#40: How to Get the Proposal Information You Need, When You Need It
Have you ever felt like your internal proposal process was taking too long? Your team is spread out, working from home or maybe they just aren’t meeting deadlines. Well, marketers, today’s episode will bring you some insight on how to better prepare and execute your next proposal process. Our guest, Kate Robinette, CPSM will give you some steps to help your team juggle multiple proposals, stay on task with proposals and maybe even help you streamline your process.
Kate dives into how she’s been able to handle her team’s proposal process. She shepherds them to the finish line by keeping them on task. We talk about her ‘No Meeting, Meetings’ as well as her proposal outline and how she helps new members integrate into the team. You don’t want to miss this episode, lots of great advice in here. Here are some highlights:
- How to kick off the proposal process with a team: 5:30
- Kate’s “No Meeting, Meeting” Reminders: 9:15
- How to keep that proposal process moving along: 10:08
- Review weekly calendar tasks: 13:41
- Kate’s advice on how to write better proposals (hint: edit and read): 18:07
- What to do after the initial meeting: 20:15
- Work on multiple proposal processes at once: 23:26
- Kate’s proposal outline: 26:44
Meet the Guest:
Kate Robinette, CPSM, Partner, Go! Strategies, LLC
Kate is a theater nerd who learned about AEC marketing when a board member of the arts council where she worked suggested she talk to his marketing director. She quickly realized her linear thinking, strategic analysis, writing, and logistics management were a killer combination for helping to win work. She spent 20 years honing her craft. Now she helps companies strengthen their marketing and BD teams, culture, and employee engagement with the same combination of talents and a (slightly less) deadline-driven rigor.
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2 thoughts on “How to Get the Proposal Information You Need, When You Need It”
This is great. going to become a member…thank you! I am seeking advice on the process from start to finish. We need a more structured linear process in place. We have RFP’s/Invites to submit from several different sources going to several different team members. There is no standardization or structure in our process. I follow the demands/requests of our Business Development manager who works in her own organized chaos and PM’s who are also waiting on principals who are often non responsive. Assignments are often vague and overlapping and by the time I either hear about the proposal or they have materials ready, it’s within a couple days of the due date. I’m trying to present a linear/structured/organized method, but it has to be a strong method that everyone is willing to follow. A podcast on this topic would be awesome!
Hi Cassandra,
Thank you for listening. I teach the full proposal management process inside the Proposal Pro Course. I will be opening registration for that course again in spring 2022. However, when you have multiple proposals and making multiple assignments to the same people it can get cumbersome. Having a CRM and regular BD/Proposal update meetings with key folks helps to understand who’s working on what, who might be overloaded, and where you can make reassignments. I do have some upcoming member-only episodes planned to talk about some of this. I will note your specific questions to address.
Cheers!
Lindsay