Proposals are persuasive reports that seek to gain funding or to make a change in a public or private organization. Your proposal will require a rationale or a justification for the change you are proposing. Please select a topic that has a local focus, such as a change that needs to happen in your community and write a proposal. Please include three things: what the need for change is, what your planned solution is, and who the audience is (the decision-making body - the group that can approve the change you are suggesting). The most important thing to remember is that your proposal should be based on a need for change or a problem that needs to be solved - start with that rather than with a solution. Focus on a real problem, and understand the problem before formulating a solution.