Benefits of Joining Women Entrepreneurs:

1. Annual Membership fee of only $50 per year from September through August. Should you decide to sign up for Membership in March or later, the dues for the remaining period until September will be half the annual fee. Each additional partner/employee from the same business shall be charged half price; similarly should you choose to represent more than one business, each additional business shall pay half the membership fee.
2. Monthly dinner meetings where members and guests may network, learn, share, and grow through networking exercises, dynamic speakers, WE member profilers, and interesting topics. Members receive a $2 per meal discount.
   1. Membership is Transferable! Your annual card is transferable to other female employees.
   2. Bring a door prize! You have the opportunity to donate a door prize thereby advertising your business. (There are multiple door prizes each evening.)
   3. Win a door prize! The opportunity to win a door prize from another WE member.
   4. Win the monthly 50/50 draw! The opportunity to win the monthly 50/50 draw.
   5. Win the Business Card Draw! Only WE members are allowed to enter the Business Card Draw. The opportunity to win the business card draw. Just leave your business card in the basket each meeting! (Non WE members not eligible.)
3. The chance to earn a free monthly dinner meeting through the “Friendship Cards” program. This is a program where if you recruit 5 new members, you get one dinner meeting meal for free.

WE  WEBSITE:

1. Free and automatic listing of both your business on the online directory along with a profile page which you may update on your own as required.
2. Exclusive cost-effective online advertising opportunity on WE website. The monthly average hit count is in excess of 75,000.
3. Free posting of your business events both on the WE website and as an email “blast” through the WE email network (Charge of $10 per email applies). (Other local organizations charge as much as $99 for one email blast.)
4. Access on the WE website to educational articles, the WE online and offline library, printed membership list, forms, and online message board.

GENERAL BENEFITS:

1. You may gain from discounts offered by WE members to WE members. You may also offer whatever discount to WE members on your products and services. At participating WE businesses, just show your membership card to qualify for the discount.
2. Access to the WE mentoring program where more experienced business women may help new and/or struggling women entrepreneurs.
3. Annual Power of Women tradeshow event which gives you a spectacular opportunity to showcase your business to Cornwall and area marketplace at a fraction of the cost most other tradeshows charge.
4. The opportunity to meet, befriend, grow, help and get help from like-minded women.
5. The opportunity to vote for or serve on the annual board.
6. The opportunity to become involved on specific committees as may be required periodically throughout the year and make a positive impact to the direction of WE.
7. The opportunity to be a profiler at a monthly meeting after you’ve been a member for 6 months or more. As a profiler, you are the only one allowed to place marketing material on the guest dinner tables.
8. The opportunity to display your business marketing materials (i.e. product samples, pamphlets, flyers, posters, business cards, etc.) in a specified area, on a specific table each meeting. Marketing material left on the dinner tables is reserved for the speaker and/or profilers for the evening.
9. The opportunity to support other women in business and have them do the same for you.
10. Annual Awards - The opportunity to be nominated and a chance to win an entrepreneurial award at the WE Annual Awards Gala Night. Categories include Entrepreneur of the Year, Best New Business of the Year, etc.
11. The opportunity to be involved with the WE bursary program.
12. The opportunity to borrow WE equipment such as the LCD Projector, cordless microphone, laminator, etc. Separate costs may apply.

Helpful “Do’s & Don’t’s” Tips:

1. Do try to sit with new people for dinner each month. It will only help you with your network.
2. DO present your WE membership card at registration for each monthly meeting.
3. DO NOT place marketing material on the guest dinner tables. This right is reserved only for the evening’s profiler(s) and no one else. If you have material to display, please use the designated display area.