“It’s difficult to find big thinkers who can move concepts into action - with Gretchen you will find that unique skill set. Every project handed to Gretchen was delivered with the highest level of quality and the project teams she horizontally managed along with executive leaders were always thrilled with the results. I sincerely hope Gretchen and I have an opportunity to work together again.”
Why No-Nonsense Consulting
Gretchen Kinder has been writing RFP responses and business development plans for nearly 20 years. She has worked for nonprofits, hospitals and health systems, state and local government agencies, and nearly every type of U.S. corporation. In every role, she has experienced colleagues who express fear about business development and proposal writing. And in nearly every organization she’s worked for, Gretchen has helped simplify and demystify the business development process and infrastructure with one goal in mind: making it easier for organizations to meet their financial goals by building infrastructure to engage relevant staff in consistently, strategically, and efficiently responding to RFPs.
Over the course of her career, Gretchen’s no-nonsense approach has helped businesses expand their sales by as much as 500% over two years.
She does this by:
Conducting comprehensive research to understand potential funders/customers, competitors, and markets to help ensure a strategic and customized proposal aligned with the potential funder/customer’s interests.
Developing and managing complete, on-time RFP responses using best practices in proposal development.
Appropriately and efficiently engaging customers and SMEs in the development of RFP responses.
Reach out to let Gretchen know how she can help your organization simplify and strengthen your marketing, business development and RFP response content and processes.