Yearly Archives: 2022

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 , |2022-07-08T00:38:04-04:00July 8th, 2022|Categories: Blog, Home Page|0 Comments

Call for MAC Speakers Extended Until July 15th!

The call for MAC Speakers has officially been extended until July 15th - come and be a part of the NCA chapter's flagship event! The  theme of this year’s conference is “The Roaring Twenties!” and will be held at the Westin Tysons Corner on October 12th. There are three Learning Tracks: Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate.

By |2022-07-01T10:38:37-04:00June 30th, 2022|Categories: Home Page, News|0 Comments

Join Our Upcoming Corporate Partner Webinar!

Want to close your proposal development “Thinking Gap”? Come meet NCA’s newest Corporate Partner, Solutioneering, LLC, and learn about the Solution Engineering Framework and its automation that makes closing the thinking gap even easier to enable you to win your next competitive pursuit. Register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1497054774061014283

By |2022-07-01T10:36:11-04:00June 18th, 2022|Categories: Archived News, Home Page|0 Comments

Five Tips for Collaborating Across Team Boundaries

This article is reprinted here with permission in collaboration with our corporate partner Xait. Visit Xait's blog at https://www.xait.com/resources/blog Five Tips for Collaborating Across Team Boundaries Sales. Products. Services. Proposals. Team boundaries differentiate one workgroup from another, defining our common tasks and focusing on our shared objectives. When it comes to developing proposals, however, we

By , |2022-06-18T22:48:14-04:00June 18th, 2022|Categories: Blog, Featured Article|0 Comments

Go/No-Go Decisions 101

This article was originally published May 4, 2022 on Team Patri's blog - https://gopatri.com/pro-insights/2022/5/03/go-no-go-decisions-101. Go/No-Go Decisions 101 Professional poker players say the most crucial factor to their success is knowing when to play a hand and when to fold it. Poker players look at the available information, calculate the odds of success, and use this

By , |2022-06-09T23:45:38-04:00June 9th, 2022|Categories: Blog, Regular Article|0 Comments

Call for MAC Speakers is Officially Open – and now extended until July 15!

The MAC is back and the call for speakers is officially open! The theme of this year’s conference is “The Roaring Twenties!” There are three Learning Tracks: Connect, Collaborate, and Communicate. As we roar back to normal operations…or towards a new normal…our tracks seek to build on the Three Cs of proposals (Compliant, Compelling, Concise).

By |2022-07-01T10:50:31-04:00June 9th, 2022|Categories: Home Page, News|0 Comments

I Didn’t Go to APMP’s BidCon, but I wish I had

APMP had its flagship celebration this past week in Dallas, TX, and although I had an opportunity to be one of almost 1,000 attendees, at the last minute I decided not to take it. I was already traveling a lot in May and spending too much time away from my family,  so I ultimately decided

By |2022-06-18T14:56:27-04:00May 31st, 2022|Categories: Blog, Featured Article|0 Comments

Learning from Losing

No one wants to lose, and no one wants to talk about losing. It is like talking about death. But failure can be an effective teacher. Most proposals are losing proposals—a statistical fact that is often ignored. But this does not mean that the participants are losers. Consider the career of Mike Krzyzewski (Coach K),

By |2022-05-17T21:23:58-04:00May 17th, 2022|Categories: Blog, Featured Article|0 Comments
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