Plan and outline your choice of a white paper, an e-book, a grant proposal, or instructional materials by using a mind map. 

Select a technical writing topic of your choice. You may choose to outline an external deliverable, such as a user manual for a household item that you use regularly or a grant proposal for a cause that you are invested in. 

 

a mind map to help plan the essential areas of your white paper, an e-book, grant proposal, or instructional materials. Map out the following: 

• Identify your audience.
• Identify your communication goals.
• Research the approach for the document you want to create.
• Identify major topics and subtopics that your material will cover.

a brief reflection, , that analyzes your planning process, including the following: 

• Explain why you included the elements that you did within your mind map.
• Evaluate whether you feel that the process of creating a mind map helped you conceptualize the deliverable that you planned. Explain why or why not.
• Explain whether you would utilize this process again for outlining a project in the future. Explain why or why not.
• Evaluate the benefits of creating mind maps for big projects. Explain the challenges for this process.

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