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Upcoming Meetings:

September 15, 2010 - PART II "Sharing Hidden Treasures:A Moderated Open Forum Event," moderated by Dave Sarjeant, Membership Chair, Greater Midwest Chapter.

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October 20, 2010 - "Reshape/Reuse/Repurpose Capture Mangement," presented by Connie Sanford, AM.APMP. During this presentation, we will discuss what we already know about Capture Management and reshape/reuse/repupose it for commercial proposal teams who have no control over Capture Management, whose RFP turnaround time is measured in days rather than months and whose teams are rarely involved in pursuit before the RFP arrives. This is not a traditional Capture Management for the rest of us. Bring your ideas and come prepared to participate in the discussion.

About Connie Sanford: Connie is the Senior Manager of Sales Enablement at Kforce, a full service staffing firm. Annually, her team of four responds to more than 310 RFPs while maintaining a win rate of more than 50%. Connie has presented at the National Conference, regional and vendor conferences, always focusing on topics that answer the question, "What about me?" for busy commercial proposal writers. After working 22 years, Connie finally completed her BA in English at The University of Central Florida in 1998 and in 2009 completed her Masters in Management from The University of South Florida.

PAST General Members' Meetings:

08.18.2010 - "Sharing Hidden Treasures: A Moderated Open Forum Event," moderated by Dave Sarjeant, Membership Chair, Greater Midwest Chapter. Please click here for PDF of presentation.

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05.19.2010 - "Writing to Win... Tips and Techniques to Write a Compelling Response," presented by Mark Wigginton, Regional Director, Shipley Associates.

04.21.2010 - "The Leadership Gift," presented by Christopher Avery, Ph.D. (author of "Teamwork is an Individual Skill). To view the presentation, please click here.

03.17.2010 - "Getting in the Winner's Circle: Writing Better Proposals," presented by Jay Herther, PPF.APMP. To view the presentation, please click here.

02.17.2010 - "The APMP Accreditation Program: Professional Growth & Recognition," presented by Chuck Keller, APMP Accreditation Program Director. To view the presentation, please click here.

Q&A Session - How often are the questions updated for the Foundation Level exam?
The current question pool has about 450 questions which is the recommended number for a program of this size.  I am contually updating questions and creating new questions against the current syllabus, to create new areas for questions we need the Steering Committee proposed piece of work to formally identify additional competencies for the syllabus and the PPAQ.

To view the latest edition of the "Proposal Guide: Third Edition," visit: http://www.shipleywins.com/products-item.php?item=3

01.20.2010 - "Little (Virtual) Shop of Proposal Horrors," presented by Lisa J. King, Secretary/Membership 2009 Chair, APMP Greater Midwest Chapter. To view the presentation, please click here.

09.17.2009 - "Designing Winning Proposals and Presentations," presented by Mike Parkinson, 24 Hour Company. To view the presentation, please click here.

05.20.2009 - "Making Continuous Improvement Part of the Process," presented by Karen H. Hyman, APM.APMP, Director of Business Development at National Government Services.To view Ms. Hyman's bio, please click here. To view the presentation, please click here.

Survey Results (Feb. Meeting) - Click here to view.

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