Winning E-Learning Proposals: The Art of Development and Delivery

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J. Ross Publishing, 2003 M05 15 - 336 pages
Because it gives you everything you need to successfully secure e-learning business, Winning E-Learning Proposals: The Art of Development and Deliveryis the book your competitors don’t want you to have. No other book describes the entire process for securing e-learning business, from conceptualizing winning ideas to writing and delivering successful e-learning proposals. Author Karl Kapp draws on his considerable experience, and that of other leading experts, to provide the principles needed to conceptualize an idea, write a proposal, and present the information to the prospective client. This guide gives you the competitive edge in developing high-level strategies and selling “themes” that will make your e-learning proposal unique, effective, exciting, and — most importantly — a winner.
 

Contents

The ELearning Business Acquisition Process
3
Receiving the RFP
21
Defining the Problem
59
Conceptualizing a Winning Solution
73
Good Writing Is Essential
93
Charts Graphs Illustrations and Other Eye Catchers
111
Team Writing
127
Front Matter
143
Project Management and Schedule
223
Budget
251
Calculating Return on Investment
273
Corporate Capabilities
281
The Appendix
287
Presenting the Proposal
295
Presenting a Winning Proposal
297
Endnotes
317

Executive Summary
165
Description of ProblemOverview of Solution
181
Solutions
189

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About the author (2003)

Karl M. Kapp, Ed.D., CFPIM, CIRM, is a leading expert in the field of e-learning, Assistant Director of the well-known and prestigious Institute for Interactive Technologies and Associate Professor at Bloomsburg University, where he teaches classes on writing winning e-learning proposals. Dr. Kapp earned his doctorate of education in Instructional Technology from the University of Pittsburgh. He is an experienced practitioner and consultant on retainer with several e-learning software firms and is the software editor of the trade magazine APICS -The Performance Advantage. Dr. Kapp has hundreds of published articles to his credit and has published several successful books. He is a popular speaker at both national and international learning conferences.

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