| Free Half-Day Conference and Chamber New Look
NGLCCNY is proud to announce our first half-day conference focusing on creating opportunities for LGBTBEs to succeed. The Certified Supplier Success Event + M3 will occur on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 beginning at 3PM at JPMorgan Chase & Co. located on Madison Avenue. All attending LGBTBE Certified Suppliers will hear keynote speakers, panel discussions, and have the opportunity to pitch their businesses in front of a panel of judges for possible business opportunities. We will also formally launch our new look and identity as the New York hub of the NGLCC. All Certified LGBTBEs are encourage to register here for the day's events. Following the mini-conference, all members are invited to join the Members' Monthly Mixer (M3) beginning at 6PM.
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| JBC Executive Recommends Conference As Way to Grow and Support LGBT Business
Jennifer Brown, CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting (JBC) says t here’s no better place to experience a truly inclusive business community than at the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) Conference. “In the end,” Jennifer Brown stated, “it’s exciting to be a part of such a dynamic and growing conversation about the importance of supplier diversity in business. Our numbers – of companies, of spend, of growth, of economic impact – speak for themselves, but our voices must be heard.”
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| Non-Profit Spotlight: The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
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| Rob D'Errico: Tips for Navigating Corporate Supllier Diversity NGLCCNY Member, Rob D'Errico, is featured in Affinity Inc. Magazine's Summer 2015 issue providing helpful tips for navigating corporate Supplier Diversity. Although no longer employed by an LGBTBE Certified business, Rob has been a committed member of NGLCCNY since 2008. He continues to support the community through the Chamber's Webinar Wednesdays allowing Members to listen and speak to high level leaders from our Corporate Partnerships.
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It's Slowly Getting Easier to be an LGBT Small Business Owner
Freelance writher, Julie Kiiegman, writes a compelling article regarding how it's slowly getting easier to be an LGBT Small Business owner in the latest online issue of The Week.
"When LGBT rights and small businesses are mentioned in the same breath, it's usually in reference to the vocal minority that feels serving gay customers violates their religious freedom. But while that stigma persists around the LGBT community in pockets of the business world, LGBT-owned businesses are actually taking off."
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The Democrats Just Took a Huge Step Forward for LGBT Businesses
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| How to do Business with NY Department of Education!
The NYC Department of Education’s (DOE) invites all NGLCCNY Members to its next “How to Do Business with the DOE” presentation will be held with the Brooklyn Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on Friday, September 25, 2015. The presentation will be held at NYC College of Technology-Howard Building, located at 25 Chapel Street, Room 411, Brooklyn, New York 11201. The event will be from 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. To register, please contact SBDC@citytech.cuny.edu. MWBEs and all other prospective vendors are invited to attend.
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| LGBTBE Certification The NGLCCNY is the New York office of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The NGLCC is the exclusive, third-party certification body that verifies that eligible businesses are majority-owned by LGBT individuals, and subsequently grants LGBT Business Enterprise® (LGBTBE®) designation to such businesses as part of its LGBT Supplier Diversity Initiative. Are you an LGBT-owned business? Find out more:
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| M3: Members' Monthly Mixer
September
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| Hosted by Poppin
1115 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10010
September 16, 2015
6PM - 8:30PM #NGLCCNYM3
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| Please note, due to a scheduling conflict, this Webinar Wednesday will be held on a Tuesday. NGLCC and the NGLCCNY Supplier Diversity Committee are pleased to host a webinar on How to do Business with Time Warner. Tuesday • September 15, 2015
1PM - 2PM Special Guest
Mr. Clint Grimes
Executive Director of Procurement and Supplier Diversity for
Time Warner.
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| Wednesday • September 30, 2015
5PM - 6:30PM
Hosted by
1095 6th Avenue
New York, NY 10013
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| M3: Members' Monthly Mixer
October
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| Hosted by October 14, 2015
6PM - 8:30PM #NGLCCNYM3
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| NGLCCNY at New York Liberty
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| Special $21 Chamber Discount!
4 Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, NY 10001
Friday • September 11, 2015 7:30PM
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| Scholarship Opportunity to attend
New York City Summit
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| Hosted by
Thursday - Sunday
October 1 - 4, 2015
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