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   -- Economic Stimulus Package Likely to Create New Contracting Opportunities (click for more information)

- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Provides Energy Incentives for Business (click for more information)e

 Federal Bid Protests Peak  (click for more information)

USDA Needs Qualified Veteran-Owned and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Businesses  (click for more information)

 

SWCC to Offer Business Ethics Course

In recent years the media has been flooded with lurid stories of corporate misconduct and felonious behavior by business people.   The media in most cases just scratch the surface of many underlying problems.  This should prompt individuals to think more deeply about the nature and purpose of business in our society and about ethical choices individuals must make in their business and professional lives. 

SWCC will be offering BUS 265, Ethical Issues in Management, in a 10 week series beginning April 23.  The three credit course will be taught by Joshua Savage.   Savage has an MBA in International Business with extensive experience in the corporate world including serving on the Ethics Committee for Sentara Health System in Norfolk, Virginia.

This course will encourage individuals to reflect on their own values and on their responses to hard moral choices that the world of business can pose.  It will provide a better understanding of the moral, social and economic environments in which unethical problems occur and introduce participants to the ethical concepts relevant for resolving problems.  In addition the course will assist participants in developing necessary reasoning and analytical skills for resolving unethical issues.

 For additional information or to register, contact Margaret Dye, 276.964.7277 or margaret.dye@sw.edu.  

 

 

 


 

 

11th Annual Department of Energy Small Business Conference & Expo

 

The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, is proud to present The 11th Annual DOE Small Business Conference & Expo, at the Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA, May 10-12, 2010.

The event will feature plenaries, educational workshops, an Exhibit Hall with 200+ exhibitors/sponsors, as well as business matchmaking sessions. Over 1,600 attendees will represent all levels of federal, state, and local government agencies, the small business community, large/prime contractors, and many more!

The largest civilian contracting agency within the Federal government, DOE spent over $30 billion in contracts in FY 2009. The 11th Annual DOE Small Business Conference & Expo is a great opportunity for Small Business owners and large companies alike to network and partner.

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The University of Virginia’s Darden School

  Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards Competition

 Call for Entries

 Successful entrepreneurs in:

  - manufacturing;

   - retail;

   - service

   - wholesale.

   Qualifying applicants must demonstrate:

- 5 years of sustained growth across a number of metrics;

- Evidence of economic uplift in their local community;

- That they are operating in the most economically challenged communities within the Commonwealth of Virginia (go to: www.resilienceawards.info to see if your community is eligible).

Winning firms will receive scholarship funding to a select Darden Executive Education Program along with networking opportunities and recognition.

Go to: www.resilienceawards.info to see if your community is eligible.

 The competition opens April 1st and the application deadline is June 30th, 2010.

Finalists will be notified in July and will be required to submit relevant tax forms.

Awards Celebration Dinner to be held September 1, 2010, in the historic Dome Room of the University of Virginia’s Rotunda – sharing ideas, stories and humor highly encouraged.

Questions? Contact Tayloe Murphy Center’s Associate Director, Marc Johnson: 434.982.4527, or send an email to tayloemurphyawards@darden.virginia.edu.

 Businesses may apply each year, but may only win the scholarship funding once.

 Why not make this your year?

Tayloe Murphy Center FOR MORE INFORMATION, GO TO: www.resilienceawards.info

 

 

Events

March 10, 2010 Alleghany Highlands Small Business Exchange  
12:00 - 4:30 PM
M
oomaw Center
Dabney Lancaster Community College

SBA PowerPoint Presentation by Tammy J. Proffitt, Assistant District Director, Richmond SBA Office now available for download - click here to view/download (requires Acrobat Reader)

 


  10th Annual Four Seasons Women's Conference

 "Growing up in Appalachia"

Stella Parton

Singer/Songwriter

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

9 am - 4 pm

This full-day conference includes: multiple speakers, luncheon, booths, door prizes and networking opportunities for business women

David's at the Club

1501 Whitethorn St.

 Bluefield, VA

For more information and to register 

contact the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce at 304.327.7184 or email at  info@bluefieldchamber.com

 


How to Obtain Federal HUBZone Certification
April 29, 2010

 Goodloe Center, Mountain Empire Community College,
Session  9am - 12 Noon, registration at 8:30am
Presenter: Ms. Tammy J. Proffitt, Associate District Deputy, US Small Business Administration, Richmond, VA
NO FEE for BUSINESS ATTENDANCE

Are you a small business and want to understand the Federal HUBZone process??

Take this opportunity to learn the application process.

LEARN the eligibility requirements.

LEARN how the FEDERAL HUBZONE certification can help your business.

LEARN how the certification can help you to gain government prime or subcontracts.

LEARN how to market your business to federal contractors.

Registration  and more information coming soon

 


     

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

Wytheville Community College

May 11, 2010   

1- 4 PM  

more information coming soon


June 16, 2010     1/2 day session with US Department of Veterans Affairs at New River Community College

more information coming soon


July 14, 2010       US General Services Administration at Virginia Western Community College

more information coming soon


Sept. 15, 2010      Women in Business at Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon, VA

more information coming soon


Sept. 2010              Tazewell County Business Showcase exhibit at Southwest Virginia Community College (TBA)

more information coming soon


 Nov. 18, 2010          Preparing a Competitive Proposal, Dept of the Army at Patrick Henry Community College

more information coming soon


 

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