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Halo sobats, mudah-mudahan hari ini juga tetap dalam keadaan prima dan luarbiasa yach? As me here as well in Banda Aceh, my lovely city.
Btw nih… Banda Aceh berhasil jadi juara peraih ADIPURA award lho.. Oya??? Ya donk… pastinya sebagai penduduk kota ini aq bangga banget, apalagi mengingat kota ini baru bangkit dari keterpurukan akibat tsunami yang dasyat menghantam in the last 5 years ago. Alhamdulillah pemerintah kota, dan masyarakatnya beserta seluruh lembaga local/international yang memberikan bantuannya di provinsi ini bisa saling bahu membahu membangun kota dan kehidupan kembali di bumi tanah rencong ini….
Hm…
Lho… kok malah jadi serius banget ya? He..he, kebawa suasana hati sobs.

Well, postingan kali ini sebenarnya ga ada rencana untuk membahas ini kok, tapi just a quick info yang mengalir begitu aja meminta jari-jemari ku menari di atas tuts keyboard laptop menerjemahkannya ke layar monitor hingga kemudian mataku sendiri kaget membaca awal postingan yang aq mulai tanpa ide utama tadi... He..he..

Ga terasa kita sudah berada di angka 18 Februari 2010. Pertengahan bulan telah terlewati dan Februari? Ya, bulan yang tanggalannya tuh singkat banget. Senang? Kalo ingat gajian sih senang, artinya gajian lebih cepat, hihi…

Duh, emang bener deh waktu kayak berlari, dan terkadang tanpa terasa kita lelah mengejarnya, berusaha untuk tetap menjejerinya agar tak tertinggal jauh di belakang. Itu juga yang aq rasakan. Terkadang kita begitu bergairah menyambut hari-hari yang terus berganti. Happy dengan semua achievement yang kita capai, ceria dan fun dengan segala hal yang terjadi pada diri, keluarga dan orang-orang terdekat, namun dikala lain, lara hati tak mampu kita hindari karena kita masih memiliki benda abstrak yang bernama ‘hati’. Tempat segala ‘rasa’ bermuara.
Saat harapan tak mampu kita wujudkan menjadi kenyataan, lara hati mampu mengubah sinar cerah matahari menjadi kelam kelabu. Namun sobat? Pantaskah kita menyalahkan ‘hati’? Ih jangan donk…. Lebih bahaya ga punya ‘hati’ lagi sobs. Ngerti kan maksudku? Ha..ha.

Well, coba aq lihat dulu paragraph-paragraf yang telah dihasilkan oleh tarian jemari ku diatas keyboard. Wow…ini adalah paragraph kelima bo’… Tapi??? Isinya tentang opo toh? Aq tuh sedang bahas apa? Kayaknya postingan hari ini ngelantur deh sobats, ga focus, lari sana lari sini. Yak an? Tapi gak pa-pa kan yach? He..he, ya donk, kan ini blog pribadi, boleh donk. Sebenarnya tadi sengaja buka blank document, dan sambil lunch di depan laptop, aq tuh mo nulis sesuatu untuk dipost hari ini, tapi keasyikan ngobrol sama salah satu teman online, aq jadi lupa deh tadinya mo nulis apa. Akhirnya ya begini deh sobs.

Oke deh, ntar sore aq janji akan posting sesuatu yang bermanfaat, ok? Sekarang ku mo shalat zhuhur dulu ah….

Keep ur days brighten mates.

Cheers,

For those who are dealing in the construction activities, no wonder if all of you especially the civil engineers, are very familiar with the SWPPP (Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan), but I m sure that still most of others questioning the meaning and purpose of these words. What is SWPPP and what does it for?

Well visitors,

Searching from Google, here is my findings. SWPPP is a key requirement of stormwater permits. It is a plan of activities required for major construction project under the US Environmental Protection Agency National Pollutant Discharge and Elimination System, linked to dirt, silt, chemicals and additional undesirables out of the city sewerage system and out of nearby raw water systems.
SWPPP is demanded to identifies all the main source of contamination which may moderately be expected to impact the quality of storm water acquits from the construction site, describes patterns to be applied to cut down pollutants in storm water acquits from the construction site and keeps assure compliance with the terms and conditions of the permit when the plan is configured for the individual site, and is fully applied.

Developer are hired to develop the SWPPP with high expectation on the proper use of barriers to keep the rain water from cleaning up excessive amounts of sediment. To ensure and reach the expectation, usually the developer worked carefully to analyze the land, construction site, rains seasons and other factors that may impacted the water runoff from the construction plans. It is done by a careful analysis of your land, construction plans, rain seasons, and other factors which may affect the run off of water from your construction site. Since construction commences, the flora that holds the filth sequestered to the dry land is broken out. As this happen, the filth hoarded in the water from a rainstorm gains 1000 times. As contaminating water enters the sewerage and water systems, it contaminates rivers, flows, and the universal eco-system that we domiciliation in. By developing and implementing a good quality of SWPPP, developer
are is not only cutting down the risk of huge fines, but preserving the environment as well. In other words, we take a good step in preparing a save environment future for the next generation.

Most of the online actors are very familiar with the words called web directory, but not for the new comer of this virtual sphere, many of these newbies are still confused by these famous words. The most questions come up are ‘what is web directory? What does it for? What is the benefit of the web directory?’

Well mates, to minimize the confusion, especially for my friends who ask me to explore and post the article related to this issue, here is the update.

A web directory or Link Directory is a directory on the World Wide Web which specializes in linking to other web sites and categorizing those links. Unlike search engines which give results according to a given keyword, web directories provide links on chosen category and subcategories that are available on its list. The use of a web directory is similar to using the yellow pages of a phone directory. Web directories, however, are a database of categorized websites and links and of particular use for internet users.

Web directories can be very useful for anyone that is thinking to promote their website. Mainly two benefits of doing website directory submission are to increase traffic and more exposure. The majority of people use these directories when they want to look for something particular or when they are looking for other topics connected websites that do link sharing. For instance, if you own a business related website that sells diamonds, you may submit your website under shopping category and jewelry and diamonds subcategories. This is a brilliant link building strategy that cans open doors to more business earning opportunities.
If you are submitting to various web directories, there are a few things that you need to consider. First, for a directory to be valuable, the pages you submit your listings to must, at minimum, be listed in various search engines. For instance, if you submit your links to a web directory that does not appear in any search engines, chances are web visitors will not only have difficulty finding your website, but they will also have extreme difficulty finding the web directory you have listed your site in. In such cases, the listing in the web directory is a fruitless endeavor. Conversely, if you list your web site in several popular web directories and you utilize keywords in your hyperlink and short website description, you greatly increase the visibility and accessibility of your website.
The second consideration you must keep in mind when submitting to web directories is that when you are submitting your hyperlinks, you will derive the most benefit from submitting to directory pages that have a comparable theme to your website. For instance, if you have a website that is based on credit cards you will find that you get more web traffic from a web directory page that focuses on credit cards. Thus, when searching for web directories, look for web directories with topics that parallel the central focus of your website.

You will find numbers of web directories that are available in the internet which are some of them even accept listings and web directories website submission for free, but if your main objective is to increase your website popularity, again, you should consider selecting directories that are maintained and updated, which is looks like well categorized and informative. People who look for shopping goods on the website would not want to use a web directory which offers broken links and poorly categorized websites.

A business web directory is generally used by visitors who look for products, service or business. Once your site is included in a business directory, it will be included in the list of commercial or business related links and websites that are sorted out for easy searching. A good business directory should therefore give your site more exposure to prospective clients and customers.

At the end, web directories are a valuable part of your web promotional program and should not be overlooked in terms of their value. Along with the use of search engines, and article databases, a Webmaster will be pleasantly surprised at the free advertising available on the Internet. Finally, the increase in web traffic that webmasters will reap is truly astonishing indeed.

Judul yang aneh ya?
Eh iya, sebelum lanjut, let me say semangat pagiii dulu donk…..
Setelah up dateku tentang suatu malam di dunia maya, siang ini mo nulis lagi ah, mumpung lagi nganggur nungguin mobil yang sedang diservis sama orang bengkelnya. Beruntung Banda Aceh kini/paska tsunami, sudah banyak bengkel yang dilengkapi dengan café berfasilitas free hotspot, jadi jelas saja rutinas servis mobil bulanan bukan lagi pekerjaan yang menjemukan donk….
No problem at all, mo seharian juga asalkan net connectionnya available, aq sih oke-oke aja, hehe.
Nah sobats,
Mumpung tuh mobil sedang ditangan para ahlinya, dan mumpung ga bisa konsen ngerjain annual report untuk para donor (tugas kantor), mending updating my blog donk…
Well, yuk aq mulai dengan laporan pandangan mata dulu ah….
Workshop plus dorsmeer yang terletak dipinggir jalan Raya ini terletak di atas lahan yang cukup luas, diisi dengan sebuah cafee berdaya tampung 30 tables di bagian depan lahan, dorsmer di samping dan workshop/bengkelnya di bagian belakang. Cafee nya cukup nyaman untuk menunggu mobil yang sedang diservis or dicuci. Sayangnya café ini hanya menyediakan makanan ringan/kue2 dan minuman ringan, no fruit juice sama sekali. Juga ga ada makanan berat untuk lunch maupun breakfast yang berarti. Tapi sepertinya itu tidak menjadi masalah. Ada sekitar 9 cowok yang masing-masing duduk di 9 meja, lengkap dengan laptop masing-masing dan masing-masingnya tenggelam dalam dunia maya/sibuk sendiri. Plus diriku yang satu-satunya customer cewek hingga detik aq menulis artikel ini. He..he, dan juga asyik sendiri (ya iyalah, kan sedang update blog, xixixi).
Menurutku sih,.....

semakin banyak insan yang melek internet, emang semakin bagus, tapi tetap aja ada efek negativenya, diantaranya adalah ini nih, interaksi humanis/humanity interaction antar sesama semakin menurun. Manusia sibuk berkomunikasi dalam diam. Tak peduli kiri kanan lagi. Tak ada lagi tegur sapa, kebisingan yang tercipta di ‘warung kopi’ ini hanyalah suara music yang disediakan oleh pemilik café. Selebihnya NO. Manusia-manusianya, sepertinya juga tidak mendengarkan music yang sedang disajikan, karena aq melihat sepasang headset/earphone terpasang di masing-masing telinga para customer, mengakses music dari laptop mereka masing-masing.
Well, alih topik yuk….karena ingin mengarahkan tulisan ini ke blog oriflameku, udah pasti donk aq ingin banget updating my blog dengan berita-berita menarik yang aq alami sejak bergabung di orilame. Tapi… mau mulai darimana ya? Secara kan banyak banget tuh yang ingin aq sampaikan… setidaknya, untuk menjadi input bagi para donlines ku jika mereka mengunjungi blog ‘ibunda’nya ini. Xixixi. (yang non donlines, so pasti boleh donk, malah welcome banget lho berkunjung kesini….).
Hm… yuk aq mulai dari pengalaman manis nan sangat berharga saat ketemu dengan para bosses di kantor Bulungan......

Sobats, banyak kok yang ngalamin hal seperti ini. Udah senangnya selangit saat paypal terverifikasi, eh giliran nama yang bermasalah. Dan ini merupakan masalah yang vital. Gimana ga coba? Gara-gara nama yang ga sama antara yang di account paypal dan di rekening bank, penarikan uang atau pun pengirimannya jadi terkendala. Ribetkan? Tapi tenang sob, masih bisa diatasi. Aq mengalami hal ini kok, gara-garanya, karena diriku hanya diberikan nama tunggal oleh ayah ibuku (Sorry Mom & Dad, ga maksud menyalahkan sih, tapi dimana-mana jadi ribet urusannya karena ga punya nama belakang...). Oke, masih bisa diatasi kok. Apalagi di paypal.com di bagian HELP CENTRE nya juga menyediakan pelayanan untuk solusi masalah ini kok. Untuk lebih jelasnya sobats bisa lihat disini.
Tapi sayangnya, setelah menanti lebih dari seminggu, ga ada response tuh dari paypal, sementara diriku udah butuh banget menggunakan account paypal itu. Jadi gimana donk?
Well, setelah menanti sekian lama, aq jadi ga sabar donk, then do searching on google to find other alternative. Banyak kok yang ngalami masalah seperti ini, udah ikuti petunjuk tapi belum juga dapat response dari mbah paypal. Dan solusinya adalah tiada lain tiada bukan, bikin rekening baru di Bank dengan nama yang disesuaikan dengan paypal. Tentu tak semudah membalikkan telapak tangan donk, namun juga tak berarti sulit banget, sejauh perbedaan nama itu tak terlalu senjang. Biasanya sih perbedaan nama itu kan terletak pada kesalahan eja, ada huruf yang tertinggal, nama awal yang disingkat or tidak memakai nama keluarga (yang paling akhir ini adalah kasus diriku). Nah, aq tadinya mikir ingin buka account baru di bank (Mandiri) dengan menggunakan passport (karena di passport, namaku menggunakan nama keluarga). Tapi..... begitu sampai dibank, ternyata solusinya malah semudah membalik telapak tangan. Berdasarkan passport yang aq pegang, bank officernya malah bilang 'ngapain buka rekening baru mbak, bukunya aja diganti, diupdate, bisa kok mbak, jadi kan ga ribet!"
Ya ampuuun, so simple!!!
Alhamdulillah. Problem solved. Kini account paypalku sama persis dengan namaku di rekening bank.

Well sobats, semoga tips ini dapat membantu mengatasi persoalan ini, selamat mencoba.

Dearest Sobats semua…
Hope that u all are alright yach… yang sedang puasa moga tetap semangat dan kian tebal keimanannya, amiin…
Well, hari ini aq ingin share sesuatu nih, pengalaman berharga yang mudah-mudahan bisa jadi input untuk sobats semua…
Tapi sebelumnya sobats semua udah pernah dengar tentang paypal kan? Kalo hanya denger ya pernah donk… gimana seh? Hehe…
Tapi tentang apa dan untuk apa paypal itu sendiri udah pada tau belum? Jawabnya pasti : YES and NO donk?
Well, biar ga belit2, yuk kita simak sedikit tentang apa itu paypal, kok tiba-tiba si paypal ini jadi begitu kesohor sih di dunia online?

Paypal adalah salah satu alat pembayaran online yang paling mudah dan populer di jagad maya saat ini yang memberikan kemudahan bagi kita dalam melakukan pembayaran online secara cepat tanpa perlu memiliki kartu kredit karena PAYPAL yang akan melakukannya untuk anda. Saat ini hampir setiap pengguna internet berusaha untuk memiliki akun di Paypal. Why? Ya karena kemudahannya itu tadi…

Oke, tentang paypal udah, terus how to get it? Banyak blog yang telah membahasnya secara rinci, dan aq sendiri juga belajar tentang cara memperoleh paypal ini dari blog-blog itu kok. No worries, di jaman online begini, just go to ‘uncle google’ when u face a mystery (mystery? Serem deh kesannya…), ya udah, just go to google when u have a question. Itu yang sering aq lakukan, hingga kemudian om google menghantarkan beberapa link berkenaan dengan keperluanku akan paypal info.
Nah, setelah memiliki akun paypal yang telah terverifikasi, berikut ini aq ingin share pengalaman ini bagi sobats semua (yang masih newbie seperti diriku pastinya dan belum punya akun paypal). Moga bermanfaat yach… dan bagi para senior, just ignore this articles yach, or please add some input for a better information. Ok?
Well sobats, yuk kita mulai…
Sebelum mulai mendaftar, siapkan data-data anda untuk membuat account PayPal seperti Alamat Email, Nama, Alamat, Telp, Nomor kartu kredit (Pastikan Nama, Alamat, Telp yang akan anda isi untuk pendaftaran sama dengan data pada kartu kredit anda), bagi yang belum punya kartu kredit tenang aja, kita masih tetap bisa dapat akun paypal kok, dan verifikasinya pake VCC. Pernah dengar VCC kan? Gampang, ntar kita bahas secara terpisah, ok?

1. Ke situs: Paypal, link ini memakai referral ink dari paypalindonesia.com, dimana paypalindonesia.com telah memberitahu paypal.com agar memperhatikan pendaftaran setiap signup yang datangnya dari komunitas paypalindonesia.com, dan agar tim paypalindonesia.com lebih mudah memonitor perkembangan paypal di Indonesia serta membantu jika ada masalah.

2. Klik Sign Up Today untuk mendaftar

3. Selanjutnya ada pilihan negara,
karena anda di Indonesia pilih Indonesia. Lalu pilih tipe account yang anda inginkan sesuai kebutuhan.

Jika anda merasa bingung dengan 3 pilihan tipe akun tersebut (Pribadi, Primer, Bisnis) sebaiknya anda mencoba Pribadi terlebih dahulu.

Masukkan data pribadi anda sesuai dengan kolom yang disediakan.

Loncati dulu langkah ini, langsung saja klik pada tombol "Masuk ke Rekening Saya"

Anda akan menerima email konfirmasi bahwa anda telah mendaftar dan untuk mengaktifkan account PayPal, buka email dari PayPal tersebut dan klik link konfirmasi yang terdapat didalamnya, untuk konfirmasi bahwa anda adalah pemilik email tersebut

Jika alamat email anda benar, tidak lama kemudian anda akan menerima email seperti di atas. Perhatikan kode konfirmasi di tengah, silahkan anda copy, lalu Anda cukup menekan tombol berwarna kuning "Hubungkan kartu Anda".

Sampai pada tahap ini anda telah berhasil melakukan konfirmasi alamat email yang nantinya anda gunakan sebagai username pada PayPal.

Proses selanjutnya adalah: verifikasi account paypal. Dan jangan kuatir, walau tidak memiliki kartu kredit, paypal ini masih bisa kok diverifikasi pake sebuah kartu ajaib bernama Virtual Credit Card (VCC).

Dikunjungi eh Dapat Uang Pula!

Halo sobats semua, hope that u all are always in an excellent health yach! Wah, dah lama banget nih ga posting… hm…. Maklum deh, agak sedikit sibuk membenahi rumah baru (link). Btw, monggo dikunjungi ya… hehe, mulai deh promosiii….
Well sobs, hari ini kita mo ngobrolin apa ya? O..ya, I have something for us nih, mungkin para blogger tentu paham betapa pentingnya visitors bagi sebuah blog. Jika ada dalam perniagaan ‘pembeli adalah raja’ maka mungkin di dunia maya, visitors adalah raja. Visitors adalah asset terpenting bagi sebuah blog. Agree with me? :-)Well sobs, lets start!

Memiliki Blog atau web dengan jumlah pengunjung yang banyak, tentu menjadi keinginan setiap orang yang mengelola web atau blog. Jumlah kunjungan (traffic) yang banyak tentu akan mempengaruhi meningkatnya SEO atas web blog kita, yang tentunya semakin membuka peluang aliran uang kita dari blog atau web yang kita miliki. Dengan memanfaatkan traffic exchange kita akan mendapatkan jumlah kunjungan dengan mudah. Sebuah program di Internet menyediakan traffic exchange plus sejumlah uang, Pernah dengar donk pastinya? Tertarik? Yuk ikutan…
Namun sebelumnya ada baiknya jika kita mengenal lebih dulu apa itu traffic exchange.

Traffic Exchange ialah sistem pertukaran kunjungan antara sesama pengelola web atau blog. Simpelnya begini, kita akan memperoleh kunjungan balik setiap mengunjungi blog atau web orang lain. Setiap kita mengunjungi satu kali maka kita akan memperoleh kunjungan balik sekali. Dan tentang program ini, how does it work?
Setiap kita mengunjungi website lain maka kita akan mendapat 1 hit point di mana setiap 1 hit point berarti kita memiliki 1 hak kunjungan balik. Jadi jika kita mengumpulkan 100 hit dalam sehari, maka itu akan menjadi 100 kunjungan balik ke situs kita. Ini dikenal dengan istilah manual traffic exchange, yaitu pertukaran yang wajar di mana manusia sebagai pelaku utamanya, bukan mesin seperti yang ada pada program-program auto surf.

Easyhit4you Traffic Exchange merupakan salah satu program yang terbukti. Selain memperoleh kunjungan balik, kita akan memperoleh sejumlah uang untuk setiap melakukan kunjungan ke website orang lain. Program ini menawarkan 1:1 traffic exchange (20 detik) dan 2:1 traffic exchange (15 detik). Pilihan yang pertama berarti kita akan mendapat 1 point setiap melakukan 1 hit (mengunjungi situs lain sekali) selama 20 detik. Yang kedua, kita akan mendapat 1 kunjungan untuk setiap 2 kunjungan yang kita lakukan masing-masing 15 detik.
Sebelum kita berbicara lebih banyak silahkan daftar dulu disini.

Setelah berhasil membuat sebuah account pada pendaftaran yang teman-teman lakukan diatas, teman-teman dapat memasukan halaman website atau blog kedalam menu 'mysite' yang tersedia, setiap kita akan memperoleh 10 halaman web yang dapat di promosikan.

Dapat uang setiap surf

Untuk setiap 1000 point yang kita kumpulkan baik itu dari aktivitas kita sendiri maupun aktivitas downline-downline kita, kita akan mendapat komisi $0.30 (30 sen Dollar) Kenapa? Karena di sana ada advertiser (para pemasang iklan) yang membayar agar banner mereka ditampilkan atau membeli hits untuk mendapat kunjungan. Uang dapat ditarik setelah Account kita mencapai 3 $, penarikan dapat melalui Paypal atau alertpay anda.
Kita juga dapat meningkatkan penghasilan dari surf ini, dengan memberikan referensi kepada teman-teman kita. So, yuk buruan daftar disini, lets increase our traffic plus earning money from it.

CHAPTER V

11. Costs & Benefits (Analysis):

In a proposal, the chapter called costs and benefits is not the same thing as a line by line budget with numbers indicating amounts of money. (The line by line budget should be put as an appendix at the end of the document, not in the text).
Here in the text of your project proposal, the chapter on costs and benefits should be analytical and narrative, and relate to the previous chapters. It should discuss those budget lines that may need explanation (eg purchases, expenses or needs which are not immediately apparent or self explanatory).
You should try to make a cost benefit analysis, ie relate the quantity of the objectives reached, to the total costs, and calculate a per unit cost (eg the total cost divided by the number of children taught literacy will be the per unit cost of teaching literacy) .

Summaries or totals of the following information may help some donors to decide:
1. local costs;
2. external costs;
3. methods of financing;
4. local versus foreign exchange needed;
5. all non-financial contributions by the local community (each costed with a money equivalent);
6. methods to obtain supplies (where and how purchased); and
7. proportion of total costs requested in this proposal.

As well as the costs (including the amounts asked for in the proposal), you should make some comparison between the costs (inputs) and the value of benefits (outputs). The following could be answered:
1.Who benefits?
2. How do they benefit?
3. Justifications for the project?
4. What are the specific outputs of the project?
5. What is the average total cost per beneficiary?
6. Will value of benefits exceed costs of inputs (or vice versa)? By how much?

When the objectives are qualitatively different from each other (eg number of new parent committees formed and the number of children taught literacy) , then some arbitrary but reasonable division of "per unit" cost must be calculated.
The budget totals should be indicated in this section, then refer to appendix for the detailed budget. Other sources (donors and the amounts) must be mentioned. The total amount requested should appear here in narrative text.

12. Monitoring (Observing):

Monitoring should be done by:
1. The affected community, represented by the local committee;
2. Your agency or organization (specify who in it) ; and
3. Your donors.

How will achievements be measured?
How will they be verified?

Monitoring and follow-up should be built into the project activities. Part should be continuous self evaluation by you (the implementing agency).
The monitoring and receiving of reports from the project to the donor must be worked out and put into your project proposal. The monthly reports should be designed and reviewed as to usefulness to the donor for its ongoing planning and programming for the whole country.
One thing is for sure; there should be emphasis in reporting the results, or outputs, ie the effects of the project on the target group or beneficiaries. There is no harm in also reporting activities if the reports are brief. The reporting of achieved results, as compared to planned objectives as defined in your project proposal, is essential.

See Monitoring

13. Reporting (Communicating the Observations):

In any agency-funded project, accounting and accountability are very important. This applies to most donor agencies, UN, governmental or NGO.
In your proposal, your reporting procedures should describe: "how often, to whom, including what?" You may want to discuss this with the prospective funding agency since reporting and evaluation requirements vary among agencies, and are dependent upon type of project.
Evaluating your own project while it is under way will help you and your donors see your progress and accomplishments and the choices available for future action. Careful reporting of your project in progress is an invaluable resource for others who attempt projects of a similar nature.
Your proposal should indicate what reports will be submitted. These include regular ongoing reports, and a final report. Short, frequent reports (eg weekly sitreps) may include only events and activities. Longer reports should indicate the results of the project activities (not just activities) , an evaluation or assessment of how far the objectives were reached, reasons why they were not, and the impact or effect on the beneficiaries (target group) .
Reports should be prepared and submitted optimally every month. The proposal should indicate what reports are to be submitted and with what frequency and content. Each project (if your group is proposing more than one project) requires a separate report (two or three pages of text plus needed appendices).
A detailed monthly narrative report should include how far each of the intended objectives has been reached, what were the reasons they were not fully reached, and suggestions and reasons about changing the objectives if they were found to need changing. The narrative report can include information about events and inputs (what actions were undertaken, see below) , but should emphasize outputs (the results of those actions in so much as they lead to achieving the stated objectives) . Attention should be paid to the number and location of beneficiaries. The monthly report would best be organized into sections corresponding to the sections of your proposal.
A detailed monthly financial report should include what moneys were received and from where, what moneys were expended, listed line by line according to the budget categories in the proposal, reasons for over- or under- spending, and an assessment of how well the expenditures contributed to reaching the stated objectives of the project.
The final report should include the same topics as the monthly reports, plus a section called "Lessons Learned," and a section indicating the impact of the project on the target community and surrounding areas. The report should be concise (brief but complete).
The reports should be honestly self critical and analytical.
The same principles and guidelines for narrative reports should apply to the financial reports. The monthly budget outcomes of the project are as important to programming as the statements are to the accounting. Explanations of deviations from planned expenditures should accompany the budget outcomes.

14. Appendices (Attachments):

The text of your proposal should be a single, brief yet complete argument from beginning to end –– easy to read. Because many important details will make the text too convoluted and difficult to read, they should be put into appendixes at the end.
Typical of documents to put in appendices are:
1. lists;
2. diagrams;
3. detailed budget;
4. job descriptions; and
5. any other necessary detailed documents.

When you have written your first draft of the project proposal, go through it and look for any descriptions of details in your text that may draw the reader away from the smooth flow of the argument. Move them to an appendix, and in their place put a brief note about them and ask the reader to look in the appendix for the details.
Now read the document again. With those details tucked away in an appendix, does the flow of argument become smoother, yet not weakened by their absence in the text? Yes? Good! You've just found another way to make use of the appendices.
Appendices can include any other material that will allow officers of donor agencies to decide whether or not to approve funds. The purpose of the appendices is to be able to include all the necessary and important details (which the meticulous reader will examine) , but not in the text of your document where you want a smooth flowing, brief argument. It tucks those details away for use when wanted.

15. Detailed Budget:

The line-by-line budget should be put in an appendix. Each line on your detailed budget should have the total costs for one budget category. The lines should be grouped into similar kinds of costs (eg salaries, vehicles, communications, fuels, transport).
If you can, distinguish between non expendable items (ie equipment that can be used again later) and expendable (ie supplies that get used up).
The budget should be a realistic estimate of all costs involved in implementing and operating the project. If possible demonstrate the potential for eventual self support, or support from other resources other than the one to which you are applying. Costs estimates should be broken down in to logical categories (line items) such as: salaries; supplies and materials; equipment; travel and per diem; rent; telephone.
Voluntary contributions made to the project by you and members of your organization should be listed and estimated as closely as possible in cash terms, or shown as "no charge." Specify physical facilities that are available or, are to be made available for the project. Specify your organization's existing equipment and supplies that will be used for this project. Include any other inputs to be used for this project from government or from other organizations.
Often, funding agencies prefer to match grants, or assist with part of the total budget rather than give the entire sum. Therefore it is suggested that you show the total budget when applying, and indicate when you expect or hope to get other funding assistance.

16. Abstract (Executive Summary):

Write this part last. This is the section on which a potential donor will read and make that vital preliminary decision: whether or not to seriously consider assisting.
This should not be written, or even contemplated, until all above sections are written. Avoid writing it as an introduction. Think of it as a concise summary and conclusion.
The optimum size is half a page; the absolute maximum size is one page. Any longer and it is in danger of not being read or considered. It should summarize only the key recommendations and be written for busy board members or executives who may read up to fifty of them and may not initially read anything more than the executive summary for each proposed project.
Ironically, while you write the abstract last, you then put it directly after the front or title page of your proposal.and when you finish writing it: . . .
Now that you have written your draft proposal, hand it around for comments and suggestions. View the proposal critically and be prepared to do some rewriting and rethinking if necessary.

17. Some Final Guidelines Comments:

The most likely projects to be funded will be rapid, sustainable, small scale, low budget interventions for the most pressing needs identified by the communities.
Often proposals will be evaluated as to how they will contribute to wider, integrated sustainable development of the geographical area.
Active participation of women in identification, implementation and monitoring of a proposed project should be encouraged. The proposal should clearly describe the number of women involved in project design and implementation, and as beneficiaries.
Any projects that are part of larger or longer term plans must indicate other (preferably secured) funding sources to ensure continuity and sustainability.
Projects which are developmental, promote self reliance, and are ultimately locally sustainable have a higher chance of being funded. Your estimate of when the project could be self sustaining should be indicated in your proposal.
The success of projects requires the co-operation of all segments of the target community. There must be a sense of community "ownership" of the projects (including both local residents and displaced persons affected) . That means there should be some initial activity of "community development mobilization," "social animation" or similar community facilitation to ensure all members of the affected community participate in decisions concerning the proposed project. Active participation of the community as a whole (all members) in identification, assessment and implementation of the project is usually a prerequisite for approval.
A good project should be replicable. That means it should be possible to implement the same project in other communities.
Accounting and accountability are very important.
Many of the resources of those beneficiaries can be hidden by the concern we may have for their plight, but this can be deceptive. The hidden resources of your target group usually include skills and wisdom, and surprisingly many material resources, both capital and supplies. Your objective as a mobilizer and trainer should be to stimulate a process of uncovering hidden resources among the beneficiaries and encourage a social process of reducing dependencies and increasing self reliance.

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CHAPTER IV

Good Morning Mates,Hope that u all are in an excellent health yach.
Today we will continue on how to write the proposal, ok? lets go to the point then...

6. Goals & Objectives (Solution = Output):

The goal of your project should be to solve the problem or problems described in the background. Goals and objectives must relate to the previous chapter, by stating what is the solution to those above problems. You need a set of (general) goals, and sets of (specific) objectives.
Start with "goals" which are general, long term, broad desires. From those goals generate specific "objectives" which are verifiable, measurable, finite, and have specific dates of achievement. For example: "To reduce illiteracy," is a goal; while "To teach basic literacy skills to 20 clients by March 2," is an objective.
You will want to be as specific as possible in stating the objectives of your project. They should be written in terms of the end results you expect in the project, not how you will achieve these results. Those results must be verifiable (ie. you can clearly show that they have been achieved, and they can be confirmed by outside observers).

When selecting the goals and objectives for the project, remember the nature of the donor you ask; what kinds of solutions are sought? The donor does not want to contribute to dependency, so is not interested in funding charitable services which may take the pressure of obligation off those authorities who should look after the rights of the local people. Most donors are not simply a source of funds for carrying out routine "operations." They are interested in supporting activities which highlight the needs of the most vulnerable and distressed, and promote self reliance, ethnic harmony and development.

7. Beneficiaries (Target Group):

In this chapter you describe the beneficiaries or target groups in some detail. You may also add indirect or secondary beneficiaries (eg people trained to help the primary beneficiaries). This can be an expansion of the topic mentioned in your background section; indicate their number, characteristics, reasons for vulnerability, locations, and so on.
Most donor agencies will be more predisposed towards your project if you can demonstrate that the beneficiaries have participated in the choice and design of the project. (An appendix can list meetings of beneficiaries, listing details such as dates, locations, times, topics discussed, speakers, and lists of beneficiary group members who attended. Refer to the appendix in this chapter; do not include it here; put it at the end of your proposal).

8. Targets and Activities (Inputs):

This chapter identifies the inputs in your project, ie what resources (cash, personnel and actions) will be put into your project.
First, start with examining possible strategies to reach the objectives mentioned above. In each case you have to link with the previous chapter. The best project proposal lists two, three or four different strategies and discards or rejects all but one of these, and says why. Then it goes on to say, "Given the objectives and strategies, what activities must be implemented or started to use that strategy and reach the objectives?"
Target means, "How much, to whom, where and by whom?" – In other words, "Who does what?" For example, what kind of training will you provide, for how long, and how many people will be involved? What specific skills will be taught and what kind of follow up activities are planned?
Indicate what kinds of jobs are being done in the project. Refer to your appendix for key job descriptions. Always refer those activities to how they will achieve the objectives mentioned above. Even the activities of the support staff must be justified in that they must be employed so as to allow the operational staff to reach their targets.

9. The Schedule (Each Action When):

In this section you describe in sequence the activities you plan in order to achieve your objectives.
If you can be so specific as to give dates, even if approximate, all the better. You may wish to use a diagram or bar chart to mark out the calendar events.
Include in the work plan the phasing of the project; how one stage of the project leads to the next.

How long will support be needed?
(When will the project end, or when will the project be locally self supporting? )

10. The Organization (Profile):

This section describes the (perhaps changing) organization and management structure needed to carry out the activities described above. The "O" in "CBO." Diagrams are very useful in this.
Describe briefly your organization's goals and activities. Be specific about its experience in working with problems of a similar nature, what its capabilities and resources are in undertaking a project of this nature.
The abilities and experience of your organization's members, your human resources, may well be your greatest asset. Indicate the kind of assistance your organization expects to receive from possible collaborating agencies. Attach additional organizational information, such as an annual report, if available.
Explain:

1. How will it be done?
2. Who is responsible for the project?
3. Who will implement (who will do it)? and
4. Who will direct the implementation of the project?

Who runs the project? Who is in charge of the overall organization? Who is responsible for its overall implementation (in contrast with responsibility for its design and its monitoring, and in contrast with the separate actors, separate agencies, and separate locations) ? Will that change? These can be spelled out in the proposal. See Organizing byTraining for participatory methods of developing the organization.

Do not overlook the activities (labour) of volunteers who contribute to the project. Although they might not be paid staff, they are resources, and contribute resources to the project.

see the next poin on the next chapter. OK?

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CHAPTER III

3. Project Structure (Outline of Your Proposal):
These (structure) guidelines are not intended to tell you what to write, but rather how to write the proposal. If you are responsible for writing the proposal, then it is because you are the "expert" (in the best sense of the word). If you are responsible, then you know what you want to achieve and the best way to achieve it. In any event, don't panic at the prospect and don't be put off by the technical jargon that unfortunately is frequently used.

Do not try to write the proposal by yourself. Ask for help from your friends and colleagues, programmer, manager, staff and those who can assist in either concepts or in style. Think of preparing a proposal as a written form of "dialogue" in which each successive draft is a continuation of the process.
The chapters of your proposal do not necessarily have to be written in the order presented here, but what is written in each chapter must relate in specific ways to what is written in the other chapters. Make sure that you put the right content in the right chapter. Make sure that each topic relates to the others and to the proposal as a whole.

4. Title Page (Cover):

This is a single page; the front cover of the proposal. It should include:
1. Date;
2. Project title;
3. Locations of the project;
4. Name of the organization; and
5. Any other necessary single line information.

The abstract or executive summary follows the title page, but the proposers should not think about that now, read on about the other sections of the proposal first.

5. Background (Causes of the Problem):

This section is expected to answer why your project is needed. Here you will want to give a description of the situation and focus on factors which prompted the formulation of your proposed project. Tell how the need for this project was identified and who was involved in developing the project. Explain your project's origin or context.
It is most advisable to involve the whole community in identifying priority problems; that is called "participatory research."
The first thing the background does is to identify the problem. That means it must name the problem and locate the problem. It indicates the target group (beneficiaries), the sector, the magnitude, and other actors who are working to solve that problem. It also indicates the extent to which the problem has been solved by the other actors, and what has been so far accomplished by your group.
While examining the problem(s) to be addressed, several questions should arise here. What is the condition of the target group to justify the donor donating money and perhaps seconded staff? A history of the community, your group, or the project is not essential, but a brief outline can be useful. More importantly, what conditions, or what changes in conditions, are envisaged that would lead to any donor agreeing to fund your project?
You may wish to include:
1. Project area (Issues and problems, not descriptions);
2. Reasons for making this proposal;
3. Circumstances leading up to the project; and
4. Broader plans or strategies of which it is a part.

If yours is a project that is not starting fresh, the background will also indicate any changes in your project since it began.
Remember that the background chapter describes the factors leading to the problem that your project intends to solve. Everything in this section should be justification to approve the project and the requested funding assistance. Long histories and analyses would be detrimental here.

To be continued in CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER II
2. Plan Your Project (Practical Vision):

Perhaps you and your associates have many ideas of things you want to do; you see a need to reduce illiteracy, to reduce poverty, to provide safe drinking water, to improve the level of health, to provide training for disabled persons, and many other things. You must, however, choose a project that is very specific, limit your goal to a single desired solution to the highest priority problem.

Involve the whole community. In choosing your project, call a meeting and do not neglect to include the people who have been often neglected in the past, women, disabled, the very poor, those who have no voice in the way things are decided in the community. Make sure that the people who are supposed to benefiting your project feel that this is their project, for their benefit, and that they may contribute to it because it is theirs.
It is not enough, however, to choose your goal. Good planning is needed, identifying your available or potential resources, generating several strategies and choosing the most viable one, deciding how you are going to monitor (watch) the project to ensure that it stays on track (ie it continues to be consistent with your original desires) , ensuring that the accounting is both transparent and accurate, and deciding what is to be done when (a schedule) . A bit of research about the location, the population characteristics, the situation, the existing facilities, is needed in order to objectively describe the background to the project. Involving the community and the beneficiaries in this research is the best way to ensure that it is valid.
With the community or target group, use Brainstorming Principles and Procedures to outline a Plan or Project Design. Without allowing criticism, ask group members to contribute to each step of a brainstorming group process: what is the priority problem (list all, even the foolish statements; then rank them in order of priority) , facilitate the group to understand, therefore, that the goal is the solution to that identified problem. Help them to generate objectives (finite, verifiable, specific) from that general goal. Identify resources and constraints, then generate several alternative solutions, choosing the most viable. Other documents are available to explain the brainstorming process in more detail but this was a brief sketch.
With your background work behind you, you will want to start drafting your proposal. We highly recommend that you obtain resources (funds) from several sources. Do not let your organization or group become dependent upon a single donor.
Before you begin to write your proposal, keep in mind the following points:
1. It is necessary to find out in advance what sources of funding are available, through governments, United Nations agencies, some international NGOs or private foundations.

2. Most donors look for the degree of local initiative in the project proposal, the utilization of the available resources within the country itself and the plans for the project to be self-supporting once the initial funding has been spent.

3. Your project should be practical, not too costly, and have the potential for being repeated in other situations.

4. Increasingly, funding agencies are looking for integrated approaches to development projects. This means that you will want to see to what extent your project supports and supplements existing activities, and is designed to overcome identified problems.

5. Almost all UN and government agencies, foundations and private voluntary agencies have their own proposal format, that they will want you to follow. If you are not in contact with a local or regional representative, write a letter requesting information as to proper procedures, application format and funding requirements. While format varies, the same information is asked for by all agencies and foundations.

6. Find out the budgeting cycle of the agency, whether annual, quarterly or ongoing. Check to see if there is a closing date for application.

To be continued to CHAPTER III

CHAPTER I

Good afternoon mates, its a very hot day, seems that the sun release 75% of its energy to heat the earth ha? Or.... hey, is it also because of the effect of global warming? Aceh, with its empty of trees (not really empty, but the baby trees are still growing up)after tsunami, of course being so hot!! It is really a hot day.
Well mates, lets change our topic. Regarding to friends request, today I would like to share you a tip of how to write a proposal for Funding. What do you think? Is that also the topic you are searching for? But... to ignore your boring, I will split it into several chapters, Ok? Lets start mates!!

1. Introduction:

A proposal is a request for financial assistance to implement a project. For a community project, it may be used to seek approval from the community members (the community itself being the most important donor). You may use these guidelines to seek project funding from any donor. We recommend that you aim for multiple sources of funding. If you have only one source of funding, you may become dependent upon that one source.
A proposal is not just a "shopping list" of things you want. A proposal must justify each item in the list of things you want, so that a donor agency can decide if it wants to provide some or all of those things. You must know (and be able to communicate) exactly what you want to do with these things, and that is why you should design a project to carry out what you want to achieve.
It is important to carefully formulate and design your project. It is equally important to write a proposal which will attract the necessary funding. Proposal writing is a skill which requires some knowledge and practice.
Your project proposal should be an honest "sales" document. It's job is to inform and to convince. It is not a place to preach, boast or to deceive. If you are convinced it is a good idea and should be supported, your project proposal should honestly report it to decision makers who weigh its merits against other donation commitments. It should clearly indicate how and when the project will end, or become self supporting. Proposals should be neat and tidy, preferably typewritten, and without any extraneous or unnecessary information.
How elaborate your proposal is should depend upon the amount of resources being requested and how big the total project is. Modify these guidelines to fit the project and proposed donor.
The project proposal must reflect the background work you have already done and should be logically set out. It is not enough to write a letter stating your request. You have to demonstrate the need and prove that the project is worthy of funding. Remember that there will be many other organizations and individuals competing for the funds.
Use clear concise and simple language which says exactly what is meant. If necessary use diagrams or charts to illustrate key points. Use appendices to avoid crowding the body of the proposal and the flow of the narrative. Tailor your presentation to the agency approached. Express a willingness to be interviewed personally by the funding agency once they receive and read your proposal request.

Note:
And, especially . . .Do not be discouraged if your proposal is not accepted. Find out why, and try another agency.

Resourse:
Phil Bartle
www.scn.org

Dear Mates! Hope that u are always in a perfect health yach...
Hey, we are at the end of the working days. Its Friday mates!! wow, thats why I feel so happy, hahaha...

Lots of us wonder and curious how to write a good motivation letter, or cover letter where we all aware that this letter play an important point when we applying a job.

The Cover Letter (CL) is the document that accompanies your CV when you are applying for a job. For academic purposes, the document used is typically called statement of purpose, and is laid out after somewhat different rules. The CL is short (200-250 words), with a quite rigid structure and has the layout of a letter. Its goal is to introduce the CV, to bring to attention aspects of your activity that can help your application and are not listed or not presented in the proper light in the CV. In short, its goal is to answer the recruiter's question: "Why should I hire this person?".
Layout.
The layout is that of a formal business letter: your address and contact details come under your name, in the upper right corner of the page. Underneath, aligned left, write the name, function, organisation and address of the person you are writing to. It is a lot better to know the name of the person who is going to read your letter. You should address the letter directly to him or her. In the case you do not know the name, an email, a little digging in the net or a phone call should help you get that name, in case it is not mentioned in the official announcement. Under the receiver's address, but aligned right, write the date of the day when you are writing the letter. You should spell the name of the month and use four digits for the year. You can put in front of the date the location, like Banda Aceh, 24th July 2009.

If you do know the name of the addressee, start with Dear Mr (Mister), Ms (Miss), Mrs (Mistress), Dr (Doctor), without the full stop that you might expect to follow the abbreviation, and the surname of the addressee, followed by comma (Dear Dr Smith,). In this case, you should end the letter with the salutation Yours sincerely. If you do not know the name, start with Dear Sirs, or Dear Sir or Madam and close with Yours faithfully. In American business correspondence, Yours truly is acceptable in both cases. Do not start the body of the mail with a capital letter, since it follows a comma.

Structure.
Ideally, a cover letter has no more than four paragraphs. The goal of the first is to specify what you are applying for and how did you find out about that opportunity. The last one outlines your availability for an interview, suggesting in this way a concrete follow-up for your application.

The second paragraph should list your skills and qualifications that make you the right person for the position you are applying for. Read carefully the announcement, identify the requirements and see how your skills match those required. Do not simply state you have them, prove it. Ideally, you should start from your experience and show how you have developed those qualifications by doing what you have been doing/learning. Same as in the case of your CV, the result should portrait you as an independent, creative person that can take initiative and deal with responsibilities, apart from the specific skills needed for the job. In short, the second paragraph should show why you are good for the job.

The third should point out why you want it. You should outline your interest for the skills you are going to learn if you get the job. The impression left should be that you can make a genuine contribution to the company's operations, while simultaneously deriving satisfaction from your work.

After the fourth paragraph leave a blank space, same as you should do in the beginning, after the salutation (Dear). Write the proper closing, as described above and your name. Do not forget to leave a blank space between the closing and your name and to sign the letter in that space.

Enclosure.
It is customary for formal letters to mention whether you have enclosed any documents accompanying the letter. Simply mention enclosure, or write curriculum vitae under the heading enclosure at the end of the letter.

Print the letter on A4 white paper same as that on which your CV was printed, and put both documents in an A4 envelope of matching color. If you are emailing it request a notification that your documents have been received. Wait at least two weeks since the day you sent your application or after the deadline before writing again in the case you did not get any answer.

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