Small business owners seeking ways to grow their business should attend “Connecting to Corporations: Developing the Value Proposition for Women-Owned Business,” a workshop presented by the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) on Thursday, August 7, 2014 from 9 a.m. to noon, at Edelman, 200 E. Randolph St., 63rd Floor. Presenter Julia Hubbel, author, veteran and a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), who specializes in teaching minority- and women-owned companies how to do business with the Fortune 500, will help small business owners adjust their value proposition to maximize impact, effectiveness and grow their business through connections with large corporate supplier diversity programs. The workshop is free of charge but requires registration. Space is limited. For more information, please visit www.WBDC.org or call (312) 853-3477, ext. 0.