CreatingEffectiveProposalsWritinganEffectiveExecutiveSummaryCONSULTINGCONSULTINGGeneralRulesBeginEarlyFollowRFPInstructionsHighlyThematicClear,ExpositoryWritingExplicitMessagesActiveVoice,FirstorThirdPerson,PresentTense,Positive/Confident(butnotarrogant)ToneAvoidAdverbsandOverblownWritingUtilizeSummaryGraphicsCONSULTINGObjectivesGettheReader’sAttentionShowourUnderstandingoftheProblemInsights/PerspectivesSummarizeKeyPartsofOurApproach/Solution-FocusonHowConveyConfidencethatKPMGistheBestFirmtodotheJob-Why?ObtainImportantPoints/ThemesfromMajorSectionWritersCONSULTINGPreparingandWritingIFirstStepsReadtheRFP/OpportunityFactSheetReviewProposalDiscriminatorsandThemesAnalyzeProposalLearnCustomer‘HotButtons’ReviewOtherExecutiveSummariesCONSULTINGPreparingandWritingIIBuildOutlineOutlineEachPageMajorHeadings,IdeasandGraphicsMapThemesandDiscriminatorstoHeadingsCONSULTINGPreparingandWritingIIIWorkThroughEachSectionFleshOutIdeasthatwillbeDevelopedUseSelectedProposalGraphicsCreateSummaryGraphicsUseNewGraphics/TextSparinglyCreateTextAdaptProposalText(minimizedirectlifts)WriteIntroductions,Linkages,ClosingPointsCONSULTINGEditingandRevisionsEnsureGoodDraftforRedTeamReviewSeekBDMReviewSeekSr.Manager/PartnerReviewDon’tSkipEditorFineTuneContinuouslyCONSULTINGAnyQuestions?CarlRosenblattBDSTManager,PublicServicesTyson’sTower703747-6508CONSULTINGCreatingEffectiveProposalsProposalBasicsCONSULTINGCONSULTINGTheBigPicture“Theobviousisobvious…onlyafterit’sobvious”CONSULTINGWhatMakesaGoodProposal?IsdirectedtotherightaudienceOffersalow-risk,well-substantiatedsolutiontoareal(notalwaysstated)needIseasytounderstandShows(notclaims)competenceOffersdistinctbenefitsoverothersBetter,faster,cheaperImpressesevaluatorsProvidestangiblevalueCONSULTINGWhatMakesaBadProposal?Hardtounderstand/hardtoscoreNotresponsiveandnon-compliantFailstodemonstratecompetenceSolvesthewrongproblemOffersanunprovenorriskysolutionNotdifferentiatedfromthecompetitionClaimsarenotbelievableGrammaticalerrors/generalsloppinessCONSULTINGWhyAreSoManyProposalsBad?TheyareproducedbycommitteesTheyareproducedunderpressureTheyshowananxietytowinTheproposalstaffisover-committedand/orpoorlypreparedThemessageisunclearorlackingKPMGdidnotlistentothecustomerKPMGlistenedtothewrongpeopleUnsubstantiatedclaimsCONSULTINGAilmentsofProposalsMOTIONSICKNESS-jumpstooquicklyfrompointtopointandisdifficulttofollowSENILITY-thesameoldstuffAMNESIA-importantpointsomittedSTERILITY-ideasnotconceivedNARCISSISM-toomuchhornblowingSCARLETFEVER-excessiveuseofredGOITER-blownupinthewrongplacesCONSTIPATION-theremaybesomethinghere,butitsimplyrefusestocomeoutCONSULTINGProposalsAnswer9BasicQuestionsWhoarewe?Whatareweselling?Whyarewesellingit?Howisitbetterthanthecompetition?Howarewegoingtoexecuteit?Howarewegoingtomanageit?Whyarewequalifiedtodoit?Howmuchisourprice?Canwedoitwithincostandonschedule?CONSULTINGSixBasicProposalPrinciplesYounevergetasecondchancetomakeafirstimpressionAgoodproposalwillnotalwayswin,butapooronewillalmostalwaysloseBus.Developmentisdoingyourhomework(studying);proposalsaretakingthetestProposalManagementiswheredemocracystopsEvaluatorsexpecttoseequalityreflectiveofthetimeallottedtopreparetheproposalWritetowin,ordon’tbeginCONSULTINGTypicalOpportunityScenariosRequestforProposal(RFP)OpportunityfromPartner/BDM/Sr.ManagerNo...