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Business Matchmaking and The Law of Attraction
If you’ve heard of the OSDBU Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization) Procurement Conference, you won’t be surprised that my mind has been on the conference quite frequently. I’m confident of the positive impact the matchmaking events will have on our company. During these 15 minute sessions, we’ll sit face-to-face with reps of 3 different large government prime contractors. The purpose of the meetings is… well… to make a business match.
As Judy, our executive coach would say, my RAS (reticular activating system) has been set. The “Law of Attraction” went out and brought back two perfectly relevant magazine articles for me. My RAS tapped me on the shoulder and made sure I read them… figuratively speaking.
The first article was “Match Game”, by Mark Henricks. This article was published in the magazine “Winning Bids”, which I picked up at the local SBDC. The article gives a great overview of the OSDBU and other similar conferences with matchmaking events.
The second article, “The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint,” I ran across today in Entrepreneur magazine. Guy Kawasaki gives his rules for creating and delivering an effective Powerpoint presentation. For me, this article’s point of view is nothing revolutionary, but its reinforcement of timeless presentation do’s and don’ts. These articles couldn’t have found me at a better time. If you’re thinking of attending this conference, be sure to take a look at these articles.
