Your Chamber's Weekly  Business E-Brief

Monday, April 9, 2018




"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's
going to be a butterfly."

 
- R. Buckminster Fuller

Eggs & Issues
Join us for this important conversation!

A Recap of the 2018 Legislative Session

Thursday, April 12, 7:30 - 9:00 am

Join us with the Volusia County delegation for a recap of the 2018 Legislative Session with invited speakers Senators David Simmons, Dorothy Hukill, Travis Hutson, and Representatives Patrick Henry, David Santiago, Tom Leek and Paul Renner. 


Location: LPGA International, 1000 Champions Drive, Daytona Beach.

Cost: $15 for Chamber members with 24-hour advanced RSVP, $20 day of event, $30 non-members.

Click here to register. For program questions, please contact Jim Cameron.

ELEVATE Daytona Beach

Audition for the 5th Elevate Daytona Beach!

LDAC is seeking speakers for our next Elevate Daytona Beach to be held July 19, 2018. Elevate Daytona Beach is a creative outlet to share ideas, passions, and solutions to problems. Talks are quick, exciting five minute presentations supported by 20 auto-advancing slides. It is a great platform for anyone willing to share with the community.

Auditions will be held April 12th - 3:30 to 5:00 pm, April 19th - 3:30 to 5:30 pm, and April 26th - 3:30 to 5:30 pm at the Cici & Hyatt Brown Museum in the Education Room. 

For speaker guidelines, visit elevatedaytonabeach.com and if you are interested in auditioning please contact Shawn Abbatessa at s.abbatessa@arcvolusia.org or Alex Middleton at
For tickets and more information, go to elevatedaytonabeach.com


Business After Hours
Make your connections today!

Tuesday, April 17, 5:30 - 7:30 pm

Join us at the beautiful Marina Grande on the Halifax for Business After Hours. Take in amazing views while you connect with other business professionals and friends in a relaxed environment. Bring plenty of business cards and come ready to have fun!



Location: Marina Grande on the Halifax, The Clubhouse Ballroom, 241 Riverside Drive, Holly Hill.

Cost: $10 for Chamber members with 24-hour advanced RSVP, $15 day of event, $35 non-members.

Click here to register. For program questions, please contact Ken Phelps.

Chamber Advantage Series
Finding the Right Employee When Nobody is Looking for a Job

Tuesday, April 24, 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Are you having trouble finding quality people? Join us for this panel discussion that will focus on sharing successes, horror stories, as well as go-to techniques, websites and tactics.


Panelists include: Meagan Burgess , HR Manager, Daytona Beverages, Brian Pinkalla , Director of Team Resources-Employment Practices, Brown & Brown and President, Volusia Flagler Society for Human Resource Management, Robin King , President/CEO, CareerSource Flagler Volusia with Moderator: Ray Schumann , Attorney, Rice Law Firm and Chair, Small Business Committee.

Location: Daytona Beverages, LLC, 2275 Mason Ave., Daytona Beach

Cost: $10 for Chamber members with 24-hour advanced RSVP, $15 day of event, $20 non-members.

Click here to register. For questions, please contact Ken Phelps.

Nonprofit Roundtable
Supporting the Community

Friday, April 27, 8:00 - 9:30 am

Join us for a workshop and panel discussion on Interacting with the Media that will share some insight on dealing with media attention and inquiries dealing with good news and bad. Understanding the role of the media and having a plan in place to address news outlets can help you take advantage of good news to share as well as mitigate the impact of a negative news story on your organization.

Location: Daytona Regional Chamber of Commerce Board Room, 126 E. Orange Ave, Daytona Beach

Cost: Free for nonprofit chamber members. 

Click here to register. For questions, please contact Ken Phelps.

Teacher Appreciation Week
Help Us Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week!!

Appreciate Teachers May 7-11, 2018

The School District of Volusia County, Volusia United Educators and Daytona Regional Chamber need your help in celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week, May 7-11. 


  Businesses can show their support and appreciation by:
* Inviting your neighborhood schools to your business for a day or night in which you recognize the teachers and staff from those schools.
 
* Giving a discount, freebee or BOGO to an employee with a Volusia County School ID.

* Adopting a school that week and provide food or gifts to all teachers and staff...especially those schools with no PTAs. You may also want to work with school PTAs to help support the events they do.

Or your business can donate financially to a specific school to help with supplies or equipment that the school might need.

Click here to download the flyer to display on your front door or counter that week.

IF YOUR BUSINESS CAN PARTICIPATE, COMPLETE THE ATTACHED FORM AND RETURN IT TO Andrew Spar - andrew@vtoweb.org
OR Nancy Wait - nhwait@volusia.k12.fl.us

Any questions? Contact Jim Cameron at 566-2140.


EVOLVE
Business and Professional Magazine

Here Today, Here Tomorrow:
Building Successful Businesses Over Time

Read about the businesses in Volusia County that have survived multiple generations in their family business, what businesses can learn from the area's institutions of higher learning, chambers of the future and more.

Click here to read this issue + Download and share!


Submit Your Press Release
Share your news with the community

We want to help you share your news!
 
Did you know you can upload your press release to our website Members in the News section.  Click here and go to Submit a press release (on left) .  




Grand Openings and Ribbon Cuttings
For more information, and to schedule a ribbon cutting event,
please contact Jami Gallegos, at 386.523.3680




MEMBER MARKETPLACE - GET NOTICED FOR ONLY $100!
CALL KIM  AT 386.523.3681

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