This page covers a lot of the Common Cross-Industry Business Development, Marketing, Sales, and potential Lobbying aspects of the Center in support of the initiative.  It is envisioned to be international in nature, but could be started and centered in one company or country, and would use offices or partnerships internationally.

The System itself is a collection of many 3rd party products that are packaged together with common elements in various configurations to provide Products for a variety of National and International customers and missions. A lot of this is common across all of the participants, plus support for some of the common elements for specific industries and efforts.

 

The following sections provide a high-level list of tasks for the Business Development, Marketing, Sales, and Lobbying aspects of the Center.

 

Business Development

• Work with Business Development from other Companies and Industries to Develop Plans and Leads

• Assist with Material, Presentations, and Demonstrations for Lobbying and Marketing Efforts

• Gather end-user requirements/needs and propose features, roadmaps, and timelines

• Evaluate current End-User Process and Needs and help develop Improvement Plans and Initiatives for Organizations by using the System

• Help Develop Sales Leads

 

Marketing

• Work with Business Development and Lobbing Efforts to expand Opportunities

• Work with Marketing from other Companies and Industries to Develop Plans and Leads

• Support Individual and Joint Press Releases

• Advertisements in publications and conferences

• Targeted advertisements for certain web searches, articles, and sites

• Sponsor System and Industry tradeshows, demos, training, and seminars (including Demos and Seminars at the Center)

• Support joint and individual member tradeshows, demos, training, and presentations

• Web Site

  • Center Information - About Us, Charter, Vision, Location, Offerings, Participating Companies, Major Customers

  • Publishing/Posting of Papers and Presentations

  • Upcoming Events  - conferences, training, seminars, demos

  • Contact us - Joining organization, submitting papers, getting devices or services qualified, sales, product support, becoming an integrator, training, etc.

  • Online Ordering

  • Online help

  • Tools for Medical Professionals, Installers, Organizations, Individuals , and other Use Cases

  • Videos Targeted for Specific Roles (How the System works and would help them;  How to set the system up (and troubleshooting); How to use and maintain the system) - Note: Roles include items like Individual, guardian, Doctor, Emergency Services (ambulance, plan, train, ship, Storable and/or Shippable Disaster Relief Centers, Active Hospital, Retirement Center, Call Center, etc.

  • Search for Devices (compliant and legacy supported through HW or SW gateways) <retrieve devices, specs, video, etc.>

  • Simple to use Graphical Interface to “Build Your Own System” (by role)

  • Search for Services (by zip code/type)

  • Potential Insurance Coverage

• Joint Center, Customer Site, and Conference/Tradeshow Marketing Visits

• Joint Marketing Material

  • Paper/Electronic

  • Publications

  • Presentations

  • Fact Sheets

  • System and Individual Device/Service Specs

  • Product Overviews by End-User Role

• Canned and Interactive Demos and Demo Systems

 

Sales

• Work with Marketing from other Companies and Industries to Develop Plans and Leads

• Joint Center, Customer Site, and Conference/Tradeshow Marketing Calls

• Pre-Packaged System Sales

  • Small Call Center, Emergency Services, Disaster Relief Centers, & Relief Clinics

  • Product Support, Training, and Integration Services

• Individual (Center Developed) Product Sales & Rentals

  • Training

  • Tradeshow/Conference/Demo Technical Support

  • Demo, Development, Test & Training Systems (including remote access)

• Teaming with International Sales Organizations

 

Sample Lobbying Opportunities

• US Government Opportunities

  • The Government (with its many different agencies) has its fingers in a wide variety national and international programs that are directly related to this Product and Initiatives

  • Opportunities include... FEMA, DoD, Individual Branches of the Services, VA, FDA, NIH, HHS(Medicare and associated State and County Agencies), HUD, SS SDDI, Dept. of Transportation, Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance , Congress, and Regional, State, and Local Emergency Services

• Non-US Government Opportunities (similar to US)

• Private Insurance Companies (and Public/Private initiatives)

  • Existing and new policies and coverage

• Health Professionals

  • Doctors and Hospitals

• Industries

  • Health Services, Health Care, Retirement Communities, Call Center, Medical Devices, Airline/Ship, Security and Control Devices

• Organizations

  • National and International Relief Organizations

  • Charitable Organizations

• Foundations

  • Funding for a variety of causes

• Advocacy Groups

  • Advocates for Aged

  • Special Needs Groups (Alzheimer's, Developmental Disabilities, Injuries, Medical Conditions, etc.)

  • Advocates for the Social Issues

  • Veterans Groups