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PUBLICATION OF THE NORTH JERSEY SECTION OF THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS NJ Consultants’ Network: From the North Jersey Section’s Education Committee: Proposal Writing for Hot courses can enhance your position in Government Contracts The June 24, 2010 meeting of the IEEE the job market Consultants' Network of Northern NJ features a presentation by Roger S. IEEE North Jersey Education Committee ran programming and Cohen, of Cohen International titled management courses since 1993. 236 IEEE members and non-members “Proposal Writing for Government completed these courses. Benefits: Some got jobs at AT&T and Microsoft Contracts.” Corporation. About the Talk Roger S. Cohen will give a presentation We need hot courses, instructors and classrooms. If you can teach a hot and lead a discussion on proposal writing course (any course that can get people jobs), email your one-page abstract for government contracting projects, and your resume. If your NJ firm can provide a conference room, evening which will include: or Saturday morning, contact Donald Hsu, Chair, yanyou “AT” hotmail.com. 1) Understanding government contract- ing opportunities for tech companies. Thank-you and act NOW! 2) Defining a proposal in response to a stamp. Millions of tongues are now being solicitation. spared the aftertaste of glue, thanks to Elevate to Senior 3) How to evaluate opportunities and Roger's efforts. make bid/no-bid decisions. Member Grade! Roger S. Cohen can be reached at 4) Opportunities in the SBIR – Small To get information and an application to [email protected] and by telephone Business Innovation Research – advance to Senior Member Grade, see at (845) 358-8936 and at program. http://www.ieee.org/web/membership/seni http://www.rogercohen.com. 5) How a business consultant works with or-members/. For further information or About the Consultants’ Network tech companies and engineers on to find potential references, contact Mario Founded in 1992, the IEEE Consultants government contracting and proposal Ogava, Membership Chair, at m.ogava Network of Northern NJ encourages and writing. “AT” ieee.org. promotes the use of independent techni- 6) How consulting engineers can help their clients with government cal consultants by business and industry. contracting opportunities. All Welcome! 7) Where the business is. Members and non-members are About the Speaker welcome. Roger S. Cohen is a consultant engaged in business development, both Time: 6:30-8:30 PM, Thursday, June 24, domestic and international. His practice 2010. has a special focus on government Place: Morris County Library, 30 East contracting, especially for technology Hanover Avenue, Whippany, NJ. projects. Directions are available at Roger works with technology www.mclib.info. companies on government contracting Information: For up-to-date meeting projects, helping them write, produce and status, call Robert Walker, 973-728-0344, submit proposals. This arcane area of or visit our website, government contract proposal writing is www.TechnologyOnTap.org. the key step in developing business with the government. Roger has a specialty in SBIR – Small Business Innovation Research – projects and proposals. Roger works with a wide range of clients, from one-person start-ups, to the largest international firms. Some of his high-profile projects include security printing presses to print the US currency, and the popular self-adhesive postage JUNE 2010 June 2010 NJ Section PACE: NJ IMS: Volume 56, Number 11 Engineers Meet: Selecting the Publication No: USPS 580-500 “The IEEE Newsletter” (North Jersey Section), is For a Members Social Appropriate published monthly except June and July by The On Wednesday, June 9, 2010 the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, North Jersey Section Professional Environmental Test Activities Committee IEEE Members, Inc. Headquarters: 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor, students and guests will meet for a Chamber for Renewable New York, NY 10016-5997. $1.00 per member Social, with pizza, soda & refreshments. per year (included in annual dues) for each Energy Applications About the Meeting: member of the North Jersey Section. Periodicals- On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, the This meeting is about getting class postage paid at New York, NY and at IEEE North Jersey Section of the members of the Section together for a additional mailing offices. Postmaster send Instrumentation and Measurement light evening of discussion and address changes to: “The IEEE Newsletter”, 445 Society (IMS) is hosting a talk entitled, hospitality. Basically we can hold a Hoes Lane, P.O. Box 1331, Piscataway, NJ “Selecting the Appropriate Environmental brainstorming session to discuss future 08855-1331. USPS 580-500 (ISSN 1076-3732). Test Chamber for Renewable Energy meetings and activities. This is a Applications.” The speaker will be Mark continuation of the past meeting’s lively NEWSLETTER STAFF R. Chrusciel. discussions. All are invited. We shall Editor............................................Keith Saracinello About the Talk encourage North Jersey Section Ex-Com Business Manager .......................Keith Saracinello Properly defining your Environmental officers to attend. When they do, our k.saracinello “AT” ieee.org (302) 683-7162 Chamber requirements will insure your Section membership will have an best return on investment. An emphasis opportunity to meet with them on a first Deadline for receipt of material is the 1st of the will be placed on the renewable energy name basis. You can learn about what month preceding the month of publication. All markets, including a way to save up to goes on at our Section Ex. Com. communications concerning editorial and 54% on your operating costs. 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Directions The North Jersey Section Executive aea.org. Committee usually meets the first Wednesday are available at http://www.njit.edu/about/ (except holidays and December) of each visit/gettingtonjit.php. month at 7:00 PM. Meetings are open to all Information: Russell C. Pepe, (201) members. For information on meeting agenda 960-6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org. contact Secretary Russell Pepe at (201) 960- 6796, rcpepe “AT” ieee.org. “The IEEE Newsletter” – June 2010 - Page 2 NJ IEEE North Jersey Section Activities June 2010 June 2 – “NJ Section Meeting”, 6:30 PM, “Executive Committee Meeting” - 7:00 PM, Clifton Public Library - Allwood Branch, 44 Lyall Road, Clifton, NJ 07012. Russell Pepe at rcpepe “AT” ieee.org. June 9 – “Engineers Meet: For a Members Social”, NJ PACE, 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Clifton Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave, Clifton, NJ. Paul Ward, (973) 790-1625, PWard1130 “AT” aol.com, Richard F.