[nfbmi-talk] maybe mcb and other state agencies could use this?

[joe harcz Comcast]

T-Base Communications Receives National Certification as a Women's Business Enterprise

 

OTTAWA, Nov. 23 /CNW/ - T-Base Communications, North America's leading alternate format producer, is getting a big business boost thanks to WEConnect Canada,

a new corporate-led organization that provides Canada's premier certification program for women business owners. Sharlyn Ayotte, founder of T-Base Communications

is among a growing group of women business owners across the country whose companies have been certified by WEConnect Canada.

 

The national standard of certification is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process

is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women. WEConnect Canada helps certified women-owned businesses

connect to the growing corporate and public sector demand for diverse suppliers. "That's good not only for women, but for corporations and governments

that can now easily source untapped and innovative new vendors," says Betty Wood, WEConnect Canada's Lead Strategist Women Business Enterprises. Women

business owners in the U.S.A., the U.K. and recently India have similar certification programs. It's also being introduced across Europe and in China.

 

T-Base Communications knows all about diversity. The company is a minority and woman-owned business, founded by blind Chief Strategy Officer, Sharlyn Ayotte,

that emerged out of the recognition of voids in services offered to the visually impaired. "By including women-owned businesses among their vendors, corporations,

and government agencies are demonstrating their commitment to fostering diversity, and that's something I am really passionate about and can whole heartedly

support," said Sharlyn Ayotte, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for T-Base Communications.

 

About T-Base Communications

 

T-Base is the global leader in the provision of secure and private alternate format customer communications. Specializing in braille, large print, e-Text

and audio as well as accessible web presentation, T-Base Communications assists government and Fortune 500 companies to communicate with their customers

who cannot access information in conventional ways.  Working with the most progressive companies globally, T-Base converts conventionally printed statements

and documents into alternative formats privately and securely, providing leading organizations the opportunity to reach a wider audience while simultaneously

meeting the diverse information needs of their client base.

www.tbase.com

www.tbase.com

 

About WEConnect Canada:

 

WEConnect Canada is part of a global certification initiative that is opening doors to supply chains for women business enterprises and helping corporations

tap into innovative vendors. It also provides opportunities for women entrepreneurs to participate in education, training, and mentoring programs that

help them connect with procurement officers of top corporations and with other certified firms to enhance their bidding capacities on large contracts.

Founding members include: Accenture, Alcatel-Lucent, BMO Financial Group, Cisco, Ernst & Young, IBM, Manpower, Pfizer, Staples, and Wal-Mart. For more

information, visit

www.weconnectcanada.org

www.weconnectcanada.org.

 

For further information:

 

Media Contacts:

 

Deanna White, Media Relations, T-Base Communications, Inc. (613) 236-0866 Ext. 231 or via email:

dwhite at tbase.com

 

Mary Anderson, Executive Director, WEConnect Canada,

manderson at weconnectcanada.org

 

Betty Wood, Lead Strategist, Women Business Enterprises,

bwood at weconnectcanada.org

 

T-BASE COMMUNICATIONS - More on this organization

 

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/November2010/23/c6889.html