Why Join?

          "This is a no-brainer."

                                                         Mike Atkinson, BDP, Microsoft

Elevate Your Career. Perfect Your Craft. Improve Your Game.

As a member of the world's only professional association exclusive to large-account Sales and Business Development Professionals, you will gain benefits to carry you forward and help you succeed in all that you do. At SBDP, you will meet "the best in Complex Sales and Business Development" …people like you.

There's always room for improvement. You are competing with the “best of the best” for a limited number of world-class sales assignments at the best companies. You need the best training available. You need a formal certification to differentiate your skills and knowledge. You need a community that is there for you before you make your next career move.

At the SBDP, you will gain benefits that carry you forward and help you succeed in all you do. We offer outstanding opportunities for personal and professional growth, training, top notch events and publications, mentoring, and networking, and the latest private web social networking capabilities, all focused squarely on you and the profession.

See the many Benefits of Membership. No other organization can help you reach your professional goals faster.

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         Finally, a professional community that really is all about you...

• Professional Community – Join our global network of Complex BDP experts. Share techniques, learn best practices and expand your skills with the Best in Enterprise Sales & Business Development(TM).
• World-class BDP Training and Education – SBDP is proud to have developed the distinct standard of professional competency for our profession. Our proprietary programs provide you with truly world-class training you can only get from the Societydesignation, the Certified Business Development Professional or CBDP.
• Certified Business Development Professional Designation (CBDP): Apply for CBDP career-advancing credentialing and position yourself as an expert in the profession
• The SBDP Annual Conference: Accelerate(TM) – Our one-of-a-kind conference for CBDP Training and member networking. Always offering new experiences, new relationships, advanced education, and FUN.
• The SBDP CareerCentral is our members' source for exclusive BDP employment opportunities and the world's most qualified Enterprise Sales and Business Development candidates.
• Mentorship Program – Our exclusive program to provide you an independent trusted mentor to go to when seeking advice or when the inevitable challenges arise.
• Member Exclusive Publications – BDP Magazine, a publication devoted to insightful articles on the profession, and BusinessDevelopments(TM), a monthly e-newsletter created exclusively for Society members. 
• Continuing Professional Education – Fulfill your continuing education requirements for the Certified Business Development Professional designation through proprietary training
• “Major Market” Forums and BDP Community Events: Enjoy quarterly events to increase new business opportunities with BDPs in major client markets and build a strong network of professional contacts
• Social Networking Technology – Get instant insights and post questions on the Society’s private online forums and gain access to employment information, links, RSS feeds and databases of interest to BDPs
• The SBDP Great Minds Bookstore – Shop the Society’s bookstore for SBDP-recommended books, manuals, distance-learning products and resources, all powered by Amazon 1-Click.
• BDP Compensation Guide – Learn your REAL comp benchmarks in the Society’s Compensation Guide for Business Development Professionals
• Membership Directory – Instantly expand your sphere of influence.
• Do Well and Do Good – The Society’s "Charity of Choice" giving program from the Business Development Leadership Foundation.

For information on who we are see our About section. Or, meet our Board of Trustees.

Review our admissions criteria - designed to ensure membership remains exclusively made up of true enterprise sales and business development professionals

For questions, comments or more information on membership, please Email Member Services.