Frank J. Kenny's Chamber of Commerce Industry Blog

Lunch and learns are a great benefit to your chamber members but there’s a lot of competition out there in the Zoomisphere. You must have a topic that people need or want above all the others out there. That’s not easy. But we’re here to help. How to Ensure Your Next Lunch and Learn Isn’t […]

When you see that funny meme, cool song lyrics on a gorgeous image, hilarious comic, or impressive shot of nature, you’re thinking only of great ways to engage with your audience, right? Not copyright infringement and how it can hurt your chamber. It’s fine if your intent is good, right? Possibly. You could also be […]

Virtual events are necessary but hard. From the initial concept to sponsorship level ideas, getting people excited by yet another “online” meeting, event, or happening is exhausting these days. Enticing them to buy tickets feels like pulling teeth. And forget the sponsorships! Those are next to impossible, right? Or are they? If you’re still getting […]

Being a Chamber Pro is not an easy job. None of us were prepared for what 2020 brought. But we can do a few things for ourselves and our chambers to prepare for 2021. But how? You have very little work/life balance. People think it’s your job to listen to complaints and respond to them […]

Your chamber members have a lot riding on this upcoming holiday season. They need to boost retail sales this coming holiday season because COVID and social distancing means their sales in 2020 probably have been far below what they needed. They need the chamber’s help but they might not even know that you’re in a […]

You wanted to engage and recruit younger members to your chamber of commerce so you created an amazing young professionals group. You started it up to provide social interaction, networking and volunteer leadership opportunities for young professionals. But now that you have the group in place what in the world should you be doing with […]

Want social media engagement, not trouble and mean-spirited bickering? As a chamber, you want to bring people together, so we have 150 questions you can swipe to spark conversation and minimize dissension on your chamber social media pages. Get the complete list below. While we can’t make a 100% guarantee you won’t have disagreements (There’s […]

We revisit the topic of social media post ideas for fall every year, adding new ideas and it’s a strong list. But 2020 is special, isn’t it? And not all in a good way. But that’s okay. Because we all could use some good content ideas, especially now. Keep scrolling to get our biggest list […]