by APMP GMC | Jun 6, 2025 | Blog Article, GMC Blog
By Kirsten Dockter As proposal managers, we rely on structure—checklists, compliance matrices, schedules. Frameworks help us stay organized, aligned, and sane under pressure. But what if we could borrow a framework not just for managing the proposal process, but for...
by APMP GMC | Jun 6, 2025 | Blog Article, GMC Blog
By Susan Rassette, CF APMP In our industry, when the new year begins, so does the influx of RFPs, keeping our small team busy from January through May. Then comes the welcome lull, giving us the perfect opportunity to do some spring cleaning our content and processes....
by APMP GMC | Jun 2, 2025 | Blog Article, GMC Blog
By Todd Packer, CF APMP | Cynthia Weinmann, MS, CP APMP | Colemann Packer “A bizarre situation for some unusual captives.” — Glaukon, in Plato (1)“We write to make sense of it all.”— Wallace Stegner (2) How do we understand our world?Proposal management professionals...
by APMP GMC | May 28, 2025 | Blog Article, GMC Blog
by Todd Packer, CF APMP Note: This article is a re-print of a previously published article. IntroductionForgive me. New to Zen. So, no disrespect intended, a beginner’s draft riddle to spark deep insight – a “koan”: “Before the proposal begins and after it ends, where...
by APMP GMC | Apr 16, 2025 | Blog Article, GMC Blog
By Sue Gillespie, CF APMP The Last Frontier. Land of the Midnight Sun. Gateway to the Arctic. As a member of APMP’s Pacific Northwest Chapter, Alaska brings some unique challenges and rewards to the proposal process. The state is BIG: at 665,384 square miles it equals...
by APMP GMC | Mar 20, 2025 | Blog Article, GMC Blog
In advance of our Symposium 2025, we reached out to APMP chapters from around the world to hear about winning the business, bid processes and more. Here is what our friends in the Japan Chapter had to share! I am a member of the Creative Proposal Center (CPC), an...
