2014 GNEMSDC Supplier Diversity Golf Classics -
Registration Now Available!
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The GNEMSDC Connecticut Supplier Diversity Golf Outing will be on Friday, July 11, 2014 Lyman Orchards Golf Club Middlefield, CT. The tournament begins at 7:30am.
If you are interested in a fun afternoon/morning of golf, networking, food, drinks and relationship building please register at: WWW.BOOTHLEADS.COM/GNEMSDC/GOLF2014 Please see the brochure for additional information and new Golf Sponsorship Opportunities. Enter our Putting Contest and you could win a cash prize! Not a golfer? We have several non-golfer activities or you can learn the game and be taught by a pro in the Golf Clinic. Call the GNEMSDC offices with any questions: 203-288-9744 or 617-578-8900 |
1st Annual S3 Diverse Vendor Summit
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 1st Annual S3 Diverse Vendor Summit: Synergy. Strength. Support.
June 17th, 2014-6pm-8pm - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 93 Worcester St., Wellesley, MA
An Exclusive Evening Event for New England Diverse Businesses!
Join us for this unprecedented opportunity to connect with other diverse business owners in New England and learn about the special business opportunities available to you. If are a minority-owned, women-owned, LGBT-owned, disabled-owned, or other diverse-owned business, you should not miss this event!
This event is being sponsored by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and a newly-formed diversity coalition comprised of the Center for Women & Enterprise, the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council, Work Without Limits, and the Greater Boston Business Council. The four founding member organizations of this coalition are dedicated to working together to promote collaboration among all diverse businesses in New England so as to promote growth, partnership, and opportunity.
Please see the event flyer for additional information. Register by June 13th. Space is limited.
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"Business After Hours" Business Card Exchange
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Join the Bridgeport MBDA and GNEMSDC for a premier networking series to connect you with corporate members, MBEs, and other business professionals in a relaxed and informal atmosphere.
Location: Café 1000
Address:1000 Lafayette Blvd., Bridgeport CT 06604
Date: June 18, 2014
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Admission: Complimentary
There will be live entertainment, Hors d'oeuvres and cocktails. Please RSVP by June 18, 2014.
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Local Corporate Member Training for Prism
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The next Prism Webinar training for Corporate members will take place on Monday, June 23, 2014 from 1:00 - 2:30pm Eastern Time.
The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) invites NMSDC corporate members to a PRISM training session. The web-based Vendor Management module replaces the MBISYS® database. It stores supplier information to a database for access by suppliers, contract managers and buyers. This session will provide you with an overview of the vendor management module and an in-depth look at its functionalities and capabilities specific to NMSDC Corporate members.
Advance registration is recommended. Seats are limited and are on a first-come, first-served basis. Once your registration is complete, you will receive an email that confirms your enrollment and includes the information you will need to join the event
Additional information available here.
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Upcoming Events
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There are several events coming up on our calendar that are designed specifically for MBEs to learn about corporate opportunities. We know how busy everyone's schedule is, but these are events often hosted by our corporate members with the expressed purpose of finding out more about you and your business with the ultimate aim, to make you a valuable supplier to their companies. Here are some events you should consider:
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Accelerate with Google
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 Accelerate with Google Academy
What: Accelerate with Google Academy is a 12-week intensive program that teaches underrepresented minority business how to be found online and generate business through their websites. It focuses on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Google AdWords.
Key Benefits: Use the web to attract new customers, make your business website easier to find, and learn how measure the results.
Deadline: Upcoming application deadline is June 9th, with more rounds of application available in July and August.
Success Stories: http://accelerate.withgoogle.com/success-stories
Video: Last year's Accelerate with Google Partner Summit, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj3x5Axo4Lg#t=25
Please find more information on the PDF attached. Apply today at: http://accelerate.withgoogle.com/. For any questions, email acceleratewithgoogle@google.com and kakui@google.com
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Corporate Member of the Week: Bristol Meyers Squibb
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 Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global BioPharma company firmly focused on its Mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases.
At Bristol-Myers Squibb, we are passionate about science, passionate about innovation and passionate about making a difference in the lives of patients. To develop the most innovative medicines, we understand that it is vital that we obtain high quality goods, services, and materials from small and diverse business enterprises.
We encourage our suppliers worldwide to apply their diverse talents and ideas so that we can learn and grow together. Including small and diverse businesses into our dynamic supply chain enables us to deliver on our company's commitment to discover and develop medicines that address areas of significant unmet medical need.
Supplier Diversity and Inclusion provides equal access to purchasing opportunities and ensures that our suppliers reflect the diversity of our employees, the communities where we live and work, and the cultures of the world. Integrating small and diverse suppliers within our strategic category management processes promotes inclusion and innovation while enabling Bristol-Myers Squibb to deliver medicines that help our patients prevail over serious diseases.
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| GNEMSDC Trade Expo and Conference is Coming! |
 The GNEMSDC Business Opportunity Expo and Conference is coming. This year the event will take place on Tuesday, September 30 and Wednesday, October 1 at the Mohegan Sun Casino and resort. Please mark your calendar. It is time for MBEs and corporate members to start preparing for the event. One of the biggest attractions is the very successful One-on-One sessions. These allow corporate members to schedule 15 minute appointments with specific MBEs for specific commodity/service opportunities. This year we will once again employ some great technology that will allow us to efficiently make these matches between corporate members and MBEs. We encourage all of our corporate members to participate in the Expo and the One-on-One program. This year we have some very important editions to the program. Stay tuned. (Photo is of CT Governor Dannel Malloy with Dr. Fred at last year's Expo.) |
Invitations for Bid and Opportunities
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| And Finally... |
To all of the fathers out there, I hope you had a great Father's Day. I realize that I did not wish all of the mothers out there, a Happy Mother's Day last month, so I apologize. But everyone knows that Mother's Day is a far superior day in the pantheon of holidays than Father's Day, and rightfully so. You don't have to be a physician to know that mothers sacrifice significantly more of their bodies, minds and souls in children that make both of these holidays relevant. But that being said, Father's Day is that one day a year that fathers are allowed to simply do what they want to do (within reason) guilt free. That means we can watch the entire game, or for that matter every game in the World Cup played today. We don't have to cut the grass, paint the scratched up door, change the oil, go shopping for bathroom towels that are not to be used -ever, or obey every command issued by the woman in our lives who Warren Bacon of our MBDA Boston Business Center calls, "she who must be obeyed". Today we might be able to get away with speaking "truth to power" without ruthlessly being made to feel like a caveman. Today we can exercise that inner selfishness and immaturity that we so gallantly subordinate to the greater good of our homes, our community, the nation and the world. Fathers, what noble beings we are 364 days a year. So today is that one day that we can relish a day-off, a respite from the massive responsibilities required of this humble station in life, that no one truly understands but other fathers. Happy Father's Day! I wish it were a week. I think we deserve it: Don't you?
In your service
Dr. Fred
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