hi all

I'm wondering if you can provide some advice on writing a thesis synopsis. I've completed my sociology thesis and have summarized the 68,000 word beast into 4,000 words. My aim is to provide a summary of the project for my interviewees, friends, family and, most importantly, potential employers (both in the academy and in the private sector). Right now it's divided in the following way - 'the problem', where I put the thesis questions and provide some back ground info, a definition of the two case study objects (I analyzed two consumer goods) and why they're interesting sociologically, a brief overview of some of the key features of contemporary society, an elaboration on a key concept, and finally 4 key findings (each of which correspond to 1 chapter in the thesis). I also have a 2 paragraph 'conclusion'.

I've taken some effort to make it as jargon-free as possible and basically copied and pasted the best bits from each of the chapter's conclusions. I'm just wondering if I'm missing anything (aka the usual 'hard to see the wood for the trees' situation).

Also, I'm planning on sending it out to several corporations who helped with the case study objects and was wondering if I need to be wary of doing this in terms of plagiarism/intellectual property issues? I'm going to PDF if and insert a watermark with my name and 'do not quote without permission'. Anything else I should consider? Thanks a lot.