I've developed the Sunday Scoreboard as a way of keeping track of my weekly or monthly activities. Here's my report for the past week:
Projects in Progress: This week I began work on an Army proposal for a new client. My first task is to prepare a Capabilities Statement, since the client really doesn't have a good boilerplate document that they can use and tailor for this and future proposals. The client has sent me some materials to work from, including their media kit and a couple of past proposals. Their website also contains some newly updated information that can be extracted for the Capabilities Statement.
I also completed the Proposal Critique that I wrote about in an earlier post. The client sent me one section that they had revised per my comments. It was considerably improved, but still missing some important information. I never did see the other revised sections. The client had only 1-1/2 days to make all the changes, so I'm not even sure they got around to incorporating all my suggested revisions. I'll give them a call this week to see how things went.
Established Clients: On Thursday I met with a client to give her a document she needed for her files. We also discussed a couple of possible new assignments for me. But nothing definite yet -- she will need to get the go-ahead from her supervisor and other staff. Hope to hear back from her next week.
Inquiries: I received 2 serious inquires from people who found me through my website, and 1 inquiry (phone call) in response to a resume I had submitted for work on a USAID proposal. I rarely send resumes in response to advertisements, but I sent this one because it appeared that I would have a break in my schedule. However, it took two weeks for them to contact me, and by then I had taken on the Army assignment. Because they needed someone to start right away (the next day!) and work full-time for the next few weeks, I had to turn it down. Also, following an exchange of e-mails with the other 2 inquirers, I found that I was unable to further pursue these opportunities due to schedule conflicts with the Army proposal.New and Prospective Clients: Nothing to report this week.
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