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January 28-29, 2013

 

Growing your Business with Federal Contracts 

A Regional Conference - For Small, Rural, Native and Tribal Businesses

 

 AGENDA:

 

Monday, January 28
4:00pm - 6:00pm TRIBAL LEADERS Consultation (by invitation)

6:00pm - 8:00pm Host and Sponsor Reception 

 

Tuesday, January 29 
7:00 - 8:00am Continental Breakfast and Registration 

 

8:00 am Opening and Welcomes 

 

8:15 am Opening Remarks, Ada Deer, Former Assistant Secretary, Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 

 

8:30 am Update on Federal Small Business Programs and the American Jobs Act - Presented by Marianne O'Brien Markowitz, Regional Administrator and Eric Ness, Wisconsin District Director, US Small Business Administration

 

9:00 am General Services Administration - Presented by GSA's Great Lakes Regional Administrator Ann P. Kalayil

 

9:30 am Leveraging the Federal HUBZone Program - Presented by Mariana A. Pardo, Director of HUBZone Program, US SBA (webcam)

 

10:00 am BREAK 

 

10:30 am A Mentoring Panel - The Challenge and Rewards of Selling to the Government - Presented by successful Federal contractors including Belonger Corporation, Northern Lake Service Inc. and Val Fab, Inc. 

 

11:15 am Selling to the Federal Government - What you should know  - Presented by Anne Mendoza Jennings, Economic Development Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs and Ruby Crenshaw-Lawrence, Indian Incentive Program, Department of Defense and Katherine R. Ragland, PCR, US Small Business Administration, Shawn M. Lacina, Contracting Officer, Lake States Acquisition Team US Forest Service 

 

12:15 pm LUNCH - with Special Guest Speaker Steve Moffitt, Partner, CNP, Washington, DC

 

For more information contact Adam Warpinski at the FACC PTAC at adam@faccptac.com or call (920) 496-7430.

Hosted and Sponsored by:
Oneida Nation of WI DePere Area Chamber 
Tribal PTAC WPI 
Michigan Works! SBTDC PTAC

 

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January 29, 2013

Business After Hours

 

HTC  

Business After Hours at Hiawatha Telephone Co. 

108 West Superior Street 

Munising, MI 

 

5:30pm -7:00pm EST.

 

Network while enjoying appetizers, beverages and prizes.

Prize raffle includes a ROKU box!

 

For more information contact (906) 387-2138

Greater Munising Bay Alger County Chamber  

 

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January 29, 2013

2nd Annual Building You Capacity with Federal Contracts

A Regional Conference for Native, Tribal and Rural Businesses

Location: Radisson Hotel and Conference Center - Green Bay, WI

For more information contact Adam Warpinski at the FACC PTAC at adam@faccptac.com or

(920) 496-7430

 




January 31, 2013
Bay College Job Fair
Location: Bay College's Joseph Heirman University Center

For more information call Annette Johnson at (906) 217-4033

 

 

 

 

 

February 13, 2013
Summer Job Fair
Location: Northern Michigan University's Great Lakes Rooms (MQT)
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm EST
To register, complete online registration form at www.nmu.edu/jobfairs by January 27, 2013
For more information, please contact NMU Career Services at 906.227.2800, emailcareers@nmu.edu or visit www.nmu.edu/careers 

 

Last week 9 people found employment through Michigan Works! The Job Force Board with estimated annual wages of $173,570.76. Thanks to our many partners that helped make these connections possible.
Our vision is to create and maintain a healthy and growing economy with a local workforce that has the knowledge, skills, and abilities to enable local employers to compete and succeed in a global and technologically sophisticated market place.

Thank you for your continued support of economic and workforce development efforts throughout our region.


Sincerely,

Orrin Bailey
Michigan Works! The Job Force Board

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