1. Welcome to our Symposium!
Bruce Farrell Chapter President

2. I am president of our chapter, a Proposal Plante Moran, and I had a “moustache” in 11th grade
This is my second year on the Board and first as Chapter President

3. I work for Plante Moran, a professional services firm based in the Midwest (www.plantemoran.com)

4. Today I hope we’ll learn a few things about messaging

5. And innovation
Innovation

6. And we’ll discuss why the details matter

7. We’ll certainly talk about compliance

8. Your Professional Image
…and polishing your professional image
Your Professional Image

9. Punctuation
… and of course grammar and punctuation

10. Organizing Your Team
And last, we’ll probably talk about how your teams are organized and how they can function more effieciently

11. How many of you are first time attendees?
Let’s talk a little bit about our organization

12. 2015 APMP-GMC Board Bruce Farrell Chapter President Alan Minnick
Treasurer
Lavonda Prempas Events Chair
Sue Tellier
Membership Chair
Hayley Flamm Publications Chair
Bette Sturino Professional Development Chair
Jackie Schneider Webmaster
Amy Morris Communications Chair

13. 2015 APMP-GMC Events Committee
Lavonda Prempas
Andrea Dunger
Megan Kean-O’Brien
Aurelie Martins
Liz Megli
Sue Schumacher
Brittony Martin

14. Great Midwest Region
Illinois

15. Continued Chapter Growth!
14%
Increase
422
369
288
233
215
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

16. Membership by State 1 29 1 35 24 15 13 40 93 29 13 34

17. Membership by State 51 1 Alberta 1 1 29 1 2 1 35 24 15 3 13 40 2 2 9334 3 2 1 2 2
42 people outside our region 4 1 1 4 2 51
Members who have no idea where they live

18. Membership Type
105
Corporate
314
Individual 3
Other

19. Great Midwest Region Certification96 83 13 3
Foundation
Practitioner
Professional

20. Opening Keynote BJ Lownie Appropriate and Fair Measurement of the
Proposal Support Function

21. Morning Sessions 1 & 2 Careena Dudic Amy Singer
Overcoming the Challenges of Managing a Global Team
Amy Singer
Proposal Department Set-Up

22. Knowledge Management, Business Analytics, Information Management
Morning Sessions 3 & 4
Chapter Board
Best Practice Panel
Gillian Ann Dionne
Knowledge Management, Business Analytics, Information Management

23. Allana Helland & Bridgette Hoeft
Afternoon Sessions 1 & 2
Allana Helland & Bridgette Hoeft
Transforming Oral Presentations
Pamela Henkel
Stack the Deck: Writing to Win

24. 5 Forces that Help You Win!
Afternoon Sessions 3 & 4
Randy Richter
5 Forces that Help You Win!
Larissa Newman
The Art of Ghosting

25. Closing Keynote Brad Douglas
Effective Proposal Skills: How to Write Gooder and Given’ the Bestest Prezentashuns

26. Bette Sturino & Bruce Farrell
Mentor Graduation and Looking Forward
Bette Sturino & Bruce Farrell
Discussing our Mentorship Program

27. *We are NOT giving away a new car
FABULOUS PRIZES!
*We are NOT giving away a new car

28. Our Sponsors Platinum Qvidian Gold Shipley Associates
Strategic Proposals
Silver
Quros

29. Logistics

30. The Man. The Myth. The Legend
Opening Keynote
BJ Lownie
Appropriate and Fair Measurement of the
Proposal Support Function
The Man. The Myth. The Legend