BUILDING UP PROPOSAL AND  NETWORK

This unit started with writing a formal report proposal, a new experience for me. Finding a topic that is both plausible and informative was quite time-consuming, but writing the proposal was even more challenging as it required some in-depth research on math anxiety, visual notes, learning behaviour and more. From this research, my tutoring experience, and consultation with the MATH 1150 instructor, I listed down all possible limitations, and used them to narrow down the topic.
My proposal started off a bit shaky: I didn’t specify my intended reader and the content of my proposal was too general. Fortunately, the instructor’s feedback and peer review helped highlighting my proposal’s weaknesses. While giving feedback for my teammate’s proposal, I also taught myself on how to fix similar mistakes I had committed. In addition, my teammate gave me excellent suggestions to improve my proposal’s introduction, and grammatical guidelines on eliminating ambiguity in my sentences.
The second half of this unit focused on networking. Prior to this course, I had created a LinkedIn profile but left it unattended. Writing a memo on best practices of LinkedIn let me learn about how to operate LinkedIn, and its importance as networking device in modern world. I had the opportunity to apply this new founding right away on the next assignment. While doing peer review on my teammate’s LinkedIn, I realized how inexperienced I am, and it motivated me to do better in the future.
At the end of the day, the assignments and peer reviews in this unit have helped me to learn to write proposal and formal report outline, as well as the importance of networking and how to build up my LinkedIn profile.

Link to peer review for formal report proposal: Robert Trigo formal report proposal peer review

Revised formal report proposal: ENGL 301 – Lani Diana formal report proposal revised