Have you ever wanted to refine your proposal process? How do you ruthlessly eliminate waste from your proposals? In this episode, I talk to Kathryn Bennett, CPSM about applying lean principles to your proposal process.
Produce Faster Proposals with These InDesign Scripts & Plug-ins
Julie Shaffer, CPSM is here with us again to discuss more features of InDesign as well as Scripts, Extensions, and Plugins. Let us help you work more efficiently and make your proposal production easier and faster.
Streamline & Speed Up Your Proposal Review Process with Julie Shaffer, CPSM
Julie tells us about two tools we already have that we can use to end the frustrating back-and-forth proposal review cycle. These tools will help you streamline your proposal review process, especially now that we are all working in different places.
Introducing the 5-Day Productivity Challenge – #WFH Edition
Need help figuring out how to work from home, homeschool your kids, and stay sane?!? Marketers are constantly being asked to do more within the same amount of time. Now we have been asked to do this while working remotely, educating our kids, and corralling colleagues. You want to do…
Tips to Combat Video Meeting Fatigue
Video meeting fatigue is real. In this video, I share my favorite tips and strategies to combat video meeting fatigue to help you stay sane and avoid burnout.
How to Prepare to Work Remotely
Many architecture, engineering, and construction firms are rapidly preparing to send their employees home to work. Because of the Coronavirus, many of them have already banned all company travel and are making plans to have most of their staff work at home. Some A/E/C firms already have a big portion…
New Virtual Co-Working Community for A/E/C Marketers
Introducing a new Virtual Co-Working Community to connect marketers across the country who work in the architecture, engineering, and construction industry.
My Secret to Leaving Work at 5 pm Almost Every Day
We are all overworked, trying to balance work/family/friends/social, and need a break. Want to know how this can be accomplished?
Read my latest thoughts on how you can leave at 5 pm without losing your job. Then commit to taking the 5 pm Challenge.
Automating Your Life to Unleash Creativity
Some ways I have automated areas of my life, to minimize decision fatigue, clear my mental clutter and to unleash creativity.
Communication Skills to Conquer “Highly Interactive Meetings”
If you’ve spent more than a week in A/E/C marketing, chances are you’ve been involved in a “highly interactive meeting.” You know the type. Eight people around a conference table. A loose agenda. Everyone has an opinion and expresses it loudly. Sidebar conversations taking place. Folks on their smartphones. It’s…