Expand Educational Impact
Expanding K-12 and Higher Ed Partnerships
By crafting compelling and compliant proposals, I empower EdTech companies to expand impact for school districts and postsecondary institutions. I provide exceptional proposal management and support to boost bandwidth during peak proposal season, decrease burden on overworked teams, seize new opportunities, and elevate quality of proposal submissions.
Services
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Proposal Management
Manage the entire proposal development lifecycle, from pre-RFP release to post-proposal submission, and all milestones in between.
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Proposal Support
Just-in-time support for specific parts of the proposal process:
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Create custom, client-focused Executive Summaries and proposal material
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Research potential new clients
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Locate and research RFXs
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Create/write new proposal content
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Edit and format proposals
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Submit proposals (soft copy uploads or hard copy print/ship)
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Proposal Consulting
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Provide knowledge, expertise, and guidance
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Build and train teams
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Create processes
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Interview, hire, and onboard proposal professionals
About
Lyn McCullen, CPP APMP, CL APMP
Results-driven Proposal Consultant qualified in creating client-focused content, analyzing RFX requirements, developing compelling and compliant proposals, meeting tight deadlines, submitting proposals, and managing all aspects of the proposal lifecycle.
Proposal experience spans education, state and federal government, and information technology arenas.
Credited, throughout 24-year proposal- and business-development career, with efficiency, transparency, tact, creative insight, and professionalism.
Vanida Vae
UX Designer at Google
Webby Winner | Emmy Winner
My team and I assisted Lyn directly on many RFP responses during our time working together at BrightBytes, an education technology company.
Lyn brought structure and organization to our bid process. The nature of the work was often demanding and highly time-restricted, but she navigated the process and the team through it with grace. I could always rely on her to communicate the right information at the right time – which smoothed out a process that otherwise could be quite stressful! I admired how she always kept the team on track with delivering multiple proposals in flight at once.
Dr. Kristal Ayres
Global Lead, Education Leader
Programs and Strategy
Creative, knowledgeable, experienced, trustworthy, responsible, and organized are just some of the strengths that describe
Lyn McCullen. As the leader of BrightBytes proposals,
Lyn effectively collaborated across multiple departments to obtain pertinent information from subject matter experts to inform the RFP process for every proposal. She organized kick-off meetings, strategy sessions, and proposal project planning to review and customize each RFP. Lyn ensured the highest quality responses, brand style, and tone guidelines. Her ability to clearly communicate provided acceleration to express complex concepts in an easy to understand format. She is clearly a master of the written word. She is thorough and meticulous when it comes to her attention to detail. The proposal responses always met the RFP requirements and surpassed expectations around accuracy, readability, style, and terminology.