NAWBO-NYC MEMBERSHIP INTRO

The Benefits of Membership

The most important benefit you'll have is the opportunity to meet other NAWBO members (New York City and nation wide) to create business opportunities you cannot even imagine!

Based on member's feedback, we're changing our annual membership fee structure to include attendance at most scheduled fee-based events. As part of this effort, your NAWBO-NYC membership dues now includes the following fee-based programs (normally at a cost to non-members) — as a member you can now attend these events for FREE!

• Entrepreneur Roundtables
• Business Luminaries Programs
• Public Policy Breakfast
• New Member Breakfast

Also as a member, you'll have the opportunity to benefit from a local NAWBO chapter as well as on NAWBO National level. Here is a sample list of other beneficial activities available to you:


LOCAL CHAPTER BENEFITS

• Connect with women business owners in your community through monthly networking and education programs.
  
• As a member, you will be part of a united voice impacting Public Policy.
  
• A one-year subscription to either Inc. or Fast Company magazine included with your membership, a $10 value!
  
• Learn from other women business owners their secrets to success.
• Form alliances with members to do business.
  
• Develop leadership skills through opportunities to be involved on your local board and committees.
  
• Tell your community what’s new with your business through Member News section of the Newsletter and Monthly E-connect.
• Online Membership Directory.
• Receive benefits and discounts from local and national Corporate Partners and Affinity Partners.
• Be recognized by your peers through local business leadership awards.
• Special member registration rates to NAWBO local sponsored events.
  
• Opportunities to participate in media interviews and prepare congressional testimony.
  
• Gain access to procurement opportunities.
  
• Online community of women business owners for special interest groups, vendor or joint venture searches, and help forums.
  
• Access to an international business network through affiliation with the World Association of Women Entrepreneurs (FCEM) and The International Alliance for Women (TIAW).
  
• Meet new friends and have FUN!
  
  

NAWBO NATIONAL BENEFITS

• Regional and National connections with other women business owners to exchange ideas and opportunities.
• Listing in a printed directory and a web-based membership directory of the nation’s premier women business owners.
• Leadership & business development training and opportunities including an online community of women business owners for special interest groups, vendor or joint venture searches, and help forums.
• Media interviews, speaking opportunities (through national speakers bureau membership) and congressional testimony opportunities.
• Website with business articles, NAWBO resources/updates, links to members and Corporate Partners.
• Recognition of personal and business achievement through national awards and publicity.
• Membership rates to NAWBO-sponsored national, regional and local events and subscription to NAWBO-TIME, NAWBO’s printed newsletter.
• Procurement opportunities: market exposure & appointments with public/private decision-makers.
• Public Policy advocacy/presence in Washington DC monitor small business legislation.
• A voice on small business advisory boards of several national corporations.
• The NAWBO book series on starting and growing a business sponsored by OPEN Small Business Network.
• Access to participation in NAWBO’s Political Action Committee: NAWBO PAC. Membership in Women Impacting Public Policy.
• Increased awareness about the contribution of women business owners to the economy through research conducted by the Center for Women’s Business Research.
• Invitations to international trade missions: a network of global business contacts.
• Access to an international business network through affiliation with the World Association of Women Entrepreneurs (FCEM) and The International Alliance for Women.
• Participate in the National Member to Member Mentoring Program.
  Receive benefits and discounts from national Corporate Partners and Affinity Partners.
  
  

For more information on how to become a member, please contact the NAWBO-NYC office at 212 252 1100. Learn more on our products and services by visiting Service/Benefits section of this website.

Thank you for your continued support of NAWBO-NYC.