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Hey There, Certified Diverse Business Owner!

Did you jump through hoops to earn your supplier diversity certification only to end up feeling disappointed & discouraged because your certification isn’t moving your business forward?

If you’re like a lot of the business owners we talk with, you’re frustrated because

  • you’re not getting the big contracts you thought you’d land with Fortune 1000 companies and government entities.
  • conversations with supplier diversity managers seem to go nowhere.
  • you have no idea what events you should attend.
  • differentiating your company from all of the other certified diverse businesses seems next to impossible.
  • you’re beginning to wonder whether diversity certification is even worth having.

You’re not alone. We see this all the time. The good news?

We Can Help

About The Course

Diversity Masterminds® is an 8-part mastermind series designed to help you strategically leverage your national diversity certification.

What You Will LearnWhat You Get
  • How to leverage your supplier diversity certification locally and nationally
  • How to conduct effective market research
  • How to make a great first impression with supplier diversity professionals
  • How to evaluate partnerships for teaming, Tier II and subcontracting
  • How to create and clarify your value proposition for prospects
  • How to make SD managers your advocates
  • How to increase your visibility within the network by giving back to the supplier diversity ecosystem
  • How to maximize opportunities at events and what you need to do before, during and after every one of them
  • How to respond to Requests for Proposals (RFPs)
  • How to close sales as a certified diverse business
  • How to shape your custom business strategy
  • How to build your diversity certification road map

Simply put, you will walk away with everything you need to maximize your opportunities as a certified diverse business owner.

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  • Weekly calls in a small group that focus on one step in mastering YOUR certification
  • A road map template that will take you through each step week by week
  • A playbook for attending and making the most of events
  • Templates for organizing RFPs and tracking your success
  • A cohort of other diverse businesses for peer advice and support
  • Free ebook on RFPs, from the RFP guru
  • Access to a network of experts to help you through each step of the business development process
  • Your questions answered

Simply put, you will walk away with everything you need to maximize your opportunities as a certified diverse business owner.

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Diversity Masterminds® Is For You If You…

Disability

​Are newly certified by Disability:IN, NGLCC, NMSDC, WBENC or NVBDC or NaVoba and wondering what your next best steps should be

Maximize Value

Want to maximize the value of your certification and need a plan

Certified for a few years

Have been certified for a few years but feel like something is missing in terms of strategy and follow up

Business certification

Got certified because a client asked you to do so, and now you want to use your diverse business certification to generate more business

Know the basics

Know the basics, but you need help getting your team up to speed on the benefits of being a certified diverse business.

Eager to receive expert coaching

Are eager to receive expert coaching from two award-winning diverse business owners and peer-to-peer learning opportunities with fellow certified diversity professionals

Build your own blueprint

Want to build your own customized blueprint for success in supplier diversity

Head start in building relationships

Are ready to get a head-start in building relationships to make the most of your certification

Power of accountability

Believe in the power of accountability and want to be part of a team that sets and achieves goals as certified diverse business owners.

Diversity Masterminds® Is Different Because We:

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Support all diverse business categories, including:  Disability, LGBT, International, Minority, Veteran, Women and any combination of these.

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Conduct all trainings in small groups that allow for peer-to-peer conversation and customized coaching.

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Include strategies that go way beyond the basics you’ll learn everywhere else.

About Your Instructors

Hi! We’re Heather Cox and Liz Whitehead. We’re passionate about helping people like you leverage their national diversity certifications because we’ve seen how doing so literally transforms the lives of small business owners every single day.

Heather has been helping people earn their diverse business certifications since 2009. Somewhere along the way, she noticed a disturbing trend. Many of her clients would get certified and then, within a short amount of time, get frustrated because they weren’t getting the ROI they anticipated.

Liz’s career has been focused on supporting diverse entrepreneurs in attaining and leveraging diversity certifications. Her company has helped clients get more matchmaking meetings, build better relationships and win new business by leveraging diversity certifications.

We knew we could help more people. We put our heads together and Diversity Masterminds® was born.

Today, we help certified diverse business owners leverage their certification(s) and capitalize on every opportunity they have, so they can create the success stories everyone loves to talk about.