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Why Join SLMBC?
SLMBC offers corporate, government, and institutional members
a variety of workshops and services that help strengthen their
ties with minority-owned businesses. Corporate partners receive
extensive training on:
- Designing and implementing Minority
Business Enterprise (MBE) programs.
- Planning for a mentorship program.
- Marketing procurement programs.
In addition to educational workshops, majority companies
have access to:
- An online and printed directory
of certified minority vendors listed by industry.
- Networking forums — such
as the annual Business Opportunity Fair (BOF), general membership
meetings, and annual sports events — that enable buyers
to cultivate business relationships with MBEs.
- Opportunities for sharing best
practices, trends, and innovative approaches that help increase
the number of business partnerships with MBEs.
- Training to help develop and refine
minority vendor programs.
- Consultative information, including
helping member companies quantify — from a net-profit
perspective — the value of their diversity procurement
efforts.
- Mentoring opportunities that coach
companies as they leverage their size, competencies, buying
power, and financial resources, helping MBEs expand their
capacity and capabilities.
- Tools and resources that support
supplier-diversity program objectives.
- Buyer/supplier forums that match
corporate buyers and MBEs from the same industries to explore
business opportunities.
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