Thanks for your interest in improving your
bid process—both for yourself and for your bidders.

Feel free to make use of any of the
resources you find here, adapting them
to your situation. I would welcome
your referencing the source, where appropriate, as

"Courtesy of Troy Harris, Westmont College © 2012
www.westmont.edu/bid/userfriendly"

The User-Friendly Bid presentation has been
shared at a dozen conferences and seminars of
ISM/NAPM, NIGP, CAPPO, NACUBO, WACUBO, and NAEP,
in Washington DC, Colorado, Oregon and California.
Attendees have often said things like, "the best presentation
at the conference" and "the best we've ever had."

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