You work as a communication specialist at Warby Parker, reporting to co-CEO David Gilboa. Using the skills you’ve been practicing in this course, respond to this challenge: You’re helping Gilboa prepare a report about the company. Gilboa characterizes the report as a ‘public business plan,’ in that it will discuss the company and its objectives, strategies, and operations without disclosing the sort of confidential information that a typical business plan includes. The secondary audience includes potential investors, employees, and business partners. To help overcome shoppers’ reluctance to buy eyewear online, Warby Parker has been tested marketing the concept called Home Try-On, in which people in the South Florida test market can order five pairs of frames, keep them for five days at no cost, then decide which pair they would like to order, and which they will send back. This gives shoppers lots of time to try on the frames they are considering and get the opinions of family and friends. On the job (Internal, Unsolicited Proposal) Write a 2-3 page (2 if single-spaced, 3 or more if double-spaced) internal proposal, in memo form, to Mr. Gilboa, with your evaluation of the test market results and your recommendation how the company should proceed with this concept based on that test. Remember to include headings or sub-headings for each section in the proposal that explain this program-e.g. Background, Solution, Recommendation, etc. Make sure to correctly identify and analyze your audience, as well as any possible secondary audiences. Remember, Mr. Gilboa, the person to whom you submit your proposal, is in a position to order the implementation of the change recommended. It is important that you develop this memo with your own thoughts and input. You can make the test market experience good or bad, and base your recommendation on that. Make up any information you wish to bolster your case; in the real world, you would have this kind of data and information before you would write this memo. Here is an example: A rough outline for a favorable recommendation: Subject: Home Try-On Market Concept Test Background: As you know profits down, store rents rising, we are seen as an old-fashion, undynamic company by the general public. Question: is the internet the answer? Marketing came up with concept of Home Try-On, and began test marketing it in South Florida in November of last year. Perceived Risks Prior to Test Market: Concept too confusing for public? What if customers did not return the 4 pair of frames they did not want? What sort of breakage might be expected? Would postage and handling be too costly? Test Market Results: Public seemed to love the concept. Orders very high. 98% return rate on 4 pairs they did not want. Virtually no breakage. Minimal shipping and handling costs, because customer had to agree beforehand to absorb these costs. Recommendation: Expand test market to entire East Coast for an additional 4 months. Prepare to go nationwide if results from that test equally encouraging. Format O pts 20 to >15.0 pts Excellent 15 to >10.0 pts Good 10 to >5.0 pts Fair Proper headings, spacing, paragraph breaks, and margins. Good headings, spacing, paragraph breaks, and/or margins with minor errors. Inconsistent headings, spacing, paragraph breaks, and/or margins. 5 to >0.0 pts Unacceptable Incorrect headings, spacing, paragraph breaks, and/or margins No Submission Author did not include a submission. Content & Organization 40 to >30.0 pts Excellent 30 to >20.0 pts Good 20 to >10.0 pts Fair O pts No Submission Author did not include Fully developed background information, solution and recommendation. Logically developed paragraphs, comprehensive content, and effective transitions. a 10 to >0.0 pts Unacceptable Unfocused ideas, ineffective paragraphs, incorrect content, and/or non-existent transitions. Mostly developed or supported background information, solution and recommendation. Fairly effective use of transitions. Partially undeveloped or supported background information, solution and recommendation. May use questionable transitions. submission. Spelling & Grammar 15 to >10.0 pts Good 10 to >5.0 pts Fair 20 to >15.0 pts Excellent Varied and effective sentence structure; concise, clear, courteous, and correct language Minor errors in sentence structure, spelling, and/or word choice. A moderate number of errors in sentence structure, spelling, and/or word choice. 5 to >0.0 pts Unacceptable . Poor sentence structure, incorrect word usage, several misspelled words, and/or discourteous language. O pts No Submission Author did not include a submission. Punctuation 20 to >15.0 pts Excellent Evidence of careful proofreading. Errors do not interfere with comprehension and do not negatively influence the reader’s perception of the writer. 15 to >10.0 pts Good Minor errors that may interfere with comprehension or may negatively influence the reader’s perception of the writer. 10 to >5.0 pts Fair A moderate number of errors that may interfere with comprehension or may negatively influence the reader’s perception of the writer. O pts No Submission Author did not include 5 to >0.0 pts Unacceptable Frequent and serious errors that significantly interfere with comprehension and negatively influence the reader’s perception of the writer. a submission. 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