Category: 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

Why should we care about diversity and inclusion? The APMP Mission defines clearly that “APMP promotes the professional growth of its members by advancing the arts, sciences, and technologies of

Managing process in proposal development needs to be flexible.  It has to adapt to fit the size each deal’s individual submission parameters (page limits, number of volumes); to fit the

People resist change. Why? There are many reasons, but some of the more popularly cited reasons are fear (of loss or failure) and avoiding discomfort. But, change is essential for

tl:dr. Do you know what that means? If you’re tech-savvy, or have a teenager in your life, you know that it’s Internet slang for “too long; didn’t read.” If you’ve

Merriam Webster’s defines “innovation” as (1) the introduction of something new; (2) a new idea, method, or device: novelty. Interestingly, while this definition does not mention added value, when we

by Hélène Courard, APMP-NCA Vice President, JD, CF APMP Fellow As a proposal professional, it should come as no surprise that I believe the approach to one’s career development should