Welcome to our Symposium! Bruce Farrell Chapter President

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

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

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

And innovation Innovation

And we’ll discuss why the details matter

We’ll certainly talk about compliance

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

Punctuation … and of course grammar and punctuation

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

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

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

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

Great Midwest Region Illinois

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

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

Membership by State 51 1 Alberta 1 1 29 1 2 1 35 24 15 3 13 40 2 2 93 34 3 2 1 2 2 42 people outside our region 4 1 1 4 2 51 Members who have no idea where they live

Membership Type 105 Corporate 314 Individual 3 Other

Great Midwest Region Certification 96 83 13 3 Foundation Practitioner Professional

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Our Sponsors Platinum Qvidian Gold Shipley Associates Strategic Proposals Silver Quros

Logistics

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