National Association of Women Business Owners

5 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 4 thousands of women business owners. There are several membership packages to choose from, ranging in price from a free online subscription to digital communications with resources, opportunities and education to $479.40 annually for a Premier membership. There’s even a $795 Supporting membership for non-women business owners. However, you don’t have to be a member to benefit from the association’s work. “While we’re first and foremost concerned about making sure that we’re serving our members and what they’re telling us they need and what their issues are, we’re also mindful that there are over 12 million women-owned businesses in the country,” Bennetts says. “From the national organization’s perspective, we’re here to serve and support all of those women business owners whether or not they happen to be a member.” Membership does have its privileges though. Members are listed in and have access to an online member directory, receive NAWBO publications and communications, have access to a variety of webinars, and receive discounts for events, software and other product and services from participating members. “They get educational information and resources from us really at two levels,” Bennetts says. “They get what comes from NAWBO National, and then they also get what comes from their local chapters. A lot of the information and programming that the chapters have comes from national and then they fill in and do their own programming as well.” Local chapters help to localize the national message with members, with community-based speakers on topics like taxes and other business-related subjects. For the nationally hosted webinars, members can access them at any time, so they don’t have to reschedule a meeting or miss out on work to attend. “You can go to the NAWBO Institute now and listen to what you’ve missed,” Bennetts explains. “There are lots of different ways that we can access webinars, articles and other resources and many are free to our members.” Leadership Academy is a two-day event held