Win Any Award

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Breakout Session #

Robert E. Jones, Government Contracts & Accounting Expert, Left Brain Professionals

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A Step-by-Step Guide toWin Any Award

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Positive Share

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Safety Check

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• For yourself?

• Your organization?

• Your chapter?

What are Your Goals?

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Wandering along the beaten path?

Forging your own path?

What Are You Doing to Achieve Them?

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Goals are a bit of both

The plaque or trophy (the award) is a destination, but it takes a journey to get

there!

Journey or Destination?

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A focused journey will get you to THE destination instead of A destination.

Focused Journey

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A single step!

Every Journey Begins With…

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The ONE Thing by Gary Keller

What’s Your ONE Thing?

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• We all have several items on our To-Do list

Make a “Success List”

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• There are guidelines for every award in life.– Rules for baseball– Passing scores for exams– Requirements for graduation and certification

Award Guidelines – Your “Success List”

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• 17 points to Fellow– NCMA Membership (2.0)– Academic & Professional Training (6.0)– Work Experience (4.0)– Chapter Level Service (5.0)– National Level Service (5.0)

Takeaway #1

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• 17 points to Fellow– Publications (2.5)– Volunteerism (1.5)– Academic Service (2.0)– National Awards & Recognition (1.0)

Takeaway #1 - cont

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Recognition available to every member!

Takeaway #2

PY16 Awards

Advancing Professionals Best CM Article

Certification Support Chapter Excellence

CM Education Fellow

Innovation in Contracting Lifetime Achievement

Macfarlan Research & Writing

Outstanding Fellow

Outstanding Volunteer

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Recognition available for every chapter!

Takeaway #3

PY16 Evaluation Criteria

Certification

Education

Fiscal Responsibility

Member Recruitment & Retention

Publicity & Programming

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• Just starting your career?– Identify successful people– Look and ask what they did– Write out a plan for yourself

Beginning

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• In the middle of your career?– Evaluate where you are and where you’ve

been– Where can you go from here?– Write or speak about your experience

Intermediate

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• Mature or retired?– Mentor your chapter as Director or Advisor– Mentor individual members– Mentor others in your organization– Write or speak about your experience

Advanced

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• The most successful of people, from Sam Walton to Oprah Winfrey, all had help from one special person along the way.

Advanced

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• Robert E. Jones

– Left Brain Professionals Inc.– [email protected] – www.leftbrainpro.com

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