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Panel Discussion, Selling to the Federal Government
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 from 7:15 AM to 9:00 AM (ET)
Centurion Conference & Event Center

Sales Professionals of Ottawa is hosting another "Experts Up Close"  event, in which attendees join an expert at a table, get their burning questions answered and table-hop until they have met with all the experts.

This event featuring these guest experts:
Keith Parker
President
The Proposal Centre

Tim McLaughlin
Sr. Dir, Strategic Accounts
CSDC Systems

Ben Harris
Account Executive
IT/Net, a subsidary of KPMG

Register at:  http://salesprosottawanov2011.eventbrite.com/

PAST EVENT:  OCRI Government Opportunities (GO) Breakfast Series
From October 2008 to December 2009 The Proposal Centre sponsored the OCRI GO breakfast series.  OCRI’s Government Opportunities Breakfast is targeted to senior level executives and managers of small and medium-sized private sector IT companies. The goal of these sessions is to improve supplier and buyer awareness and simplify access to federal government purchasing information. This series will create a clear understanding of the requirements, roadblocks and opportunities that both the government and private sector face. Presentations included:

  • Technology Vision for the Next Three to Five Years!, Kishore Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, Accenture Technology Labs (December 18, 2009)

  • The Science and Technology Strategy and the Digital Economy, The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology (November 20, 2009)

  • "Buy American" Policy Hurts Canadian Business! A Protectionist Epidemic That Could Spread Even Further, The Honourable Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (October 16, 2009)

  • Campaign Plan in Support of the Canada First Defence Strategy  Information Management Group - The Way Forward, John Turner, Acting Assistant Deputy Minister (Information Management), Department of National Defence (June 22, 2009)

  • Meeting Public Expectations: Management Reform in the Federal Public Service, Wayne G. Wouters, Secretary of the Treasury Board, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (November 17, 2008)

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Testimonials

You are extremely knowledgeable and generous with that knowledge - charge more! I have been to a lot of seminars lately and have been amazed at the audacity of so-called experts charging top fees for generic fluff. Your slides and handouts were comprehensive and very useful - consider publishing them!
You do great work Keith and I will definitely recommend your services and your workshops
- Workshop Attendee

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