Frank J. Kenny's Chamber of Commerce Industry Blog

But you’re not giving me lunch, why should I pay?” ~attendee who fails to see the event value Have you had that question yet when posting about virtual event pricing? Or have you held off on setting a price because you’re not ready to face that question? Just because your events are digital, doesn’t mean […]

Many of us made some critical changes to how we did business this year. But then again, we weren’t really left much choice. “The universe” forced our hand and we all become overnight gurus on virtual meeting software. Some of us did this a little too over-zealously and our audience burned out. But with COVID […]

Have you ever had scheduled downtime where you envisioned getting so much done only to find time evaporates before you’ve had a chance to fulfill the goals you had for it? Summer vacation comes to mind as does this crazy COVID time. Maybe you and your chamber board have had some big ideas but not […]

Is your city starting to open up? Are some event venue spaces opening up? Are your chamber members getting restless to get face (mask) to face (mask) again? Even if case numbers are spiking now, at some point things will open up (again). When they do, it won’t be with a flip of a giant […]

Are you trying to build and grow an email list to market and bring in additional revenue for the chamber? Lead magnets are a great way to do it and now is the ideal time to do it because people are dedicating more time to professional development due to COVID. But even if you agree […]

This article is part of our Meeting the Needs Series that is designed to help chamber professionals meet the individual needs of certain market segments. See the footer of this article for a list of posts in this series. The bad news is that the coronavirus pandemic has done a number on businesses and we’ll […]

Recently, Accenture published an article entitled Outmaneuver uncertainty: Navigating the human and business impact of Covid-19 in which it outlined five ways businesses could turn this challenge into change and thrive in the new world. We took these suggestions and customized them with our extensive chamber experience to help you guide your chamber and your members to new […]

This article is part of our Meeting the Needs Series that is designed to help chamber professionals meet the individual needs of certain market segments. See the footer of this article for a list of posts in this series. George Floyd’s death has ignited the need for conversation and solutions on an issue that has […]