Applied Research Methods in Public and Nonprofit Organizations

Chapter SevenWriting and Presentations

Writing and making research presentations for public administration and nonprofit organizations takes many different forms depending on the audience for the materials. In applied research, we write reports for others when we have examined their organizational or issue area needs, called needs assessments, or when we have examined their work processes or the efficacy of their efforts, called generically funder reports. We write to compete for the opportunity to study something and respond to a request for proposals (RFP) with a grant application. We also write for stakeholders in the form of annual reports that summarize what an organization has done and accomplished in a given year, Form 990s, and public ...