2010 Business Opportunities Workshop

With activity for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games centred on large-scale projects in the Lower Mainland and Whistler, many businesses across British Columbia (B.C.) may think they are too distant or too small to get a piece of the action. But with a little imagination and a few lessons in technique, businesses from any community in B.C. can put together a bid for Games-related opportunities.

The 2010 Commerce Centre has organized a series of workshops across the province to help businesses figure out how to seek opportunities and financial rewards from the Games. The sessions offer information about how to bid for contracts to provide products and services, as well as ideas for working in partnerships or as subcontractors for companies who win the bigger contracts. To date, more than one hundred workshops have been delivered to over 4,000 individuals and organizations all across British Columbia.

The intent of the workshop is to connect the business community with the business opportunities of the 2010 Winter Games. Designed to prepare companies for business opportunities surrounding the 2010 Winter Games (before, during and after 2010), the 2010 Business Opportunities Workshop covers the following topics:

• Module 1: Understanding 2010 Opportunities
• Module 2: Where to Find the Opportunities
• Module 3: Procurement Objectives and Processes
• Module 4: Understanding the Types of Bids
• Module 5: Bid Documents – Interpreting an RFP
• Module 6: Deciding When to Respond
• Module 7: Preparing Successful Bids
• Module 8: What Happens if I Win
• Module 9: Learning From Lost Bids
• Module 10: Case Studies in Success
• Module 11: Positioning Your Business
• Module 12: Summary and Conclusions

The 2010 Business Opportunities Workshop helps B.C. businesses of any size understand the economic opportunities related to the 2010 Winter Games and provides a hands-on, in-depth guide to taking advantage of them. Learn more about the program, policies and procedures of the 2010 bidding process, how to access the most up-to-date 2010 related information and where to go for additional tools and resources to leverage maximum advantage from the 2010 Winter Games.

Browse the events calendar and contact us for more information on 2010 Business Opportunities Workshops near you. The workbook supplement for this workshop can be viewed here.

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