Category: Blog
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Simpler and More Productive Proposal Reviews
Color team reviews, you know them. Those dreaded meetings when you take a hard look at the draft of your proposal and realize that you have a ton of work
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Parenting and Proposal Parallels
Note from the editor: This is a reprint of an article originally from Spring 2011 Executive Summary Ezine, written by past NCA board member Alexander Brown (2005 – 2015). This
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Three Surprising Things I’ve Learned as a Student of Proposal Writing
If you’re a student of proposal writing, check out APMP-NCA’s Graduate Pathway Program. There are valuable opportunities to expand your education, network with peers and gain insight from proposal mentors
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5 reasons Why I’m Signing Up For the Mentor-Protégé Program
I remember my first day working in Proposals – it was just me and one other person and we split all the work 50/50. Together, we made up the proposal
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The Complete Newbie’s Guide to a Career in Proposal Writing
The Complete Newbie’s Guide to a Career in Proposal Writing Originally published on Aug 13, 2019 by KSI , Inc. So, you’re about to start proposal writing for the first
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APMP’s 2021 Virtual Capture and Business Development Conference (CBDC) Delivers Crowd-sourced Training Topics and Networking Opportunities for a Global Audience
FOMO is real if you didn’t attend CBDC last week… It was THAT good, for those of us wanting to begin the new year with a renewed focus on capture
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Step Back In Time – A look back at the Executive Summary
A huge thank you to all of our readers, new and old, who stay up to date with our weekly blog, Pens Down – we look forward to sharing so
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Three Ways Proposals Are Like Building a House
Three Ways Proposals Are Like Building a House Happy 2021! After a challenging and rocky 2020, I know so many of us are looking forward to new beginnings and a
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I’ll Get In Shape After This Proposal, and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves
I’ll Get In Shape After This Proposal, and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves The Number 1 Lie The number 1 lie the general population tells themselves at the beginning of
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Welcome to Our Weekly blog, Pens Down!
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