Comments on: Personal Touch http://changeforge.com/2008/07/22/personal-touch/ where business and technology collide... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:32:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: ChangeForge | Ken Stewart http://changeforge.com/2008/07/22/personal-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-4418 ChangeForge | Ken Stewart Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:47:49 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=146#comment-4418 I whole-heartedly agree. I still keep in touch with some of my original recruiters whom I sent handwritten thank you notes. I whole-heartedly agree. I still keep in touch with some of my original recruiters whom I sent handwritten thank you notes.

]]> By: ChangeForge | Ken Stewart http://changeforge.com/2008/07/22/personal-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-4419 ChangeForge | Ken Stewart Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:46:55 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=146#comment-4419 I would submit that if you cut the fluff about your company - which is minorly important in a selection process... you would have a 2 - 3 page proposal... People like to write so much about themselves into these things - or they haven't asked the right questions so they throw the entire price book at a customer, it is meaningless. Worse yet, customers think that is what they are suppose to be getting... It's a sick, sick cycle. I would submit that if you cut the fluff about your company – which is minorly important in a selection process… you would have a 2 – 3 page proposal… People like to write so much about themselves into these things – or they haven't asked the right questions so they throw the entire price book at a customer, it is meaningless. Worse yet, customers think that is what they are suppose to be getting… It's a sick, sick cycle.

]]> By: ChangeForge http://changeforge.com/2008/07/22/personal-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-263 ChangeForge Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:47:49 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=146#comment-263 I whole-heartedly agree. I still keep in touch with some of my original recruiters whom I sent handwritten thank you notes. I whole-heartedly agree. I still keep in touch with some of my original recruiters whom I sent handwritten thank you notes.

]]> By: ChangeForge http://changeforge.com/2008/07/22/personal-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-264 ChangeForge Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:46:55 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=146#comment-264 I would submit that if you cut the fluff about your company - which is minorly important in a selection process... you would have a 2 - 3 page proposal... People like to write so much about themselves into these things - or they haven't asked the right questions so they throw the entire price book at a customer, it is meaningless. Worse yet, customers think that is what they are suppose to be getting... It's a sick, sick cycle. I would submit that if you cut the fluff about your company – which is minorly important in a selection process… you would have a 2 – 3 page proposal… People like to write so much about themselves into these things – or they haven’t asked the right questions so they throw the entire price book at a customer, it is meaningless. Worse yet, customers think that is what they are suppose to be getting… It’s a sick, sick cycle.

]]> By: 2bestrong http://changeforge.com/2008/07/22/personal-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-262 2bestrong Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:39:14 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=146#comment-262 Along the same lines of effective communication and relationship buiding, I still send a hand written thank you note/card after a business interview.<br>The personal touch goes a long way, whether we realize it or not. Along the same lines of effective communication and relationship buiding, I still send a hand written thank you note/card after a business interview.
The personal touch goes a long way, whether we realize it or not.

]]> By: GregWalters http://changeforge.com/2008/07/22/personal-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-261 GregWalters Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:10:05 +0000 http://www.changeforge.com/?p=146#comment-261 The Personal Touch....yes.<br><br>I have been kicking this idea around lately - see what you think -<br><br>NO BOILER PLATES - a template, yes - but no boiler plates - no standard "cut and paste" <br><br>Proposals - not full of "Text" but "CONTENT"...<br><br>It does mean that proposal generation would take longer - or proposals could be shorter and convey more relevant information - The Personal Touch….yes.

I have been kicking this idea around lately – see what you think -

NO BOILER PLATES – a template, yes – but no boiler plates – no standard “cut and paste”

Proposals – not full of “Text” but “CONTENT”…

It does mean that proposal generation would take longer – or proposals could be shorter and convey more relevant information -

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