If you were developing a training proposal what three items

If you were developing a training proposal, what three items would you include in your proposal? Should anything else be included? What and why?

Solution

Sol)

Three items would you include in your proposal

a) Keep it short

Do you like reading hundred pages of information? No. And if you had a hundred things to do in one day, would you prioritise a 10-20 page proposal? Of course not. So if you want management to give your document the attention it deserves, keep it short and simple . Preferably one or two pages information in your document. Being succinct is difficult. It’s much easier to waffle than express yourself clearly, but you must take the time to do it. If there’s detail you can’t bear to leave out, put it in an appendix at the back.

b) Focus on the benefit

Imagine you’re meeting management to present a new training idea. How does it run? I bet you summarise the idea in a couple of sentences then you list all the reasons why it would benefit your organisation. You focus on this information because that’s what management want to know. They want the business case for your proposal. Yet for some reason, when it comes to putting a proposal in writing this logic often goes out the window. Valuable space on the page is taken up with introductions, policy statements and logistical minutiae. If management have to sift through irrelevant detail, they’ll lose sight of your main points and, most importantly, the business case. So work out what your readers need to know and present it in the simplest way possible.

c) Watch your language

Let’s say you have a great idea to develop a new blended learning intervention focusing on three core competency frameworks. The course will combine a virtual classroom and a funky new LMS system. Your SME will feed into the storyboard and then your design team will create an adaptive course that incorporates m-Learning and gamification. How much of that would you include in a proposal to management? The answer should be none of it.