The purpose of the two-part course is to offer contractors a comprehensive overview of the proposal preparation process in hopes of contractors leaving with the skills needed to develop an effective story in each proposal. Where: GCA Office; 3190 Northeast Expressway, Suite 120, Atlanta, GA 30341 When: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Time: Networking starts at 10:00 am, Event starts at 10:30 am Cost: FREE to members; $20 to guests Register: www.g...

VMware Cloud on AWS brings the broad, diverse, and rich innovations of AWS services natively to the enterprise applications running on VMware's compute, storage, and network virtualization platforms. With VMware Cloud on AWS, organizations can simplify their Hybrid IT operations by using the same VMware Cloud Foundation technologies across their on-premises data centers and on the AWS Cloud without having to purchase any new or custom hardwar...

Proposal Writing Fundamentals - Part 1 The government puts out hundreds of bids daily. Do you know how to prepare yourself to respond to the bids? Do you have a professional proposal writer on your business development team? In this class, Abe Xiong, GCA - National, teaches you the basics in beginning to respond to a proposal. Where: GCA Office; 3190 Northeast Expressway, Suite 120, Atlanta, GA 30341 When: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 Time: Ne...

According to the SBA and the U.S. Census Bureau of Surveys of Small Business Owners (February 2016), 2.5 million businesses in the U.S. are majority-owned by veterans. These veteran business owners employ over 5 million employees with payroll close to $200 billion. With so many veteran-owned businesses in existence, why is the government’s goal to give 3% of contracts to veteran-owned businesses (VOSBs)? As a veteran-owned business, do y...

Details of how all of the future Mastermind Sessions will be delivered at this meeting. Please only attend this session if you are extremely serious about getting to contracts for your business. A selection process to be in the Inner Circle will be reviewed and you can begin applying now for review of enrollment. Visit www.govassociation.org/mastermind. Who Should Attend: Active GCA members Gov Accelerator Participants Gov University Students...

The Government Contractors Association is a professional, public organization designed to facilitate business owners in winning government contracts through education, resources, and relationships. You found a bid opportunity that you think is perfect, but you are overwhelmed with how to start the proposal. What do you do? For this workshop, GCA-President, Myra Cisse, will teach on how to analyze a solicitation for bidding. Learn how to make a...

Smart Cities Summit is the go-to event for the government and technology decision-makers mapping America’s future smart cities. The growing need for sustainable, liveable futures is becoming increasingly apparent across the public and private sectors. Opportunities to gain insight, explore challenges and engage in collaboration is imperative to ensure that cities are driving meaningful, measurable change for their citizens and are not be...

SCARY TALES FROM GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS (And How you Can Overcome the Same Challenges) The government contracting market can be a big TREAT or it can be filled with challenging TRICKS and pitfalls. In this upcoming class, we will be sharing scary stories from government contractors who have been in some challenging situations. Listen to their experiences and learn from their mistakes. Here’s a sneak peek of what you’ll learn: Commo...

An Orion Hiring Conference is your chance to interview the best military job seekers, selected specifically for your open positions. You will be presented with prescreened, qualified and suitably matched veterans that are interested in your available opportunities. You will interview up to ten candidates in a single day, all in a private and professional interview setting. We carefully select our hotels to enhance our clients’ experience...

Orion carefully selects candidates for our DCC that exemplify the best Orion has to offer our client companies. We work hard to assemble a select group of the top JMOs from around the country. Our Distinguished Candidates include: Graduates of Military Service Academies or Top Universities with a minimum GPA of 3.0; Those with a Master's degree or other advanced education; and Those that have consistently ranked above their peers in Officer Ev...