Isabel Gibson

Buddy & Me - Stories From Proposal Land (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Visit Proposal Landthe place where normal work hours go to dieand share in the craziness that is proposal work. From a safe distance . . . Whether 5, 50, 500 or 5,000 pages, proposals are used for many reasons:  To get funding  To sell goods and services  To persuade clients, internal or external, of a course of action Proposals also come in many flavours:  Bids  Quotes  Grant applications  Design-build specifications  Responses to formal Requests for Proposals Buddy & Me is written for all those who do proposal work and for those who love them. For those who've learned the hard way that there's something even better than being good: Being Done. An entertaining romp through a work environment that can be less-than-entertaining, Buddy & Me takes inspiration from the creative community's response during the COVID-19 pandemic: All proceeds from its sale will go to charity. This book draws on the author's 25-year career in editing and writing technical sales proposals, and in herding the teams of cats that develop them. Travel with this experienced local guide as you explore Proposal Land and witness its signature events:  Scout the Shoals of Scheduling!  Run Request-for-Proposals Rapids!  Explore an Exotic Work Location!  Bumble through the Barrens of Busyness!  Peer over Push-Peer-Over Precipice!  Observe Overburdened Outcrop!  Crawl through Computer-Catastrophe Cavern!  Rally the Rulers in the Ravines of Red Team!  Wander through Win-Some/Lose-Some Wilderness! And last but never least:  Get home on time, every time!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Isabel Gibson
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781777206826
• Artikelnr.: 69856748

Autorenporträt

After graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with an MBA in 1984, Isabel taught business at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Alberta, and worked as a marketing consultant and project manager. In 1990 she wandered into Proposal Land without a map, and pitched camp.

Isabel's technical manual on proposals is available as an ebook on Amazon and directly from the publisher: Burnstown Publishing House.

Isabel is a blogger, photographer, videographer, occasional kayaker, grandmother, and volunteer editor.