Great Sample LORs for Policy School?

[CreamTea]

I work for an NGO and our CEO agreed to write a LOR for me. He asked me to provide him with key points to include. I believe this is common practice but I've never had to provide key points for someone in the past because my professor and previous boss preferred to write the letters completely on their own. I have no idea what they wrote on their letters for me.

Does anyone have a resource (preferably online because it would take too long to ship a book to Beijing) where I can see some great sample LORs for policy school applicants? That will give me an idea of what the basic form of the letter is. I know what the specifics should say: I can just pick snippets from my career reviews, but I need to know the ingredients necessary to make a good, well rounded letter.

PS. I've never seen the link that policy schools (Gtown, Columbia, etc) send to recommenders. Am I correct to assume that they will have to answer several sub questions and it's not a matter of just pasting a letter and hitting send?

[ZacharyObama]

I'm sending my LOR writers my personal statement and resume, but I'm not really sure the point of an LOR is to repeat talking points you drafted. I'd just make clear maybe what topics from your relationship that would be helpful in presenting yourself to the ADCOM. I would hazard that this isn't much different than the general conception of what an LOR ought to contain. There are no magic ingredients in the equation.

Edited September 26, 2012 by ZacharyObama