The Proposal Post-Mortem: What Your Losses Can Teach You (Besides Humility)
Let’s face it: losing a proposal stings. It’s a gut punch after weeks, sometimes months, of intense effort, late nights, and the collective hope of your team.
Acronyms Anonymous: Decoding the Alphabet Soup of Government Contracting (Without Losing Your Sanity)
You’ve just landed in the world of government contracting. You open your first Request for Proposal (RFP), attend a virtual industry day, or simply try to have a conversation with a seasoned GovCon professional. And then it hits you. A deluge of capital letters that seem to form a secret language: FAR, DFARS, SAM, NAICS, PSC, BPA, GWAC, IDIQ, FFP, CPFF…
Is Your Proposal a Visual Snooze-Fest? Wake Up Your Evaluators with These Graphic Hacks
Let’s cut to the chase. You’ve poured countless hours into research, strategy, and crafting the perfect prose for your government proposal. It’s brilliant. It’s comprehensive. It’s… probably going to induce a coma in the evaluator if it looks like a dense textbook from the 1980s.
Data Viz for Dummies (Who Happen to Bid on Multi-Million Dollar Contracts)
If you’re in the world of government contracting, you’re already swimming in data. And turning that data into clear, compelling visuals isn’t just a fancy add-on – it’s a secret weapon.
Beyond the Bar Chart: Visual Storytelling That Actually Wins Contracts
It’s time to move beyond the default bar chart and unlock the power of visual storytelling in your GovCon proposals.
The Visual Arsenal: Equipping Your Proposal Team for Graphic Warfare
In the world of government contracting, your proposal is your battle plan, and words are your primary ammunition. But in today’s visually saturated world, text alone often falls short. To truly conquer the competition and capture those coveted contracts, your proposal team needs a powerful visual arsenal at their disposal.
Navigating the GSA MAS Maze: Opportunity Knocks, But Strategy Holds the Map
What was once perhaps a “nice-to-have” for many GovCon firms is rapidly becoming a “must-have” for sustained growth and access to a significant portion of federal spending.
Death by Default PowerPoint: How to Resuscitate Your GovCon Proposals with Killer Graphics
It’s time to perform some CPR on your proposals. It’s time to ditch the default and embrace the power of killer graphics.
Infographics That Don’t Suck: A GovCon Guide to Visual Communication
Infographics can be powerful tools for simplifying complex information, highlighting key data points, and telling a compelling story.
When Spreadsheets Attack: Taming Data with Stunning Proposal Graphics
Evaluators don’t want to wade through a numerical swamp. They want clarity, impact, and a visual story that makes sense. That’s where stunning proposal graphics come in.
