1) The document provides guidance on how to summarize a research report into a proposal. It outlines key questions to consider about the research importance, methods, results, and recommendations. 2) It instructs the reader to "shake down" their report and extract the essential elements needed for a proposal, such as the problem, objectives, solution, and resources. 3) The reader is encouraged to use superstructures on introduction, problem, objectives, etc. to pull their report data into a proposal format that will compel the desired action from the audience.