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This Bid & Proposal Academy training course shows you how to win the right multiple award indefinite delivery vehicles (IDV) and win task orders on those vehicles. Today, the name of the game in winning government contracts is getting the right portfolio of IDVs (IDIQ, GSA schedules, BPA, MATOC, MAC, etc.), and winning page-limited, time-limited competitions for task orders. This class provides a recipe book for growing fast in the current federal acquisition realities.

This course provides the skills necessary to conceptualize proposal graphics that convey your winning solution to government customers. In addition to brainstorming on a graphic idea, this training shows you how to design an action caption, sketch a graphic concept, deliver a specific visual message to the government customer, and use professional graphic design principles and resources to make your graphics look attractive.

Government proposal desktop publishing teaches valuable skills in designing, laying out government proposals in MS Word. Present your company’s offer in the most professional light to Federal evaluators. The course covers tools and features MS Word offers to the desktop publisher, and shortcuts to increase speed and efficiency. It covers color palette and styles, tables of contents, headers and footers, and elements of design to ensure your proposal is attractive.

This Foundations of Capture Management training encompasses capture process, tools, and hands-on exercises for capturing government contracts and dramatically improving your win probability (Pwin). You will learn techniques for federal government customer engagement, intelligence gathering, win strategy development, competitive analysis, teaming, solution development, and more.

Foundations of Proposal Management training provides must-have skills in managing government proposals. It includes the proposal process, federal RFP analysis, and steps of the proposal development process from kickoff to color reviews (Pink Team, Red Team, Gold Team, White Glove) and submission. The class focuses on agile proposal management principles beyond traditional reviews that work in the current page-limited, short-deadline environment.

This class covers the spectrum of the most important topics, from preparing for a proposal effort and making a bid-no-bid decision, to orchestrating a great proposal kickoff, driving subject matter experts to produce winning content, exhibiting superb leadership and management skills, optimizing proposal team performance, getting the most from the proposal color reviews, and mitigating proposal risks at every stage to reduce stress and increase win probability (Pwin). The course also focuses on measuring and improving cost-efficiency and effectiveness of…

This proposal writing course shows how to develop compliant and highly persuasive proposal sections in half the time, to increase your government proposals' win probability. Learn to outline within the proposal sections for compliance and responsiveness, brainstorm as a group and individually to develop proposal section content, infuse proper structure and flow into your sections, and implement the correct writing process. Learn proposal persuasion techniques.

This Bid & Proposal Academy training course shows you how to win the right multiple award indefinite delivery vehicles (IDV) and win task orders on those vehicles. Today, the name of the game in winning government contracts is getting the right portfolio of IDVs (IDIQ, GSA schedules, BPA, MATOC, MAC, etc.), and winning page-limited, time-limited competitions for task orders. This class provides a recipe book for growing fast in the current federal acquisition realities.

This class teaches how to edit government proposals while working with a proposal team. Unlike regular editing, proposal editing requires additional knowledge of government RFPs, proposal process, working under tight deadlines, challenges of multiple authors' voices, and other skills that normally take a long time to master by trial and error unless you take this course. Not another English grammar class, this course teaches proposal-specific professional editing skills to improve your proposals' Pwin.

This course provides the skills necessary to conceptualize proposal graphics that convey your winning solution to government customers. In addition to brainstorming on a graphic idea, this training shows you how to design an action caption, sketch a graphic concept, deliver a specific visual message to the government customer, and use professional graphic design principles and resources to make your graphics look attractive.

Government proposal desktop publishing teaches valuable skills in designing, laying out government proposals in MS Word. Present your company’s offer in the most professional light to Federal evaluators. The course covers tools and features MS Word offers to the desktop publisher, and shortcuts to increase speed and efficiency. It covers color palette and styles, tables of contents, headers and footers, and elements of design to ensure your proposal is attractive.

This Foundations of Capture Management training encompasses capture process, tools, and hands-on exercises for capturing government contracts and dramatically improving your win probability (Pwin). You will learn techniques for federal government customer engagement, intelligence gathering, win strategy development, competitive analysis, teaming, solution development, and more.