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Stick to your knitting

Articulate roles at the beginning in a very concrete way…the more general the discussion, the more room for misinterpretation and frustration down the road.

How to Increase Your Company’s Win Rate in 7 Proven Steps

You can win more business, write better proposals, and advance in your career if you focus on 7 proven steps that will raise your win probability

Audio Tip: Best Practices for Responding to Fast-turnaround Proposals

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 proposals without completely burning out our teams and ourselves—and without giving up our weekends.

Brenda Crist Awarded APMP’s Steven S. Myers Award

At a Keynote luncheon on June 1, 2011 before more than 600 of her peers at the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) International Conference & Exhibits in Denver, CO, APMP awarded Lohfeld Consulting Group’s Brenda Crist the Steven S. Myers Award as the 2011 APMP Chapter Chair of the Year.

Brenda Crist and Wendy Frieman Named 2011 APMP Fellows

The Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP), the international association representing proposal, business development, and capture management professionals, announced that nine of its members, including Lohfeld Consulting Group’s Brenda Crist and Wendy Frieman, were awarded the designation of APMP Fellow at the association’s recent Annual International Conference in Denver, CO.

Audio Tip: Three Keys to 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.

5 Predictions for the 2020 Market

Capture and proposal management, as a practice and a profession, continually changes. Recently, we asked leading professionals what changes they expect to see by 2020, and I think some of the predictions will surprise you. Here are some humorous as well as common-sense extensions of where we are today and what you might expect to see in coming years.

Audio Tip: Tips for Building Effective Proposal Schedules

This month, proposal development expert Beth Wingate, APMP Fellow, offers tips to help you build effective proposal schedules—whether you’re scheduling a month-long effort or a 5-day quick-turnaround task-order (TO) response.

Using Best Practices to Build Your Production Battle Plan

Briana Coleman provides sound guidance for developing your own production battle plan, taking you through the BD life cycle and discussing how to incorporate production into each phase.

Risk and Response

“Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand.” Learn how to forecast risk and assess your risk exposure.