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Theme: 2025 Readiness - Early activities A new year brings new opportunities to make positive changes at work, setting the stage for smarter, more effective decisions in 2025. In this episode, we'll dive into a wide range of topics designed to help you streamline processes and stay ahead: phasing out paper files, scheduling time to review your manual, enhancing training programs, strengthening client relationships, preparing for new laws, and adapting to political shifts with newly elected officials. Tune in for practical tips and strategies to kickstart a successful year in public procurement • Hot Topics (Getting a Jump on 2025): Some ways to plan ahead include check-ins with staff, planning/calendaring/budgeting for professional development, training internal staff and end user clients on procurement processes, looking ahead to plan your personal/down time for the year, hold time for major known conferences/events on your calendar, etc. An additional discussion on relationship building follows focusing on recognizing that there are lots of leadership changes that some are facing related to the 2024 election. • Way to Grow: Advice on recommendations for setting goals, prioritizing personal development, and developing healthy habits in the new year. • Tech talk: Building guides for new technology processes • Chapter Updates: Interview with Marie Ozanne - 2024 President of the MN NIGP, on how Chapters are gearing up for the new year by seamlessly blending their incoming board members with those who will be continuing their service. We will hear from the Minnesota chapter about their exciting plans to integrate the new team, ensuring the highest level of success moving forward. • Commentary: It has been said that “A goal without a plan is just a wish.” The quote is often used to emphasize that goals need to be actionable and have a plan to be achieved. As we start a new year, we often start with many goals and ideas that all too often never materialize. In this segment, we discuss the importance of making a plan by breaking down the steps necessary to achieve your goal. That alone is still not enough though. True magic happens, and goals are achieved when you put that plan into action. Make your dreams a reality, friends…even when taking action gets tough!

Fantastic team! Thanks for all of your work on this!

Radio NIGP November 2024 - Forum 2024 Award Interviews, Leadership Summit & Giving Thanks This month's show concludes the series of interviews with the winners for individual and chapter awards announced at Forum 2024, discusses the Leadership Summit coming in February 2025 in Chicago, and features segment and Radio NIGP staff giving thanks. Award Interviews · Leadership Award - Lourdes Coss · Volunteer Award - Carl Bonitto · Young Professional Award - Jianchong Luo · Chapter Updates - Outstanding Chapter Awards: o Outstanding Chapter Operations § Oklahoma Association of Public Procurement o Outstanding Chapter Professional Development § Central Florida Chapter of NIGP o Outstanding Chapter Advocacy & Outreach § Rocky Mountain Governmental Purchasing Association Giving Thanks · Legally Speaking - An interview with Lydia Weller, Procurement Specialist, City of Norfolk · Way to Grow - Tanya Parker and Michelle Bentley share their thanks for their mentor/mentee relationship in this segment “The Growth that I’m Thankful For” · Good In Orange - Stacy shows gratitude to Terry McKee for his support of the segment. They also discuss betrayal of public trust, through the lens of a specific case involving the Tennessee Housing Authority. · Construction Junction - Elizabeth Watts, Procurement Specialist from the City of Englewood, CO is interviewed on her participation in obtaining her Public Procurement Associate Designation and her appreciation for NIGP courses · Juliet Misconi, former CPO for Palm Bay, now Deputy City Manager discusses what she is thankful for in the procurement profession, some procurement successes, talks of cost avoidance, and advice to new procurement professionals. Moments With NIGP - Join a discussion with Todd Slater, NIGP Chief Content Supervisor, as we discuss the upcoming 2025 Leadership Summit, taking place in Chicago, IL. NIGP has some exciting new initiatives for this summit including new facilitators and a return to the very popular breakout sessions, allowing for a deeper dive into subjects. One of those subjects is change management in organizations. This should be very useful for leaders who are implementing any new technology initiatives.

Another great episode. Thanks to all for making this happen month after month. I appreciate it.

This month's show kicks of the first of four shows featuring the nominees and winners for individual awards for procurement professionals and chapter awards to be announce at Forum 2024: Chapter Update - Interview with this year's Forum hosting chapter's President and Committee Chair from the North Carolina Association of Government Purchasing Interviews with nominees for the following NIGP awards: Procurement Manager of the Year Procurement Specialist of the Year Chapter Awards

Todd, Great work assembling these excellent messengers, who exemplify successful leaders, and inspire others in so many ways. They each provided helpful insights about becoming a leader and enlisting perhaps your supervisor and others to help you along the way. The public procurement profession is the place for a full diversity of leadership. Being a lateral leader is important when you have to influence other leaders to make the best choices. Being a leader of your office, is ensuring you are lifting up your staff, opening minds to the possibilities for their success..... And that also goes for leading potential suppliers to show up and be the best providers of great services and products to meet the needs of our citizens. Their work makes life better! Although this distinguished group of messengers were not sharing their journey or turning points to achieve their vision of success, I have tremendous respect for their successive years of building their leadership skills while lifting those around them. In fact, we are all on the same team! Congratulations on this great "first" conversation. I look forward to more!

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The explanation for the difference between termination for convenience vs termination for cuase was so insightful! 🔥

Be sure to click on "subscribe" above to get automatic notification for new shows. would love your comments too! Look below for starting points for specific segments: :10 Opening (:27) :42 Hot Topics (9:40) 10:23 Construction Junction (5:22) 15:56 Legally Speaking (12:00) 28:02 Moments with NIGP (6:06) 34:13 Procurement on the Go (14:13) 48:30 Tech Talk 6:56) 55:33 Deeper Dive (15:56) 1:11:36 Chapter Updates (7:50) 1:19:34 Good in Orange (5:27) 1:25:09 Way to Grow (6:42) 1:31:51 Commentary (2:28) 1:34:41 After Hours (19:46)

Thank you for all you do Carrie. You and your team are amazing!!

Radio NIGP has broke the two-hour mark, but with this month's topic you'll see why. Here's the individual segments, and starting time, if you'd like to jump ahead: Intro :10 Hot Topics 2:28 Legally Speaking 14:02 Chapter Updates 18:17 Moments w NIGP 50:05 Procurement on the Go 1:04:39 Visionary Views 1:12:01 Commentary 1:23:09 Deeper Dive 1:25:10

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This is an amazing space for procurement practitioners. It's inspirational.

The timeline for each segment for the January show follows below. Thanks for watching and please leave us a comment. Welcome :10 Hot Topics 6:46 Deeper Dive 18:22 Moments w/ NIGP I 33:47 Legally Speaking 38:01 Tech Talk 45:49 Moments w/ NIGP II 51:44 PP On the Go 59:13 Way to Grow 1:12:04 Good in Orange 1:18:14 Commentary 1:21:18 After Hours 1:23:28

Here's the "Twas the Night Before" poem and the listing of this month's show: 'Twas the night before the deadline, and all through the place, procurement professionals were hoping for competition and grace. The solicitations were posted online, with great care, in hopes that the proposals would soon appear there. All questions were answered, each one addressed, improving the likelihood of responsiveness. Potential suppliers had labored in turn to vie for the work and award they would earn. As the deadline drew near, there arose such a clatter, I went to my desk to see what was the matter. Right by the window I flew like a flash, tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. The moon shined brightly on the new fallen snow and gave the appearance of objects below. When, what to my wondering eyes should I see, but a team of suppliers, posting deals near me. With systems and inputs, so lively and quick, I knew we’d be ready to evaluate and pick. More rapid than eagles the offers they came, tallied, and counted and listed by name: Periscope, Toro, Amazon, and Cintas! Carrier, Home Depot, SCW and DRS! Graybar, Pavilion, and Sourcewell as well! ODP Solutions and a whole host more! The procurement professionals were ready to calculate the scores. As leaves before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, so up to the office the procurement staff flew, With a sleigh full of end users and contracts too. And then, in a twinkling, I heard in my space, The chatter or end user’s making their case. As I drew in my breath and heard something loud, Down the hallway came suppliers all in a crowd. They were dressed all in suits, from their heads to their feet, and their clothes were all tarnished with ink stains, how neat! A bundle of contracts they had flung on their back, and they looked like lawyers opening their pack. Their eyes, how they twinkled! Their smiles, how merry! I expected morose but oh on the contrary, their droll little mouths were drawn up like a bow, And the ink in their pens was blue so it would show. The stump of that pen they held tight in their hand, and they signed all the contracts, just like they planned. They spoke not a word, but went straight to their work, and filled all the offices, then turned with a smirk. And laying their fingers aside of their nose, and giving a nod, up the elevator they rose! They sprang to their sleigh, to their team gave a whistle, and away they all flew like the down of a thistle. But I heard them exclaim, ‘ere they drove out of sight, this is Radio N I G P. "Happy Procurement to all, and to all a good night!" • :00 Opening • 1:00 Holiday Poem • 4:35 Aran Raz • 14:59 Bobbie Matthews • 22:33 Brian Smith • 28:52 Chapter Updates • 48:53 Ginger Line • 57:04 Matt Bauer • 1:09:38 Moments with NIGP • 1:17:50 Nathan Dawson • 1:27:08 Rebecca Kee • 1:32:34 Terry McKee • 1:40:12 Stephanie Dion • 1:49:54 Commentary

Great ideas and tips.

An almost two-hour information jam-packed show for November: :00 Hot Topics - tips of setting boundaries 9:39 Tech Talk - using technology to set calendar boundaries 17:55 Moments w NIGP - interview w NIGP's Emily Moses (workforce competency study) 24:58 Deeper Dive - more productive in/out of the office w/ a VA agency interview 38:43 Procurement Professionals on the Go (new section w guest speaker) 42:15 Construction Junction - different construction delivery methods 44:43 Way to Grow - using mentors to help set boundaries 59:54 Commentary (Rick's "thankful" interview) 1:13:13 After Hours - continuing the Hot Topic discussion with "creating a culture of respecting cord cutting"

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:00 Intro: 1:24 Hot Topics 10:06 Legally Speaking 14:58 Construction Junction 18:17 Deeper Dive 30:30 Way to Grow 38:59 Moments With NIGP 47:11 After Hours

I am proud to work for Orange County Public Schools!!!

"We're on the Little Stage!" lol, Victor. Excellent job everyone. Enjoyed the program and your participation at Forum.

:00 Introduction/Welcome :44 Procurement Manager of the Year - Erin D’Vincent 9:12 Aha Moments 9:19 Tara Wolff - Sourcewell 11:11 Tim Pratt - Placer County, CA 12:18 Tom Patterson - City of Westerville, OH 12:39 Procurement Specialist of the Year - Tracy Garcia 13:32 Aha Moments 13:37 Alexander Georgakis - UCLA 19:18 Agency Advancement Award - Orange County Public Schools 29:36 Aha Moments 29:41 Kim Jeffries - Frankfort, KY 30:31 Shanel Gayle - City of Naperville, IL 31:12 Dana Greer - City of Atlanta, GA 32:15 Chris Payne & Rachel Kaplan - City of Greensboro, NC 33:21 Les McGough - City of Fayetteville, AR 37:45 John Tigert - City of Virginia Beach, VA (pre-forum interview) 40:43 Brooke Green - Led County BOCC, FL 43:20 Cathy Silva - San Mateo County, CA 44:51 Aha Moment Panel Stacy Gregg - South Carolina State University Christin Webb - Greater You Leadership Series Faith Williams - University of South Carolina Art Moore - Illinois Capital Development Board Clarissa Clark- University of South Carolina 56:36 On the Road with Barb Johnson & Lynda Allair 59:12 Aha Moments 59:17 Brittany Enright & Ryan Elliott - OMNIA Partners 1:06:34 Kara Carroll - County of Orange, CA 1:06:47 John Tigert - City of Virginia Beach, VA (post-forum interview) 1:09:32 After Hours - Radio NIGP discusses their live appearance at Forum

Excellent job everyone. I love all the aha moments.

Always smooth entrance from Kevin!! i had a feeling the time zone finally kicken in for you. lol!

Mentorship is so important in public procurement. Key to the success I was fortunate to experience in the profession. And the benefits go both ways.

SO Cool! What a great success for both professionals!

Awesome Disclaimer - Screaming with laughter! Thank you!

Another great episode!

1:05 Hot Topics 14:17 Good in Orange 24:05 Chapter Updates 39:06 Tech Talk 46:15 Deeper Dive 58:29 Way to Grow 1:03:41 Commentary 1:05:43 After Hours

Excellent discussion by Kirk and David concerning mandatory pre-bids. If using federal fund some federal agencies (HUD and FTA for instance) strongly discourage mandatory pre-bid conferences for the same reasons that Kirk mentions: Reducing competition.

Timeline for this month's show: • :00 Introduction/Welcome • 2:15 Deciding When It's Time to Walk Away • 14:45 How the ADA can help • 19:01 A panel discussion on “How can I improve my situation” with subject matter experts in the field Human Resources and Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI). During this segment of the show, we take a “Deeper Dive” and explore opportunities that organizations and employees can work together to strengthen the mental and emotional well-being of the employees so that they can live healthier life’s and be productive both at home and work. • 46:07 Balancing your work/life and volunteering • 1:.04:20 “When enough is enough” with the Hot Topics group • 1:27:24 Managing your own situation: prioritization of multiple competing procurement requests, and how to make sure that taking a vacation has the desired effect. • 1:40:40 How to calm your mind to focus on what really matters • 1:49:49 Closing comments During the pandemic we began to vocalize the importance of work/life balance. We appreciated the importance of having a strong network and support system to help offset the struggles that isolation can bring. Unfortunately, for many whose struggle is with mental health, the awareness alone does not bring about change or relief. Listen to this month’s commentary for some insight and encouragement that will make you go HHMMMM.

Good job Jenn!

Thanks to NIGP and Sourcewell for making this recommendation a reality. Chapters are our local procurement communities and it is exciting to be able to connect via our website! We are almost live (Central Ohio Organization of Public Procurement) and our implementation Team immediately identified the value of connecting this way! Way to Grow Veronica, Gretchen, Kellie, Mark, Deb, Adam, Donna, Whitney and Lori!! YAY!!!

All true advice! It was so nice to see these familiar faces, enjoying the 22 Boston Forum - our members are our strength! Thank you for creating and sharing this video! See YOU at 23 Louisville Forum !!

The March Radio NIGP show features the value Public Procurement Professionals bring to their entities. We celebrate Procurement Month by celebrating you and the positive impacts you have made: (:10) Introduction (:59) Welcome from NIGP CEO Rick Grimm (7:40) Increasing engagement (and fun) with your clients - Tara Action (14:58) The value of quick responses during time of an emergency - Kirk Buffington (18:15) You are a huge important part of your entity: A Reminder - Kristy Varda (19:33) Why she looks up every time she enters a building and issuing a challenge to all NIGP Chapters! - Penny Owens/Chapter Update (21:52) An interview with Charlie Rosol on the value of a good surplus property program - Barb Johnson (30:34) Ever wonder where your drinking water comes from or where your waste water goes: Unsung Heroes - David Nash (34:21) The importance of being flexible and "thinking outside the box" in your role - Valerie Scott (38:17) An interview with NIGP Member Council member Kristy Varda on the upcoming NIGP Member elections - Kirk Buffington/Moments with NIGP (41:55) An interview discussing the NIGP Public Procurement Associate Designation “Intensive” class with Rhonda Kaplan - Keith Glatz/Way to Grow (45:43) The value our profession brings when facing moral/ethical issues: A Real Life Story - Stacy Gregg/Good in Orange (48:10) Our favorite procurement cheerleader presents some great encouragement to all - Stacy Adams/Commentary (50:34) The After Hours segment has Stacy Gregg leading a panel discussion on the value of public procurement with Trinity Jackson, Candis Golston, and Christin Webb

This is another great episode. So glad that you all are doing this.

Great show for you this month with some great ideas on how to plan for celebrating Procurement Month in March (including tips on obtaining a proclamation some inexpensive/free ways to celebrate). Public Procurement Professionals are an awesome group and do so much thankless work that it's nice to take a moment and pat ourselves on the back. OK, that's long enough. There's solicitations/contracts waiting for you!

Is there a way in the "Who can register and what they will pay" section to use members by selected type more than once. For example I want to allow Vendors different payment options.

Hope you enjoy the Radio NIGP series - would love your comments, questions and suggestions!

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Awesome episode!! It was my first episode and it was loaded with a lot of information and tips for the forum for first timers as well as veterans. Great job looking forward to going to Boston..

Great episode!! That was a lot of content and a great introduction to Forum 2022! Thanks to everyone for their time and participation to create this episode! See you in Boston!!

Adding timestamps to the video would be helpful to jump to different topics. Thank you.

Hoping to see many of you in Boston this year!

Nice intro to kick off the month

I (heart) this content so much! "Know", not "No"!

That was an awesome and inspiring conversation!

Great interview with an icon of public procurement, Jack Pitzer.

I am taking a new course: Adult Learning & Instruction and it is way more exciting than Cognitive Functioning in the Elderly. I am recording some of my textbook and some of this as well and then listening to the full recording later. I haven't read the book but this is good enough.

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