It’s about time that there was a new book on strategic tendering for professional services. It’s too long – 1993 - since John de Forte and Guy Jones wrote their ground breaking “Proposals, pitches and beauty parades”. Whilst I valued Basil Sawczuk’s “Creating winning bids” in 2013 it is focused Read More
I’ve just returned from a training session for a client on an important element of competitive tendering – winning pitch presentations. There are many other blogs on selling, tendering, pitching, writing, presentations and client relationship management so please check out the other resources listed below. I organised today's session around some Read More
TED’s mission is to nurture the spread of powerful ideas. Anyone who has seen a TED talk knows that they are expert, entertaining, often emotional and always compelling. And never more than 18 minutes. So while many business presentations might not be suitable for the full TED treatment, there must Read More
It’s rare that you get to witness a master in the art of presentation but this was the reward for the hardy members of the PM Forum who ventured to the offices of PWC at More London Riverside on a rather rainy Wednesday evening to hear “Breaking through to the Read More
I’ve just reviewed this book for PM (Professional Marketing) magazine and the article will appear shortly here http://www.pmforum.co.uk/magazine/ The book provides a good, solid introduction to the art of crafting and delivering a great presentation. It introduces three steps early: 1. Profile your audience 2. Structure and shape your message Read More
