Yearly Archives: 2020

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New Year, New Universe - Working and Living in a Distanced World Maybe not everyone, but I’d say a good majority of us would agree that 2020 was just not the best year. There are silver linings to find for sure, such as our advanced 21st century technology that saved the day and let a

By |2021-01-07T17:07:31-05:00December 31st, 2020|Categories: Blog, Featured Article|6 Comments

The Results Are In: 2021 APMP-NCA Board of Directors

Meet your new APMP-NCA Board of Directors for 2021! A sincere thank you to everyone who participated in the Board of Directors election, helping to shape the future of our chapter. Voting has closed and the results are now in! Your 2021 Board of Directors:

By |2020-11-30T07:04:03-05:00November 30th, 2020|Categories: Home Page, News|0 Comments

APMP-NCA Elections – 2021 APMP-NCA Board Elections Open

The 2021 APMP-NCA Board Elections are now open. Click here to take survey. You must be an APMP Member affiliated with the NCA Chapter to vote. The nominated slate of candidates is available below . . .

By |2020-10-23T07:46:27-04:00October 23rd, 2020|Categories: Home Page, News|Tags: |0 Comments

APMP-NCA Elections – Call for Nominations for 2021 Board!

The APMP-NCA Board of Directors is pleased to welcome Board self-nominations from APMP-NCA members. Self-nominations will be accepted now through October 2nd @ 5:00 PM. You must meet the following requirements at the time you submit your nomination to be eligible for election to the Board: Annual APMP dues must be current. You must be

By |2020-09-14T11:51:20-04:00September 14th, 2020|Categories: Home Page, News|Tags: |0 Comments

Ten Tips for Optimizing Virtual Proposal Reviews

Working from home and social distancing present obvious obstacles to conducting in-person proposal reviews during the ongoing public health crisis. While conducting virtual proposal reviews was a common practice prior to the pandemic, today’s remote workplace introduces challenges that proposal managers must address to conduct effective reviews. Whether you’re conducting virtual proposal reviews for the

By |2020-06-19T01:48:48-04:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: eZine, Featured Article|0 Comments

From the Desk of the Vice President

On Friday March 13th, I grabbed my bag and walked out of my Alexandria, VA office. I haven't been back since, and if we're being honest, I don't know if I ever want to. That's not to say that I don't want to keep working--not at all. In the time I've been working from home,

By |2020-06-19T10:21:25-04:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: eZine, From the Desk of the Vice President|0 Comments

FREE Coronavirus Response Icons

I’m doing something different this time (as is everyone in the world). Rather than write my standard article, I’m sharing some of my PowerPoint coronavirus response and healthcare icons and symbols. My hope is twofold: Empower people like you to educate others about pandemic response best practices. These royalty free images can be used in

By |2020-06-19T01:44:55-04:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: Ask the Graphics Guru, eZine|0 Comments

Why Recent Graduates are the Perfect Proposal Writers

Companies hiring proposal writers and coordinators should be scouring LinkedIn for recent graduates and jumping for joy when they apply. Why? Because college prepares all students, regardless of their major, to be good proposal writers. But in spite of this preparation, so many college graduates feel they’re not qualified for even entry-level jobs thanks to

By |2020-06-19T10:11:39-04:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: eZine, From the Classroom|0 Comments

Three Things I’ve Learned from the Virtual World

The world may be an ever-changing place, but never has it been quite so true in our generation. Faced with social distancing and sheltering-in-place, our society is facing new challenges on how to cope with a virtual world, and the challenges of remote proposal writing can be difficult to overcome. Over the last several weeks,

By |2020-06-19T00:37:24-04:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: eZine, Regular Article|0 Comments
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