/24-7PressRelease/ - Washington, DC, June 26, 2008 - The national teleconference, "Introduction to Federal Government Contracting" will be held Thursday, July 15, 2008 from 1:00 to 2:00pm EST. This teleconference is designed for companies who are newcomers to or considering entering the federal contracting market. Attendees of this teleconference will learn how to register as a contractor, what the government is buying and when, how to target the right opportunities, how to reach the decision makers, as well as the keys to successfully winning Federal contracts.
Registrants to this national teleconference can attend from any location throughout the U.S. by dialing into a central phone conference line. Each registrant also immediately receives a 77 page exclusive TargetGov Toolkit created specifically for this teleconference. The Toolkit details everything a business person needs to know to become registered as a government contractor, checklists, a Five Step Guide to Government Contracting Success, hundreds of contacts in federal agencies including names, emails and phone numbers, live web links for contract opportunities and other valuable information.
Expert speakers at the teleconference include Mary Lee Kolich, Program Manager of the Procurement Technical Assistance Center and Gloria Berthold, President of TargetGov. Mary Lee Kolich has spent most of her 30 year career working with small and minority-owned businesses selling to federal and state governments, as well as project management in the service contracting arena. For twenty years of her career, Ms. Kolich served as Division Director and General Manager for two 8a federal contracting businesses that successfully graduated from the SBA program. Mary Lee owned her own small business for 5 years as a value-added reseller and consultant of office automation software and equipment to the federal government and prime contractors. She has served as a SBDC Counselor in Maryland for the past two years, assisting small to mid size businesses in the government contracting market.
Gloria Berthold is President of TargetGov and national Procurement Committee Co-Chair for Women Impacting Public Policy. She is an expert at government procurement and related business development and marketing services including minority certification services, contract development, GSA Schedules, proposal management and development, contract administration and federal contracting services.
The cost of this teleconference is $97.00, which includes both the teleconference and the 77 page exclusive TargetGov Toolkit detailing the specific information needed for business development success in this lucrative market, a Glossary of Government Contracting Terms, Contracting Registration Checklist, and more valuable information. For more information and to register go to http://www.targetgov.com and click on the teleconference button in the top right corner or call toll-free 1-866-579-1346.
Gloria Berthold is the host of the teleconference and is President of TargetGov at Marketing Outsource Associates, Inc. which focuses on government procurement and related business development services. She is author of many articles and "The Veterans Guide to Government Business" (book); an international speaker and she has created a series of Government Business Guides highlighting specific federal agencies and business opportunities. She has been interviewed on television and radio shows and has been quoted in national publications such as USA Today, Government Executive and Entrepreneur magazine.
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