Folllow-up to MAKO Conference in Branson Area, Missouri and other notes

1. Economic Development: At the MAKO conference for chamber executives, I picked up some incredible information on Economic Development (32 factors to measure and track). Start-up metrics, multi-partner project-management Excel template. Please call or email if you would like it sent to you.

2. Veteran Village Profile salesperson and project manager Bill McIlwaine has survived his first winter on the West Coast of Michigan and is permanently headquartered in Saugatuck, Michigan. He is finishing up a map project in Clarkston.

3. Village Profile is looking forward to working with chambers across the United States right now to create maps, chamber directories and community profiles for late fall and winter distribution.

Village Profile is the nation’s #1 Chamber specialty firm, helping chambers reduce cost, providing turn-key chamber map and directory solutions including pre-press and design, editorial content creation, gloss magazine printing, delivery, printed maps, E-maps, E-books, websites and smart phone apps. Our publications always produce non-dues revenues for the chamber. 

4. Success Leaves Clues:How Great Chambers Got That Way – Keith Woods - One of the best chamber presentations I've seen. Looking for the slides on that session!


John Dussman is Midwest Manager for VillageProfile.com, working with chambers in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Missouri. More than 1500 Chamber of Commerce all over the United States have trusted Village Profile to produce their Membership Directories, Community Profiles, Visitor Publications, Economic Development magazines and Maps . Contact John at (800)-600-0134 x239.