Olessia Smotrova-Taylor

Four Executive Summary Mistakes That Hurt Your Chances of Winning Proposals

Much is written on the subject of Executive Summaries, but over the years, these pesky proposal introductions don't seem to get much better. I have seen a few good ones, but most were in dire need of improvement. Make sure to avoid four common errors so that your Executive Summaries help your proposals rather than actually hurting your chances of winning. Mistake #1:... (posted by Olessia 2 years 112 days ago.)

"Picasso Method" for Great Proposal Graphics

Picasso's famous quote, "Good artists copy; great artists steal," might as well have been about proposal art. Great proposal graphics can be born in various ways, but "stealing" a concept and making it something that is your own, something completely different from its original version and uniquely applicable to the current bid, is the fastest way to create them. "Stealing" may sound like a negative notion... (posted by Olessia 3 years 279 days ago.)