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Welcome to NSBA's Leadership Council

Your commitment to small business is among the top 1 percent of NSBA's membership - a stronger voice standing together for our community. 

Working from your home, community coffee shop, or out of your office, sharing your involvement with NSBA's Leadership Council is a strong way to spread the word for our small-business advocacy in Washington and across the country. 

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We're glad you're here for Small Business.  
Big time. 

Hi, there.  My name is Ian Elsenbach - Director of NSBA's Leadership Council.  Your involvement and small-business story is vital to our efforts of improving policy for small-business opportunities. If you have questions concerning your membership, please reach out to me any time at: ielsenbach@nsbaadvocate.org

Getting Down to (Small) Business

Each month, NSBA holds a Leadership Council orientation, where new members can learn about our advocacy efforts and your role in promoting the needs of small business.

 

NSBA also holds a monthly networking meeting or programming designed for our Leadership Council, where you can tell everyone about yourself and your business, as well as meet with other small-business leaders from across the country.

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Leadership Council Resources

We want to make your activism easy.  Check out NSBA's LC Resources to get started: 

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Brag on your leadership and pledge to NSBA's Leadership Council to support small business!

The Small Business Agenda

Get down to business.  Share NSBA's Small Business Agenda. 

Press Release

Announce your participation and pledge to NSBA's Leadership Council to support small business.  Read these best practices before publishing your press release. 

Engage With Lawmakers

Through NSBA’s Online Action Center, you can send lawmakers an introductory email to start building critical relationships.

LC Orientation Presentation

Missed our most recent Leadership Council Orientation? Don’t wait to get started – view the full presentation here.

LC Councils

Did you know NSBA also has two additional councils focusing on technology and exporting? The Small Business Exporters Association promotes policies that help small exporters expand their global footprint, and NSBA's Small Business Technology Council is the preeminent small-business expert on Federal Innovation Programs SBIR/STTR and IP rules protecting small business.

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NSBA has a main public page, as well as a private group for our Leadership Council Members, where your engagement and support - for both pages - is vital to our advocacy mission and achieving our Small-Business policy objectives. 

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Share Your Story

Small Business is more than a talking point.

We need your insights, perspective, and network to amplify our advocacy mission in D.C. and beyond. 

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Since 1937, NSBA has been fighting in D.C. for America’s small businesses. We’ve helped save the SBA, we worked with lawmakers to create the PPP Loan program, we defeated the Corporate Transparency Act, we won permanent tax relief for small businesses, and so much more.

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CYBERSECURITY REMINDER | NSBA will ONLY email you with details specific to our org., our Leadership Council, or other NSBA programs.  We will never ask for passwords or gift cards, and we urge you to delete and report solicitations of the sort.

Stay cyber aware, and keep your small business safe.

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