Southwestern Region Procurement Workshop - August 2006

PowerPoint Presentations from
Small Business Procurement Workshops

The following are the presenters from the workshop along with applicable presentations for downloading and referencing.

Small Business Functionality - Essentials for Success
Moderator: Steve Strauss, Author and Small Business Columnist - USA Today
The workshop covered the basic structure for any growing business from staff recuitment, rentention and benefit delivery to financial essentials and surety bonding necessary to contracting.

Presenters:

• J. Michael Robinson - Aflac
  • Attracting and Retaining Excellent Employees
• Ed Patterson - Administaff
• Tom Misson - MasterCard
  • Leveraging Business Credit Cards
• David Wright - Monster.com
  • Maximize Online Recruitment to Grow Your Business
• Darryl Bellamy - SBA
  • Surety Bond Guarantee (SBG) Program
• Steve Herrera - AT&T
  • Maximizing Exposure with the Yellow Pages

Technology Tools and Insights for Disaster Preparedness and Recovery
Moderator: Valerie Coleman - U.S. Small Business Administration, Houston
The focus was on effective use of technology under normal circumstances and cultivating a "culture of preparedness" in your growing business to ensure minimal business disruption and ability to maintain service infrastructure.

Presenters:

• Carolyn Bosco - HP
  • Technology Tools & Insights for Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
• Dan Jenkins - eAgency
  • Using Technology to Protect & Grow Your Business
• AJ Dennis - American Airlines
  • Disaster and Recovery
• Tracy Dent - Blackberry/RIM
  • BlackBerry Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
• Mark Piening - Symantec
  • Protecting Your Business Against the Unthinkable

Marketing to Government Agencies and Major Corporations
Moderator: Brian Tippens, Director of Supplier Diversity - HP
Key insights and inspiration from the Government Agencies and Major Corporations who smaller businesses are targeting on how to best market to their businesses.

Presenters:

• Dennis Taylor - FedEx
  • Doing Business with FedEx
• Tom Martinez - Lockheed Martin
  • Supplier Diversity
• Dan Sturdivant - U.S. Department of Homeland Security
  • Business Opportunities at DHS
• Audrey Goins Brichi - Chevron Corporation
  • Doing Business with Chevron

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