You practiced writing and critiquing a persuasive memo prior to this Assignment. Requests for funding for either a new venture or initiative are a common business occurrence and demand careful organization to present a persuasive, thoughtful request. For this Assignment, prepare a 350–500 word persuasive memo to your supervisor requesting that your company sponsor you individually in a business writing course that is available at the local university.
If you are not currently working, you may create a fictitious company, supervisor, and position for yourself. In your memo, provide your supervisor with the following:
Checklist:
- Justify taking this course; include an outline of the benefits the company will receive from your participation in such an effort.
- Include the amount of money you are seeking,
- Specify how long the course will take you to complete, and how your time spent completing the course will impact your performance at work.
- Further guidelines for writing the persuasive memo are posted in Doc Sharing, labeled “Unit 1 Memo Template.”
This Funding Memo is due by the end of Unit 1. Complete the funding memo as an MS Word document. Save it in a location with a title you will remember and that includes your name. To submit, go to the Dropbox and click on the Unit 1: Funding Memo link and follow the instructions. Make sure that you save a copy of the paper you submit.
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Memo
To: Charles McMahon, Supervisor
From: Frank Edwards, Accountant
Date: August 22, 2016
Subject: Request for Sponsorship in Business Writing Course
Great business writing skills are key for the development of any company and especially in coming up with business proposals, pitching, and presentation of reports, which increase the business opportunities and attract investors to partner with in development of projects. This particularly is required by J&T Company, as it would improve the performance at the employee level and the overall level of the company. Therefore, I am requesting for sponsorship by J&T Company to complete the business writing…
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