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 […]
8 Ways to Leverage Your Chamber Board Expertise During 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 […]
30 Event Venue Ideas During COVID
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 […]
50+ Lead Magnet Ideas for Chambers
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 […]
Meeting the Needs: How to Help New Businesses
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 […]
4 Ways Chambers Can Turn Challenge Into Change
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 […]
Meeting the Needs of Minority-owned Businesses
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 […]
How Chamber Leaders Can Help Begin Healing Their Community
None of us quite understood what the future held when ACCE published their Horizon Initiative: Chambers 2025 and invited chamber leaders to think differently about the “nature of belonging and gathering” or “scarcity and abundance.” Nor did we understand the opportunities we would be given when WACE asked us if we were: The catalyst for business growth? […]
