Member Benefits

As members of NAWBO, women business owners receive a unique combination of benefits that provide a unique membership experience. With regular networking and educational events at the local level, members have the opportunity to develop close relationships and discuss business issues as their needs evolve.

Being part of a national organization connects women business owners to an even larger community, allowing members to network with peers from across the country. NAWBO provides a broad perspective on trends and problems facing women entrepreneurs and members can apply this extended knowledge to their businesses and harness it for growth.

• Strengthen
  Helping Indiana women business owners grow their business
• Create
  Igniting change that helps our members succeed
• Build
  Increasing partnerships for women entrepreneurs
• Transform
  Be a part of a united voice impacting Public Policy

Strengthen

Helping Indiana women business owners grow their business

• Connect with decision-making women business owners at our Monthly Luncheon Meetings and other events
• Promote your business through speaking opportunities at Monthly Luncheon Meetings, as well as Member Spotlight features on the local and national websites
• Inclusion in the local and national online Member Directories
• Easy access to procurement opportunities from city, state and federal agencies, universities and corporate partners
• Recognition of personal and business achievement by your peers through local and national business leadership awards
• Subscriptions to informative engaging local and national publications like NAWBO SmartBrief
• Access to online local and national business resources, as well as articles and educational materials
• Opportunity to learn from other women business owners' secrets to success
• Access to benefits, discounts and special offers from local and national Corporate Partners and Affiliate Partners

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Create

Igniting change that helps our members succeed

• Be a part of 70 chapters and over 8,000 members across the country
• Develop leadership skills through involvement on chapter committees
• Access exceptional programming that gathers members from across the country at the annual Women’s Business Conference
• Promote diversity in our membership
• Benefit from advocacy for business issues

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Build

Increasing partnerships for women entrepreneurs

• Gain business exposure within the community through your membership and participation
• Affiliations with other groups within the community, including:
  • Business Ownership of Indiana (BOI)
  • Center for Business Research
  • Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC)
  • Indiana Commission for Women
  • Indiana Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • National Women Business Owners Corporation
  • Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • Indiana Small Business Development Center
• Special member registration rates at all NAWBO-supported events
• Opportunity to form alliances with other women-owned businesses
• Forge alliances with Indiana corporations to increase procurement opportunities for Women Business Enterprises
• Access to global business contacts network through NAWBO's International Partnerships with organizations such as the:
  • Asociacion Mexicana de Mujeres Empresarias (AMMJE)
  • CARE
  • Center for Women’s Business Research
  • Global Summit of Women
  • Network of Entrepreneurial Women WorldWide (NEWWW)
  • The International Alliance for Women (TIAW)
  • The World Association for Women Entrepreneurs (FCEM)
  • Women Entrepreneurs of Canada (WEC)
• Access to many online communities via the national website designed to connect members with common interests to help build an extended national network to work together on topics that make a difference in the women's business community

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Transform

Be a part of a united voice impacting Public Policy

• Opportunity to connect with Indiana Legislators at the NAWBO-Indy annual legislative event
• Opportunity to help shape policy on the local, state and federal levels by becoming involved in:
  • NAWBO-Indianapolis Government Affairs Committee
  • IWBO PAC (Indiana Women Business Owners Political Action Committee)
  • NAWBO PAC (Federal Political Action Committee)
• Take action through NAWBO's national Legislative Action Center

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