Final Group Project

(Includes: feasibility study, oral presentation, and final proposal)

This assignment consists of three major components: the feasibility study
(which will be worth 15% of your final grade) and the oral presentation/final
proposal (which will be worth a total of 25% of your final grade). Please note
that the oral presentation/final proposal are two separate assignments, but
must be completed together (you cannot do the oral presentation without
doing the final proposal). The overarching goal of this assignment is for your
group to develop a feasibility study, a proposal, and a final presentation in
order to solicit staeholders for support in the creation of a community, non!
profit organi"ation in Tuscaloosa or the hometown of a group member.
Part I: Te Feasibility !tudy "eport
#our group will need to conduct a feasibility study to collect data for the purpose
of your group proposal. #our group will develop a survey instrument in which you
all will solicit information from the population that will benefit from your group$s
agency. #ou will need a minimum of % survey &uestions and '( participants in
your group$s instrument, and those participants should be from the population
that will directly benefit from your group$s agency (consider friends, roommates,
members of the community, etc.). The data collected from the survey should
directly inform the wor your group does in creating and structuring your group$s
agency.
)o, the first step of this project (after you choose an agency) is to create a
survey. *fter you finish the survey, please send it to me via email. *fter + loo at
it, + will mae copies for your group to give out and collect or you may put it up on
surveymoney.com. #ou may want to survey people around campus or the
community (if we have time/you choose to, + may allow you to leave class on
some days in order to do this). *fter you get the survey results bac, you will
create a report based on the surveys.
The report should be ,!-( (total) single!spaced, typed pages with -.!point font
and blac in, which will include a cover page and reference page adhering to
*P* or /0* style. The report should be in +/1a2 format (the same format as the
short technical report).
* first draft of the formal group report on your feasibility study will be due on
#onday, !epte$ber 2%t at the end of the class session (hardcopy or via
email). * final draft will be due via email #onday, &o'e$ber 1(t. *s always,
you will be ased to eep trac of group progress (this time via the Weebly
website blog).

Part II: )ral Presentation*Proposal
#our group should decide what the mission and purpose of the organi"ation
should be and develop a proposal that will solicit staeholders/donors and pursue
funding for the agency and its activity. This document will be a sophisticated
document in which you develop and propose every facet of this organi"ation.
Initial Topic Proposal
3ame of *gency (if possible, but not completely necessary)
Provide a brief statement of the mission or goals for the agency
Proposal
The proposal should be 4!-. single!spaced, typed pages with -.!point font in
blac in and should contain the following information:
-) 0etter of Transmittal (similar to a cover letter)
.) 56ecutive )ummary (* summary of what your agency is doing for a
busy reader)
') +ntroduction
Persuades the audience that there is a 3552 for what you are
proposing
2efines and substantiates the 3552
Provides necessary bacground information that your specific
audience needs to comprehend your proposal
+ncludes information from your feasibility study
,) Plan: Provide detailed information on how to accomplish the proposed
wor
2escribes the specific activities that will need to tae place to
apply for funding
2iscusses what will need to be included in grant proposal
5nables audience to visuali"e the end goal
7) 8enefits: )how that the benefits outweigh the objectives
4) 9ther information as needed, including but not limited to
8udget
)chedule
/ethodology
:) 5nd /atter as needed
;opy of <rant Proposal
1eferences
9ther )upporting 2ocuments
* first draft of the proposal will be due by #onday, )ctober 1+t. 0ie the
=easibility 1eport, the final draft is due via email #onday, &o'e$ber 1(t
Part III: Po,er Point Presentation
The final component of the whole assignment is a Power Point presentation. The
Power Point presentation is, essentially, the way in which you will present your
proposal to the shareholders (played by the rest of the class). The presentation
should not be more than -( slides and should only be the highlights of your
project/proposal. The slides should not be read as part of the presentation, but
rather should be used as references for taling points during the presentation.
Power Point Presentations will be completed the wee of /onday, 9ctober .:th
<roups can decide which day would be best for them to complete this
presentation, and every group member should have a responsibility during the
presentation (i.e. one person will briefly discuss the budget, while another
discusses the schedule, etc.).
-our .roup sould allo, teir creati'e ener.ies to flo, ,it tis project
and create a.encies tat are $eanin.ful and useful to a 'ariety of
co$$unity populations/