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The NGLCC has secured a special room rate of $259.00 ++ per night for conference attendees. Our room block will fill up quickly, so be sure to book your reservation today! Click below to book directly with the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center at this special discounted rate.

The NGLCC room block will sell out, so don't wait... secure your room at the host hotel today!

Experience the culture of downtown from Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center. Located one block from the 16th Street Mall and walking distance to Denver Center for the Performing Arts, our hotel offers a stylish stay in downtown Denver with access to the 27th-floor Peaks Lounge, the highest-rising lounge in the city with spectacular Rocky Mountain views.

Rest easy in one of 1,100 contemporary hotel rooms, including 59 suites, when you stay at Hyatt Regency Denver in downtown. Each of their accommodations provides a sophisticated respite in a walk-friendly area and is adjacent to the Colorado Convention Center. In addition to a convenient location, many of the rooms and suites offer impressive views of downtown Denver, the State Capitol, or the Rocky Mountains.

As NGLCC continues to see strong growth in the number of Certified LGBTBEs, we are looking to add a Vice President of Supplier Diversity to the team; This new position will lead the department and work directly with Director of Supplier Diversity, Alicia Green. and the SDI Team to implement the goals and objectives for the supplier diversity division.

The Vice President will work directly with the SDI Team to manage the certification process, standards and procedures, necessary timelines, and outreach, as well as marketing and communications for LGBTBEs and potential LGBTBEs, including programs aimed at developing LGBT-owned small businesses.

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Join us for NGLCC Webinar Wednesdays to learn more about how your company can benefit from the AARP Foundation Upskilling Initiative! Older workers who are living with low income and looking for greater financial security must be prepared to develop new skills or improve the skills they already have. The AARP Foundation Upskilling Initiative provides small- to medium-sized companies with an opportunity to upskill their lower-earning workers who are over 50.

The training is free and AARP Foundation handles all program administration. Learn more at nglcc.org/programs-initiatives/aarpfoundation/

What better way to celebrate Pride Month than by attending StartOut’s 4th Annual Equity Summit? Envisioned as an environment for dialogue and action, Equity Summit is a virtual, day-long event focusing on ways for underestimated entrepreneurs to thrive across geographies and industries regardless of background.

This summit aspires to be dynamic, exploratory, and honest, with 16 sessions and several diverse speakers. Work to understand lived experiences while shifting conversations toward actionable initiatives. Sponsored by Amazon Web Services, Google Ventures, JPMorgan and Visa.

Register to attend on June 15th.

WEX Vendor Inclusion & Diversity is actively seeking contingent workforce suppliers with experience in supporting corporate staffing needs to the FinTech industry. As part of our ongoing evaluation of our current contingent workforce suppliers and processes, we expect to have an RFP opportunity for a limited number of suppliers in this space.

In the coming weeks, we will have more information on the types of contingent workforce suppliers and capacity needs. If you're interested in participating in our process, we invite you to register your interest in doing business with WEX by completing our short registration form. Please make sure to select "Contingent & Staffing Services" or "IT Staffing provider." If you believe you have already registered, please complete the form again, and we will verify your status.

We will host a virtual session in late May with our Human Resources & Sourcing teams to educate diverse suppliers on our needs and expectations of our contingent workforce suppliers. We will invite suppliers that have registered and selected "Contingent & Staffing Services" or "IT Staffing provider" as their primary business category.

After the virtual session, we will distribute a detailed survey to determine those companies with the qualifications needed to support WEX's needs. If you have any questions, please submit them to [email protected]. We're thrilled to have you participate in our search for contingent workforce suppliers and look forward to working with you soon.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the way we live and work and is a powerful tool that can automate complex marketing tasks, allowing you to grow your business even faster. 

Looking for a chance to get started? NGLCC’s longtime Corporate Partner, Constant Contact, just launched its AI Content Generator, which can help you know what to say, even when you don’t. The AI Content Generator can banish writer’s block by helping you draft email, social and SMS messages at the push of a button.  

Constant Contact also offers automation tools that allow you to deliver targeted, timely, and automated messages that land in the right inbox at the right time, every time.

AI and Automation are a powerful combo and now you can put them both to work for your business. Try a free trial of Constant Contact today here.

CATAPULT is an intensive, six month transformational learning journey for business owners (participants) designed to enable them to innovate and disrupt within their business and ultimately industry - by developing a new solution to a business challenge while leveraging learnings from the program.

LEARN

Catapult provides instructional courses, collaborative thinking workshops, one-on-one meetings with subject matter experts, and dedicated advisors for each participating company. The program will provide you with the building blocks needed to develop a technology driven and innovative solution to your business challenge. 

PITCH

The Catapult program culminates with a PITCH SESSION, to be held in December 2023. Program participants will deliver a pitch of their solution to a significant business challenge before a panel of judges. The winner will be awarded a sizable cash grant to assist in developing the proposed solution.

IS THIS FOR ME?

Open for applications at this time, the program’s instructional courses and mentoring sessions are two-day sessions, scheduled monthly between January and June 2023. The January and February sessions will be held in person in Plano, TX at our Capital One Campus. March through May sessions will be held virtually. The program will conclude with a Pitch Competition held in person in Mclean, VA in June.  

The program will be limited to no more than 12 businesses who will be selected through a competitive application process. 

Program applicants from any industry can apply and must:

• Be certified as a diverse-owned business by WBENC, NMSDC, NaVOBA, NGLCC, Disability:IN, or a member of USPAACC
• Have been operational for three or more years 
• Have a minimum annual revenue of $1,500,000 but less than $15,000,000
• Be in need of solving a complex business problem or creating a new product or service

I’M IN! HOW CAN I APPLY?

Apply for this dynamic, innovative program by visiting: CATAPULT 9.0

Entry is FREE and only requires you to:

• Complete the online application
• Create a 60-second video describing your business challenge, proposed technological/innovative solution and why your company might benefit from this program  

Applications are due by 11:59 PM EST on May 26,2023 . Additional program inquiries should be directed to:  [email protected]