Thursday, December 6, 2012

Ha Ha Ho Ho Hee Hee Hee

'Tis the season to be jolly and the laughter of the man in the red suit is rather catching. Fa la la la la. I've been twirling around on my broomstick at high speed for a few weeks, spreading proposal magic here and there. And now it's time to celebrate not only the end of the year but our glorious successes. Bring on the bubbly!


In October, Sapphire Logistics won a bid to provide fulfilment services to one of the largest oil companies in South Africa. nFold was given a proposal to check and transform over a weekend in August. We improved the readability statistics, edited the executive summary and enhanced the layout within less than a week. “There is no doubt that a large part of our success was a result of nFold’s ability to turn a good proposal into an incredible proposal. Thank you for your amazing work on such a tight time line. The final result was even better than expected.”, said Graham Wooding, MD of Sapphire Logistics.

Another reason to celebrate, is that Jon Williams, Proposal Star Supreme, will be visiting South Africa in 2013. Jon has worked live proposals with many big companies in countries around the world. Anyone who saw his keynote address at our first ever local APMP conference in 2010 will remember Jon's quirky British humour, charisma as a presenter and his experience in both procurement and proposals. I do hope he brings my friend Proposal Panda to visit us again. He eats shoots and leaves but is great company all the same.

Check out this Youtube video of Jon in action in 2010 and watch this space about his 2013 visit:

Last but not least, nFold has had such a great year that we're ready to move into a bigger office. One small step for nFold, one giant leap for proposal magic. All our systems bounce around in the clouds, so the move will be more virtual than physical. But do take note of nFold's new switchboard number: +27-10-125-0123. And make a point of popping in for a quick potion as soon as we've settled into our new digs. I'll be painting the walls bright colours. Let me know if you can think of better colours than azure, chartreuse and tangerine. I bought some rainbow stockings to match. Watcha think?