This has been an incredibly long year since the shutdowns started. It’s worn on all of us, from chamber professionals to our members. While we (mainstream tech users) have been connecting online for nearly two decades, this is the first year where we only had online connections to rely on. Our staff was forced online […]
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: What Chambers Need to Know (and Do) About DEI
Diversity, equity, inclusion. I am embarrassed to say that when I heard more and more communities striving to address issues with diversity, equity, and inclusion, I thought that was an individual decision and somewhat akin to implementing a marketing strategy–one that had best practices but not necessarily a right way or wrong way to implement […]
Are Business After Hours Events Being Ended by COVID?
What do you think? Did COVID and COVID restrictions end the days of Business After Hours, Mixers and other networking events for chambers? Or are they still valuable? Do people still want to attend? Yes and No The answer may be as simple as what Henry Ford used to say, “Whether you think you can, […]
Our Chamber Started a Young Professionals Group. Now What?
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 […]
Chamber Job: How to Get a New (or better) One
Are you a current chamber professional in a chamber job you’re less than thrilled with? Or maybe you’re in a different business altogether but think you could be really good as the type of connector who would succeed at a chamber of commerce? Whether you’re: looking for a new chamber of commerce executive job, want […]
Who Does What: Chamber Board Members vs. Ambassadors
Wondering who does what in the structure of your chamber of commerce? In this new category of articles, we’re going to cover definitions for popular roles within the chamber and the responsibilities of each one of these roles. Consider this series your primer on chamber foundations. In the first post in this series, we’ll explore […]
Why People Don’t Join the Chamber (and what to do about it)
This article isn’t for everyone, obviously. But if you’re dissatisfied with the number of businesses joining your chamber or wondering why people don’t join the chamber, and you want to do something about it, keep reading. Ever wonder why membership is down or not at the level you were hoping for? This article highlights the […]
Hosting a Chamber Trip? What You Should Know First
Chambers are always looking for exciting non-dues revenue ideas, right?But how many events can you hold? There’s just so much work behind them and sometimes the headache simply isn’t worth the return. So what is? How about leaving it all behind and getting away on an exciting trip? Sounds amazing, doesn’t it? How about if […]