A 5-Star Accredited Chamber of Commerce
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UPCOMING FACEBOOK LIVE EVENT
Lunch & Learn: The Psychology of Persuasion
Wednesday, May 6, Noon - 1pm
Free Facebook Live Event
The Psychology of Persuasion:
Understanding the Secrets to Motivating Ourselves & Others
Presented by:
Jennifer Webb
Description:
Influencing ourselves and others to stay inspired and motivated despite constant change and chaos can mean the difference between a successful thriving business or just getting by, between loving work or just enduring it. Research indicates people vote for, buy from and hire based on an intangible essence, they like or trust the person they are dealing with…it’s the chemistry! Effective communication coupled with emotional intelligence is the key ingredient that generates credibility, changes perception and fosters allegiance. And it increases profits, peak performance and helps outperform the competition.
Learning Objectives
Participants will learn techniques to:
- Build rapport through targeted, insightful questions
- Create great first impressions while understanding others’ needs
- Communicate using the power of non-verbal language
- Build trust and credibility through specific demeanor
- Handle potential conflict through empathy and dialogue
Target Audience:
business owners, entrepreneurs, sales professionals, managers, professionals, and leadership teams.
About Lunch & Learns
Small business is the strength of our local economy and Chamber. The Chamber is committed to helping ensure business growth for our members and community. These workshops are dedicated to assist in developing and educating our small business owners and their employees on topics such as wellness, social media, strategic planning, websites, career development and more.
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Presented by Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs
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The following is our latest on coronavirus response and news:
- GIVE YOUR REOPENING FEEDBACK: Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis charged the Re-Open Florida Task force with providing recommendations on a multi-phased, industry-specific plan for reopening the state for business. The Task Force is delaying submitting the report to the Governor in order to solicit input from Floridians on when and how they think the state should reopen. To that end, the Task Force has created an online portal where it will collect public feedback.
- DEO REEMPLOYMENT APPLICATION: The DEO has released a new portal to file for Reemployment Assistance (RA). If someone has not completed a paper application, nor completed the online RA application, using the portal is the best way for new RA applicants to apply.
- LATEST INFECTION RATES: Alachua County now has 254 confirmed positive cases. For more information, visit the City's COVID-19 Dashboard.
For a more exhaustive list of
updates, visit the Chamber's
COVID-19
page.
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The Chamber's Together page is a landing page for anything you may want to know for how the community is addressing the COVID-19 crisis. Below are some examples of information you can find using our Together page.
- See what current policies in place are, including stay-at-home orders and ordinances on restaurant operations.
- Find out how to be tested for COVID-19.
- Review economic indicators from this past week to get perspective on the economy.
For more information on resources for small business, enacted regulations, and information on how to help, visit the Chamber's
Together page.
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Below are our COVID-19-related business updates from the past week. To submit an announcement or update, visit our
eJournal page
and scroll down. Please limit your message to 50 words, and include useful links if possible.
- UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech client Alchem Laboratories has received more than $20 million to conduct clinical trials using heartburn remedy famotidine (Pepcid) as a therapy for COVID-19 in the New York area. This is the only OTC medicine in human trials currently underway.
- Crafty Bastards Restaurant & Pub donated frozen goods for meals to St. Francis House guests.
- Dragonfly Sushi & Sake Company donated meals to frontline workers in the Shands ICU.
- Blu Dove Designs is running a contest to help a Florida business. Nominate local, small business that does not have a website or in need of a better one. Share why they are deserving of one. The business with the most votes wins a Blu Dove Designs website created especially for them + hosting for one year.
- Researchers from UF Innovate | Sid Martin Biotech company BioInfoExperts partnered with Ochsner Health to successfully determine the entire genetic sequence for two #COVID19 isolates from the New Orleans area.
- Shop Gainesville has been created as an online community to help showcase local businesses. Locally owned companies are encouraged to post and let everyone know your services and hours of operation.
- Mi Apá’s Alachua location donated lunch to the hard-working staff at NCF Diagnostics & DNA Technologies who have been working tirelessly to prepare Covid testing for Alachua County.
- United Way of North Central Florida (UWNCFL) announced it received a $10,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation for the United We Care Emergency Relief Fund. The grant is part of the financial services company’s Truist Cares initiative, a $25 million philanthropic pledge announced in March to support basic needs, medical supplies and financial hardship relief due to COVID-19.
- Sponsor organizations partnered with Cilantro Tacos to feed 180 healthcare workers and 105 deputies and officers this week. Those interested in sponsoring a hero lunch can contact Cilantro Tacos, with bulk pricing and grab-and-go meals offered.
- Carrabba’s donated 50 to-go meals to the staff of Meridian Behavioral Healthcare.
- Maple Street Biscuit Company and TheWellGNV partnered to surprise Buchholz High School staff with 20 biscuit boxes.
- Midtown Pizza donated meals to SIMED Health‘s primary care team.
- United Way of North Central Florida and GRACE Marketplace team up to deliver meals to the St. Francis House.
- The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Ology Bioservices a $27.3M contract to establish its proprietary Veroplex® cell platform for rapid response to emerging viral diseases.
- Florida Credit Union donated 60 meals from SweetBerries Eatery and Frozen Custard to the staff at UF Health Shands.
- Fracture is partnering with professional photographers and offering free virtual photography classes to customers via Facebook Live.
- HealthStreet at UF is now offering weekly drive-up services for clothing, toiletries, food packages, and naloxone, a powerful medication that reverses the effects of opioid overdose. Please visit MyHealthStreet.org or call (352) 294-4880 for updated drive-up hours each week.
- EarthPets is offering free food to those struggling to feed their pet during the COVID-19 pandemic. If anyone have any extra food to donate, they are accepting donations as well.
- Student Maid has awarded the grant from its GoFundMe funds to A’vie Events and New Scooters 4 Less, while all other entrants are offered a free cleaning service from Student Maid to help them disinfect their space once Student Maid reopens.
- Signarama Gainesville has created the Signs of Support initiative for graduating high school seniors. The vision is for every senior in Alachua to be recognized with a #Honk4Seniors yard sign as a way for the community to congratulate them.
- The St. Francis House has received help from Mister Paper, Hydro Pro Pressure Washing, The Best Restoration, Bagel Bakery and more.
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WORKFORCE UPDATE
"Now Hiring" Video Series
Are you hiring? Participate in our new Now Hiring Video Series. Since we can’t get together in person at job fairs and recruitment events this short video will allow you to promote your open positions to the community. Contact
Andrea Mender
for more information.
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REMINDER
Are you hiring amid the coronavirus outbreak?
To ensure you find the best candidates, please contact Andrea Mender at
[email protected].
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REMINDER
Hot Jobs through CareerSource NCFL
Each week, CareerSource North Central Florida staff members identify current
Hot Jobs that employers are eager to fill.
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To apply for jobs listed:
- log on to www.employflorida.com
- Click on “Job Search” under “Quick Menu” on the left side of the page
- Select “Job Number Search” from the menu across the top of the page
- Enter the job number from the list above in the “job number” box
- Click on “search”
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UPCOMING EVENT
Shop Gainesville page promoting local shops during COVID-19
Shop Gainesville
is
an online community created by Joie Hiers to help showcase local businesses. It's important now more than ever to come together as a community and help each other by making local buying decisions whenever possible. Locally owned companies are encouraged to post and let everyone know your services and hours of operation.
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UPCOMING EVENT
The Amazing Power of Kindness—Creating its own New Norm
Jennifer Webb, Magic Communications
Kindness can never be overrated. In fact, it’s contagious both neurologically and emotionally and helps us live from a place of calm and compassion. Yet it’s really easy to get caught up in the frenzy of fear that’s going on all around us isn’t it? All we have to do is stay tuned to any channel longer than three minutes to hear more bad news.
Here’s what we know too, with research backing this up. When we only focus on the bad news, we’ll simply give ourselves more stress and make it difficult to live with any kind of normalcy or any degree of peace. In order to keep ourselves resilient and healthy (and model that example for family, colleagues and friends) we need to create a different focus, and taking the time to look for examples of kindness all around us is a great way to start.
Have you seen the school children sewing masks? Strangers shopping for strangers? What I’ve noticed is people sharing ideas and resources, and reaching out to folks they don’t know that well, just to make sure they’re OK. There’s a great need for kindness right now, whether it’s picking up the phone, smiling at the mail man or shopping for someone who can’t leave home. Kindness really helps kick in the feel-good chemicals that enable us to endure the hardships with a little less stress.
For many, kindness has already kicked in and is creating its own epidemic; seems there is another story emerging from all that we’re going through. People are rethinking how they’ve lived their lives and are reexamining what’s really important, and appreciation, kindness and purpose seem to be the new norm we’re seeing everywhere. If we find one redeeming quality in this virus that has caused so much heartache, this new sense of caring for each other is a beautiful example of all the possibilities to come.
Stay safe, healthy and positive. Helen Keller reminded us Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. And right now we can use all the optimism we can create, don’t you agree?”
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