<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Joanna,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">This is a good question. While I have not used this "case study" in teaching, I'm considering doing so because it is so interesting. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Sense Media, a U.K. Company that develops sensors, submitted an unsuccessful proposal to Innovate U.K., seeking partial funding for an autonomous vehicle project in response to a call for proposals. Upon receiving the rejection, one of the principals of the company wrote a blog entry that includes links both to the application and to the feedback that the company received. The blog entry itself reflects on the feedback and gives the company's own assessment of why the proposal missed the mark.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Here's the URL: <a href="https://www.sensemedia-events.com/our-unsuccessful-application-to-innovate-uk/" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">https://www.sensemedia-events.com/our-unsuccessful-application-to-innovate-uk/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">If you have any other case studies of proposals--or find any--I'm eager to learn about them.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Barbara</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>********************<br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Barbara Shwom</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Professor of Instruction in Writing</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:14px"><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div>The Bobbie and Stanton Cook Family Writing Program</div><div><font face="Calibri">Northwestern University</font></div></div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri">555 Clark Street #247</font></div><div><div style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><div><font face="Calibri">Evanston, IL 60208</font></div><div><font face="Calibri">Office phone: 847-491-7690</font></div><div><font face="Calibri">Cell: 847-769-6494</font></div><div><font face="Calibri">Email: <a href="mailto:bshwom@northwestern.edu" target="_blank">bshwom@northwestern.edu</a></font></div></div></div></div></div>
<div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 27, 2019 at 8:03 AM Joanna Wolfe <<a href="mailto:jowolfe@cmu.edu">jowolfe@cmu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am looking for case studies/analyses of proposal writing, especially proposals that have failed or not been fully successful. Does anything jump to mind as a compelling study you have read? In particular, I am looking for analyses of
proposals that may have been well-written (in that they met the basic genre requirements) but failed to take into account the broader institutional context.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I know it’s a broad question, but I look forward to any recommendations that spring to your mind.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joanna<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Joanna Wolfe, Ph.D.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director, Global Communication Center<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Teaching Professor of English<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Department of English, Baker Hall 145B<u></u><u></u></p>
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