan, costs, products you would order, layouts, designs, etc. In fact, in order for your proposal to be convincing, you MUST include such details. So you WILL need to research the costs of equipment and materials, do some research into your main subject (to argue that it's a problem and to provide supporting data for your idea), etc. Documentation: Research should be documented using footnotes. Visuals: The proposal should use as many images as needed to help the reader understand the problem -- at least TWO within the text itself. Make sure that your visuals are introduced in the text (ex: See Figure 1) and that each is given a title. Text should wrap around visuals. Format: headings; single space within sections; double space between sections and around headings; page numbering. Either indent paragraphs or double space between paragraphs. DO NOT do both. Wrap text around visuals. Design: Remember that color, spacing, lists, horizontal rules, and boxes can also be visual elements. For further help, I have attached documents that have samples of proposals and the proposal checklist. I have also attached an analysis of the audience and the purpose of this proposal so that it will be easy for you guys to do the assignment.