Thursday, June 5, 2014

Best Chamber Practices and Chamber Affinity Program: Dearborn (Michigan) Chamber of Commerce and Electronic Certificate of Origins; Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce: Illinois General Assembly Springfield Session Recap; Arkansas State Chamber, Arkansas manufacturing and business reps meet with Gov. Beebe, Workforce Cabinet; Missouri Lawmakers Reflect on 2014 Session at St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce; Mary Meeker's 2014 Internet Trends; Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotations: (Preparation) - Abraham Lincoln

For the chamber that issues more than one Certificate of Origin per week, this program stands out as the single best resource available the chamber can offer their membership.  This takes a paperwork headache out of the chamber's workload, offers better service and makes it available 24/7! It also can be customized to your chamber's website, and you know who's using it and how often. Here is the information from the Dearborn Area (Michigan) Chamber's website:

Electronic Certificates of Origin --- Tradecertify.com delivers online Certificate of Origin and other document certification services to exporters around the world.

    • No Travel
    • No Couriers
    • No Mail/Post applications to chamber required
Pay as you use
    • No upfront charges. Simply pay as you use
    • No software installation required
Improved Time Efficiency and Productivity
    • Documents certified & returned in minutes rather than days
    • Avoid numerous trips to chamber. System identifies errors in advance
    • Users can quickly copy, edit & resubmit previous applications & rejections online.
    • User friendly system informs exporter of the next steps for successful application.
    • No training needed

Intelligent System

    • Break down of costs for export document in advance of application
    • Improves transport costing practices

Easy to remain compliant with rules and regulations

    • Our system identifies documentation errors in advance

Reduced shipment delays

    • Documents received in minutes rather than days

Reduced operational costs

    • No need for courier/postal and telephone costs associated with making manual submissions.
    • Reduced human error costs with editable online applications

User-Friendly Interface

    • Our online document application designs match the look and feel of the original paper-based documents.

High Level Customer Support

    • 9am to 5pm telephone support
    • 9am to 9pm email support
    • Simplicity of system to clients means reduced queries and calls to chambers

Tried and Tested Solution

    • Tradecertify.com is being used by some of the world’s largest export companies operating across a variety of industries
Policy effective April 1, 2013 - Electronic Transactions: (www.TradeCertify.com)

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Paper Documents.....................................................................$30 Member Cost
Paper Documents...........................................................$100 Non-Member Cost

For more information, Contact the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce


Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce: Illinois General Assembly Springfield Session Recap


The Illinois House adjourned its spring session on the evening of May 30 and the Illinois Senate did so shortly after midnight, thus ending an Illinois General Assembly session that proposed a lot of grandiose plans, but did not see many of them come to fruition. From the Chicagoland Chamber’s perspective, there were some victories and some frustrations.    
The FY 2016 budget adopted by the legislature does not adequately address the state’s current spending obligations and is expected to be revisited before the end of the fiscal year, with the possibility of a tax increase after the November election.
A complete legislative report will follow next week, but below are some highlights:
  • Extension of the Income Tax Increase: Due to expire on December 31, 2014, the “temporary” higher rates of the personal and corporate income taxes were not extended, nor was Governor Quinn’s $500 property tax rebate plan advanced in the legislature.  (Chamber opposed.)
Read more: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce - Public Policy Advocacy Report

Arkansas State Chamber, Arkansas manufacturing and business reps meet with Gov. Beebe, Workforce Cabinet


Representatives from Arkansas’ manufacturers and other state business leaders met with Gov. Mike Beebe and his workforce cabinet on Tuesday (May 27) for what was described as a “candid” forum on ways to improve jobs with existing industries. The meeting was co-hosted by the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas.
“This is more about opportunity than difficulties or challenges,” said Randy Zook, president & CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber/AIA, who moderated the forum. The City Wire

Missouri Lawmakers Reflect on 2014 Session at St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce

Three St. Joseph state lawmakers offered insight Friday into the issues they witnessed and handled in the 2014 Missouri General Assembly.
The occasion was St. Joe Rising, a quarterly event staged by the St. Joseph Chamber of Commerce. State Sen. Dr. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph; state Rep. Delus Johnson, R-St. Joseph; and state Rep. Pat Conway, D-St. Joseph, spoke before a crowd of 85 people at the Ramada Inn. Read more: St Joseph News-Press

Mary Meeker's 2014 Internet Trends

Since 2001, Mary Meeker has developed a knack for highlighting what’s currently happening on the Internet and how this information may impact technology and business in the future. Last week she released her 2014 Internet Trends and it reveals some interesting digital trends. Here are the highlights:
  • Marketing: Social messaging is changing from broadcasting a few messages to a large audience (like Facebook) to frequent interactions with targeted groups (like Snapchat).
  • Apps: Single purpose apps are on the rise, making apps geared towards specific services more popular than ones that have multiple purposes.
  • Big data: Sensor use in devices is providing companies with a lot more data to mine.
  • Cloud: Falling costs for computing (33 percent), storage (38 percent) and bandwidth (27 percent) have enabled the cloud.
  • User interfaces: As industries have developed new ways to present applications, bad user interfaces have started to disappear.
  • Mobile first: Internet touch points with stakeholders are increasingly becoming mobile connections.
Read more: DigitalGov

Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotations: (Preparation)

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham Lincoln 

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