Who’s Your Daddy?
Okay, the title is just a tease because I don’t want to know who your daddy is (really, I don’t). But I am interested in knowing whether you and your team have a mascot and if so, knowing that characters name, a bit about him/her/it and perhaps even seeing a photo.
Most of you are aware of our mascot, Proposal Panda. (Many of you will have met him at an APMP event and quite a few of you will even have had him as a guest. We love having a mascot and know full well the fun having such a character as part of the team can be. Our guy acts as a catalyst for conversations, fosters creativity and provides a good ear when we need one. (He’s also quick to provide much needed humor when things get tense or to suggest taking a break when he notices we’re all looking a bit tired.)
Proposal Panda’s visits have often included meeting a proposal team’s mascot. Many of these have appeared in pictures and in the write-up of PP’s visits. This lead me to wonder how many other groups have a mascot, what types of characters make up the group of mascots, what the names are, etc.
So let’s hear from those of you who have a team mascot. Tell us about your mascot and send us a couple of pictures.
(I’ll be interested to see if our friends over at Bid Solutions send in a picture of their panther.)
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Might I suggest a gathering (informally) of the mascots at the Annaul APMP Conference in June?
RFP Raccoon wouldn’t mind spending a little time catching some rays by the pool **cough** I mean making some new business contacts among and picking up some best practices from my fellow professional proposal mascots.
I work for a higher education consulting firm and the internal sales team has a 6.5 foot suit of armor as a mascot. His name is Sir Mix-a-Lot. He is very festive and dresses for every holiday. His metal armor is handy in that we can post notes on him with magnets and he is always a good sport about it. When he first joined our team he would occasionally travel to unsuspecting coworkers offices at night. But walking into an office in the morning to find a giant suit of armor started really freaking some people out. He has since stuck to the sales team areas and lets others come to visit him.
Good luck getting Sir Mix-a-Lot through Security at the airport! Unless you decided to drive him to Orlando in which case you could use the High Occupancy Vehicle lane (I bet he comes in really handy any time you need to hand deliver proposals in large metropolitan areas).