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The Third Episode of Scribble Talk Teaching as part of APMP Practitioner Certification Baachu Bite is now out!

The Third Part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) marks the beginning of a new unit which, similar to Unit II, discusses topics from APMP Foundation Certification and introduces new and important chapters necessary for APMP Practitioner Certification. 

The Third part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) introduces Unit III - Planning And Management. The unit comprises of eleven chapters  which are split into three separate episodes for easy comprehension. Third episode of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) deals with the first four chapters from Unit III of Practitioner Syllabus. 

The Third Part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) discusses the following chapters from Unit III of the Practitioner syllabus: 
1.  Scheduling 
2. Budgets 
3. Production Management 
4. Managing External Risk 

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.

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The Second Episode of Scribble Talk Teaching as part of APMP Practitioner Certification Baachu Bite is FINALLY out!

The Second Part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) is a continuation of  first episode where the the Unit II of the Practitioner syllabus is completed.  

The Second part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) goes deeper into the topic of Research & Management And Sales Orientation. The unit comprises of seven major chapters  of which a handful of topics resembles topics from APMP Foundation Course while the rest of the chapters discussed are entirely new.

The Second Part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) discusses the following chapters from Unit II of the Practitioner syllabus: 
1. Opportunity/Capture Plan
2. Knowledge Management
3. Customer Analysis and Competitive Analysis
4. Opportunity Management, Customer Relationship Management 
5. Linking Opportunity/Capture Plans with Proposal Content 

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.

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The First Part of Scribble Talk Teaching Episode - APMP Practitioner Certification Baachu Bite is FINALLY out!

The First Part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) deals with an enlightening introduction to the course, followed by an Orientation which provides an overview of the NEW APMP Practitioner certification exam.

The initial part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) take you from this orientation to the first unit of Practitioner Syllabus - Research & Management And Sales Orientation. The unit comprises of seven major chapters of which the first two are discussed.

The First Part of Scribble Talk Teaching (Practitioner) discusses the following chapters from Unit II of the Practitioner syllabus: 
1. Introduction to the Business development Life Cycle
2. End-to-End Process

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.

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Part Seven of Scribble Talk Teaching Episode - APMP FOUNDATION Certification Baachu Bite is FINALLY out!

The Seventh Part of Scribble Talk Teaching deals with Unit V of APMP Foundation Certification Syllabus where the topic Opportunity Plan is focused. 
  
In Unit V, we will help you get familiar with the four major Chapters under Opportunity Plans of which the topics Scheduling and Content Plans are two of the most important chapters  for Foundation Certification exam. We will be guiding you through these topics by introducing the technical vocabulary and segregating the common pitfalls and misconceptions you might face during the Bid Process. Also, learn more about Knowledge Management and Opportunity Plans here.

The Seventh Part of Scribble Talk Teaching discusses Unit V that comprises of four chapters. 
The chapters discussed in Part Seven are :
1. Opportunity Plans
2  Content Plans 
3  Knowledge Management 
4  Scheduling 

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.

You are CLOSER to getting your Certification. Keep Up the good work!

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Part Six of Scribble Talk Teaching Episode - APMP FOUNDATION Certification Baachu Bite is FINALLY out!

The Sixth Part of Scribble Talk Teaching deals with the final four chapters of Unit IV of APMP Foundation Certification Syllabus where the topic Manage Process is focused. 
  
In Unit IV, we will help you get familiar with the actual Bid Process while explaining the technical vocabulary you need to be familiar with. We will be guiding you through the various reviews required in a mature BD process design and their aspects.  Learn more about  Internal lessons-learned and Customer debriefing and Production Resource Check List  here.

The Sixth Part of Scribble Talk Teaching discusses Unit IV which comprises eight chapters. 
The chapters discussed in Part Six are :
1.  Review Management 
2.  Production Management 
3.  Virtual Team Management 
4.  Lessons Learned Analysis and Management 

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.

You are CLOSER to getting your Certification. Keep Up the good work!

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Part Five of Scribble Talk Teaching Episode - APMP FOUNDATION Certification Baachu Bite is FINALLY out!

The Fifth Part of Scribble Talk Teaching deals with the first four chapters of Unit IV of APMP Foundation Certification Syllabus where the topic Manage Process is focused. 
  
In Unit IV, we will help you get familiar with the actual Bid Process while explaining the technical vocabulary you need to be familiar with. We will be guiding you through the eight phases in Bid Decision, different strategies needed in each phase and Gate Decisions and its aspects.  Learn more about Kick-off Meetings and Best practices for Daily Team Management here.

The Fifth Part of Scribble Talk Teaching discusses Unit IV that comprises of eight chapters. 
The chapters discussed in Part Five are :
1. End-to-End Process
2. Gate Decisions
3. Kick-off Meeting Management
4. Daily Team Management

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.

You are CLOSER to getting your Certification. Keep Up the good work!

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Part 4 of Scribble Talk Teaching Episode - APMP FOUNDATION Certification Baachu Bite is FINALLY out!

The Fourth Part of Scribble Talk Teaching deals with the final four chapters of Unit III of APMP Foundation Certification Syllabus where the topic Create Deliverables is focused. 
  
In this part, you will learn some of the more applicable chapters that will help you create winning proposals. We will teach you, and help you understand with great ease, some of the  strategies and techniques that will change your approach to proposal writing. Learn more about Graphics, page and document design and action captions here.

The third part of Scribble Talk Teaching discusses Unit III that comprises of nine chapters. 
The chapters discussed in Part Four are :
1.  Graphics and Action Captions 
2.  Page and Document Design 
3.  Cost and Pricing Data 
4.  Proactive Proposals . 

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.

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Part 3 of Scribble Talk Teaching Episode - APMP FOUNDATION Certification Baachu Bite is FINALLY out!

The Third Part of Scribble Talk Teaching deals with Unit III of APMP Foundation Certification Syllabus where the topic Create Deliverables is focused. 
  
Unit III is one of the most important modules with many of the important chapters of the Foundation Course falling under it. Several concepts and techniques that you will ultimately need as a proposal manager to create winning bids are encompassed in this module.  Here, you will find the strategic shifts you have been lacking along with new methods which will ensure the final perfection to your proposal. Learn more about persuasive writing, headings and Compliance Matrix here.

The third part of Scribble Talk Teaching discusses Unit III that comprises of nine chapters. 
The chapters discussed in Part Three are :
1.  Compliance Matrix 
2.  Proposal Organization 
3.  Persuasive Writing 
4.  Writing Clearly 
5.  Headings 

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.

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Part 2 of Scribble Talk Teaching Episode - APMP FOUNDATION Certification Baachu Bite is FINALLY out!

The Second Part of Scribble Talk Teaching deals with the final five chapters of Unit II of APMP Foundation Certification Syllabus where the topic Focus on Customer is focused. 
  
Unit II deals with the traditional as well as freshly brewed techniques necessary to bring customer satisfaction. Areas discussed in this module are moulded so as to include every steps and materials you need ready in order to start with your proposal and includes chapters such as Discriminators and Proof points. 

The Second Part of Scribble Talk Teaching discusses final five chapters in Unit II.
The chapters discussed here are :
1.  Features, Benefits, and Discriminators 
2.  Proof Points 
3.  Persuasion 
4.  Price-to-win 
5.  Teaming 

Each of these chapters discussed the topic at hand in great details with explanations on all aspects including the best practices and common misconceptions linked to them.



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First Part of Scribble Talk Teaching deals with Unit I and Unit 2 of APMP Foundation Certification Syllabus where the topics Understanding Business Development and Focus on Customer are focused.
 
Unit I creates an understanding of Business Development with the specific goal and steps one needs to concentrate on achieving the development. 

Unit II comprises of eleven chapters, of which the initial six chapters are discussed here.
The chapters discussed here are 
1. Compliance & Responsiveness
2. Customer Analysis and Competitive Intelligence,
3. Executive Summaries,
4. Strategy and Win Themes,
5. Value Propositions and
6. Proposal Theme Statements.

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Jessica Rodriguez-Privett has over 10+ years experience in Proposals. She is currently Proposal Coordinator with Akima. Jess is APMP Foundation Certified. 

 Jessica has been active with APMP’s NCA chapter since 2017, volunteered at 2019’s Mid-Atlantic Conference, then joined the NCA Board in 2020, initially as the Annual Conference Chair in 2020, up until COVID-19 effectively shut down the 2020 MAC. She then transitioned to Marketing Co-Chair. She lives in the lovely mountains of VA with her husband, daughter and too many pampered pets.

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LJ Turner is the Sales Operations Director for Jigsaw24, based in Nottingham, where she leads the Bids and Tender Teams, drawing on all of the knowledge she has gained in her 20+ years career. After completing her Management and Technology BSc (Hons) degree at Brunel University, LJ moved into IT Sales with a Telco, which established her love of all things technology-based. She moved into Bid Management in 1998 when she got so exasperated with the poor sales contracts, she decided to move down the chain and ensure quality tenders would result in quality contracts! Since then, she has supported over £4bn of bids and worked in industries from Oil and Gas, to Rail, to Business Processes, to IT – introducing Governance and Process to many of her roles.

She is a passionate mentor, encouraging and supporting internal colleagues and supporting women from all walks of life. Her leadership and expertise were critical in winning a key Public Sector Covid project that saw Jigsaw24 rolling out 7,500 devices a week to the NHS.

Her mentorship extends to the Military Spouse Network which supports other military spouses into work or self-employment, and the Warrior Programme which teaches resilience skills in the face of adversity. She’s a part of the #1-of-a-million, a campaign for women in STEM, and the Women’s Salesforce Trailblazers in Newcastle to support more access and progression in STEM. Being a proud advocate of gender diversity, she was named one of the Top Women in Tech in 2018 and has been a PCR Role Model of the Year. She is also a TVTA Women of the Year finalist, and a Highly Commended Exec Mentor in the CRN awards in 2020. 

In her personal life, Turner enjoys motorsports, holidays, science fiction, and spending time with her family. With her husband being in the military, the family holds a love for military history and constantly engages in the social side of military life.

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Chris Colquitt currently directs the operational and strategic proposal center at Clarivate, a global provider of Scientific and Intellectual Property solutions. The team works within the commercial operations division to manage hundreds of complex proposals each year across all geographies, as well as maintaining opportunity pipeline and proposal automation/content curation processes.

Chris is APMP professional qualified (2015) and has previously sat on the UK APMP board as founding director of Technology. At Clarivate, he has been shortlisted for the Sales Partner of the Year award (2016), Deal of the Year award (2016) and multiple APMP UK Awards (including Leadership and Knowledge Management as well as additional nominations from within his team). Chris has been accepted as an APMP UK mentor in 2021, as well as previously mentoring practitioner candidates to successful passes. Chris is finalizing an undergraduate degree at the Open University in the UK in Psychology, and hopes to progress into Doctoral research, exploring the Psychology of the bids and tenders market from 2022.

In his spare time, Chris enjoys spending time with his family – especially at the movies, growing at the family allotment and training together in Taekwondo. He studies and is an avid runner, having recently completed a 100Km ultramarathon in London (with more booked for 2022). He loves camping, and is an active volunteer for local community ventures such as Greenslate community farm in Wigan.

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Angie Wolfe, CP APMP, is a creative and analytical proposal professional and business owner with 18 years of experience at large Fortune 500 companies in business development and marketing. Based in Denver, she started her consulting firm, Ideas at Dawn Marketing Consultants, in 2019. Ideas at Dawn brings large civil engineering and construction firms a competitive advantage with their proposals to win more work without adding more payroll. These services include proposal management, writing, editing, graphic design support, and training to meet the increased demands on the proposal staff.

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With 10 years of experience, Katherine Becchina brings a unique background in event planning and strategic proposal, and marketing management in the A/E/C industry. She collaborates with sales teams to preposition for multi-million dollar business opportunities, develop compliant and responsive proposals, and create compelling content for shortlist interviews. This experience includes managing the proposal process, writing and co-authoring technical content, and designing the proposal response in Adobe InDesign. She leads and coaches capture teams in shortlist strategy sessions, interview preparation, and presentation development for client-facing and industry-focused events.
Katherine continually seeks opportunities for professional growth and development. She looks to professional associations like the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) to connect and engage with other professionals in the industry. Starting in 2017, Katherine participated in the mentorship program and served on the Marketing Committee for the Greater Midwest Chapter (GMC). In 2019, she expanded her involvement in the chapter and served as the Publications Chair, where she collaborated with other board and chapter members to develop quarterly newsletters that engage more than 730 readers. Currently, Katherine is serving as the Vice Chair for GMC and is excited for 2022 when she will serve as the chapter’s President.

Fun Facts!
Katherine love listening to true crime podcasts, reading, biking, hiking, and spending time with her husband and new puppy, Remy. She is currently reading Dare to Lead by Brene Brown and listening to her podcast series. She believes it is a good one if anyone is looking to expand their leadership skills! Growing up, Katherine was obsessed with horses, and strongly feels, if she won the lottery today, the first thing she would do is buy a ranch and have horses.

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Hayley Watkins, CP APMP, CCMP, is a pursuit and marketing professional with a passion for fostering business growth. For more than a decade, she has helped critical infrastructure organizations in a variety of industries win more work by developing forward-thinking marketing and proposal processes and teams. Hayley is experienced throughout the sales and marketing lifecycle, including partnering with business developers to identify target markets and clients, developing marketing campaigns to promote thought leadership, leading capture planning and strategy development to win new business, and managing all aspects of proposal development. As a leader, she serves as an advocate, coach, and mentor, continuously seeking ways to elevate team abilities and promote career advancement for proposal professionals. Hayley is an active member of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals, having served on the Greater Midwest Chapter Board of Directors for the past eight years. When not working on marketing initiatives or upcoming deadlines, Hayley enjoys traveling (currently, she is working towards visiting every country in Central America), road-tripping throughout the United States, and finding excitement and adventure in each day.

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Tara Kowalke is the Manager of Global Sales Proposals for BlackLine, a publicly traded SaaS company, where she leads a team of proposal professionals to execute highly technical responses for ITQs, RFPs, RFIs, etc. The vast majority of their work falls in the B2B space but Tara lived in the SLED world for years in previous roles, so she is well-versed in the nuances of all different types of companies, industries and understanding the challenges that arise as technology advances. She prides herself on leading a team of individuals with a “can do” attitude, who ensure all deadlines are met, all internal clients around the world are happy, and that they are utilizing all resources at their disposal to get the job done.

Tara has been in the proposal industry for 10+ years and is an active member of APMP’s California Chapter where she sits on the board as Director of Events. Her term began just as COVID was sweeping the world, so in lieu gathering at in-person events, she has been hosting monthly “West Coast Coffee Roasts” on the 3rdThursday of every month on a range of topics, all are welcome to join! Prior to her time in California, she was a member of the Greater Midwest chapter and is looking forward to seeing her proposal friends at Bid and Proposal Con this fall in Denver, as well as helping to host the California Chapter’s Annual “Training Day” also this fall at Disneyland. She obtained her Foundation Certification in 2017 and was a named as an APMP “40 Under 40” in 2018. Over the past several years she has enjoyed being an active participant in the California Chapter’s mentorship program, both as a mentor and mentee and is currently studying for her Practitioner Exam that she hopes to pass later this summer.

While in college Tara earned a B.A. in Political Science from St. Cloud State University and was a Legislative Intern at the Minnesota Senate during the same timeframe that Jesse “The Body” Ventura was Governor. Earlier in her career Tara was a paralegal for a number of years at some of the top firms in the country, where she was affectionately nicknamed “TaraLegal.”

With roots in the Midwest (Minneapolis and Chicago), she has lived all over the country and has called Los Angeles home for the past 3 years with her son Jefferson who is 12 years old (12.5 if you ask him). Together they enjoy hiking, volunteering, yoga, traveling, crafting, board games, watching The Office, Survivor and all the cooking shows. She is also an avid runner, NPR junkie, sports fan, philanthropist, and writer working on her first book! Tara and her family enjoy time at her parent’s lake house in Minnesota whenever they can get away and she and her son love exploring National Parks.

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Elisabeth Megli helps businesses respond to Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and other solicitations to win work and grow their businesses. In 2017, she founded Theme Strategic Proposals to help clients navigate through the information needed to prepare compliant, responsive and persuasive proposals. Elisabeth writes and edits every proposal to be customer-driven and enjoys coaching others on proposal best practices. Elisabeth has managed and prepared proposals submitted to 30 Fortune Top 100 companies throughout her career and to dozens of local, state and federal government entities. She is a certified proposal manager by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) and is the former APMP Greater Midwest Chapter Communications Chair.