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YOUR LINK TO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
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Sponsored by the Verizon Foundation
NSN and Procurement History Information now available to
PTAC Clients
Bid-Match
Profiles for Area Businesses Expanded
The
Governing Performance Project released its "Grading the States"
report card today, and Virginia has achieved top honors!
Every three years, the GPP spends a full year reviewing all 50
states in four areas - Information, People, Money, and
Infrastructure. Each state is graded in these areas and then
receives an overall grade. Virginia received an overall grade of
A- for its performance in serving the public. Two other states
received an A- grade - Utah and Washington - and the national
average was B-. You can find more information on the project and
Virginia's grade here. |
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STARTING A BUSINESS?
NEED HELP IN GROWING
YOUR BUSINESS?
FREE
eight session course to
develop your business
management skills.
Sessions begin March 4th
- June 10th
For more information
CLICK HERE.
The U.S. Department
of Energy wants to talk
to you about contracting
opportunities for Small
Businesses!
The Department of Energy
is committed to
increasing the
contracting
opportunities awarded to
small and disadvantaged
businesses. The
opportunities are great!
DOE purchases over $22
billion worth of goods
and services annually
including facility
management, remediation,
construction, research
and development,
management and
scientific consulting,
plate work
manufacturing,
administrative services,
data processing,
security, engineering,
and waste treatment and
disposal.
DOE is holding its
9th DOE Small business
Conference, Exposition &
Matchmaking Forum on
June 24-26, 2008 at the
Grand Hyatt in San
Antonio, Texas. To
support their effort,
conference information
has been posted on the
APTAC website homepage.
DOE is the largest
civilian contracting
agency within the
federal government,
annually procuring over
$22 billion in goods and
services.
The link to conference
information and
registration is:
www.smallbusiness-outreach.doe.gov
Women & Veterans
Small Business
Conference:
Get on Target: Learn
Steps to Grow Your
Business on Any Budget
Thursday May 15, 2008 at
Virginia Western
Community College
For more information or
to register online visit
www.sbdcevents.org
or for a
brochure
click here
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“Embracing New Frontiers”
Women in Business Conference
June 19, 2008
The Booth Center
on Appalachian School of Law Campus
1195 Edgewater Drive,
Grundy, VA 24614 |
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The main conference event will promote a culture of business
growth and creativity for women and their families in the Grundy
region economy.
It’s focus will nurture the creation, development and growth of
enterprises throughout Grundy and its contiguous region.
The one-day conference is designed to enable the region’s women
to connect and learn practical and professional strategies for
business opportunities from professional experts. The event is
produced by the region’s Procurement Technical Assistance Center
(PTAC) an economic development program that provides clients
with result-oriented counseling and training for business
growth through government contracting.
MORE
INFORMATION, click here.
* Adobe Reader
required
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The “Embracing New Frontiers” Women in Business Scholarship
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DEADLINE
EXTENDED until
May 16, 2008
The “Embracing New Frontiers” Women in Business
Conference session is being developed to both educate and
inspire the women of Grundy and its contiguous region. In an
effort to expand upon this mission, the “Embracing New
Frontiers” Women in Business Conference is pleased to announce
that it will be awarding financial scholarships to two
Grundy/Buchanan County women pursuing higher education in
Virginia. Two (2) $500.00 scholarships will be awarded to young
women from the Grundy/Buchanan County, Virginia area with
interest in the area’s renewal and in participating in business
development in the region.
A panel of judges will make the scholarship selections. The
scholarship will only be applied and mailed directly to the
specific academic or work program identified by the recipient.
Applications should be mailed to:
PTAC- Economic Development Center The “Embracing New Frontiers” Women in Business Conference Conference Scholarships 3rd Floor Tazewell Hall, #349 P.O. Box SVCC Richlands, Virginia 24641
Scholarship winners must be
present at the 2008 “Embracing New Frontiers” Women in Business
scheduled for June 19th 2008 at the Booth Center,
located on the campus of Appalachian School of Law, Grundy,
Virginia. All completed applications must include official
academic transcript(s) for the past two years, three letters of
recommendation, an essay, and a self-addressed, stamped
envelope. The scholarship application must be postmarked by
May 9th 2008. Scholarship winners will be notified by Friday,
June 6th 2008.
CLICK HERE
for more information
and scholarship application.
*NOTE: Electronic copies will not be accepted. |
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Pre-conference workshops are free-of-charge but registration is
required. Schedule of Pre-conference workshops outlined below:
May 28th
Comfort Inn, Grundy, Virginia, 1:00 – 4:30 PM
Developing a Business that
Works! (Start-up Issues)
Finance –
Money Talks – Funding a business is the
biggest barrier to growth for small and medium-sized companies –
learn what funding is out there, the options available and how
to access them, creating a budget, setting targets/timeframes.
Management Issues LEGAL and TAX – business structure,
license/permits, insurance, environment, disability services,
health, fire and safety, intellectual property (idea protection)
copyrights, records, data and tax concerns.
Presented By: James Tilley,VHCC,
Small Business Development Center, Dollie Compton,
Attorney at Law, Mark Eason, CPA
To register
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click here
June 4th Comfort Inn, Grundy,
Virginia 1:00 – 4:30 PM
Marketing for Business Growth
- this creative workshop session will help you define and
understand the marketing Spectrum – All the things you must do
to satisfy the Customer, Who are customers (existing and
potential) where are they? Will they buy? What about contacting them? Business retention Research and Development, Branding, advertising, Website – Store front on the Internet, put the web to work for
you and your business? SWOT Analysis
Technology into the Mix
(the business investment needed for
technology components) be clear about system needs– Technology – the leveled playing field to reach the customers –
Have your business working for you 168 hours a week - Basics of e-Commerce (the need for a website, creating a
friendly website, E-commerce on a budget, Internet Marketing Buying and selling on eBay; Having an Internet Business (setting
up a store front)
Presented By: Steve Willinger, Bristol TN/VA
SCORE, Sandra Ratliff, Virginia Department of Business
Assistance
and Mikki Barker, Regional Director, VECTECTo register
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click here
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Contact
Us
Email:
pac.info@sw.edu
PROCUREMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
PO Box SVCC Richlands, Virginia 24641
Telephone: 276.964.7334 FAX: 276.964.7361 |
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