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For home business owners, membership in
trade associations can offer professional status, mentorship,
networking, industry-specific information, training, recognition
in one's field, discounted insurance and political support -- just to name a few of the top benefits.
Annual membership fees ranging from $30-$100 is money well invested.
Consider joining at least 2 organizations: the first for business
management, the second for your specific field. Call or write
to the organizations of interest and ask for their membership
benefits.
Attn EPs! Join your OWN association
-- the National Association of Entrepreneurial
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
American Association of Home-Based
Businesses, P.O. Box
10023, Rockville, MD 20849. (202) 310-3130.
American Business Women's
Association, (816) 361-6621.
American Home Business Association, 4505 S. Wasatch Blvd., Salt Lake City,
UT 84124. (800) 664-2422.
American Small Business Association, 1800 N. Kent Street, Ste. 910, Arlington,
VA 22209. (703) 522-2292.
Association of Home Businesses, 5944 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR 97213-3977.
(503) 223-1493. (Check out address)
Association of Part-Time Professionals. Crescent Plaza, Suite 216, 7700 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22043. (703) 734-7975.
Home Business Institute, P.O. Box 301, White Plains, NY 10605-0301.
(914) 946-6600.
Home Executives National NetworkingAssociation, P.O. Box 6223, Bloomingdale, IL60108.
(708) 307-7130.
Home Office Association of
America, 909 Third Avenue,
Suite 990, New York, NY 10022. (212) 980-4622.
Home Workers Association, 7235 Saddle Creek Circle, Sarasota,
FL 34241-9543. (813) 925-1909.
Independent Business Alliance, 111 John Street, Suite 2320, New York,
NY 10038. (800) 450-2422.
International Association
of Home-Based Businesses,
8333 Ralston Road, Suite 4, Arvada, CO 80002-2355. (800) 414-2422.
MVA Home Office Specialist, 3222 NW Klingle Road, Washington, DC
20008, President Marie V. Scher, (202) 333-1324.
National Association of Female
Executives (NAFE), 30
Irving Place, NewYork, NY 10003, (212) 477-2200.
National Association for the
Self-Employed, P.O. Box
612067, Dallas, TX 75261-2067. (800) 232-6273.
National Association of Women
Business Owners, 1377
K Street, NW, Suite 637, Washington, DC 20005, (301) 608-2590.
National Business Association. (800) 456-0440.
National Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.,2012 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC
20036. (202) 293-1100.
National Federation of Independent
Business, 600 Maryland
Ave., SW, Ste. 700, Washington, DC 20024. (800) 634-2669.
National Home Office Association, 1828 L Street, NW, Ste. 402, Washington,
DC 20036. (800) 664-NHOA (6462).
National Small Business United, 1155 15th Street, NW, Ste. 710, Washington,
DC 20005. (202) 293-8830.
Service Corps of Retired Executives
(SCORE). Affiliated with
the SBA, this 13,000-member volunteer program has over 800 locations
nationwide; for the one nearest you, look in the blue section
of your telephone book under "Small Business Administration"
Small Business Association. (800) U-ASK-SBA, an extensive touch-tone
menu. Internet address: http://www.sba.gov/
Small Business Development
Centers counsel local
entrepreneurs. (Check this out against that list for $45)
Small Office Home Office Association, 1767 Business Center Drive, Reston,
VA 22090. (703) 438-3060.
SOHO America, 2626 E. 82nd St., Suite 325, Minneapolis,
MN 55425. Executive Director, Jeff Smedsrud.
TRADE
American Group Psychotherapy
Association, 25 East
21 st Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010, (212) 477-2677.
American Marketing Association, 250 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 200, Chicago,
IL 60606, (312) 648-0536.
American Society of Association
Executives, 1575 Eye
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005-1168, (202) 626-ASAE.
The Association of Business
Support Services International, Inc. (ABSSI), 22875 Savi Ranch Pkwy, Ste. H, Yorba
Linda, CA 92887-4619, phone: (714) 282-9398, 1-800-237-1462,
fax: (714) 282-8630, email: abssi4you@aol.com,
http://www.abssi.org
Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance
Association, 1101 17th
Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 331-1770.
Creative Musicians Coalition, 1024 W. Willcox Avenue, Peoria, IL
61604, (800) 882-4262.
Editorial Freelancers Association, 71 West 23rd Street, Suite 1504, New
York, NY 10010, (212) 929-5400.
Independent Computer Consultants
Association, 933 Gardenview
Office Pky., St. Louis, MO 63141, (800) 774-4222.
National Association of Desktop
Publishers, 462 Old Boston
Road, Topsfield, MA 01983-1232. (508) 887-7900.
National Association for Family
Day Care, 1331-A Pennsylvania
Ave., NW, Suite 348, Washington, DC 20004, (800) 359-3817.
National Guild of Piano Teachers, 808 Rio Grande, P.O. Box 1807, Austin,
TX 78767, (512) 478-5775.
National Society for Public
Accountants, 1010 N.
Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-1574, (800) 966-6679.
Public Relations Society of
America, 33 Irving Place,
3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003, (212) 995-2230.
Publisher's Marketing Association, 2401 Pacific Coast Hwy., #102-A, Hermosa,
Beach, CA 90254, (310) 372-2732.
Writer's Alliance, 12 Skylark Lane, Stony Brook, NY 11790,
(516) 751-7080.
CAREER
Catalyst, 250 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003, (212)
777-8900.
Flexible Resources, Inc., 542 Hopmeadow Street, #222, Simsbury,
CT 06070, (203) 651-5299.
Key Resources, 40 Middlebury Road, Lexington, MA 02173,
(617) 861-0586.
New Ways to Work, 785 Market Street, Suite 950, San Francisco,
CA 94103, (415) 995-9860.
Productivity Tools International, 235 East 69th Street, New York, NY
10021, (800) 980-8665.
FAMILY
The Family Day Care Advocacy
Project. Children's Foundation,725
Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 505, Washington, DC 20005. (202)
347-3300.
Families and Work Institute. 330 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor, NewYork,
NY 10001. (212) 465-2044.
Fatherhood Project. c/o Families and Work Institute.
330 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10001. (212) 268-4846.
Formerly Employed Mothers
at the Leading Edge (F.E.M.A.L.E.), PO Box 31, Elmhurst, IL 60126.
National Assocciation for
Family Day Care. 725
Fifteenth Street, N.W., Suite 505, Washington, DC 20005. (800)
359-3817.
School-Age Child Care Project. Wellesley College, Center for Research
on Women, Wellesley, MA 02181. (617) 431-1453.
AGENCIES
StaffWriters Plus, Inc. George Giokas, President. A freelance
placement agency that matches writers, editors, researchers and
graphic artists to clients on a project-to-project basis. No
cost for the freelancer to sign up. (516) 366-4620; e-mail: george@staffwriters.com;
Web address: http.//www.staffwriters.com.
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