BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Urban League of Louisiana - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Urban League of Louisiana X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://urbanleaguela.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Urban League of Louisiana REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260304T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260304T113000 DTSTAMP:20260301T072411 CREATED:20260126T193506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T193814Z UID:248492-1772618400-1772623800@urbanleaguela.org SUMMARY:Creating a Business Development Plan for Your Business DESCRIPTION:Join the Urban League of Louisiana on Wednesday\, March 4\, 10:00am-11:30am\, for “Opportunity and Preparation: Creating a Business Development Plan for Your Business.” This virtual session is hosted in collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development’s DBE Supportive Services program. \nBusiness development in construction management refers to a strategic and actionable plan for pursuing new business and fostering relationships with your most preferred clients. Your business development plan outlines how you identify prospects\, share your capabilities\, and nurture business relationships so that prospects become clients when the time is right. \nBusiness development is strategic integration of marketing\, sales and customer service efforts. It also is most successful when everyone in the business understands and works towards a common goal for bringing on new business. \nDuring this session\, contractors will learn how to increase profitability and scalability by creating and managing a business development strategy – one that maximizes its strengths and experience and one that targets and converts its most preferred client types. The goal is to convert prospects to clients and to turn bids into awards! \nThis session will be facilitated by Courtney Elzey\, Principal\, MCDS\, LLC. There is no cost to attend\, however\, registration is required. Register today to reserve your spot! \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the training. \nLink URL:https://urbanleaguela.org/event/creating-a-business-development-plan-for-your-business/ CATEGORIES:CEI,CEI_DBE,DBE Contractors,ULLA General ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://urbanleaguela.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Construction_Events.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T113000 DTSTAMP:20260301T072411 CREATED:20260126T193658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260126T193658Z UID:248494-1775642400-1775647800@urbanleaguela.org SUMMARY:Utilizing Bid Platforms to Identify Contracting Opportunities DESCRIPTION:Join the Urban League of Louisiana on Wednesday\, April 8\, 10:00am-11:30am\, for “Utilizing Bid Platforms to Identify Contracting Opportunities”. This virtual session is a part of a series of monthly workshops hosted in collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development’s DBE Supportive Services program. \nThis session will equip construction professionals\, subcontractors\, and small contractor business owners with the skills needed to effectively navigate and leverage online construction bid platforms. Attendees will learn how to identify and evaluate contracting opportunities\, as well as \, how to strategically position their firm for competitive bidding. By the end of this course\, participants will be able to confidently use platforms to discover high-potential projects to bid and expand their contracting pipeline. \nThis session will be facilitated by Frank Johnson\, Director\, Contractor’s Resource Center\, Urban League of Louisiana. \nThere is no cost to attend\, however\, registration is required. Register today to reserve your spot! \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the training. \nLink URL:https://urbanleaguela.org/event/utilizing-bid-platforms-to-identify-contracting-opportunities/ CATEGORIES:CEI,CEI_DBE,DBE Contractors,ULLA General ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://urbanleaguela.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DBE_Events.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR