[ Corporate Membership Benefits ]

Corporate Membership Benefits

Access

• Sourcing capability reaching more than 9,000 certified WBEs through WBENCLink, a passcode-protected, searchable Internet database featuring downloadable certificates for each Women's Business Enterprise (WBE).
• MatchMaker Meetings connect procurement professionals with qualified WBEs through face-to-face meetings allowing them to increase diversity spend.
• Access to MatchMaker365, WBENC's new online business matching, scheduling, and tracking portal, which helps Buyers identify and meet the right WBE suppliers and obtain the right products or services.
  • MatchMaker365 provides efficient access to certified WBEs that are qualified and capable.
  • MatchMaker365 generates reports that provide the information you need, when you need it.
  • MatchMaker365 automates year-round, outreach management through systematic database search, easy Supplier profile review, and electronic communications and scheduling.
• Participation in a nationwide information and referral network.
• Confidence in awarding contracts to WBEs whose certifications have been processed with strict, standardized procedures, strictly adhered to by WBENC's Regional Partner Organizations, so you and your buying organizations can accurately report expenditures and utilization rates.
• Memos of Understanding with the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce expanding the number of certified Latina and lesbian businesses. WBENC actively builds the diversity of our WBEs.
• Networking and access to Corporate Members provides companies with the opportunities to learn from peers and industry colleagues, sharing best practices with companies who have world-class Supplier Diversity programs.

Recognition

• National recognition as a supporter of women-owned businesses through listing as a "Corporate Member" on WBENC website and in select WBENC marketing materials, brochures and press releases.
• Hyperlink to your corporate or supplier diversity website from the WBENC website.
• Use of the WBENC member logo on your marketing materials - a recognized sign of your support for Women's Business Enterprises.
• Opportunity to apply for national recognition as America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises.
• Opportunity to nominate Supplier Diversity representatives in your company for WBENC's Supplier Diversity Professionals Hall of Fame.

Education and Participation

• Assistance with the development or expansion of women's business supplier programs using WBENC's Best Practices in Supplier Diversity and the patented WBENC's Balanced Score Card for WBE Process Improvement, a tool that enables corporations to self measure performance in attaining excellence in supplier diversity programs.
• Access to or sponsorship of comprehensive research projects providing critical information for corporations and WBEs to enhance their work. Past projects include such groundbreaking studies as, "Access to Markets, Perspectives from Large Corporations and Women Business Enterprises"; 2006 WBENC Corporate Purchasing Benchmarking Survey" undertaken with the Center for Women's Business Research; Globalization from the Inside Out; and the invaluable Business Case: Women Owned Businesses in the Supply Chain.
• Participation at national events that recognize and celebrate excellence in women's business development:
  • The Annual Women in Business National Conference and Business Fair draws more than 2,500 participants and is the largest of its kind for women business owners. During the event, WBEs, supplier diversity and procurement professionals, generate business opportunities by participating in networking activities, workshops, and a day-long Business Fair.;
  • The Summit & Salute to Women's Business Enterprises features industry roundtables, best practice workshops, and a fundraiser gala honoring America's Top Corporations for WBEs and the 14 Women's Business Enterprise Stars
• Monthly information on what is happening in supplier diversity in Washington, DC and across the country.