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Susan Milich

Eight Steps to Maintaining Customer Focus in Government Proposals

May 13, 2010

The development of a Government proposal that is both compliant and responsive requires a particular attention to detail.  This can easily result in a document that is NOT “Customer Focused.” The primary purpose of the government proposal IS to demonstrate the offerors ability to meet the government’s requirements, right?  So it IS about the offeror, [...]

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Ten Steps to a Successful First Meeting with a Government Executive

April 29, 2010

It still makes me chuckle when my colleague and dear friend, John Okay, gets to talking about his days as the IRM Chief (a.k.a. CIO) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Visitors of both government and industry ranks would work their way into his office, excited to sell him something.  Too often the meetings were [...]

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