Speeches & Professional Development Dear Colleague For the last twenty years, I have developed and presented a variety of workshops dealing with public procurement issues. These workshops have been sponsored by organizations such as NIGP (in the U.S.) and PMAC (in Canada) and the Caribbean Procurement Institute.  I have been told that my speaking workshops are ‘intensive and interesting’ and that my speaking style is ‘both entertaining and, at times, humorous’. Here are some of the topics I currently deal with, details about my full-day workshops and a few comments from attendees. Here are some of my recently completed events: 1. July 9, Forum on Advanced Court Technology, Boston: Cooperative Purchasing 2. Aug 12, NIGP Florida, Session #1: Piranha Ethics 101 - For Elected Officials           Session #2: The End Game is Ethical Public Procurement 3. Sept. 1-2, State of Mississippi, Jackson, The End Game is Ethical Public Procurement 4. Oct.29-30, Whitehorse (Yukon), Bullet-Proofing Your RFPs 5. Nov. 5, Marksville, LA, The End Game is Ethical Public Procurement 5. Nov. 16, Yellowknife (Northwest Territories), Selling to Government, RFP Secrets 6. Dec. 4, NIGP, Colorado, Flexible RFPs do Exist! If you are considering having me participate in your next conference or professional development day, give me a call. Let’s discuss it. Thank you for your consideration. Best wishes, Michael Asner www.rfpmentor.com michael@rfpmentor.com 604.530-7881

Topics

I have a variety of topics and my presentations vary from one hour to two full days. Current topics include:

1. Using a fairness commissioner
2. Scandals promote procurement reform
3. Six major RFP problems and their solutions
4. Designing an effective evaluation process for RFPs
5. Six great documents (used during the RFP process) that intimidate their lawyers and prevent complaints
6. Risk Management in the RFP process.
7. The best web sites for RFP information
8. Evaluating Commercially Available Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software 
9. Bullet-Proofing Your RFPs
10. Trends in Public Procurement (hot topics)
11. Best and Final Offers
12. Ethics and Public Procurement

Value-Added Reference Material

In these days of shrinking budgets, I offer my sponsors a way of passing on some additional value to their members. In addition to the standard handout material, you can, if you wish, make copies of one of my training CDs (such as the one on Designing an Evaluation Process which sells for $195) for distribution to each attendee. This is a great value-added item for your members and you can put your logo on the CD. (Details of my training CDs can be found at www.rfpmentor.com/products.html)

Some details about my longer presentations

Bullet-Proofing Your RFPs: A Survival Guide for Public Sector Buyers

Two Day RFP Workshop

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Announcing a NEW WORKSHOP

On

Ethics and Public Procurement

Avoiding Procurement Scandals:
Making Ethical Issues Part of Your Procurement Process and Your Culture

At last, a workshop dealing with the real issues related to public procurement. What should elected officials do?
How should the Evaluators behave? What are the expectations? What does the law require from public bodies?
How to ensure that the RFP process is fair, open and transparent.

To see the important issues that this workshop covers, go to: 
http://www.rfpmentor.com/cms_pdfs/EthicsCoursesOct2009.doc

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Michael Asner
www.rfpmentor.com
michael@rfpmentor.com
604.530-7881

 

The Institute

Michael Asner Consulting

 

Fairness Officer