White Paper on Kevin Richardson Foundation in South Africa

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Instructions: To prepare for your communications project, you’ll want to dig into your organization. Develop a white paper/brief on your chosen org/topic/need. The information you capture here will help you to stay on track with every other element of your communication project. Your white paper needs to be informative, educational, and solution-oriented. The white paper allows the reader to understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. In this case, the white paper will help to guide your work and will serve as the foundation of your strategy while preparing you to write for your audience. White papers are usually data-centric, text-heavy business documents. Due to the large amount of data and research, white papers are deep reads and tend to have a formal tone.
Your white paper should be formatted with headings for each topic area in order to guide your reading and highlight the most important topics. It should also include:
Introduction/Summary: General background information that you can speak to as an expert. The summary can include a bullet list to help identify highlights more quickly.
Background (Problem Identification): Identify the issue your organization is facing. Is there a capital campaign? Do you need immediate funds to cover an unexpected shortfall? Has the organization’s service area expanded and now they are in need of additional staff? Point out the problem and provide evidence. Remember not to digress into problems for which you have no solutions.
Solution: Indicate how and why your funding proposal/request will satisfy this current need. Will other steps be necessary or will on-time assistance be sufficient?
Conclusion: Wrap it up and summarize key elements.
Other Items: Visual items can be impactful. Are there graphs or charts that can express your organization’s needs?
References: Your statements always need to be backed up by source material. List your sources in APA format (Purdue Owl).