Project Proposal

• Project proposal is persuasive in nature
• Project proposal's objective in writing to convince whatever suggestion or plan you have with regard to a project
• Parts of a Project Proposal (10)

  1. Rationale
  2. Project Title
  3. Project Date, Time, and Venue
  4. Project Description
  5. Project Objectives
  6. Project Proponents and Beneficiaries/Participants
  7. Program Flow/Activities
  8. Budget Proposal
  9. Project Monitoring
  10. Project Evaluation
• Answers the question "Why?" and attempts to explain why a proect is necessary

  Rationale
• To write the rationale effectively, you need the following:

  1. Introduction: Problem
  2. Effects of the Problem
• Part of the Rationale that..

  • Discusses the problem and your objectives
  • Tell the readers why it really is a problem and what causes the problem.


  Introduction: Problem.
• Part of the Rationale that...

  • Enumerates the effects of the problem
  • Focus on you intended project

  Effects of the Problem
• A catchy title will help capture the attention of your audience. Write a title and a subtitle or a theme


  Project Title
• A good project has a duration; it can't run forever. you need to specify these. If there are multiple, state them all the same

  Project Date, Time, and Venue
• talks about, in paragraph form , the solution

  You must provide a thorough discussion on the advantages of your solutions to convince your readers that your solutions are the most effective solutions to the problem


  Project Description
• What do you aim to achieve if your project is supported or approved?

  Project Objectives
• Write your objectives in ...

  Infinitive phrases
• Project Proponents has two parts

  1. Proponents
  2. Beneficiaries/participants
• These refer to the organizers, sponsors, and supporters who will fund and/or execute this project. You need to list the committee, if any, or at least the point persons/leaders and their specific roles

  Project Proponents
• Refers to the people who stand to benefit if your project proposal is supported

  Beneficiaries
• Like contestants in a competition

  Participants
• Provide the necessary details about how the beneficiaries will be able to claim the privilege or how contestants can join

  Project Proponents
• What will happen in the project? the steps or processes involved? Mention them here. You can outline the program flow, or list the activities involved in your project

  Program Flow/Activities
• Parts of a Program Flow/Activities

  Part A: Program Flow

  Part B: List of Activities in the Gantt Chart
• Budget Proposal


  One of the most important parts of the project proposal -- you need funds for most projects and you need to present these clearly in itemized form
• Reminders in writing budget proposal

  1. Total price per item
  2. Grand total
• Multiply the quantity and the unit prize

  Total prize per item
• State the sum of expenses as well as the source of the fund

  Grand Total
• Who will be there during the activity's implementation? Who will ensure that everything flows smoothly? Place these information in this section

  Project Monitoring
• How will you know if the project is successful? What are the things that can be improved? This section includes the assessment of the project.

  Project Evaluation
• summarizes in paragraph form what the attached document (project proposal) is all about

  Cover Letter
• Parts of a Cover Letter

  1. Date
  2. Addressee
  3. Salutation
  4. Body
  5. Closing
  6. Signature
• You place the date when the letter was written and signed. Make sure that the date is not too far from the date when the addressee actually receives the letter.
• Refers to the recipient of your letter

  Addressee
• In the addressee section include the ff:

  • Name
  • designation up ad or position
  • Institution to which the addressee is connected
• This is the "Dear" line that you see in most informal or formal/professional correspondences. In cases when you don't know the addressee, use "To whom it may concern" or "Dear Sir/Madam." 


  Salutation
• This is the part that is most important, for it contains your message. Depending on the attached document, the message in the body changes.

  Body
• Reminders for the Body

  • Reserve the first paragraph for introducing yourself and/or the organization you are affiliated with. 
  • Mention your main topic in the second and succeeding paragraphs. 
  • In the second to the last paragraph, write your contact information. 
  • Say "thank you" in the last line.
• The counterpart of the salutation, this is a phrase that ends with a comma and serves to end the letter.

  Closing
• Recommended for people occupying the highest positions, like president, pope, chief justice, etc.

  Respectfully yours,
• Used for most professional correspondence (general closing)

  Sincerely yours,
• Used when you are writing to a person within the same fraternity, like fraternity of priests

  Fraternally yours,
• Here, the name and signature of the writer of the letter is placed. Like the addressee, you need to place the designation and institution of the sender. Sometimes, writers also place their contact information (like mobile number and/or e-mail address) underneath the designation and institution.

  Signature