Given our recent corporate experience and tips we picked up at the APMP Bid & Proposal Conference (BPC), we find that companies can increase their return on investment (ROI) in… Continue reading Emerging Trends in Bids and Proposals

Trends affecting bids and proposals The bid and proposal management industry’s workplace is changing at the speed of “digital transformation” as it responds to technology, data, and artificial intelligence (AI)… Continue reading Bids and Proposals – At the Speed of Transformation

One of a proposal team’s biggest frustrations is last-minute changes, which can introduce errors into written proposals or cause synchronization issues with oral proposal slides and scripts. Before making last-minute… Continue reading When to stop last-minute changes

Just because COVID-19 is forcing us indoors doesn’t mean that we can’t get together and learn from one another. Recently, Lohfeld Principal Consultant and Capture expert Dr. Doug Himberger interviewed… Continue reading MULTI-PART SERIES: How proposals are scored – Up close and personal, Part 4

Every year mergers and acquisitions impact the positions of many proposal industry members. For example, this year, General Dynamics acquired CSRA, a $4.3B company. Like many proposal professionals, I have… Continue reading The Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Proposal Professionals

Many companies have experienced flat or declining sales in the prior year and, consequently, are dealing with reduced bid and proposal (B&P) budgets this year. This begs the question, can… Continue reading 20 ways to reduce B&P costs and still win