a ppt about Philanthropy Proposal(for presentation)

Content REQUIREMENTS

· Explains why this particular charity is the best fit (i.e. why and how the missions and values of your company and chosen charity align).

· Builds a strong, persuasive argument as to why this charity is the best choice for the company and its employees—must address how the charity meets the mission, values, and culture of the company.

· Explain and interpret all data—don’t just drop in numbers, explain them in plain English.

· Presents a creative, appealing, and plausible action plan (i.e. not merely donating cash). Your idea should excite the owner—and get him ready to implement your ideas.

· Think through the logistics of putting your plan in place—make your plan realistic, workable. Provide a realistic budget of how much this will cost (e.g. for an event provide a realistic breakdown of costs).

· Writing is appropriate for an office memo/email to a superior.

· Thoroughly describes the charity to an audience unfamiliar with it.

· Clearly addresses specific strategies the company would follow to build a strong philanthropic arm.

· Uses the “you” view and addresses the owner’s perspective.

· Make sure the proposal makes sense from a financial and a business standpoint.

· Written with ‘one voice’ – does NOT read as if team members wrote separate parts and didn’t cohere the whole.

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Structure and Logic:

The assignment is written as an internal memo with To, From, Re headings.

Opens with recommendation and explanation of why that charity is best fit.

Includes all of the following:

· Description of charity

· Plan to help the charity

· Benefits to the company

· Incentives to leverage employee involvement

Uses brevity tools (e.g. section headers, bullets, formatting, indenting, tables) to guide the reader.

Organizes information so important information is placed first and explanations follow.

Clear logical transitions between ideas explain connections.

Closing reiterates recommendation.

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Language:

Language is economical, clear, precise and professional

· Language is written in one style

· Relies upon detailed, specific, concrete statements (free of abstract and vague statements)

· free of discriminatory or biased language

· free of weasel words such as “generally,” “some,” “various,” “very,” “basically”

· free of informal, unprofessional or overly conversational language

· free of jargon and clichés

· free of long-windedness, redundancies, and weak openings (“My point is that it is very important that people understand the importance of…”)

· confident, positive, and professional tone (No use of “I believe” phrases)

· limits use of passive voice

· free of “There are” or “It is” constructions

· free of unnecessarily complex verb tenses, convoluted constructions

Sentences are energetic and varied

Free of grammar and usage errors, including:

· pronoun disagreement

· subject-verb disagreement or verb tense changes

· comma errors

· unparallel sentence structure

· Misuse of Punctuation (e.g., Apostrophe, Quotation Marks)

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