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DelACCESS Connections is pleased to bring to your attention information about business, professional development and networking events in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. DelACCESS Connections aims to draw your attention to events that can help you work smarter, not longer.
In each issue we will highlight events within a state or a category of host organizations such as SBDCs, Chambers, associations or economic development organizations. In this issue we highlight select Delaware events.
Sincerely,
DelACCESS Consortium
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Supplier Development Forum
Hosted by DelACCESS Consortium
The purpose of this forum is to provide fact-based insights into how your IT business can adapt and benefit when your current or prospective customer base moves to a vendor management system or managed staffing model.
Over the past decade, various large commercial and government agencies have moved to a managed staffing services model to fill IT staff augmentation needs. Whether your IT firm is on the inside looking out, or the outside looking in, this forum will provide an opportunity to hear directly from key people involved in existing and planned managed staffing services efforts.
$75 Early Bird Registration available until 5 PM on March 9th.
Regular registration is $150.
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Chambers of Commerce
Delaware State Chamber
Kaufman to Keynote Leadership Luncheon
U.S. Sen. Ted Kaufman will kick off the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce's 2009 Leadership Luncheon Series on Monday, March 23, 2009. The event will be held at the Hotel du Pont in Wilmington.
Delaware's newest senator has been a fixture in Delaware and public service for almost his entire career. Kaufman is a Duke-educated engineer with a Master's Degree from Wharton. He worked at the DuPont Company for seven years before joining then-Senator Joe Biden's staff in 1973, where he served for 22 years, including 19 as Chief of Staff. Since 1991, Kaufman has taught a class at Duke University's Law School about the workings of the U.S. Congress, and he served on the Broadcasting Board of Governors for 13 years.
Small Business Alliance Workshop: Lean Office for Efficiency
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
8:15a.m. -10:30a.m, Rehoboth Beach
Learn how to gain time and get more done! Presenter John Barone from the Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership (DEMEP) will lead this valuable workshop to help you increase productivity.
The Lean program can be applied everywhere at work, in the office setting and in service businesses - it isn't just for manufacturing. Lean is a set of principles that finds inefficiencies and speeds up all processes across an enterprise. Simply put, in a typical office, the flow of information and interaction between people can be improved upon for time and cost savings.
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DE Small Business Development Center
Practical Public Relations for the Small Business
The purpose of this workshop is to help small and medium sized businesses to assess the effectiveness of what they're spending on advertising, recognize ways to highlight what they're doing, and to increase their overall visibility and credibility in the community without spending a lot of money.
Location: Newark SBDC, New Castle County Center, Univ of Delaware, Newark
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Time: 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Federal-Based Contacting Programs for Small Business
Learn how to become an 8(a) and HubZone certified small business and learn about other certification programs offered by DelDOT, City of Wilmington, the State of Delaware. Hear about free services the PTAC of Delaware offers and what the Delaware National Guard and Delaware River and Bay Authority purchases from small businesses.
Location: Delmarva Power Conference Center, Newark
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2009
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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