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SCMBDC certifies all ethnic minority owned businesses in the Southern California area (excluding San Diego county)
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  • Leadership Award Dinner
  • SOTY 2008
  • MBOD 2008
Featured Event
The 2008 Leadership Award Dinner
The Beverly Hills Hotel - Friday, October 17, 2008
Earvin 'Magic' Johnson at the 2008 Leadership Award Dinner
Congratulations to Earvin 'Magic' Johnson, this year's recipient of the Leadership Award.
Thank you to all of our sponsors, MBEs, and attendees for making this year's dinner a success!
Our co-dinner chairs were:
Michael Norris Michael Norris
COO & Market President,
Sodexo, Inc.
Group President, Corporate Services International Development,
Sodexo Alliance 		Willie Davis Willie Davis
President & Owner
All-Pro Broadcasting, Inc.
Featured Event
The 2008 Supplier Of The Year Awards Luncheon
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Omni Los Angeles Hotel - Downtown Los Angeles, California
Supplier of the Year 2008 Winners
Picture of Suyen Pell Encarnacion
Picture of Walter Hill
Picture of Philip Chen
Picture of Bruce Geier

Class I Winner
Suyen Encarnacion Pell
Anahau Energy, LLC

 Class II Winner
Walter Hill, Jr.
Icon Blue, Inc.		 Class III Winner
C. Philip Chen
Apex Computer Systems, Inc.		 Class IV Winner
Bruce Geier
TIG
Nominated by:
Southern California Gas Company
 Nominated by:
American Honda
Motor Co., Inc.
 Nominated by:
US Bank		 Nominated by:
Southern California Gas Company

This year's keynote speaker was
Charles Steinberg, Executive Vice President of Marketing for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Title Sponsor
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Logo
Minority Business Opportunity Day 2008
Title Sponsor
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Logo
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BulletSCMBDC-Certified Firm Wins National Supplier of the Year Award
BulletNMSDC Presents Corporation of the Year Award To Johnson Controls
BulletEarvin Magic Johnson is first minority entrepreneur to receive SCMBDCs 2008 Leadership Award
Latest Updates

Effectively Working the NMSDC 2008 Conference and Business Opportunity Fair
Guest Expert: Micheal Synn of BCF Capital
Michael Synn, Director of BCF Capital, gathered with a group of minority business owners on September 23, 2008 to discuss how to gain the most benefit from this year's NMSDC conference.
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Dynamic Web Planning Webinar
Guest Expert: Michael Weiss, CEO, Imagistic.
Feature topics included: how to approach the development process for any project, how to choose a vendor and how to develop & design an effective website that strengthens online brands & reaches target audiences.
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SCMBDC Uses InstantPresenter Web Conferencing, Video Conferencing, and Webinar Service
Conduct your own web conferences, webcasts or webinars with this easy to use, browser based service. Supports webcam video, audio, text chat, polling, whiteboarding, screen sharing and much more. Free trial!

Event Calendar      more

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 December 4 - Seminar VI: Summary of Major Business Issues in China-US relations of 2008 - Pepperdine University, West Los Angeles Business Center
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 January 15 - Presentation Skills LIVE! - One Minute Commercial - SCMBDC Headquarters
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 January 22 - Presentation Skills LIVE! - Presenting While Sitting - SCMBDC Headquarters

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Download our Spring '08 edition (PDF) of our new quarterly newsletter, "Connections". View past newsletters here.

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formerly Southern California Regional Purchasing Council
800 W. 6th St., Ste. 850, Los Angeles, CA 90017-2711
P: 213.689.6960 / F: 213.689.1707 / E-mail: info@scmbdc.org
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