Most Corporate Sector work comes from marketing, networking, and building relationships. Generally, companies will invite a select group of companies, typically those with which they’ve already worked.
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Most Corporate Sector work comes from marketing, networking, and building relationships. Generally, companies will invite a select group of companies, typically those with which they’ve already worked.
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Because of transparency and non-collusion regulations, organizations in the public sector generally post opportunities online.
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Does your organization have a Proposal Content Library?
If so, does it have the information that you need when you need it?
Is it formatted consistently to play nicely with and flow into your templates?
Do you have a team that nurtures it?
Does it reflect how amazing your organization is?
Does it help you win business?
Are you in love with your Proposal Content Library? Read More »
Transform Your Proposal Story: My husband and I have a great proposal story, but that’s not the kind of proposal stories I’m referring to. Every business proposal and RFP response has a variety of perspectives. Proposals have multiple stories, each colored by the lens of perspective. So who are the characters in proposal stories? What are their
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RFP is the acronym for Request for Proposal. You might also see the acronyms RFI, RFQ, or RFB. The “I” stands for Information and is frequently a predecessor to an RFP. The “Q” stands for quote and the “B” stands for bid. Some organizations use the acronym ITB, or Invitation to Bid.
Lesson 01: What is an RFP? Read More »
One of the most common questions we are asked as kids is: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
If you asked me at any point between when I started to talk and when I completed my Master’s in Library and Information Science, I would not ever have put together the words Proposal and Writer.
Raise your hand if you want to be a Proposal Writer! Read More »
Parkinson’s Law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.”
Is this ever so true as when you are working towards a deadline, such as for an RFP response? I feel this from all of the perspectives: Client Relationship Executive, Sales Executive, Proposal Manager, Proposal Writer, Subject Matter Expert (SME).
RFPs in focus: Parkinson’s Law Read More »
RFPs in focus: defining winning. Linkedin Instagram Facebook How are you defining winning? Winning is ubiquitous in business talk. And we hear it in so many different contexts. When you’re in the trenches working on a pursuit, it feels great to play a role in a winning proposal that serves our client well. We give
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Last week Caryn Kent Dean, founder of Once Upon an RFP, attended the Association of Proposal Management Professionals Greater Midwest Chapter (APMP-GMC) Symposium in Chicago.
APMP-GMC Symposium 2019 is in the books! Read More »
Welcome to the Once Upon an RFP Blog! We are so happy to have you here.
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