Hide Assignment Information Instructions For your final assignment, submit all t

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Instructions
For your final assignment, submit all the pieces of the business plan you have been working on throughout this course. Be sure you have carefully reviewed your instructor’s feedback from each assignment and made the necessary changes for your final submission.
Follow the outline provided for the correct formatting of your plan.
Business Plan OutlineThe business planning process usually involves the following steps, and as you can see, these steps have been addressed in the previous weeks:
Identifying a need that the nonprofit is positioned to address
Assessing risk and need for the project
Researching the market and investigating the resources needed to provide the service
Clarifying and defining the strategies and processes needed for implementation
Identifying the timelines, resources, and staffing needs needed to accomplish the project
Determining ways to evaluate project success
Items to include in your Business Plan Outline:Table of Contents
Executive SummaryWhile appearing first, this section is written last. It summarizes the key elements of the entire business plan and is the first thing anyone looking at your business plan reads so it’s critical that your executive summary is clear and concise.
Project Summary – short paragraph addressing:The problem
The solution
Why the nonprofit is willing and able to address this problem
How Christian values and beliefs will influence the solution
Market and Organizational Analysis – Refer to Session 2An examination of the primary target market for your project or program including geographic location, demographics, your target market’s needs, and how these needs are being or not being met.
An examination of the nonprofit’s abilities to meet this need, why it is uniquely qualified to meet this need, its strengths, opportunities, experience, and ability to accomplish this.
Your purpose here is to show you have a thorough knowledge of the need you are planning to address and the nonprofit’s capabilities to accomplish it.
Partner/Competitor AnalysisWho is already addressing this need?
Can you potentially partner with other nonprofits, NGOs, government organizations?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a potential partnership?
Project Plan – Refer to Session 3A detailed explanation of your logical framework – Goals, Outcomes, Outputs, and Activities.
This is where you describe how you are going to plan the project to meet the need.
Schedule – Refer to Session 4Projected timeframe needed for the project
How any potential roadblocks are addressed
Resources – Refer to Session 4Staffing
Resources
Training
Financial Plan -What resources will be needed to accomplish this goal?
Materials, sites, staffing (volunteers and paid staff)
A good proposal should address possible funding concerns. To increase opportunities to successfully fund the program, discuss responses for likely funding concerns.
Your outline must be formatted according to APA standards and include in-text citations along with a reference page.