Building Blocks of a Winning Proposal 2-part Series

Building Blocks of a Winning Proposal 2-part Series

October 22, 2024 - October 24, 2024
9:00 am - 11:00 am

Online Training


Event Description:  The Building Blocks Program

2-part series, October 22 and 24th, 2024
9:00am-11:00am MST

A losing proposal can take up to four people 30 days to write. That effort can cost your company up $64,000 in time and resources. This class will teach you how to work on multi-million-dollar winning proposals and when to walk away from a losing bid. The processes and tools you’ll get with this program will dramatically improve your Federal win rate, cut costs and increase profitability.

Who Should Participate?
Building Blocks of a Winning Proposal is designed for proposal writers, managers, business owners, or sales executives who are responsible for preparing proposals. It’s an on-demand four-hour training program, plus all training materials, complete with an example of a proposal deconstruct.

Program Details
In just two 2-hour trainings, you’ll learn how to identify more opportunities you can truly win. You will also learn how to interpret the solicitation correctly, and be confident you can meet your contract terms and conditions. You will understand how to align and energize your proposal team throughout the process and navigate the pitfalls you can avoid from day one.

You get the steps of organizing and managing a Federal proposal, including:

  • How to focus only on the opportunities you can win
  • How to predict your chance of winning before you start
  • Best practices from success stories and painful losses
  • Lessons learned creating the strategy that won $65M in 18 months
  • Class materials, tools and templates—ready to go!

This is a live deep-dive with customizable templates.

Presented by the Wyoming APEX Accelerator and the Wyoming Small Business Development Center with sponsorship from the Wyoming Business Council.

Please note a registration fee of $89 is due at time of registration.

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DAY ONE:

  • BUILDING BLOCK 1 – RELATIONSHIPS: Who is evaluating your proposal?
  • BUILDING BLOCK 2 – RULES & ACRONYMS: What are they, and how do I stay out of trouble?
  • BUILDING BLOCK 3 – THE “SECRET” EMBEDDED BLOCK FOR WINNERS ONLY: The revelation that pays for this class ten times over!
  • BUILDING BLOCK 4 – BID/NO BID DECISION: Save time and money! Learn how primes filter out the losers.
  • BUILDING BLOCK 5 – THE ORGANIZED RESPONSE: How to avoid proposal pitfalls.

DAY TWO:

  • BUILDING BLOCK 6 – THE APPROPRIATE WRITING STYLE: What does the government buyer prefer?
  • BUILDING BLOCK 7 – THE “OUTSTANDING” TECHNICAL SOLUTION AT THE RIGHT PRICE: The “Make It Or Break It” building block.
  • BUILDING BLOCK 8 – THE COMPLETED “BID” SUBMISSION: Putting it all together, no mistakes allowed!
  • BUILDING BLOCK 9 – THE “ORAL PRESENTATION”: How to be the obvious vendor of choice.
  • BUILDING BLOCK 10 – THE “BEST AND FINAL OFFER”: Closing the deal in the eleventh hour.

Meet Your Trainer—Eileen Kent

Eileen Kent, “The Federal Sales Guide” is an experienced trainer, subject matter expert and Federal sales professional.

Eileen sold and led sales teams, winning millions in Federal business for Brook Furniture Rental and $65M for Tecta America selling to major federal facilities nationwide as a prime and subcontractor. For over 22 years, Eileen has shared her skills and insights in these proven tactics as a speaker and trainer with over ten thousand federal contract owners, sales executives and proposal writers across America.