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Top 12 Tips for Winning RFP’s and Proposals.
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Corporate Governance for Private Business
Is your private business, industry or trade group membership interested in learning more about a Board of Directors for their private business?
Jim Crocker, Founder and Chair of Boardroom Metrics is known for his blunt honesty and practical business approach. In his presentation ‘Private Company Board Best Practices’ he shares insight from private companies on the important considerations for setting up and running an effective private company Board of Directors.
An experienced Director, Founder, CEO and Consultant, Jim says “Governance and strategy fail way more often than people realize. By taking the complication out of both, they become a lot more effective.”
Meet Karen McElroy, Boardroom Metrics CEO and Leader of the RFP, Bid Proposal Response Practice
Starting seven years ago, Karen has built an experienced team of business writers and graphic artists in Canada, the United States and Europe. Dedicated to helping clients win competitive RFP and Proposal bids, Karen is known for her unfailing responsiveness, lively personality and wealth of RFP writing experience. “Taking the stress out of the RFP writing process allows our clients to focus on what they do best”, Karen says. “Our expertise is making our clients look great.”
Meet Dean Lukehart, Professional RFP Writer
Dean Lukehart helps Clients develop Winning RFP Responses. His professional perspective has been gleaned from 25 years of Business Development Leadership roles at influential Marketing Agencies across the U.S.A., combined with a Penn State University Journalism Degree.
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Insight on the Role of CEO – Blog Series by Julia Dumanian
Canadian Hearing Society CEO Julia Dumanian has an in-depth perspective on the challenges of the CEO role in today's organizations. In this blog series, Julia shares her insight on the role of the CEO. Julia Dumanian, CEO of Canadian Hearing Society When Julia was a Boardroom Metrics consultant, we asked her to document her [...]
The Best Advice You Will Ever Get to Win an RFP
Here’s the best advice we've got for winning an RFP: Read. The. RFP. Whether you are writing the response yourself or engaging a professional writer, reading the entire Request for Proposal (RFP) will do a couple of things: Differentiate you from much of your competition who won’t bother, thereby ensuring they miss stuff – or [...]
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What Private Companies Can Learn About Board Structure from Public Companies
Private Company Boards are Smaller and Less Independent Statistics show that private company Boards are smaller and less independent than public company Boards. This matters. The rationale that leads public company Boards to be larger and more independent also applies to private company governance. 1. Board independence. Private company boards are overwhelmingly composed of related [...]
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