Agenda

Registration:                        8:00 – 8:30 am

Morning Session:                8:30 am – 12:00 pm

Lunch (On your own):         12:00 – 1:00 pm

Afternoon Session:             1:00 – 5:00 pm

Proposal Types and the Writing Process

   Proposal types and formats: Internal, external, unsolicited, solicited
   Proposal content
   The writing process
   Exercises to help you retain and use what you’ve learned

Planning and Creating the Successful Proposal

   Preparing a capture plan
   Forming a proposal-writing team
   Examining solicitation documents and successful proposals for
      helpful information
   Exercises to help you plan a successful proposal

Drafting Proposals and RFPs

   Creating a proposal outline
   Structure and organization
   Writing process
   Specific suggestions for drafting various proposal components
   Writing tips for drafting RFPs and other solicitation documents
   Exercises to help you draft a successful proposal

Revising and Editing the Successful Proposal

   Assembling a review team
   Overview of the review process
   Editing for length and structure
   Editing for grammar, spelling and punctuation
   Editing collaboratively
   Exercises to help you polish your proposal

Credits

Engineers
     7.0 HSW PDHs

Architects
     7.0 CE Hours
           (Not Eligible in Kentucky)
     7.0 AIA LU

Contractors
     Non-Credit Continuing Ed.

Continuing Education Credit Information

This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 PDHs to professional engineers in most states, including Kentucky, and 7.0 continuing professional hours to architects in most states, excluding Kentucky. Educators and courses for engineers are not subject to preapproval in Kentucky. The subject matter of this course is not deemed to be HSW for architects.

HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.

This event is approved by the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.

This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It is not approved by any state licensing entity for contractor continuing education credit.

Attendance will be monitored and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.

Speakers

Dr. Mark Decker, PhD

Professor and Department Chair in the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania’s English Department

Mr. Decker teaches Technical Writing and Writing Technical Manuals in support of the Professional Writing minor. Dr. Decker has PhD and MA degrees in English from The Pennsylvania State University (2001, 1997) and he graduated summa cum laude in English from Utah State University (1995).

While an undergraduate, Dr. Decker worked for several years as a staff writer for Aerotech News and Review, an aerospace and defense industry trade newspaper published in Lancaster, California. During graduate school, Dr. Decker was a member of the Leonhard Center for Technical Writing Initiative, a collaboration between Penn State’s Department of English and College of Engineering designed to promote an exchange of ideas between technical writing instructors and the scientific and engineering communities. Dr. Decker also taught Business Writing, Technical Writing, and an Advanced Technical Writing course that enrolled graduate students from technical and scientific disciplines.

After graduate school, Dr. Decker spent four years at the University of Wisconsin-Stout, where he taught Technical Writing in support of that school’s major in Technical Communication and served as the advisor for the student chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Dr. Decker has given presentations at several national and international conferences and has published both a book and a co-edited book as well as several scholarly articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia chapters.

AIA Info

AIA Provider Statement:

HalfMoon Education Inc. is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number J885. All registered AIA/CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider of learning program may be sent to AIA/CES (cesupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).

This learning program is registered with AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA/CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA/CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.

Course Title: Writing Successful Proposals and RFPs

Delivery Method: Live

Course Description: This is a 7.0 hour live lecture presentation with the instructors and students together in the same room. It will be conducted in a handicap-accessible conference room with ample seating space and writing surface for all attendees. Bound written materials, authored by the faculty, will be distributed to all participants at the program. Attendance will be monitored and reported to AIA/CES.

Learning Objectives:

Learning Objective 1:
Learners will be able to explain the vital role of capture plans and assembling a talented proposal-writing capture team, identify and explain the key elements of every capture plan, and they will acquire skills at writing successful solicitation and proposal documents.

Learning Objective 2:
Learners will be able to apply learned skills to revise, edit and polish proposals for successful outcomes by assembling a review team, promoting collaborative editting, edit for length and structure, and edit for grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Learning Objective 3:
Learners will be able to differentiate the types and formats of proposals and requests for proposals, identify the purpose and target audience of each, and describe the appropriate content of each type of proposal, and they will be able to understand the writing process.

Learning Objective 4:
Learners will be able to create a proposal outline following established structure and organization, be able to initiate the writing process, and apply skills learned to write effective proposals amd solicitation documents.

LUs: 7.0                                                                                              LU Type: LUs.

Prerequisites: Familiarity writing proposals. 

Advance Preparation: None

Program Level: Intermediate

Course Expiration Date: 06/14/2020

Complaint Resolution Policy:

Complaints regarding this course can be emailed to doug@halfmoonseminars.org or by calling (715) 835-5900. A HalfMoon Education representative will respond within 72 hours to resolve the complaint, which will include, but not limited to, access to another CE activity at no or reduced cost, or a full or partial refund. Each instance will be resolved on a case-by-case situation.

Streamable MP4/PDF Price: $269.00