Missouri Chamber applauds 100 Great Ideas for Missouri initiative
Speaker-elect John Diehl has launched an initiative to gather ideas from Missourians to improve our state and government. Diehl has launched a website where constituents can post ideas. The website will be complemented with a statewide legislative tour to communities across the state.
“The Missouri Chamber believes the 100 Great Ideas for Missouri initiative is a great way to engage House members with the needs of Missourians,” said Missouri Chamber President and CEO Daniel P. Mehan. “Then best ideas for moving our state forward are not created in the offices of the Capitol, but are born in our communities. Making it easier to deliver these ideas to legislative leaders is a worthwhile effort. We will encourage our employer members to submit ideas.” Read more: Missouri Chamber
Duke Energy Honors Bedford (Indiana) Area Chamber's Jamie Medlock With "Difference Maker" Award
Duke Energy honored Bedford Chamber of Commerce President Jamie Medlock with a "Difference Maker" award at the Aug. 30 Indianapolis Indians game in Indianapolis.
"As Indiana's largest electric supplier, we have the privilege of working with a number of community leaders statewide," said Bruce Calloway, Duke Energy's southwest district community relations manager. "We're honoring one of those leaders, Jamie Medlock, with the Duke Energy Difference Maker award for her work bettering lives in our community." Medlock has helped secure nearly $20 million in investments for Bedford's downtown revitalization. Read more: WBIW.com
Madisonville-Hopkins County Chamber President Appointed to U.S. Chamber Committee
Lee S. Lingo, President of the Madisonville-Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce, has accepted an invitation to serve as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Transportation, Infrastructure and Logistics Committee for the 2014-2015 year.The 140-member committee meets twice a year to formulate U.S. Chamber policy in transportation infrastructure, and also serves as a forum for networking and education about infrastructure issues. In the coming year, the committee’s work will focus on reauthorization of the federal aviation law and continue its work on water resources, marine transportation and surface transportation, according to a letter from the U.S. Chamber. Read more: Surfky.com
Chamber news: 14th Annual Great Lakes Women's Business Conferenc Sept. 29 & 30 --- Novi, Michigan
The 14th Annual Great Lakes Women’s Business Conference is a great resource to propel your business forward. This conference will address the needs of both aspiring and established business owners and will deliver strategies for succeeding in a highly competitive market. The conference is attended by women business enterprises (WBE’s), corporate procurement and supplier diversity professionals, government representatives and partner organizations.
Special
contract opportunities and supplier
matchmakers are available for WBENC certified women business
enterprises at the Women’s Business Showcase of 125 plus WBE’s and 60
plus corporations at the Meet the Buyers .Executive level workshops are
offered to assist you with strategies to grow your business and empower
diversity excellence. Learn more: WBEC Great Lakes
Minneapolis Regional Chamber Community Connections: Practice Interviews
Goodwill Easter Seals of Minnesota provides job training, employment and support services to individuals with barriers to employment. One such barrier can be successful interview techniques. Join us as we conduct mock interviews for participants in training classes, job development and work experience programs, to help them become more comfortable with the interview process. Read more: Minneapolis Regional Chamber
Shawnee, OK Chamber Event: A Tasty Affair to benefit commerce
The “A Tasty Affair” fundraiser is fittingly titled. The annual Chamber of Commerce auction is abundant with local food. Nancy Keith, chamber president and CEO, said the Oct. 2 event attracts an average of about 30 restaurants each year.
“They set up and decorate booths. Then, they present their favorite thing they serve. But they will bring enough, most of the time, for a meal. They’re loaded,” she detailed of the restaurants’ flavorsome selections.
A “Best in Show” competition will award the most aesthetically pleasing booth. A “Most Delish Dish” contest will honor the food sample favorite. Keith said secret judges might determine the champion. If so, the chamber will have their pick of potential judges.
“It’s always a sellout crowd,” she explained. “We’ll have 550 people.” Read more: Shawnee News-Star
Chamber Tweet of the day: Retweeted by MMAC
New Richmond (Wisconsin) Chamber names Rob Kreibich as executive director
Rob Kreibich has been named the executive director for the New Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau. Kreibich will assume the post Monday, Oct. 6.
Minneapolis Regional Chamber Community Connections: Practice Interviews
Date:
September 26, 2014
Time:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Event Description:
Goodwill Easter Seals of Minnesota provides job training, employment and support services to individuals with barriers to employment. One such barrier can be successful interview techniques. Join us as we conduct mock interviews for participants in training classes, job development and work experience programs, to help them become more comfortable with the interview process. Read more: Minneapolis Regional Chamber
Shawnee, OK Chamber Event: A Tasty Affair to benefit commerce
The “A Tasty Affair” fundraiser is fittingly titled. The annual Chamber of Commerce auction is abundant with local food. Nancy Keith, chamber president and CEO, said the Oct. 2 event attracts an average of about 30 restaurants each year.
“They set up and decorate booths. Then, they present their favorite thing they serve. But they will bring enough, most of the time, for a meal. They’re loaded,” she detailed of the restaurants’ flavorsome selections.
A “Best in Show” competition will award the most aesthetically pleasing booth. A “Most Delish Dish” contest will honor the food sample favorite. Keith said secret judges might determine the champion. If so, the chamber will have their pick of potential judges.
“It’s always a sellout crowd,” she explained. “We’ll have 550 people.” Read more: Shawnee News-Star
Chamber Tweet of the day: Retweeted by MMAC
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Help us find the 2015 class of entrepreneurs & innovators under 30! Use #My30Under30 to share your picks.
New Richmond (Wisconsin) Chamber names Rob Kreibich as executive director
Rob Kreibich has been named the executive director for the New Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau. Kreibich will assume the post Monday, Oct. 6.
"Rob
has a solid background in many high-profile jobs, where his skill set
and personality will work well in promoting our region," said Chad
Derrick, project manager at Derrick Building Solutions and board chair
of the New Richmond Area Chamber, in a news release. Read more: Leader Telegram
Chamber history: 1964 plowing contest drew 100,000
people to ND farm
Ramona Fraase says her grandchildren aren’t sure what a plow is. But plowing was important enough once to bring 100,000 people, including U.S. presidential and vice presidential candidates, to her family farm near Buffalo, N.D., for the 1964 National Plowing Contest.
“It was a national thing. We did (news media) interviews from New York to Los Angeles,” Fraase says. “But it wasn’t about us or Cass County (in which Buffalo is located). It was about putting over North Dakota.”
Getting ready for the 1964 contest, held Sept. 17 to 19 that year, was a three-year process. See more at: AGWEEK
Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotations: (Attitude) on a cold fall day...
“If It's Cold Outside Then Let The World To See The Warmth of
Your SMILE....” ― Muhammad
Imran Hasan
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