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Tips for Working with Subject Matter Experts that Minimize your Stress Levels and Theirs Proposal Managers must juggle resources and calendars to make their deadlines. Here are a few tips to leverage your subject matter experts (SMEs) without burning them out or you....
Blog » Blog, Collaboration, Subject Matter Experts
Continuing our series, we now turn our attention toward the education of the SME team. Some of your SMEs will likely be familiar with RFPs and proposals, but others may not. Have you ever thought about whether each SME truly knows the process and the purpose of the...
Blog » Blog, Excel Automation
“How do I insert bullet lists into Excel?” This is one the most frequent Excel questions that we receive at Expedience. Unlike Microsoft Word, Excel does not provide a simple way to apply bullets to a list. However, with a few simple tricks you can leverage Word’s...
Blog » Blog, Collaboration, Subject Matter Experts
In our initial article on this topic, we turned the question around – focusing on how we as Proposal professionals can first evaluate and manage our own efforts to better assist our SMEs. ‘Be a Servant First’ is the strategy where we ask how we can be of assistance...
Blog » Blog, Subject Matter Experts
With success strategies in mind, our thoughts often turn to ways to improve our processes and procedures. Let’s focus on how to improve our relationships and team-building in order to keep the content rolling our way as deadlines loom. Managing SMEs is a challenge for...
Blog » Blog, Implementation
Most software implementations involve some amount of setup and configuration. So how do you know what the right amount of assistance is right for you? The Investment Decision Let’s make this quick – take the help. Your budget request should include a line item for...
