Join the Concierge Connections
Supplier Diversity Roundtables
at Go for the Greens Conference
Forge powerful business-to-business connections in dynamic small groups! Meet and collaborate with corporate and government supplier diversity champions, visionary women business owners and inspiring nonprofit leaders to collaborate and elevate together. The roundtables will also include Go for the Greens mentorship program participants who are young women in high school and college.
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Thursday, Sept. 26, and Friday, Sept. 27, at Disney's BoardWalk Conference Center | |
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Desiree Hanson
Moffitt Cancer Center
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Carla Toles McKinney
Walt Disney Company
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Alysia Haygood
Walt Disney Company
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Johanna De La Cadena Bratslavsky
CHEP
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AbbVie
Amazon
CHEP
Duke Energy
EXIM Bank
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Kaman Precision Products
Kennedy Space Center / NASA
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Logitech
Moffitt Cancer Center
Orange County Public Schools
Travel + Leisure
UPS
U.S. Small Business Administration
Walt Disney Company
and more!
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Check Out the Agenda
Among the Keynote Speakers:
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Deborah Cox, a WBENC-certified business owner who most recently played Glinda in the Broadway production of “The Wiz.” A native of Toronto, Cox became the first Black woman inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2022. The former backup singer for Céline Dion and icon in the Black and LGBTQ+ communities is best known for her pop and R&B music, including “Nobody’s Supposed to Be Here,” “We Can’t Be Friends,” “Absolutely Not” and others. At her keynote fireside chat on Thursday, Sept. 26, Cox will share her latest journey: the launch of French wine label Kazaisu. A tasting of her new rosé will cap the first day of the conference.
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Adrianne Fekete, founder of I Am Unbreakable® Global Media, which publishes a magazine and a podcast under the I Am Unbreakable label. With eight business ventures to her name, the Toronto resident was the first woman in North America to own a private investigation and security agency, with clients including the Rolling Stones, U2 and World Wrestling Entertainment. She will kick off the conference on Thursday, Sept. 26, with a keynote on “Launching Your Rockstar Confidence."
Educational Sessions Include:
- Supply Chain Trends: What Small Businesses Should Know
- Incorporating UN Sustainable Development Goals into Your Business
- O Canada! Understanding International Business Relationships
- Going Global: How Women-Owned Businesses Can Export, Fund and Collaborate Across Borders
- Women Impacting Public Policy: Washington Update
- Why Your Business Should Care About the Weather
- Connecting the Generations: Learn from Other Age Groups
- Mentee Program: Hear from the Next Generation
- Golf Lesson: Reach for the Stars on the Course
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Save the Date!
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
WBENC's Lift in the Community program is coming to Tampa for "Ready to Grow – Let’s Get You Capital Ready." This event, one of several nationwide sponsored by Fifth Third Bank, takes place from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Oct. 29, at the Embarc Collective, 802 E. Whiting St., Tampa, FL 33602.
Learn how to become capital-ready, understand what to consider before choosing a funding source, discover ways to strengthen relationships with bankers and financial experts, and learn how to make informed and confident financial decisions when funding your business.
Registration will open soon!
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Apply to Be a WBEC Florida Speaker | |
We Are Starting a New Round
of Winning Strategies with a WBE
Our next round of the Winning Strategies with a WBE virtual series will launch this fall, and this is your chance to showcase your business in front of other women business enterprises as well as corporate partners and potential buyers. Sign up below to be considered!
If you are selected, one of our team members will interview you live on a webinar hosted by WBEC Florida. The sessions will begin at a date starting in November, and the series will continue through spring 2025. Stay tuned for details!
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Questions we will ask:
- How and why you started your company
- Products and services you offer
- How you stand out from your competition
- Your leadership style
- Who has influenced you as a leader
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Allstate Business Diversity Summit
Oct. 7 - 10, 2024, in Chicago - Sign Up Today!
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Meet Allstate sourcing, procurement, supplier diversity and sustainability leaders at the 2024 Allstate Business Diversity Summit. The theme this year is Stakeholder Collaboration: United to Drive Economic Equity and Sustainability.
The event will be hybrid (virtual and in person),Oct. 7-10, 2024. The event brings together industry thought leaders to discuss making an impact by:
- Collaborating to empower diverse businesses to succeed.
- Reducing greenhouse gasses and emissions in communities.
- Raising awareness of relationship abuse.
Allstate has been at the forefront of advancing equity through its support and partnerships with diverse suppliers for more than 56 years. The company held its first Minority and Women’s Supplier Fair in 1967. In 1973, after formalizing its Diversity Supplier Program, Allstate began hosting an annual Business Development Day. Last year, the company went bigger and bolder and launched a week-long Business Diversity Summit that brought together corporate executives, government officials, business development council leaders and diverse business owners to drive minority supplier success!
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