Imagine you work for either Conestoga Students Inc. (C.S.I), Conestoga Student Success Services, or Conestoga Recruitment Services. For this Assignment, you will write from the perspective of a Project Manager within one of these three departments.

Choose one of the following three scenarios proposal:

1. You are the Project Manager for Conestoga Students Inc.Opens in a new tab
   • You must a persuasive proposal presentation to propose a student event.
   • This can be any event for any purpose at any or multiple campuses.

Using the following section a digital (MS PowerPoint) proposal presentation to convince management. Your objective is to convince senior management that your idea is a good idea and worth the investment of time and money. The goal is to persuade the company to proceed with and approve your internal proposal.

1. PROJECT TITLE SLIDE: Give your project a name.
   • Include your name and date in this slide.
2. INTRODUCTION: Briefly introduce the product/process idea
   • What exactly are you proposing?
   • For what purpose? What are you hoping to achieve?
   • Include a drawing, photograph, picture, or video to represent your idea.
3. RATIONALE: What is the business need for the project? (may be several slides)
   • Background information (current situation).
   • Why it should be done (need and evidence supporting need).
   • Market/Industry research. (post-secondary industry)
   • Competitor research. (North American colleges and universities)
   • Statistics.
   • ** all research included must be properly integrated as well as cited and referenced with APA.
   • ** a minimum of three sources (articles, journals etc...) must be used to support a minimum of three quotations.
4. PROJECT GOAL: How will this benefit the company (Conestoga)? What is the hoped-for result?
   • Consider profits/ exposure/ market share/ customer service.
   • Graphs and tables can be included here to visually express this.
5. PROJECT STRENGTHS AND RISKS
   • What are the project strengths? (areas you strongly feel will be successful).
   • What are the project risks (areas you feel have risk of failure or issue).
   • How do you plan to prepare for and mitigate the risks?
6. PROJECT SCOPE: What will and will not be included in the project?
   • Consider using a table (In Scope / Out of Scope)
7. SUMMARY: Summarize the overall idea, project, benefits and need.
   • This is where you give your final persuasive call to action.
   • The idea should be appealing and interesting.
8. REFERENCES:Include a reference slide
   • All quotations and images should have an end reference to accompany the intext citation.
   • Don't forget your hanging indentOpens in a new tab!