Spend time with Russ Blaine, CPCM, Fellow, and Past National President of NCMA, as he teaches you to establish and optimize a mentoring relationship that benefits your career as well as your personal growth. Russ serves as the “Lead Coach” for NCMA’s Contract Management Leadership Development Program (CMLDP), where he aligns the efforts of 40 senior mentors. He is a doctoral candidate at Northeastern University where his stu...

If you need to improve or polish your negotiation skills, then this is the class for you! This course provides participants with negotiation frameworks and methods relevant to Federal contracting and the current acquisition environment. Frameworks, methods and specific techniques are previewed and then put into practice in structured, observed and critiqued role-play scenarios. Scenarios are based on acquisition life-cycle events and circumsta...

Ready to become a successful government contractor and global business? Learn from industry professionals, local resource partners, and state/local/federal government officials. The GovLEADer Series: Miami is a full day event of insightful learning, matchmaking, and mentoring. Interact with the decision makers at our LEAD Connections Matchmaking, receive the advice on next steps during our LEAD Mentoring Round Tables, or sit in one of our Plen...

Government contracting is continuously changing—especially now. This webinar will help contracting professionals understand the latest legal and compliance changes, and discuss how to adapt. Key Takeaways: The latest labor regulations and enforcement priorities.Changes to small business contracting.How the new cyber requirements are impacting contracting.What’s new from the 2018 NDAA and Section 809 Panel.Compliance changes ass...

Congratulations on your new leadership role! Take a second to celebrate - now, let's get to work. Leadership is one of the most important, influential, and inspirational activities we can perform. Learn seven major points from an experienced, successful leader in this highly interactive session. Key Takeaways: An understanding of the roles and expectations of leaders - and acknowledgement of the privilege of leadershipSeven pragmatic, easy-to...

In the last two years, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has made monumental changes to its regulations concerning the eligibility of joint ventures to compete on small business and status-based set-asides. These include major revisions to the 8(a) mentor-protégé program, creation of the “All Small Business” mentor-protégé program, and opening the door to joint ventures comprising multiple sma...

Attend this lively and inter-active full-day workshop on capture management and learn from experienced practitioners the proven strategies used today by the most successful government contractors. You already know that acquiring or capturing government contracts requires a broad array of skills and knowledge of how to do business with the government. It demands unique marketing and networking skills as well as understanding the nuances of pipe...

NCMA’s SubCon Training Workshops (SubCon) provides comprehensive subcontracts training led by experienced industry and government practitioners. This year, SubCon consists of both workshops and breakout sessions. Choose to spend a full day in a single-topic immersion workshop or six one-hour breakout sessions on multiple topics—depending on your training needs. We recommend experiencing both! Choose a workshop on Thursday and break...

Over the past several years, there has been a shift toward fixed-price-incentive-fee (FPIF) contract types, especially within the Department of Defense (DOD) with the implementation of the Better Buying Power initiatives, and the prevalence of FPIF contracting does not appear to be shifting under the new administration. This presentation examines the nature of FPIF contracts and how they have been misused in several areas—particularly co...

“Agile” can improve success rates for software development contracts, but change requires changing. Implementing a new acquisition life cycle requires a change in the prevailing culture. This webinar will examine the impacts of incorporating Agile software methodologies into acquisition packages—as well as the impacts those package changes have on the traditional role of the contract manager. Key Takeaways: Determining if an...