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To Bid or Not to Bid – The $65,000 Question

Join host Eileen Kent, President of Custom Keynotes, LLC and nicknamed by the federal contracting industry as the “Federal Sales Sherpa”, for an engaging and interactive workshop on government contracts and proposal writing.  Eileen has trained over 10,000 people in federal sales, proposal writing and GSA Schedule contracting since 2003 nationwide.  Since 2012 when she created the “Three Step Program” she has built over 300 custom federal sales action plans for federal contractors large and small.

We asked Eileen “What is the most important subject you could discuss with our chamber members and potential members who could apply the content immediately in their federal contracting business?”

Eileen’s response was for our attendees to understand their new mantra:

“Only Write Winning Proposals.”

During our lively two hours, Eileen will be discussing each aspect of her Bid/No Bid questionnaire template and share some insight, stories, and strategies as she walks through it with you.

Once you “get it” you will probably save yourself from writing at least one loser proposal and Kent says that if you walk away from one, you’ve probably saved yourself at least $10k in time, effort, heart, reputation, family time and energy.

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Event Date February, 2

Event Time 4:00am - 6:00am

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