Western Chapter Rising Talent Award

The APMP Western Chapter is thrilled to announce our first annual Western Chapter Rising Talent Award! We teamed up with BidCraft to co-sponsor this award and recognize rising talent—those in early stages of their career (one to seven years)—who are making a difference to their teams, the companies and clients they work with, and the Proposal/Business Development professional overall.

One lucky member will receive an APMP Foundation, Practitioner, or Capture Practitioner certification preparation course with BidCraft and a free APMP Foundation, Practitioner, or Capture Practitioner exam! The award recipient will have one year to schedule an exam date, at which time the exam will be purchased for the awardee.

This award is open to self-nominations as well as nominations of your colleagues. The award recipient will be announced at our APMP Western Region Conference on October 6 & 7. Conference attendance is not required, but we hope you all can make it!

Eligibility requirements:

  • Applicants must be an APMP member in good standing and affiliated with the APMP Western Chapter
  • Applicants must be Proposal/Business Development professionals with 1 to 7 years experience

Responses to the questions below must be to membership@apmp-western.org by Friday, 23 September.

  1. Describe how you/your nominee brought forward fresh ideas and helped deliver improvements to bid/proposal development efficiency and/or effectiveness in accordance with APMP best practices. Requirement: 300 words or less.
  2. How did you/your nominee collaborate with other areas, stakeholders, and disciplines to promote best practices of our profession? Outline any challenges you/your nominee faced that needed to be overcome and how it was accomplished. Requirement: 500 words or less.
  3. Evidence of excellent feedback (internal or external) from peers, leaders, subordinates, and/or consultants. Requirement: 2 to 3 letters of recommendation or accolades; can be formal letters or via email, instant messaging, etc.; 500 words or less per each letter of recommendation.

Special thanks to BidCraft for supporting this initiative! For more about their certification preparation courses, check out their Academy here: academy.bidcraft.co.uk

Published: August 29, 2022