Level Up Your Capture

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10 Days - 4 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Learn how to take your USAID capture efforts to the next level with proven best practices from industry experts.

Course overview

Improve your competitive position with a strong capture effort

Most USAID bids are won in the capture phase. It's when bid teams have the luxury of time to think, strategize, and prepare. But we all know that capture efforts can languish without a strong capture plan or direction. In this course, you'll learn proven strategies to make the most of the capture phase, improve your organization's competitive position, and maintain momentum.

Who is this course for

01

Business development teams looking for strategies to inspire capture teams.

02

Capture leads who want to improve their competitive positioning.

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New partners for USAID who want to learn how to effectively capture the market.

What you’ll get out of this course

Optimize your time

We'll say it--capture can be tough. Learn how to use your capture time wisely by following our proven process for success

Achieve capture milestones

Understand the biggest milestones you need to meet during the capture phase and learn strategies to exercise discipline so you and your team work smarter, not harder.

Navigate ambiguity

Sometimes capture can go on for months, or even years. Learn how to maintain momentum during capture and enhance your competitive position.

Course syllabus

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Capture Planning 

  • Developing a capture plan
  • Capture milestones
  • Capture team makeup and scaling
  • Maintaining momentum and accountability

02

Competitive Analysis

  • What is a competitive analysis?
  • Benefits of competitive analysis
  • Methods for conducting competitive analysis
  • Best practices
  • Competitive analysis outputs


03

Capture Strategy and Research

  • Background research
  • In-country capture trips and best practices
  • Engaging local partners and beneficiaries
  • Events and networking
  • Engaging recruitment candidates
  • Technical design sessions in capture
  • Building and evidence base


04

Putting it on Paper

  • Win themes and value proposition
  • Responding to RFIs and draft RFPs
  • Tackling phased procurements
  • Best practices for engaging proposed key personnel and partners
  • Writing in the capture stage
  • Reviews in the capture stage


Meet your instructor

Jordann El Dorry

Jordann El Dorry

Managing Director - Keylime Academy

Prior to joining Keylime, Jordann was a successful business development director at Chemonics International, USAID's largest implementing partner by volume. During her 11 years at the company she consistently exceeded corporate win rate and sales targets, bringing in more than $600 million in USAID work.

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Join an upcoming cohort

Level Up Your Capture

Cohort 6 - Spring 2025

$999

Dates

Mar 20—Apr 10, 2025

Payment Deadline

Mar 19, 2025

Cohort 7 - Fall 2025

$999

Dates

Nov 5—14, 2025

Payment Deadline

Nov 3, 2025
Free resource

Keylime's Research Agenda Playbook

Research is the first step, but not the only step, to a successful capture. And for research to be useful, it needs to be targeted and focused. The team at Keylime put together our top tips for how to structure a focused research agenda that keeps your capture team on the right track.

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Learning is better with cohorts

Learning is better with cohorts

Active hands-on learning

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Interactive and project-based

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Learn with a cohort of peers

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

Frequently Asked Questions

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Join an upcoming cohort

Level Up Your Capture

Cohort 6 - Spring 2025

$999

Dates

Mar 20—Apr 10, 2025

Payment Deadline

Mar 19, 2025

Cohort 7 - Fall 2025

$999

Dates

Nov 5—14, 2025

Payment Deadline

Nov 3, 2025

$999

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10 Days - 4 Weeks