Benefits Slot: What It Is

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Benefits Slot What It Is

• In the slots throughout the proposal
• the concluding P in the PIP structure
• In the benefits slot
• Persuasive Summary
• to summarize the most important elements to the
  buyer in some of the preceding generic structure
  slots
• Persuasive Summary
• to summarize the benefits you have articulated
  throughout

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Kinds of Benefits

• 1. Product benefits
• A. Your desired result will be more satisfactory
  than your current situation
• B. My methodology will move you and your
  organization from one state to another, better
  one.
• C. That movement, by definition, will be
  beneficial.
• 2. Process benefits
• A. Some of the hot buttons
• B. Some of the themes

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Benefits What They Are

• Inputs Process benefits
• relate to what you will do to move your client
  and their organization from S1 to S2
• Outputs Product benefits of having the plan
• relate to outcomes of your project
• Outputs Product benefits of implementing the
  plan
• relate to your vision of the future

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Benefits Where They Come from
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For Your Grant Proposal

• Identify benefits in the following areas
• Benefits to participants
• Benefits to the community
• Benefits to the organization
• Benefits to the foundation

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Budget

• Have a budget overview/summary at the beginning,
  often in the form of a table
• Itemize your budget in your narrativedivide your
  discussion into sections
• Justify your budgetif the cost for a particular
  item needs justification, make sure you explain
  why you need this particular item and why this
  cost is reasonable.

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Assessment/Evaluation Plan

• What will you assess or evaluate?
• Results
• Returnsmonetary or other
• Extended impact
• Methodology/approach
• Cost effectiveness
• How will you assess or evaluate?
• Develop a plan
• Develop a set of criteria
• Assign special personnel
• Benchmark (compare and contrast with similar
  projects, both internal and external)