Naperville Chamber: From President Nikki Anderson, Are you Maximizing Your Membership?
Six times a year, the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a Member Success Orientation. The purpose of the orientation is to help new Members learn how to successfully navigate the Chamber so they’re able to maximize their Membership. In addition to that, the Chamber staff provides them with tips. Given that many of you haven’t attended one of our orientations, I wanted to bring the tips to you.
Here are ways you can maximize your Membership!
- Utilize the Member Directory. Call 3-5 Members per month to set up a coffee. At the end of the year that can add up to as many as 60 new contacts annually.
- Make sure you visit your portal to ensure that all of your content is up-to-date. Remember, that’s what people are seeing when they click on your business. If you need your login information, you can contact tletcher@naperville.net orrbalance@naperville.net
- Don’t feel like you have to visit every event when you first join. Look at the Chamber calendar, and put the events that interest you most in your calendar. You should ideally shoot for 3-4 programs/events per month.
- Join a committee or TEAM, it’s a great way to get to know other Members in a more intimate environment. The size of our Chamber can be overwhelming, smaller groups make it more manageable.
- Make sure your portal has all of your social media links on it. Connect with the Chamber via social media. Post coupons and discounts on the Chamber website. If you’re not sure how to do this, you can reach out to lholtz@naperville.net . Read more: Naperville Chamber
Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce speaker: Reading, mental health issues presented at legislative forum
Speaking before over a dozen state legislators Tuesday afternoon, Racine Unified School District Superintendent Lolli Haws said a key way the state can support urban education is by ensuring new teachers can teach children how to read.
She said many first-time teachers start their jobs unprepared to teach elementary reading, and both universities and the state need to require more rigorous course work to aspiring teachers as undergraduates instead of during post-graduate degrees.
“We and all of our parents and all of our community, I believe really, should expect that a teacher coming out of college knows how to teach reading, and we are not ensuring that,” Haws said. “What the Department of Public Instruction and what our colleges and universities provide in teacher training is inadequate.”
She noted that school districts spend “millions of dollars of taxpayer money” giving teachers extra training or sending them to get masters degrees to get teachers trained to teach reading.
Haws was one of numerous local leaders in education, business and government who spoke during a public hearing at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, Tuesday afternoon before a task force of state legislators on urban education – set up by Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester.
About 40 people attended the hearing on Tuesday afternoon, including several members of the Racine Unified School Board.
Speakers from the Racine Unified and Kenosha Unified school districts detailed local successes as well as how the state can assist urban communities effectively educating urban students, often dealing with stresses of poverty and limited resources.
Administrators and counselors from the Kenosha Unified School District placed particular emphasis on the need for state action to facilitate students getting access to treatment for mental health issues.
Local speakers also included Jim Ladwig, President & CEO of Racine Area Manufacturers and Commerce (RAMAC), who spoke on businesses partnering to set up the “career academies ” in Racine Unified high schools to connect job seekers with difficult to fill jobs in the community. Read more: Journal-Times
Fairfax Chamber to Host Cybersecurity:
Is Your Business Prepared for Attack & Recovery?
Fairfax Chamber’s Cybersecurity: Is Your Business Prepared for Attack & Recovery? on Tuesday, October 27th, from 7:30 – 9:30 AM at the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
The Chamber’s Cyber Forum: Is Your Business Prepared for Attack & Recovery? will share best practices and lessons learned with your organization, along with addressing various threats, challenges, and business opportunities on the horizon.
During the event, panelists will discuss the detailed lifecycle of cyber threat preparedness and incident response including:
The legal environment and proactively addressing threats prior to an attack
Cyber threat intelligence and steady state information sharing and analysis operations, and
Incident response and recovery
Registration is available online. Entry is $60 for Fairfax Chamber members and $80 for non-members.
Panelists include:
Ben Beeson, Senior Vice President and Leader of the Cybersecurity Practice, Lockton Companies
Jim Halpert, Partner, Co-Chair US Cybersecurity Practice and Co-Chair Global Data Protection for Privacy and Security Practice, DLA Piper
John Peterson, Director, Supply Chain Cybersecurity & Special Missions and International Solutions Intelligence, Information and Services, Raytheon Company
Keynote Speaker and Moderator:
Kevin Brancato, Director of Government Contracts Research, Bloomberg Government
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 7:30 – 9:30 AM at Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce
7900 Westpark Drive, Suite A550; Tysons Corner, VA 22102
More info: Alex Chagouris, Director, Communications & Marketing <achagouris@fairfaxchamber.org>
Bowling Green Chamber: Targeted Business and Industry Appreciation Month Begins October 1st
Bowling Green Chamber: Targeted Business and Industry Appreciation Month Begins October 1st
The Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce has named October as Targeted Business and Industry Appreciation Month in South Central Kentucky. Beginning October 1st, the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce will host a series of events to celebrate and honor the accomplishments of the over 100 targeted businesses and industries and their contributions to the region’s economic prosperity.
Since 2012, the Chamber has recognized the first Friday of October as Manufacturing Day, a grassroots campaign dedicated to informing the public about the potential of modern manufacturing and fostering interest in manufacturing careers. Manufacturing is an important sector across the nation, and this is especially true in South Central Kentucky. As our manufacturing sector has grown in size and impact, we have chosen this year to celebrate our targeted businesses and industries for an entire month.
South Central Kentucky is home to a diverse group of business and industry leaders ranging from international headquarters operations to advanced manufacturing to transportation, distribution and logistics and everything in between. In 2015 alone, these businesses have contributed to over $800.7 million in capital investment and the creation of 753 new jobs in the local community. In fact, the advanced manufacturing and transportation, distribution and logistics sectors alone account for over 31,600 jobs, the region’s largest employment sector at 30% of the workforce.
Throughout the month, the Chamber hopes to increase public awareness of the impact of these businesses as well as the career pathways and local job opportunities available in these sectors. With over 900 open positions available in Warren County alone, October is the perfect time to launch a new career in advanced manufacturing or a related industry. Read more: Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi Coast Chamber calls town hall meetings
Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce is hosting a series of forums in Gulfport, Biloxi, Long Beach and Pass Christian in October to hear the needs of the business community.
Aisa Templeton, membership development manager, said the meetings will provide businesses and individuals the opportunity to educate the chamber on their needs so the agency can identify and fill gaps in services.
The meetings are 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Park campus, Long Beach; 8:30 a.m. Oct. 22 at Knight Nonprofit Center, Gulfport; 4:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at Pass Christian Library; and 8:30 a.m. Oct. 23 at Hancock Bank Community Room, Biloxi. Read more: Sun Herald
Chamber Executive in OnStar commercial filmed in Elba last week
The ‘lights, camera and action’ involved in creating a television commercial highlighted activity at the Elba Chamber of Commerce office and around the city last Thursday, Sept. 24, at an advertising crew from Michigan was in town shooting a commercial for OnStar, a product available on General Motors vehicles.
OnStar is a subsidiary of General Motors (GM) that provides subscription-based communications, in-vehicle security, hands free calling, turn-by-turn navigation, Wi-Fi, and remote diagnostics systems for GM vehicles, including Chevrolet. It was the Wi-Fi option that brought the advertising crew to Elba last week to create a commercial for OnStar.
Sandy Bynum, executive director for the Elba Chamber of Commerce, purchased a Chevrolet Equinox from Cook Chevrolet in Elba several months ago. Shortly after making the vehicle purchase, Bynum and her sister, Buffy Lusk, and nieces, Mary Lacy and May Morgan Lusk, were all traveling together when from the back seat came dissension from Mary Lacy and May Morgan on who could use either the phone or tablet with available data service.
Bynum said she asked them why were they arguing.
“This vehicle has Wi-Fi,” she said. “You both can use your devices and be happy.”
Upon completing a survey regarding the purchase of the new vehicle, Bynum said she explained what had happened that day on their trip and how both girls were gleeful to learn they each could stay in-tune with the social media world without a hitch. It also made both she and her sister smile because suddenly the arguing vanished and all could travel happily. Read more: Elba Clipper
Chamber corporate sponsor: Good vibes power Crawfordsville Electric Light & Power celebration
Crawfordsville Electric Light & Power has not only been lighting up the community for 125 years, it has been helping shape its destiny.
Employees of the local utility company paused Friday to commemorate the major milestone with an open house, while the board of directors for the Crawfordsville/Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce conducted a special ribbon cutting ceremony outside the utility office at 808 Lafayette Road.
“We’ve had 125 years of public power,” Phillip Goode, CEL&P manager, said. “We were the first public utility in Indiana. The first public utility in Indiana to produce power. And one of the first communities to have street lights.”
Although proud of its past, company officials are focused on the future.
“Today, because of our community’s vision, the city fathers, the city council, the utility service board, the mayor and the county commissioners, we now have 3 megawatts of solar power in Crawfordsville.”
Goode said the future is about being able to continue offering low cost utility rates, while attracting more commerce.
“We have some of the lowest utility rates in the state, and we have the best reliability matrix in the state and we are above the national average,” Goode said.
Crawfordsville Mayor Todd Barton said CEL&P has been the hallmark of the community.
“If you look at how Crawfordsville developed and why it attracted industrial-minded people, you will see that CEL&P was a big part of that,” he said. “You could do business here around the clock because we had an electrical system . As we go out and try to recruit new businesses, we are constantly reminded about the importance of not only affordable electricity, but reliability.”
Goode credited employees, both past and present, for the company’s overall success.
“We’ve made it through a lot and we will rise to future challenges,” he said.
Goode gave special recognition to CEL&P employees, John Keller and Myron McAlister, who have worked for the company for 43 and 40 years, respectively.
“A lot of our history and our culture was based on what these two guys passed on to the rest of us,” he said. “We know it’s not about us, it’s about the little lady on Market Street who needs her power restored or providing low-cost power to our residents.”
Raj Rao, president and chief executive officer of the Indiana Municipal Power Agency, also was on hand at Friday’s open house. He conveyed a message of congratulations from the other 60 IMPA members. CEL&P is one of the 11 founding IMPA members, which was created in 1980.
“Without Crawfordsville’s push there wouldn’t be an IMPA today,” Rao said. “Our portfolio now includes coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind and solar. With these, we can help your community grow.”
Chamber Director Steve House also congratulated CEL&P on its 125th anniversary. He recognized the local utility as one of the Chamber’s eight corporate sponsors and gave a nod to IMPA, a Chamber member. Read more: Journal Review
| Pat McGaughey: What Yogi Berra meant to Membership |
"I ain't in no slump, I just ain't hittin."
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Yogi-ism's were smarter than we thought
First, please understand that Yogi Berra was my childhood baseball hero. I wore #8 until I attended a new high school and the number was taken; so I played tennis that year. R.I.P. Lawrence "Yogi" Berra
My favorite Yogi-ism, "I ain't in no slump, I just ain't hittin," defines how the media (and sometimes our boards) often work. They are trained to focus on the negative.
When board members want to spend time discussing why members drop out, they should take the advise from Yogi Berra and stop focusing on the 'slump' and start focusing on the hits! Yogi may not have been articulate in a way we like but he ended up with more championship rings than any other New York Yankee. Focus and hold discussions on why new members say yes and why long-term members keep saying yes. Save the negative discussion for committee work and the positive discussion for your leadership in the board room. Source: www.chambermentor.com Town Square Publications Chamber Directories, Community Profiles, Maps, Re-Lo Guides and Custom Maps Town Square Publications, a division of the Daily Herald Media Group, is a national chamber custom publishing group that specializes in developing partnerships with chambers by producing high-quality print and digitally integrated publications along with other added value programs dedicated to creating relevancy for local chambers of commerce and other membership focused organizations interested in raising non-dues revenues. More information: Town Square Publications To request your publication proposal, Click here |
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