Option 1: Propose an improvement in our community. Community can be the town you live in, such as Albany, Corvallis, or Lebanon, or it can be your county, state, or country. It can also include schools and organizations such as LBCC and OSU. This improvement should address a need in the community that you identify. Some examples include developing a new park, building a new public space, improving roads or schools, etc.

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Option 2: Propose an improvement to your workplace (real or made up). Some examples include adding a new department, hiring a new person, implementing a new campaign (recycling, exercising, encouraging volunteer work, etc.), or advocating for a four-day workweek. You may also write a proposal for better pay, benefits, and/or working conditions.

Each Final Project will contain the following materials:

1. Promotional Materials-- In order to pitch your proposal, you will develop some promotional materials.

At a minimum, you must include:

• At least one printed promotional item, such as a brochure, poster, flier, printed ad, newsletter, or other publication; and
• At least one digital promotional item, such as a homepage/webpage, social media campaign, short commercial, digital advertisement, a brief video, etc.

*NOTE: Completing more than one printed and/or one digital promotional item will help your grade.

2. Portfolio: Your portfolio will contain the printed materials for your project.

Your portfolio must include the following:

• Table of Contents: list each item included in your portfolio
• Mission Statement: a 1-2 sentence overview of your projects purpose
• Project Overview: a 1-2 page descriptive overview of your project. This should be broad in nature and describe who your overall target audience is, why they would be interested in this idea, what need it addresses, etc. In other words, save details about individual materials for the description (see below).
• Description of each promotional item: describe in depth each of the materials you created for your project, including print and digital materials. Descriptions should include an overview of the item, the specific target audience, why the item was created, and what is unique about it.