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Proposal professionals employ many specialized elements to develop winning proposals. Join AppMaven for a look at targeted time and effort-reducing PC tools, iPad apps, and tricks to develop, manage, and WIN proposals more efficiently and effectively.
With all new content for 2012, this live demo presents cost-effective PC/iPad tools from AppMaven’s painstakingly researched collection—along with advice for using them to increase your winning proposal capabilities. These inexpensive or even free tools are useful for any size organization (commercial and government).
Includes lots of real-time Q&A! All participants will take home AppMaven’s 2012 handy software checklist! Strengthen your proposal development and management…
Lohfeld team presents at APMP’s Bid & Proposal Con 2012
Lohfeld Consulting Group’s team presented to more than 625 bid, tender, proposal, marketing, business development, and capture professionals from all over the world at APMP’s 2012 Bid & Proposal Con, May 22-25, 2012 in Dallas, TX
Check out our team’s presentations, and be sure to download AppMaven’s 2012 Favorite PC Tools and iPad Apps!
- Best of App Maven: PC/iPad Tools and Apps that Deliver on a Shoestring Budget (Beth Wingate)
- Building the Technical Solution (Brooke Crouter)
- Are Good Proposal Managers Two-faced? Yes, and They Have to Be! (Kristin Pennypacker)
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Best of AppMaven 2012: PC/iPad tools and apps that deliver on a shoestring budget
Proposal gurus fuse many specialized elements to develop winning proposals. Leverage AppMaven’s time and effort-reducing PC tools, iPad apps, and tricks to develop and manage your proposals more efficiently and effectively.
This real-time demo presents the “best of” Beth’s 2010 and 2011 APMP Intl. and Regional Conferences demos of cost-effective PC/iPad tools & apps – plus new tools and apps – and provides reliable tips and advice on using them to increase your winning proposal capabilities. Many tools are inexpensive/free and useful for one-person to…
Section L Update – October 2011
In this issue – and in upcoming monthly issues – our capture and proposal experts share capture and proposal management knowledge, offer helpful tips and techniques (check out Beth Wingate’s Audio Clip on how to review a Federal Government RFP (draft and final!) and Wendy Frieman’s latest Proposal Doctor advice for working effectively with subject matter experts), and provide insightful commentary about challenges in our industry.
We’ll help keep you current on best practices in our field with valuable information you can apply every day! Section L Update – October 2011
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AppMaven’s Secret Arsenal – Tools & Apps that Deliver
Proposal masters deploy many stratagems to develop winning proposals. Leverage AppMaven’s (Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow) targeted time and effort-reducing PC tools, iPad apps—and tricks—to develop proposals more efficiently and effectively (and reduce your battle stress!). This real-time demo builds on Beth’s 2010 APMP presentations with more cost-effective PC and iPad tools, apps, and reliable tips—and advice on applying them strategically to increase your winning proposal capabilities. Many tools are inexpensive or free and useful for one-person to large proposal organizations—commercial and government. Lots of real-time Q&A to answer your burning app questions. Arm yourself with a checklist of software…
Session Title: Recipes for High Performing Proposal Organizations (Bob Lohfeld)
High Performing Proposal Organizations consistently deliver win rates above 65%, but this requires more than just good proposal managers and writers. It takes sound business development, capture and proposal processes; an efficient proposal development infrastructure, and a team of skilled capture and proposal professionals to do the work. This presentation describes how high performing proposal organizations are created and how they work, the kinds of processes they use, and the types of infrastructure they depend upon to create winning proposals efficiently. The presentation also describes how you can assess your…
Session Title: Setting a Course for High Performing Proposal Organizations (Bob Lohfeld)
High Performing Proposal Organizations consistently deliver win rates above 65%, but this requires more than just good proposal managers and writers. It takes sound business development, capture and proposal processes; an efficient proposal development infrastructure, and a team of skilled capture and proposal professionals to do the work. This presentation describes how high performing proposal organizations are created and how they work, the kinds of processes they use, and the types of infrastructure they depend upon to create winning proposals efficiently. The presentation also describes how you can…
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This month, capture and proposal development expert and columnist for Washington Technology magazine, Bob Lohfeld, offers tips for positioning your company effectively by asking the right questions.
Ever wonder why some companies appear to be the odds-on favorite to win a contract?
Positioning is one of the fundamental steps in capture management. A well-orchestrated, pre-RFP ritual goes on long before a procurement is released for bid. Throughout the positioning ritual, companies aim to be viewed by the customer as one of the small group of top contenders for award.
A positioning score…
Audio Tip: Best Practices for Responding to Fast-turnaround Proposals
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Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow, shares her insights into responding to fast-turnaround proposals—without giving up your sanity or your weekends.
Many of us in working in the Federal Government arena know that fast-turnaround proposals are a fact of life—especially with today’s emphasis on GWACs and task-order-based contracting, and of course towards the end of the government fiscal year. Those of us who want to retain some semblance of sanity and work/life balance have developed Proposal Factories encompassing a number of mechanisms and processes that enable us to produce and win these…
Audio Tip: Three Keys to Creating Winning Proposals
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This month, capture and proposal development expert and columnist for Washington Technology magazine, Bob Lohfeld, offers three keys for creating winning proposals.
Creating winning proposals is not the same as writing a proposal. Anyone can write a proposal for government work, given enough time and resources. However, only one bidder writes the winning proposal. The best proposals have three things in common:
- They are directed and written by talented people experienced at writing proposals.
- They follow a similar, defined process.
- They are designed in an environment that creates proposals efficiently.
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