ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance: Vendor Outreach Sessions Best Practices

Industry specific questions

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* 1. How would you characterize the size of your business?

Small Business (Less than $27.5 million dollars)

Mid-Sized Business ($27.6 million-$100 million dollars)

Large Business (More than $100 million dollars)

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* 2. What types of roles within your company typically attend industry days/vendor outreach sessions? Check all those that apply

Owner

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Other Company Executives (President, Vice President, etc.)

Business Development/Sales Personnel

Account Managers

Program/Project Managers

Other (please specify)

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* 3. On average, how many industry days/vendor outreach sessions does your company attend per year?

0-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21+

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* 4. On average, how many industry days/vendor outreach sessions do you personally attend per year?

0-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21+

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* 5. What are you hoping to accomplish by attending industry days/vendor outreach sessions?

Meet and develop relationships with OSDBU profressionals

Meet and develop relationships with potential clients (program managers)

Meet and develop relationships with potential teaming partners

Access information about the status and customer for forecasted opportunities

Learn about new opportunities that might be a good fit for my company

Pitch my products or services to potential clients

Pitch my products or services to potential teaming partners

Gather contextual knowledge about the agency and current agency priorities

Other (please specify)

ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance: Vendor Outreach Sessions Best Practices

Industry specific questions

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* 1. How would you characterize the size of your business?

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* 2. What types of roles within your company typically attend industry days/vendor outreach sessions? Check all those that apply

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* 3. On average, how many industry days/vendor outreach sessions does your company attend per year?

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* 4. On average, how many industry days/vendor outreach sessions do you personally attend per year?

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* 5. What are you hoping to accomplish by attending industry days/vendor outreach sessions?

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* 6. 6 Have you seen agencies call industry days/vendor outreach sessions by different names? If so, what names?

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* 7. For industry days/vendor outreach sessions you attended and they were GOOD/HELPFUL/BENEFICIAL/VALUABLE, what made them so?

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* 8. 8 For industry days/vendor outreach sessions you attended and they were NOT GOOD/HELPFUL/BENEFICIAL/VALUABLE, what made them so?

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* 9. What additional feedback do you wish to offer that the previous questions did not cover?