Bid and Proposal Tip of the Week

The Bid and Proposal Tip of the Week provides short and insightful tips, guidance, and advice on navigating the complex world of bid development. Each week, our President and CEO, Kevin Switaj, shares his thoughts and ideas on how to improve proposal processes and deliverables.

How to Prepare Mentally for Your Oral Presentation

You've done all the content preparation, but how do you get yourself ready to deliver the presentation? That's this week's Bid and Proposal Tip of the Week.

12-16
04:36

What Should I Wear to My Oral Presentation?

What should you wear to your oral presentation? Kevin Switaj has some tips in this week's episode. 

11-25
04:18

Making the Benefits Clear in Oral Presentations

How you can make the benefits of your approach clear in your oral presentation is this week's bid and proposal tip of the week.

11-18
04:27

Why You Need an Oral Presentation Coach

This tip is the second in a series on oral presentation. This week we focus on why oral presentation coaches help you and your team succeed.

11-05
04:21

The Two Unwritten Oral Presentation Evaluation Factors

This is the first of a multi-part series about oral presentations. Today's tip focuses on the two unwritten evaluation factors that every evaluator is looking at.

10-21
04:03

The 5Cs of Win Theme Development

How do we develop killer win themes? This week, Kevin Switaj goes through the 5Cs of win theme development.

09-30
03:48

What Goes into a Good Proposal Template?

What should you do to make your proposal templates work best for your contributors and evaluators? That is at the heart of this week's tip.

08-12
04:07

Using the APMP Book of Knowledge

Do you know about APMP's Body of Knowledge? Learn how it can help you improve your proposal capabilities in this week's tip.

08-05
03:29

Using Fields in Word

Learn how to use Fields in Microsoft Word to help make your templates function better.

07-29
03:47

What Goes Into a Proposal Outline?

In this week's Bid and Proposal Tip of the Week, BZ Opportunity Management President and CEO Kevin Switaj talks about what you should do to develop a strong proposal outline.

02-05
03:14

Do I Need a Compliance Matrix?

In this week's Bid and Proposal Tip of the Week, BZ Opportunity Management President and CEO Kevin Switaj walks through the strengths of using a compliance matrix!

01-30
03:34

Locking Word Documents

Learn how to improve your proposal reviews through locking the document in Microsoft Word.

02-13
03:09

The Value of APMP

Learn how APMP can help your professional career.

02-06
02:42

Client

We discuss the critical nature of the client in this week's tip

12-12
03:00

Standup Meetings

Learn how to run a successful bid standup meeting in this week's tip

12-05
03:21

Substantiation

Why do we need substantiation in our bids? That's this week's tip.

11-28
02:46

The Value of the Standup

Learn how to successfully run a stand-up meeting in this week's tip.

11-14
03:52

Key Resume Tips

Resumes can help us stand out in our proposal process. This week's tip provides guidance on how to improve how we describe our key personnel.

11-07
03:18

The Standup Meeting

This week's tip focuses on the standup meeting and why it is important to our bid process

11-04
01:21

What is a Discriminator?

This tip defines a discriminator and how it plays a role in our bid process

11-04
01:13

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