Produced by the Mid-America Chamber Executives
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Protect Your Chamber
In today’s highly interconnected world, cybersecurity threats are a real business risk. Breaches and cyber-attacks are no longer limited to the world’s largest companies or a specific industry sector, but regularly impact organizations of all types and sizes. As business and organization leaders you need to get past the hype and understand the real risk you face so that you can focus your limited resources on protecting the things that are most important to your success. Michael Johnson will provide you with the current state of cybersecurity threats and provide action steps you can take to move forward and reduce the potential impact to your organization.
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Date:
May 1-3, 2019
Location:
Hilton Garden Inn – Sioux Falls, SD
Early Bird Cost:
$235 or Register 3 get the 4
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FREE
Early Bird Price ends April 15
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Did you Know?
Minnesota's rivers and streams flow in three directions: north to Hudson Bay in Canada, east to the Atlantic Ocean, and south to the Gulf of Mexico.
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New Hotel Ready to Open in Downtown Rochester
Construction is complete on the new Hilton Hotel in downtown Rochester. The company says the new building at the corner of South Broadway and East Center Street will welcome its first guests on April 16.
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St. Cloud Chamber Earns Top Honors from National Camber
The St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce continues to earn high marks. Our local chamber has been awarded a 5-Star Accreditation for the third consecutive time by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.President Teresa Bohnen says our local chamber remains in the top two percent of all chambers nationwide.
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Institute
Institute for Organization Management (Institute) is the premier continuing education experience for chamber professionals. Since 1921, the Institute program has educated and empowered chamber executives with the knowledge and skills they need to be leaders in their organizations and industry.
The Institute curriculum is comprised of four week-long sessions. Each session is five days and is offered at five locations across the country annually. With courses on topics such as advocacy, media training, membership, finance, legal issues, human resources, and much more, Institute ultimately educates participants on all facets of running an association. To view a full listing of course offerings,
click here
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How often does your chamber post on social media?
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Survey Says:
Does your chamber offer its chamber executive any of the following? (Pick one)
Furnished automobile: 10.4%
Car allowance: 66.7%
Mileage reimbursement: 18.8%
None of the above: 4.2%
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What Rural America Has to Teach Us
While this article doesn't contain
Chamber of Commerce reference it certainly is representative of Nebraska and many other MACE communities.
Everybody says rural America is collapsing. But I keep going to places with more moral coherence and social commitment than we have in booming urban areas. These visits prompt the same question: How can we spread the civic mind-set they have in abundance? For example, I spent this week in Nebraska, in towns like McCook and Grand Island. These places are not rich.
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'We have a workforce crisis': Nebraska leaders sounding alarm about unfilled jobs
Hudl represents an economic development touchdown for Nebraska, a software startup that literally transformed the way football teams break down film and prepare for games...“This is now the most pressing economic issue in the state,” agreed Bryan Slone, president of the Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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National Public Health Week begins Monday
Two important factors keep a community healthy: public health and prevention...the Worksite Wellness Coalition, a collaboration including the city of Wahpeton, Red River Human Services, North Dakota Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wahpeton Parks and Recreation, North Dakota State College of Science, Smith Motors, Corteva and the Wahpeton Breckenridge Area Chamber of Commerce
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Lunch & Learn with Freedom Resource Center
On Tuesday, April 9, the Valley City Chamber of Commerce and Freedom Resource Center will be hosting a Lunch & Learn event to offer businesses (Chamber members and non-members) information concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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South Dakota Legislature to study industrial hemp, meth epidemic this year
The Legislature plans to be ready to discuss industrial hemp by next year's session after Gov. Kristi Noem said the state wasn't ready this year...The Sioux Falls and Rapid City Chambers of Commerce, along with the health and building trade industries, were requesting that the state begin offering a Spanish-language paper test to allow non-English speakers to legally drive to jobs and construction sites to solve workforce shortages.
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Chamber Chat
The 2019 Annual Banquet of the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company (VCDC) has been set for Tuesday, April 2nd with tickets now available for purchase. This annual, multi-media event has grown phenomenally in recent years, having become a premium evening of entertainment that attendees don’t want to miss.
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Inaugural class announced for LGBT Chamber's Business Leadership Academy
The Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce,
one of the largest chambers in the Milwaukee area
, has announced the inaugural class of its Business Leadership Academy, which was formed to provide chamber members with information on how to get LGBTQ and allied leaders into senior management positions and help reshape a business.
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Room tax hike may reduce tourism dollars coming into area
Now that the La Crosse Center Board has recommended its final proposal to expand the building, the city must decide how to pay for it...The city proposes an increase to 12 percent, or a 50 percent increase. The Executive Director of the La Crosse County Convention and Visitors Bureau said if an 11 or 12 percent tax rate happens, it would give the city the highest room tax in Wisconsin.
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Project will add colorful LED spotlights to Raccoon River trail bridge in Adel
Nighttime on Adel's Raccoon River Valley Trail bridge is going to get a lot more colorful next spring. An Adel Partners Chamber of Commerce committee is working on plans to install 66 LED color-changing spotlights on the old railroad bridge, which will illuminate the bridge deck and the river below.
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Ames Chamber programs provide workforce solutions
1600. That’s the number of job openings that are posted online right now at WorkInAmes.com...Last fall the Ames Chamber of Commerce surveyed our members about their top challenges and what keeps them up at night.
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LINE 3 REPLACEMENT PIPELINE: via Todd Rothe in the Duluth News Tribune. VERBATIM: “Pipelines are the safest, most affordable, and most efficient method to transport oil” writes the president of J.R. Jensen Construction, Duluth. “We have better pipeline technology than ever to ensure the safe transportation of oil.”
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