Why is This Course Important? ❖ Proposals remain the primary way that KPMG wins new business ❖ For as successful as we are, we need to win a higher percentage of the opportunities we develop and the proposals we submit ❖ Need to improve proposal quality ❖ Need to reduce the time spent responding to RFPs ❖ 5 CPE credits! Business Development Support Team (BDST) v Organized and Managed by Industry v Focus on Opportunity and Proposal Managers Proposal Support Proposal Writers Proposal Proposal development/ Coordinators/Analysts management Backed up by assistance Knowledge Center Engagement content Goal: Improve the quality needed to respond to our aclniednrtesd. ucdeetvheeltoimpemaenndteffort Maintain online repositories; BDST Points of Contact E d C ourtney D irector 610 263-7141 C arl R osen b latt P u b lic S ervices 703 747-6508 S haron Long C om m & C ontent 703 747-5490 N ancy V etter H ealth C are 317 951-2420 D en ise L ee C IM 703 747-7798 G reg R alp h F in an cial S ervices 212 954-6213 Jen n ifer U yed a H ig h Tech 650 404-4836 M ark B owerm an K n owleg e C en ter 610 263-7087 Presenter ❖ Carl Rosenblatt ❖ BDST Manager, Public Services ❖ Tyson’s Tower ❖ 703 747-6508 Course Modules ❖ 1. Proposal Basics ❖ 2. Proposal Process ❖ Proposal Theme Simulation Exercise ❖ 3. Proposal Writing - General Rules ❖ 4. Proposal Writing - Guidelines/Hints ❖ 5. Proposal Graphics ❖ 6. Executive Summary Who is This Guy, and Why Should I Listen to Him? ❖ 10+ Years of Personal Proposal Writing and Management Experience ❖ Built a KPMG Consensus, speaking to: Managing Directors BDMs Senior Managers/Proposal Managers Experienced Proposal Team Members KPMG Proposal Process ❖ No Established Official Process Yet ❖ Today’s Program Focuses on What Makes a Good Proposal ❖ Future Program Will Focus on Improving the Process