RFP Presentations Solicited Proposals

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RFP PresentationsSolicitedProposals
Proposing Persuading

• Cheryl Geisler
• Lecture 13-14

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Agenda

• Style Workshop 5
• RFP Comparisons Part III
• Intro to Solicited Proposals
• RFP Comparisons Part IV

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Style Workshop 5

• Emphasis

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Original

• Athens' catastrophic Sicilian Invasion is the
  most important event in Thucydides' History of
  the Peloponnesian War.
• Three-quarters of the history is devoted to
  setting up the invasion because of this.
• Through the step-by-step decline in Athenian
  society that Thucydides describes, we can see how
  he chose to anticipate the Sicilian Invasion.
• The inevitability that we associate with the
  tragic drama is the basis reason for the need to
  anticipate the invasion.

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Akintayo

• In Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War,
  the most important event is the Athenians'
  catastrophic invasion of Sicily.
• He examines the causes of this invasion, to which
  he devotes three quarters of the book.
• Thucydides builds to a foreshadowed conclusion,
  the invasion of Sicily, by detailing the cause,
  the decline of Athenian society.
• He leads us along the arc of this tragic drama,
  leading us to an inevitable catastrophe.

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Laura

• The most important event in Thucydides' History
  of the Peloponnesian War is Athens' catastrophic
  Sicilian Invasion which is why three-quarters of
  the book is devoted to setting it up.
• As a matter of fact, through the step-by-step
  decline in Athenian society that Thucydides
  describes, we can see how he chose to anticipate
  the Sicilian Invasion which was needed due to the
  inevitability associated with this tragic drama.

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Jake

• The most important event in Thucydides History
  of the Peloponnesian War is Athens catastrophic
  Invasion of Sicily.
• Thucydides devotes three quarters of his account
  to describing the social decline among the
  Athenian people, and paints a picture reminiscent
  of the best Greek tragedies.
• The historical evidence presented leads to an
  inevitable and tragic conclusion the Sicilian
  Invasion.

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Johanna

• Many people describe the Sicilian Invasion as
  inevitable, but it is this precise inevitability
  that allowed Thucydides to anticipate and predict
  its occurrence, although he was unable to prevent
  it.

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RFP Comparisons Part III
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RFP III

• 630 Akintayo
• 640 Laura
• 650 Ryan
• 700 CJ

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Solicited Proposals
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Solicited Defined

• A proposal written in response to a formal
  request for proposals

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Features

• Proposal expected, even desired
• Competitive
• Formal review process
• Explicit criteria
• Hard work
• Often team work

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Schedule

• Mar 24 Concept paper Conference (2
  weeks)
• Apr 14 Draft (5 weeks)
• Apr 21- 28 Presentation (6-7 weeks)
• May 5 Final (8 weeks)

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Some Examples
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Vermont Studio Center

• 4-week residency and full fellowship in
  nonfiction writing

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MacArthur Foundation

• Equipment to expand computer center

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Guggenheim Foundation

• Genius Award to Fund A Year on the Road

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Free Markets Development Advisers Program

• An International Management Opportunity for Year
  Abroad

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Creative Capital Foundation

• A sculpture that represents the thoughts feelings
  and emotions evoked by War Memorials

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Oracle Corporate Giving

• A grant of 10,000 to purchase digital audio/video
  equipment for the ARC

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Fund for the Improvement of Post-secondary
Education (FIPSE)

• Comprehensive Program Electronic Mentoring
  Programfor Minority Students atRensselaer

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US Soccer Foundation

• City Soccer United Bringing Soccer to
  Schenectady

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Baseball Tomorrow Fund

• LaGrange Youth Baseball/Softball field 2004

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American Association of University Women

• Modeling the MinCDE System in E. coli

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Central Valley Regional Center (CVRC)
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Small Business Administration
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National Geographic Travel Magazine
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STC
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Palo Alto Foundation for Education
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Planning
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Option 1

• Take unsolicited proposal the next step
• Write on behalf of organization you targeted in
  unsolicited

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Option 2

• Take unsolicited proposal the next step
• Write to get the resources you need to continue
  the work

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Option 3

• Choose a new project
• Write to get resources to accomplish something
  you care about

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Criteria for Choosing an RFP

• Mission consistent with your goals?
• Level of funding available adequate?
• Meet the requirements for a project?
• Work required feasible in given timeframe?
• History of funding suggest youre competitive?
• Connections with agency?
• Friendly to your methodology?

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Managing Scope

• Problem Often too large in scope
• Solution Focus on the core that represents the
  baseline logic

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Adding in and Leaving Out

• Add in
• credentials
• budget
• application form
• Leave out
• Supplementary materials that are
• impossible to create or gather AND not central to
  your argument

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Questions about What to Include?

• Conference in two weeks

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Solicited Concept Paper

• Two Weeks
• Brief description of topic
• Preliminary baseline logic
• RFP URL or paper copy of RFP
• Contact list started

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RFP Comparisons Part IV
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RFP IV

• 8oo Thomas
• 810 Jeff
• 820 Jiuru
• 830 Johanna

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Coming Up
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This Week

• Draft unsolicited proposal due by close of day
  Friday (Mar 6)

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Next Week

• Spring Break
• Comments on unsolicited back by weekend (Mar 15)
• Continue legwork

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Two Weeks (Mar 17

• Concision Workshop
• Themes Qualifications
• Revised Unsolicited Proposal due by close of day
  Friday (Mar 20)

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Three Weeks (Mar 24)

• Field Reports
• Concept papers for Solicited Proposal

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Questions?