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Got Game? Writing Proposals Made Playfully Simple: Making Tough Stuff Fun
Patrick Hofstadt
Lukas Pohl
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Speakers – Patrick Hofstadt
@work• Eight years of professional
experience in proposal management
• Established own business QUALITY BID CONSULTING in 2015
• Speaker at Germany’s annual APMP conference
• CP APMP
@home• Dabbling as a water polo
goalie• Coaching a competition
dance team (similar to cheer dance)
• Spice up the (probably) craziest Battlestar Galacticaboardgame in the world
• Spending time with my partner and her kids
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Speakers – Lukas Pohl
@work
• 10 years of professional experience in the IT industry
• Over six years working in proposal management
• Team Lead Proposal Management at adesso
• Speaker at Germany’s annual APMP conference
• CP APMP
@home
• Passionate soccer player
• Attended 500 soccer gamesin more than 15 countries
• Fitness training
• Spending time with mynephew
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Agenda
• Bid Management and knowledge transfer
• Challenges in Bid Management
• Requirements for knowledge transfer
• Modules of knowledge transfer
• Examples for the use of playful elements
• Reference: adesso AG
• Conclusion
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BID MANAGEMENTAND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
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Bid Management and knowledge transfer
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Bid Management and knowledge transfer
Learning from one‘sco-worker
Proposal writing fortechnicians– made easy
Asking the media
Investments at peak level Writing proposals, made
playfully simple
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• More handson-training
• More interactivity
• Usage ofreal RFPs
Results:
Bid Management and knowledge transfer
2004 survey on training methods
Proposal Training: A Survey of Current Practice and a Look at the Future of e-Learning; Dave Camp & Jeff Longshaw; 2004
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CHALLENGESIN BID MANAGEMENT
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Challenges in Bid Management
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Challenges in Bid Management
Name something that is repeatedly a challenge when writing a proposal
document as a team.
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Challenges in Bid Management
Short-term nature
Alternating teams
Availabilities
Low-priority activity
Geographically dispersed teams
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REQUIREMENTS FOR KNOWLEDGETRANSFER
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Requirements for knowledge transfer
Quickly and easily
(„playfully“) learnable
Practical and striking
Modular composition
Interactive
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MODULES OFKNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
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Modules of knowledge transfer
Class room training
Training on the bid
Workshop modules
evangelistic attitude
Short-term nature
Alternating teams
Availabilities
Low-priority activity
Geographicallydispersed teams
Rapid onboarding
Common language
Steep learning curve
Individual response toemployee & requirement
Decreased overhead, topics right to the point
Enhanced tool box
Increased motivation
Modules Challenges Outcomes
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Modules of knowledge transfer
Application of playful components decreases in accordancewith possible degree of structuring
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Modules of knowledge transfer
Establishment ofvigilance, increasingactivity level
Eye-openers, challenging currentassumptions
Motivation and easedknowledge transfer
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EXAMPLES FOR THEUSE OF PLAYFUL ELEMENTS
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Style bloom wall
• Typical proposal pitfalls, mistakes, and writing style weaknesses written on cardboard cut-outs
• Participants pin the blooms into one of the predefined categories (e.g., active/passive, superlatives)
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Proposal memory
• Typical proposal terms written on a set of cards. Their definitions are on a separate set of cards
• Place all cards face down
• Players turn two cards over and read the words out loud
• Goal is to find matching cards
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Word Comments
• Participants consider proposal text from the reviewer’s perspective
• Place an excerpt from a proposal document on to a pinboard
• Participants look for where each comment may fit and explain their choice
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Priority Pie
• Participants get a circular piece of cardboard and a list of typical proposal chapter names
• They are to cut the “pie” into slices, one slice for each chapter. Sized according to their view of the appropriate chapter weighting in the proposal document
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Let the games begin
&Style bloom wall
Word comments&
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Style bloom wall
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Examples for the use of playful elementsActive/Passive Voice Clichés
Superlatives Impressive or persuasive?
Syntax and ambiguity Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elements
After the user documentation is provided, the final
inspection will begin.
Categories• Active/Passive Voice• Clichés• Superlatives• Impressive or
persuasive?• Syntax and ambiguity• Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elementsActive/Passive Voice Clichés
Superlatives Impressive or persuasive?
Syntax and ambiguity Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elements
The PM of the RN is responsible for the new ATM
software and holds several
certifications, e.g. SCM, SCJP and
CPP APMP.
Categories• Active/Passive Voice• Clichés• Superlatives• Impressive or
persuasive?• Syntax and ambiguity• Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elementsActive/Passive Voice Clichés
Superlatives Impressive or persuasive?
Syntax and ambiguity Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elements
The framework that is used
within our developed system is
based on the best and fastest
technologies available and in
addition, it is provided with the
lowest price.
Categories• Active/Passive Voice• Clichés• Superlatives• Impressive or
persuasive?• Syntax and ambiguity• Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elementsActive/Passive Voice Clichés
Superlatives Impressive or persuasive?
Syntax and ambiguity Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elements
It will also be possible and
feasible, as we have decades of
experience in developing
optimal fitting, reliable and
business critical software
solutions, to design an exciting
interface that triggers
enthusiasm.
Categories• Active/Passive Voice• Clichés• Superlatives• Impressive or
persuasive?• Syntax and ambiguity• Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elementsActive/Passive Voice Clichés
Superlatives Impressive or persuasive?
Syntax and ambiguity Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Categories• Active/Passive Voice• Clichés• Superlatives• Impressive or
persuasive?• Syntax and ambiguity• Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elementsActive/Passive Voice Clichés
Superlatives Impressive or persuasive?
Syntax and ambiguity Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Thank you for allowing us to submit a proposal for your RFP…
Categories• Active/Passive Voice• Clichés• Superlatives• Impressive or
persuasive?• Syntax and ambiguity• Abbreviations
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Examples for the use of playful elementsActive/Passive Voice Clichés
Superlatives Impressive or persuasive?
Syntax and ambiguity Abbreviations
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Word Comments
Examples for the use of playful elements
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Proposal Manager
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Proposal Manager
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Examples for the use of playful elements
Proposal Manager
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Proposal Manager
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Proposal Manager
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Examples for the use of playful elements
„We just received a RFP via email. Never heard of that company and do
not understand their business, but they seem to have a large amount of
money. By the way, deadline for submission is tomorrow.“
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„Finally the RFP of our regular customer arrived. We influenced the evaluation
criteria. Just talked to the main stakeholders about a possible project start
date.“
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„Have a look. Sounds really interesting. The problems of the
customer are in areas that are our core competencies. The budget is not that high. I heard they are not satisfied with our competitor and we have a personal contact. The
deadline is tight, but this could be our chance to finally win this
customer.“
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„No, the customer does not know us by now, but for me they have enormous potential. Guys, this is an absolutely
strategic fit.“
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REFERENCE: ADESSO AG
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Reference: adesso AG
• adesso optimizes companies’ core business processes based on
consulting services and tailored software development solutions
• Employees: More than 1,800 employees in adesso Group
• Sales revenues 2015: > 220 million $
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Reference: adesso AG
• Seminar „Responsive and well-crafted –create proposals ready for success“ integratesgames
• About eight appointments per yearwith 10 to 12 participants
• Success Story at an adesso subsidiary, winrate increased by 30 percentage points
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CONCLUSION
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Conclusion
• There are limits for the use of playfulknowlegde transfer
• It takes a lot of persuading within your organization
• Give it a try with a crossword puzzle
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