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Joanne Peterson and Marian Neilson from getdiversitycertified.com joined "Learning from Smart People" to talk about opportunities to have your small business certified as a diverse business.

Here are some of the key pieces of information they shared:

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• The variety of diverse categories in which a business can be certified
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• The purpose and value of certification
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• The process of certification
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• The various levels on which you can be certified
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• The qualifications for certification
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• Self certification versus third-party certification
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• Developing a strategy for certification
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During the conversation they provided a number of resources for getting your business certified. Here are the links to those websites:

Diversity Certification Eligibility Survey Link: https://getdiversitycertified.com/survey/
\nDUNS Number: https://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/
\nSAM: https://www.sam.gov/SAM/

3rd parties

Disability:IN: https://disabilityin.org/ (Person with Disability or Disabled owned businesses.)
\nNaVOBA: https://navoba.org/ (Veteran and service disabled owned businesses)
\nNGLCC: http://www.nglcc.org/ (LGBT businesses.)
\nNMSDC: http://www.nmsdc.org/nmsdc/ (Minority (for their certifying purpose NMSDC defines minority as Asian, Black, Hispanic and/or Native American business owner that is \u201cat least 1/4 or 25% minimum\u201d of one of these categories) business.)
\nNVBDC: http://www.nvbdc.org/ (Veteran and Service-Disabled owned businesses.)
\nNWBOC: http://www.nwboc.org/ (Women businesses)
\nUSPAACC: https://uspaacc.com/ (Asian American owned businesses.)
\nUSWCC: http://uswcc.org/ (Women owned businesses)
\nWBENC: http://www.wbenc.org/ (Women businesses)

If you are interested in contacting Joanne and Marian, here is their information:

Website: https://getdiversitycertified.com
\nTwitter: @DiverseBizBlog
\nInstagram: @abator_infosvcs
\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/abator-information-services-inc-/

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