Understand differences in solicited and unsolicited proposals.

Referring to page 19 in Writing Proposals, address the following questions to help define the problem or opportunity:

1. Is there a problem?

2. What exactly is the problem?

3. How serious is the problem?

4. What kind of proposal would solve the problem?

Here is more additional instruction:

As we continue the initial stages of Writing in Action, you’ll begin to dig deeper into the issues/problems/opportunities you’ve identified during Module 4(see the file document). Ultimately, you’ll choose one issue/problem/opportunity on which to focus. You’ll read Chapter 2: “Analyzing Problems and Opportunities” in Writing Proposals, which will help you clearly define the problem and begin to develop a plan–which we’ll focus on during Module 6.

Module Objectives

1. Understand differences in solicited and unsolicited proposals.

2. Address the Five-Ws and How of analyzing problems.

3. Narrow problem focus and analyze the problem for the problem statement.