Chamber Executive Ongoing Education Weekly New Idea (Summer Reading): Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone - by Mark Goulston M.D.

The first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do any thing is getting them to hear you out. Whether the person is a harried colleague, a stressed-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can't break through emotional barricades. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and coach, and backed by the latest scientific research, author Mark Goulston shares simple but power ful techniques readers can use to really get through to people--whether they're coworkers, friends, strangers, or enemies. Getting through is a fine art but a critical one. With the help of this groundbreaking book readers will be able to turn the "impossible" and "unreachable" people in their lives into allies, devoted customers, loyal colleagues, and lifetime friends.

Source: ACCE

Batavia Chamber of Commerce 2016-2017 Community Guide & Membership Directory

The Batavia Chamber of Commerce 2016-2017 Community Guide & Business Directory is available at the Batavia Chamber today! Thanks to Holly Deitchman and the chamber team for their help and direction putting this together!

Batavia Chamber of Commerce 2016-2017 Community Guide and Membership Directory

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“True leadership cannot be awarded, appointed, or assigned. It comes only from influence, and that cannot be mandated. It must be earned. - John Maxwell


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Chamber Executive Ongoing Education Weekly New Idea: Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone - by Mark Goulston M.D.

The first make-or-break step in persuading anyone to do any thing is getting them to hear you out. Whether the person is a harried colleague, a stressed-out client, or an insecure spouse, things will go from bad to worse if you can't break through emotional barricades. Drawing on his experience as a psychiatrist, business consultant, and coach, and backed by the latest scientific research, author Mark Goulston shares simple but power ful techniques readers can use to really get through to people--whether they're coworkers, friends, strangers, or enemies. Getting through is a fine art but a critical one. With the help of this groundbreaking book readers will be able to turn the "impossible" and "unreachable" people in their lives into allies, devoted customers, loyal colleagues, and lifetime friends.

Source: ACCE

Tulsa Regional Chamber: Partners In Education Kickoff: Ignite!

Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM (CDT) - Tulsa, OK

Imagine that you’re in front of an audience made up of your colleagues, and people from your community, about to present a 5-minute talk on the thing you’re most passionate about. You’ve brought 20 slides, which advance every 15 seconds whether you’re ready or not. You have a few last-minute butterflies, but off you go—and the crowd loves it. Welcome to Ignite.

Ignite is a fast-paced geek event started by Brady Forrest, Technology Evangelist for O'Reilly Media, and Bre Pettis of Makerbot.com, formerly of MAKE Magazine. Speakers are given 20 slides, each shown for 15 seconds, giving each speaker 5 minutes of fame. The first Ignite took place in Seattle in 2006, and since then the event has become an international phenomenon, with gatherings in Helsinki, Finland; Paris, France; New York, New York; and now Tulsa, OK.

The Tulsa Regional Chamber is hosting the first ever Ignite event and we want your organization to participate. Enlighten us but, make it quick. This event will serve as the Partners In Education Kickoff so the presentations will reach to largest audience possible and makes them aware of all of the educational initiatives and opportunities available.

Have questions about Partners In Education Kickoff: Ignite!? Contact Tulsa Regional Chamber 

Chamber Tweet of the Day: Madison, WI Chamber

Madison, WI Chamber ‏@MadisonBiz 17h

#Madison is a top city in America to start a new company via @journalsentinel http://bit.ly/1riJVE5  #recap #FuturePerfect

One of the most common questions we receive at gener8tor is what it is like to work in Madison and Milwaukee. The short version of our answer is that it often feels like different planets. And for startups, Madison is the runaway favorite at the moment for starting and growing a high-impact company. For groups like ours and the many others who have committed to building a strong Milwaukee over the long-term, this might be a bit of a wakeup call. If there was any remaining doubt about that assessment from our point of view, the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce dinner last night drove that doubt out.

Zach Brandon, who heads up the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, has a clear vision for how to brand Madison: a top city in America to start a new company. Zach has made a point of using the Chamber's considerable influence to extend this vision through collaborative events over the past year that brought Madison startups to Silicon Valley, hosted JB Pritzker to town to elaborate on his own visionary work in Chicago and offered constant cheerleading on behalf of established and emerging companies in the Madison region.

Read more: Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel

Chamber news: 50 Best Places to Live in the U.S. #2. Maple Grove, Minnesota

 

Isaac and Liz Knoot moved to Maple Grove eight years ago, after searching for a place that offered easy access to Minneapolis—and even easier access to bike paths, running trails, and open space. This small city fit the bill then, and, thanks to a provision requiring developers to fund trails and green space, has only gotten better since. Today a 36-mile network of paved paths loop through Maple Grove, making it easy to reach its parks, sports complexes, schools, and all 10 lakes. “When I was training for a marathon, I could run 24 miles and only cross one street,” says Isaac, 36, who walks to his in-town job as a director of sales strategy at Boston Scientific. Liz, 33, runs a small law practice just outside of town. Money Magazine

Annual Chamber Directory or Map

Get a free estimate for your chamber on a professional gloss chamber map, chamber app, community profile or membership directory. Call John Dussman of Village Profile at (800)-600-0134 x239 or email jdussman.vp@villageprofilemail.com. If your chamber has 400 members or more, please ask about several multimedia options available to your chamber.

Osage Chamber partnership: Mitchell County farms share healthy harvest bounty

Mitchell County residents took advantage of good weather Sept. 6 to visit farms and businesses that feed them. From pumpkins to meat to wine, mums and melons, farms in Orchard, Osage and St. Ansgar offered tours as part of Fresh on the Farm.
The afternoon was sponsored by Healthy Harvest of North Iowa in partnership with local farmers, Mitchell County Extension, the Osage Chamber of Commerce and NCR-SARE. Read more: Agri-News.com

SBA Announces New Certificate of Competency Contracting Course to Help Small Business Contractors

By John Shoraka, SBA Official
Published: September 18, 2014

If you are a small business seeking contracting opportunities with the federal government, the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world, check out the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)’s new online training module, Certificate of Competency-Program Overview which contains an accompanying workbook in the Government Contracting Classroom.

The Certificate of Competency (COC) Program plays a significant role in federal procurement because it allows a small business to appeal a contracting officer’s determination that it is unable to fulfill the requirements of a specific contract on which it is otherwise in line to receive.  It further allows the SBA to review the circumstances, and if applicable, issue a Certificate of Competency on behalf of the small business contractor to the contracting officer.  This is important because the program helps a small business establish or reestablish itself as a viable government contractor. Read more: SBA. gov 

Lake of the Ozarks West Chamber (Missouri) seeking new Executive Director

SUNRISE BEACH, Mo. — The Lake of the Ozarks West Chamber of Commerce is looking for a new Executive Director. Read more: LakeExpo.com


Famous Chamber of Commerce Quotation: (Attitude)

 

“I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.” 

~Sara Teasdale

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