Frank J. Kenny's Chamber of Commerce Industry Blog

We can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel–and as opposed to the old saying–I don’t think it’s a train. So let’s talk about mingling after COVID. Infection and death numbers have decreased, while vaccinations are increasing. And we’re seeing some creative marketing approaches to keep increasing vaccine coverage such as lotteries […]

If you’re like me, you spend a lot of time shaking your head (that’s SMH in text speak) these days. People are making decisions I find hard to understand (outside of basic economic principles of supply and demand). But there are a lot of valuable lessons we can learn in the wake of another episode […]

Chamber marketing is a big topic. But I’m going to tackle it. I’ll give you the vital basics and you can use this as a primer for your chamber marketing strategy. I’ll also help you understand the terms marketers use and what they describe. There are a lot of redundancies in the marketing categories and […]

Chamber Pros: This article is written for you to borrow, modify and use in your chamber blog. All images are royalty and attribution free from GetStencil.com. COVID negatively impacted most of us. We lost our jobs; some of us lost loved ones; some of us had to put our careers on hold while we took […]

Is it time to create your own Chamber TV “channel” and take advantage of our binge-watching culture? Gen Xers and Millennials may be the last generations who will remember eagerly waiting for the right day and time to watch their favorite show. Some of us might’ve even changed plans “back in the day” in order […]

Chamber committees are a strong way to organize, engage, and interest volunteers. It gives them specific work and leadership opportunities that are good for your chamber, the community, and even the volunteer’s resume. While forming a committee just for committee’s sake is an act of unrewarding bureaucracy, creating the right committees that serve your members […]

With unemployment so high during COVID, who would have thought that it would be followed by a worker shortage. This labor shortage has been a topic of conversation occurring on the Chamber Professionals Facebook group. The problem is employees. Not the ones they have now, but finding more. Businesses all over the country are finding […]

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 […]