Overcoming Proposal Writer's Block

The proposal clock is ticking, pressure is building as the deadline is getting closer, and soon the stress becomes palpable. But you still have a hard time squeezing the words from your or your proposal team’s brains down on paper. You produce something by the deadline, because you have to. But you know that if you had produced the same proposal document earlier, you would have a chance to make it so much better and much more likely to win, because you would have the time to polish the draft.

In this one-hour class, you will learn nearly two dozen techniques for combating the proverbial “writer’s block” to help you and your proposal team get through your writing much faster with a lot less stress.

Perhaps there are days when you feel inspired to write, but most of the time writing is torture. One hour later you have one paragraph written, and the rest of the proposal section does not appear any faster. Or, perhaps you are a proposal manager whose job is to get section inputs from multiple writers. When the inputs don’t appear, you have to do all the writing yourself. You wonder what you could do to help your team produce, so that you don’t have to continue spending sleepless nights rewriting others’ work. If you recognize yourself, and you are a proposal manager, technical writer, or a subject matter expert who often contributes to proposals, this free webinar is for you.

Webinar Presenter: Olessia Smotrova-Taylor is the President and CEO of OST Global Solutions, Inc. She is a currently practicing capture and proposal consultant who won more than $17 Billion in new business. As one of the proposal industry leaders, she is on the Board of Directors of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals' (APMP) National Capital Area (NCA) chapter and is the editor and chair of the APMP NCA Executive Summary eZine that won 2010 APMP Communications Award. She regularly presents at the APMP's international and other conferences, roundtables, and proposal boot camps, and runs popular training webinars on business development. She has 16 years of experience in proposal and capture management, marketing, and communications. She is a prolific author, speaker, trainer, and blogger, and is well-known in the global proposal community. Her self-study course, Executive Summary Secrets, sells worldwide. Prior to starting her own consulting company, she won business for Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, and wrote for the Financial Times of London.

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What Our Customers say about our training courses:

"The Proposal Management class was excellent. I have been in Business Development for 20+ years and it was refreshing to see training based on best practices rather than antiquated practices that we many times don’t have time for as the pace is moving so fast on a quick turnaround proposal. Olessia touched on every area that makes for a great proposal effort, however, was able to delve into the details when asked. Her teaching technique was excellent. She is very animated, relates real time problems to what you are studying which makes more of an impression on the students. I would recommend this training class to all those in Business Development, no matter what arena. You really get a true sense of the big picture from release of a DRFP to the finished delivery product."

Deborah Cannaday
Manager, Southeast Proposal Development Center
ASRC Federal Holding Company

"OST Global Solutions webinars hit the mark every time. The curriculum is focused on the needs of business development professionals in a hyper-competitive marketplace. They not only identify the most common pitfalls, but also demonstrate in detail just how to write winning proposal sections. The recommendations are succinct and actionable. The webinars provide a fabulous way of learning that fits my busy schedule."
Ciro Pinto-Coelho
Director, Strategy & Business Development
Raytheon Company

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