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TOWER Initiative ] [ Annual Conference
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The USBLN® offers several unique programming for its Corporate Members, BLN Affiliates and other stakeholders interested in promoting disability employment.
Disability Supplier Diversity ProgramSM
The USBLN® Disability Supplier Diversity ProgramSM (DSDP) offers businesses that are owned by an individual(s) with a disability, including service disabled veterans, an exciting opportunity to increase their access to potential contracting opportunities with major corporations, government agencies, and one another. Through the USBLN® DSDP, your business can obtain Disability-Owned Business Enterprise Certification and get connected to a nationwide network of corporate and government procurement professionals, disability advocates, and other certified disability-owned businesses.
Certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprises are incorporated into the USBLN® Certified Supplier Database, where procurement representatives from major corporations actively seek potential candidate vendors for bidding opportunities. Additionally, certified disability-owned businesses are eligible to participate in DSDP matchmaking and educational seminars for certified businesses. To learn more about the benefits of certification, please download the USBLN® DSDP Business Opportunities Toolkit Overview.
If you have additional questions about the certification process, please download our Frequently Asked Questions. If you’d like to begin the application process, download the DSDP Certification Application, Certification Status Qualifiers, Disability Status Qualifier Supplemental Form, and Physician’s Certification of Disability Form.
If you are a corporate or government representative and are interested in adding Certified Disability-Owned Business Enterprises to your supply chain, please contact the DSDP Team.
DSDP Article: "Obtaining Disability-Owned Business Enterprise Certification" was published in the May/June 2010 issue of Business Law Today. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or downloaded or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association.
TOWERTM Initiative
The USBLN® believes the inclusion of students and youth with disabilities in its programming is essential to assist businesses in preparing an American workforce ready to take on tomorrow’s challenges. The USBLN® has created the TOWERTM Initiative to be proactive in providing both students and youth with disabilities, as well as businesses, the Tools on Work and Employment Readiness necessary to meet the demands of employers. Through the TOWERTM Initiative the USBLN® is working with our affiliates to provide them with the tools to work with their business partners. These tools are designed to expand mentoring and internship opportunities for students and youth with disabilities. The USBLN® also provides our affiliates with resources to assist them with creating Student Advisory Councils. This will ensure that a youth voice is present and assisting business as they move forward with their strategic implementation of the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workforce. We also work with our affiliates at the national level to incorporate soft skill development in our interactions with young people with disabilities.
Our business members span across all of the great industries of American business. These organizations all realize that there are no limits to the careers that people with disabilities can excel in, working hand in hand with their non-disabled colleagues. For our business members who wish to have a direct impact on fostering new opportunities within their companies for students with disabilities, TOWERTM Initiative staff are available to provide customized consulting services.
To learn more about the TOWERTM Initiative or to find out how your company can receive customized solutions contact Gary Goosman, Director of the TOWERTM Initiative, at 202-349-4259 or gary@usbln.org.
US Business Leadership Network 13th Annual Conference & Expo
Aligning Disability with the Bottom Line: Talent,
Market Share, and Supplier Diversity
September 19-22 | Chicago, IL | Westin Michigan Avenue Hotel
The 2010 USBLN® Annual Conference & Expo Aligning Disability with the Bottom Line: Talent, Market Share, and Supplier Diversity is the preeminent national employer-to-employer event that taps into the vast economic potential of people with disabilities. This conference brings corporate, government, disability-owned businesses and BLN affiliates together to create workplaces, marketplaces, and supply chains where people with disabilities are fully included as professionals, customers and entrepreneurs.
Join us in Chicago, Illinois on September 19-22, 2010 for the US Business
Leadership Network’s 13th Annual Conference at the Westin Michigan Avenue
Chicago Hotel. Enjoy all the best Chicago has to offer including fine dining,
world-famous museums, legendary entertainment, and much more.
For conference details visit:
www.usblnannualconference.org
Early-bird registration is NOW OPEN! <<
Disability Marketing
The USBLN® promotes customer service among its membership dedicated to expanding the marketplace to include all customers, including customers with disabilities. To that end, USBLN® disability marketing strategies strive to include more advertising targeted to customers with disabilities and recruiting to potential workers with disabilities.
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