TRIAD Spring 2006 Conference It’s All About Communication
What Will We Do Today? Champions “Count on Me Campaign” VA Community Prosperity Project Challenges National Conference
Champions of Veterans Enterprise Veterans in Business – Still Serving America Annual Flag Day Ceremony in Washington National VOSB Conference Ceremony Nominations due 20 April Criteria – “Does that deserve an award?” Corporate, Team & Individual Categories
Count on Me Campaign Choose Veterans for New Hires & as Suppliers Voluntary Data Disclosure Employee Orientation, Continuing Ed Formal Strategy? Help Locate 3.2 M Veterans in Business DVDs & Videos for you Newsletter inserts Expand the Volunteer Advocates’ List
SDVOSBs – How Do I Convince My Program Manager? Pre-Paid American Investment $480K to graduate from military academy Successful Characteristics Performance Under Pressure Success Stories
Community Prosperity Project VA: Get Vets Back to Work! TVC Business Partnership Initial Capital Targeted Communities Health Care Benefits & Education Business Development VetBiz TrailBlazers! Pilots
Challenges Data, Data, Data Bad Data Good Data Critics – Bad News Travels Not Yet to Target – why? COLA mailings 5 years of effort Planning for the Future CVE Strategic Plan
Perceived Program Impediments “Second Class status” for SDVOSBs General lack of support for SB programs by buyers, program managers “Good faith effort” is too easy to document; veterans claim “lip service” by primes
Performance Watch – HOT Issues Buyers lack awareness of program Disability documentation confusion Eligibility “Rent a Vet” concerns Teaming Arrangements generate anxiety Vendor Readiness – Lack of Bonding Capacity Too Many Choices “Parity” among subsets
2 nd Annual VOSB National Conference June 2006 Army-State-VA Joint Planners DoD VetBiz Champions Awards Details & Registration: : VA will be Lead Planner Need Ideas and Advice Karen Zhussanbay & Chuck Southern Your POCs
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