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The Women’s Ownership Movement The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce™ unifies the collective strength of women to leverage our position as the most influential economic force in America.
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Take the Wheel and Drive Women: The Most Powerful Economic Force in America The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce™ is the independent force behind an economic revolution in America. We are at a crossroads in the economic history of America. During the 20th century, American women gained the right to vote, moved from the home to careers to business, leadership and politics. And, in the early 21st century women became the largest economic force in America. Over the last two decades, the economic influence of women in America has advanced dramatically. Women now own nearly 30% of all businesses in the U.S. Women make 80% of all family purchasing decisions, and control $7 trillion in purchasing power. Women not only influence the majority of home buying decisions – single women make up 22% of ALL home purchases. By 2010 women will control more than $13 trillion in private wealth. By owning the power of this critical mass and unifying our collective strength, we are moving beyond being just a sought-after consumer market to taking our position as the most powerful economic force in America. The USWCC drives this revolutionary economic movement, focusing the strength of our market position, and providing a comprehensive platform for progress. All the pieces are in place to help you grow a strong financial future. Now it's your turn to "Take the Wheel and Drive."
The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce is driving the revolutionary Women’s Ownership Movement through a comprehensive platform for progress.
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The Women’s Ownership Movement
Our time has come. We’ve reached a critical mass. The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce has consolidated our gains, focused and matured our marketplace, and enabled us to take control of our futures. Over the last two decades, the economic influence of women in America has advanced dramatically. Women now own nearly 30% of all businesses in the U.S, make 80% of all family purchasing decisions, and control $7 trillion in purchasing power. Now, we are prepared to leverage our assets to achieve stronger outcomes for ourselves, our families, our businesses, and our communities.
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Milepost World War I
Women Vote
World War II
Higher Educ.
Birth Control
Market Forces
Women working pushed the vote
Labor needs drive more women to work - and they stay
Women go to college move towards better jobs
Control body. Greater control of financial decisions.
Labor needs push women to work
1980
1990
2000
Title IX ERA Ms. Fails to Magazine Pass
Women Business Owners
Pelosi Clinton
Feminism draws fire
Women leave corps to start biz. Target mkting invades women’s grps
Media misrepresents the facts. U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce
Year of the woman
Pelosi HRC
Move into business
Huge surge biz owners
Struggles over equal pay and workplace issues
PILLARS OF POWER Vote & Politics Work & Business
Vote Home to workplace
Education & Body Money & Assets
Better careers Higher Control education of body
Our own income
Credit Fairness
Majority college grads Home owners & family purse
Transfer of wealth, assets
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Take the Wheel and Drive The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce: A Revolutionary New 3600 Market Position
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The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce™ is the independent force behind an economic revolution in America.
Using a platform of influence, innovation and opportunity, the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce leads the Women’s Ownership Movement. The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce is actively engaged in all areas of economic advancement including market development, securing business and financial resources, building financial and business plans, government and policy initiatives, protecting our economic status, and strategic leadership. In today’s world, it is important that women have strong economic leadership. We work with and for members to grow successful businesses and careers, and have gained recognition as the most influence effective economic force in America. We help remove barriers for leaders to rise to new levels of service and community. We build new economic and market structures to support our financial futures. And we work to protect our gains. The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce provides the leadership we need to propel women to the next level of economic leadership. We drive economic opportunities for women from an authentic, trusted, sustainable position.
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USWCC = Ownership at all levels of power and influence. USWCC Strategic Leadership: The USWCC provides the structure and vision. Industry & Resources: We reach deeply into industries to bring influence and trusted resources to our members Market Development and Innovation: We focus the women’s market to bring new and bigger opportunities for women. Business and Financial Planning: We take control of our needs instead of outsourcing our futures to others. Policy and Government Affairs: We represent women without being captured by large corporate or political influence. We are your trusted partner.
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Take the Wheel and Drive A Comprehensive Platform for Progress We’ve put all of the pieces in place. Whether you are looking for assistance to grow your business, advance your career, secure your retirement, or leave a legacy for the future – the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce has the education, tools, resources and influence you need.
Stages of Wealth Building, Use, and Legacy Each individual goes through several economic stages over the course of their career or business, family, and retirement. INITIATE WEALTH • Business and Career Education GROW WEALTH • Business and Career Growth MAXIMIZE WEALTH • Tax & Wealth Building Strategies
Your life is 360O. So is our platform for progress.
PROTECT WEALTH • Family & Home USE WEALTH • Retirement PASS ON WEALTH • Legacy The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce has everything you need to effectively manage every stage of your life.
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Take the Wheel and Drive Join Us! The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce™ has several different membership and participation levels.
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Member Level
Benefits Overview
USWCC | Community Registration
Take part in our meetings and events, receive USWCC eNewsletters, and create your own community page at the USWCC | Community Center where you can join interest groups and regional groups. USWCC | Community Registration is a great way to get connected
Cost: Registration Only
USWCC | Advocate Membership Cost: $29/year
USWCC | Small Business Membership Cost: $195/year
USWCC | Supplier Membership Cost: $395/year
Gain access to personalized education and support for many vital financial and risk planning services. Leverage our trusted education, solutions, and industry leadership to secure your financial future. USWCC | 360 Advisors provide unparalleled assistance in securing the education and solutions you need to take the wheel and drive to a strong financial future. You also gain access to our powerful USWCC | Benefits+ program -- a special online mall powered by our own members offering discounts, high quality services, and a commitment to strong community service. Through Benefits+ we focus the power of our community. Small business membership opens the doors to many opportunities for your business. Create your own full-featured, turnkey, e-store in our revolutionary USWCC | MarketPlace. Use your store under your own brand for your web-presence and place your products/services for sale in our online malls (retail, wholesale, and project related). Apply for the opportunity to be a special USWCC | Benefits+ Supplier offering your products/services to our entire membership. Gain access to our many USWCC | Solutions including: USWCC | Health & Benefits Solutions, USWCC | Merchant Processing, USWCC | Retirement Solutions, USWCC | Payroll Solutions, USWCC | Business Technology Solutions, and more! We excel in helping business owners secure government contracts. In addition to the small business membership mentioned above, you gain membership privileges in the National Association of Small Business Contractors, the Small Business Contractors’ Forum (online and regional communities), a listing in the online USWCC | Guide to Women Contractors, the opportunity to have an e-store at USWCC | SupplierPlace, discounts on certification, and more.
USWCC | Corporate and Government Membership
USWCC | Corporate Members enjoy the power of affiliation with the leading advocate for women on economic and leadership issues in the United States.
USWCC | Association Membership
Dozens of trade associations and charitable organizations are leveraging the power of affiliation with the leading advocate for women on economic and leadership issues as USWCC | Association Members. And, as an association member, your members also receive Associate Member status in the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce.
The economic force of the Women’s Ownership Movement.
USWCC | MarketPlace Brings Focus to the Economics of Our Community The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce has taken bold and deeply strategic steps to provide a revolutionary new economic platform that will propel the economic advancement of women to the next level of growth. Through the creation of USWCC | MarketPlace*, we have created a whole new e-commerce market where goods and services are exchanged, where women can support one another to grow their businesses and careers, and where large corporate and government buyers can easily find and do business with certified women suppliers. Now, through the development of USWCC | MarketPlace (and other women-led solutions available through the USWCC | New Deal platform), we’ve put women in the driver’s seat for financial advancement. USWCC | MarketPlace provides individual member ecommerce stores and several malls comprised of member stores which showcase our members as retailers, wholesalers and suppliers. USWCC | MarketPlace also has a robust project and service related web portal for businesses that provide project and service offerings. Businesses and individuals who have project/service needs may place RFPs and receive bids from our members. We have also established the very exciting USWCC | Benefits+ program, where our own member businesses may be selected to provide benefits for our members and the employees of our business owners.
Explore the many opportunities for your business at USWCC | MarketPlace - and get started by positioning your business as part of this bold new women-led economy.
Margot Dorfman, CEO U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce USWCC | MarketPlace is provided by USWCC | New Deal Financial, LLC.
The economic force of the Women’s Ownership Movement.
Opportunities for Retailers, Wholesalers, Distributors, Suppliers – and Buyers.
Online e-commerce stores driven off of single web-based platform
Project-service platform
Opportunities for women to support women in business. Opportunities for corporate and government buyers to find and purchase from authenticated women business owners.
The economic force of the Women’s Ownership Movement.
USWCC | Benefits+: Member Driven Benefits Out with the old and in with the new! What’s new about the USWCC | Benefits+ program? Just about everything. Over the last ten years, there has been an incredible movement of women into business ownership. Women now own over 10 million American businesses. It’s time we took our market to the next level of maturity with a focused economic community providing opportunities for one another. Within USWCC | MarketPlace, this focused economic community starts with our USWCC | Mall and Member Stores.
USWCC | Benefits+ takes us even farther. USWCC | Benefits+ empowers a select group of our own USWCC | Small Business Members to provide a special set of privileges (special offers and discounts) for USWCC | Members and your employees. All USWCC | Small Business and Supplier Members** may submit proposals detailing the special offer(s) they wish to extend to our members and to the employees of our members. Only those businesses with outstanding offers and performance will be selected for the program. **Certain businesses may also be eligible for special USWCC branded opportunities. Due to the special nature of financial and insurance products, USWCC | New Deal Financial and USWCC | New Deal Insurance will be the sole provider of these services to members of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce.
Benefits+ provides benefits for USWCC members, and your employees* All paid members of the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce, and the employees of our USWCC | Small Business and Supplier Members are eligible for the USWCC | Benefits+ program. Paid members and their employees may access the program by securing a USWCC | Benefits+ Card.*
Use USWCC | Benefits+ to power your employee benefits program. Our Small Business and Supplier Members may also provide an excellent set of employee benefits and payroll services for their employees and 1099 contractors through the USWCC | Benefits+ Card.
*The USWCC | Benefits+ program and the USWCC | Benefits+ Card (pre-paid debit card) are powered by USWCC | New Deal Financial. All paid members of the USWCC and employees of our Small Business and Supplier Members are eligible to apply for a USWCC | Benefits+ Card.
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Take the Wheel and Drive USWCC | 360: We Help You Learn, Plan, and Act Our comprehensive platform enables you to learn important asset growth and management strategies, leverage effective tools and resources to implement your strategies, and leave a legacy for future generations.
Learn We empower women to learn, plan and act for themselves and their financial future. The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce provides many different opportunities for learning. Our members may take advantage of our robust online educational tools, our interactive learning community, our many national, regional and local meetings and events, our webinars, our topic specific specialists and our skilled USWCC | 360 Advisors. We provide trusted information, solutions and opportunities for financial growth. We recommend you peruse our online web portals and contact a USWCC | 360 Advisor to get started on your path to growth.
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uswcc.org uswcc360.org community.uswcc360.org support.uswcc360.org uswcc.org/html/education.aspx uswccmarketplace.com uswccmall.com uswccsupplierplace.com uswccbenefitsplus.com uswccgm.org (NWBE and IWBE Certifications) uswccnewdeal.com uswcc.org/sbcf (Small Biz Contractors’ Forum) uswbj.com (U.S. Women’s Business Journal)
Call us at 888-418-7922 to get connected with a USWCC | 360 Advisor.
Plan “Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.” – Peter F. Drucker We help you become clear and committed to a strong financial future. Throughout our many web-portals and educational resources, you will find worksheets and interactive planning tools to help you as you convert your hopes and dreams into commitments and your commitments into reality.
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Take the Wheel and Drive Act Leverage our deep set of resources, tools and benefits to power your financial future. The USWCC drives the revolutionary Women’s Ownership Movement focusing the strength of our market position, and providing a comprehensive platform for progress. All the pieces are in place
to help you grow a strong financial future. Now it's your turn to "Take the Wheel and Drive."
TOOLS AND RESOURCES BUSINESS* USWCC | Marketplace: Turnkey, full-featured ecommerce stores for members • USWCC | Mall (retail) • USWCC | Supplier Place (supplier & wholesale) • USWCC | Project Place (project related) • USWCC | Benefits+ (innovative member provided benefits) USWCC | Government Contracting • National Association of Small Business Contractors • Small Business Contractors’ Forum • USWCC | Guide to Women Contractors • National and Regional Summits • Certifications (NWBE, IWBE, Government Ready) USWCC | Health & Benefits Solutions USWCC | Merchant Solutions USWCC | Payroll Solutions USWCC | Merchant Solutions USWCC | Secure Pay USWCC | Gift & Rewards Cards USWCC | Technology Solutions USWCC | Small Business Retirement Solutions
FINANCIAL* The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce has taken bold steps to put women in the driver’s seat for business and financial growth. In the past we have relied on external providers of business and financial education, products, services, and solutions – and have often been targeted as a plum market by corporate marketers. The USWCC has put us in the driver’s seat as we leveraged our market force to establish our own, trusted, independent education and solutions.
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Retirement Planning Solutions Annuities Life Insurance Term life Insurance Long Term Care Insurance Disability Income Asset Management
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Small Business Retirement Solutions Health & Benefits Solutions Executive Benefits Term Life Insurance Merchant Processing Solutions Payroll Solutions
Call us at 888-418-7922 to get connected with a USWCC | 360 Advisor. *The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce unifies the collective strength of women to leverage our position as the most influential economic force in America. USWCC | New Deal Financial, LLC and USWCC | New Deal Insurance, LLC provide the economic platform for many of our services and solutions. For a complete listing of state licenses, please go view this web link – http://www.uswccnewdeal.com/ html/TermLife-legal.aspx or call 888-969-6636.
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Get Started Today We’re serious about your future. Let the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce help you secure a strong financial future. Our comprehensive platform enables you to learn important asset growth and management strategies, leverage effective tools and resources to implement your strategies, and to leave a legacy for future generations. The USWCC will help you: • Grow your business, career, and financial assets • Manage and protect your assets • Leave your legacy Let one of our USWCC | Benefits Managers get you started today.
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USWCC | 360 Advisors are ready to help. We know how important your financial future is to you and your family. And, if you are a business owner, we understand how your financial success is linked to the future of your employees and their families. USWCC | 360 Advisors act as your guides to all we have to offer. Our 360 Advisors help you find the education you need to make good decisions; the trusted, independent solutions to power your decisions; and the connections you need implement your decisions. www.uswcc360.org
The U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce™ is the independent force behind an economic revolution in America. Using a platform of influence, innovation and opportunity, the U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce leads the Women’s Ownership Movement. We remove barriers for leaders to rise to new levels of service and community, build new economic and market structures to support our financial futures and provide leadership to propel women to the next level of economic leadership.
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