Scribble Talk - Episode 32 Mel Smith (Relentless and Determined)

Send us Fan MailWith Scribble Talk reaching the 20k downloads' mile stone, we are excited to kick-off the hunt for our Super Fan through our latest campaign and shower our biggest fan with amazing prizes.You are invited to take the SCRIBBLE TALK SUPER FAN QUIZ and win a chance to get life time access to all podcast seasons and grab amazing Amazon Voucher Cards.Take the quiz now: https://baachuscribble.com/scribble-talk-super-fan-contest-2022/Today’s Guest is Mel Mae Smith  Mel is a Senior Business Winning Consultant with Harmonic with a track record of winning bids in the commercial and public sectors worth up to £1.4bn. As a certified Professional within the APMP, Mel adopts best practice techniques to shape winning bid campaigns alongside mentoring fellow proposal professionals to help advance the profession. Mel has a varied career background spanning Graphics, Marketing and Communications for International Investment Banks, Asset Management Companies and Hedge Funds as well as having owned her own Florist business before returning to the corporate life and the world of bidding. Mel has been a member of APMP since 2012. Mel is current past UK APMP chair and is 2020 conference director. She is member of the APMP UK Chapter Board since 2018 where she held Marketing & Communications Director and Vice Chair positions. Mel led the delivery of chapter's strategic goals, building on its current comms and engagement activity and developing the way chapter engage effectively with its members. Mel is also an International APMP Board Member since Jan 2020. In this Scribble Talk episode we will discuss Mel's Early life and career Time at US Florist BusinessCareer at Harmonic Leadership at APMP’s Bid and Proposal Con and UK Chapter Working alongside Jon DarbyMemorable capture and proposal effort Memorable training effort APMP certification journey People influential in her life and career Best piece of advice Few random questions As a child, what did you wish to become when you grew up?Can you talk about your five buckets? Sitting alone in a big field, looking at stars, what do you think/feel?What takes you out of your comfort zone?If you wake up as (Queen Elizabeth 2), what's the first thing you would do?Tell us more about your May Marathon run? You did bike ride London to Paris - whats the biggest lesson the experience taught you? If you could organise a motorbike race for you and your friends where will you go and who will you invite? Whats the maximum number of cadbury creme eggs you have eaten in one day?If you were going to a famous historical figure dress up party, who would you go as? Sing in the rain or dance in the streets? why? Listen in and get to know the inspiring Mel Smith. Support the show