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The Weekly Newsletter of
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Friday, March 6, 2020
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First Friday Returns Tonight!
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Join us tonight from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at
Sumo Hibachi & Sushi
for the first "First Friday" of 2020. Sumo is located at 4170 Sunset Blvd. in Steubenville. Stop by for a quick drink, bring your co-workers for some great appetizers, or meet your family and stay for dinner.
The Chamber's First Friday program began in 2017 as a movement to support our local restaurants and pubs on the first Friday of each month. There is no charge to attend, no reservation required, and no set program or speaker. It's just a fun, casual way to end the week, once a month, by gathering with fellow Chamber members for an after-work drink, appetizer, or dinner. We'll also have some fun door prizes and giveaways. See you tonight at Sumo.
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This Week's Featured Video
Why Micromanaging Can Be Harmful
And the dichotomy of leadership...
From
Valuetainment
: Retired Navy SEAL Jocko Willink talks about when to be assertive and when to hold back as a leader. He also discusses how he created initiative as a leader.
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Coronavirus Information For Businesses
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With much in the news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, it's important for local employers to be up-to-speed on the latest information and what they can do to keep their employees safe in the workplace. Please click below for an informational guide provided by the American Chamber of Commerce Executives and the Centers for Disease Control.
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Workforce Training & Education Committee
Highlights Upcoming Local Job Fairs
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The Chamber's Workforce Training & Education Committee has brought together business leaders, employers, educators, and local employment-related organizations in an effort to address two very important issues: first, our county's ability to provide a skilled, quality workforce for existing and prospective employers; and second, ensuring that our local schools are providing information, training, and guidance so that students learn about job opportunities and know what they must do in order to become gainfully employed. From soft skills to industry-specific training, we must work together on workforce development to grow and improve as a community.
Click below for a complete schedule of upcoming job and career fairs being hosted by local schools. Put your business name in front of a great pool of prospective employees and tell them all you have to offer.
Also, please consider joining this important committee or allowing an employee of yours to participate. We must have representation from local employers and industry leaders if we are to address their labor needs. Meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of each month at the Chamber offices at 1:30 p.m..
Email Tricia Maple-Damewood
at this email address
with questions to become a part of this important committee or to be sent the survey via regular mail.
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Modern Marketing 101:
SEO is Not About "Good" Writing
It's safe to say most people do not understand search engine optimization (SEO). For one thing, it's ever-changing, and for another, many people mistake good writing for good SEO.
Joseph Rauch from
Forbes
explains
why quality writing does not always lead to the highest search engine rankings.
From last week:
If you spend any amount of time around teenagers and young adults, you've probably heard of TikTok, yet another social media platform that's all the rage...for them and for businesses eager to latch on to their buying power. For those of us who still think Facebook is the coolest thing around, here's a primer
from
Marketing Land
on TikTok and how it can help you reach the coveted Gen Z demographic.
If you missed or want to re-read any of our previous Modern Marketing 101 installments, click
here
. We encourage you to print, save, share, and add these articles and resources to your business or organization's social media marketing manual.
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First Friday
Friday, March 6th
5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
4170 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville
No RSVP required.
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Coffee & Connections
Wednesday, March 11th
8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
501 Washington Street, Steu
benville
Check your email for invitation and registration information.
Register now by clicking
here.
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Tri-
State Home & Garden Show
Friday, March 20th - Sunday, March 22nd
286 Luray Drive, Wintersville
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Annual Golf Classic
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
Watch In The Know for details.
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It's Here!
Your 2020 Event & Promotional Calendar
Click below for a comprehensive and informative one-page calendar that will help you make the most of your Chamber membership. Print it, share it, hang it in your break room or near the water cooler. Take a picture of it on your phone. It lists where you need to be and when, along with how to quickly and affordably promote all that you are doing. Put your membership investment to work for you with this handy document as your guide.
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Chamber Committee Participation: All Welcome
Did you know the Chamber has two committees working on important issues and keeping the Chamber membership up-to-speed on each of them? Put your passion to work, be sure your input is heard, and help the Chamber reach important milestones by becoming a member of the Oil & Gas Committee or the Workforce Training & Education Committee.
These two committees are up and running and always looking for passionate, hardworking members. Meetings are held in the conference room at the Chamber offices, 630 Market Street in Steubenville. If you are planning to attend, please park and enter in the rear of the building.
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Oil & Gas Committee
Second Thursday of each month - 3 p.m.
Next meeting: March 12th
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Workforce Training & Education Committee
Third Monday of each month - 1:30 p.m.
Next meeting: March 16th
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Member Morsels
Remember to visit individual member websites by clicking on the business name or logo.
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The Time is Now!
The first-ever Ohio Valley Business Conference is on Wednesday, March 11th, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at EGCC Steubenville Campus.
This exciting event will be educational and fun. Social media, networking, websites, and our marketing panel are all very popular right now. It's not too late to register. Go to
www.OhioValley.Business
to register.
You can also get more information on the website or on the
Facebook page
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If you need to get in touch with anyone, please contact Tina Thompson at 740.275.8699 or email
here
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We will accept walk-ins on Wednesday, as room permits. EGCC is located at 4000 Sunset Blvd. in Steubenville.
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Friends of Cross Creek Community Meeting
On Saturday, March 14th, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Friends of Cross Creek
will hold a community meeting at the Steubenville Country Club. The group will give updates on the work they have done--and continue to do--regarding the proposed landfill on the Crossridge brownfield, as well as answer questions and gather input from the community.
For more information, please contact Bekah Hawrot Weigel at 740.632.9283 or via email
here
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The Steubenville Country Club is located at 413 Lovers Lane in Steubenville.
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2020 Greek Fest is
Looking for Volunteers
Looking for a way your company can give back to the community?
We are looking for volunteers for the Ohio Valley's biggest festival!
The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church's
Greek Fest 2020
will be held Tuesday, June 9th, through Friday, June 12th, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. each day.
For more information on how you can volunteer, please contact Angela Mastros or Tony Mougianis, this year's Co-Chairs, at 740.282.9835 or via email
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You may use the Chamber's beautiful conference room at no charge? Just book ahead of time by calling the Chamber offices. Coffee & snack station, free WiFi, Smart TV, projector and loads of free parking.
As a chamber member, you may sign out any of a number of office tools and items to help you at your business? Ceremonial "big scissors" and oversized, write-on/wipe off check for presentations, program stapler, paper cutter, laminator and more.
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Family Recovery Center
Offering Naloxone
Addressing opioid overdose continues to be one of the most urgent public health priorities. Making potentially lifesaving treatments more readily available is one of the top ways to address this crisis.
Naloxone (also known as Narcan) is a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug (heroin, fentanyl, or prescription pain medications). When administered during an overdose, naloxone blocks the effects of opioids on the brain and quickly restores breathing. Naloxone has been used safely by emergency medical professionals for more than 40 years and has only one critical function: to reverse the effects of opioids in order to prevent overdose death. Naloxone has no potential for abuse.
Naloxone is very safe and cannot be abused. If you give naloxone to someone who is not experiencing an opioid overdose, it will not harm them. In Ohio, anyone can legally carry and administer naloxone. People who are dependent on opioids may go into withdrawal when given naloxone. Withdrawal, though unpleasant, is not life-threatening. Naloxone does not reverse overdoses caused by alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamines, or other non-opioid drugs.
If you are interested in obtaining Naloxone, please stop by our office at 1010 North 6th Avenue in Steubenville.
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Feature your business or organization's news or events in "Member Morsels" by completing a quick online form. Click below.
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Around the State. Around the Country.
Up-to-Date Information from the Ohio and United States Chamber of Commerce
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JobsOhio Releases 2019 Annual Report with Strategic Plan for 2020
Last week, JobsOhio released its 2019 annual report that also included its 2020 strategic plan. JobsOhio was incorporated as a private nonprofit company in 2011. Its mission is to drive job creation and new capital investment in Ohio. JobsOhio works with a statewide network of partners (One Columbus, APEG, DDC, REDI, RGP and Team-NEO) to bring economic development across the state of Ohio.
As the 21st largest economy in the world, and the seventh largest in the United States, Ohio has a strong and vibrant business climate with a diverse workforce in a variety industry sectors.
JobsOhio breaks those industry sectors into nine industry targets with five cross-over sector strategies.
In 2019, JobsOhio saw a total of 306 projects, and if all are realized beyond their potential, Ohio will see an increase of 22,770 new jobs and retention of over 64,000 jobs.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking
here
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Quick Take:
Coronavirus' Economic Impact
Fill me in:
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) was first identified in Wuhan, China and reported by the World Health Organization on December 31. It has infected tens of thousands of Chinese citizens with pneumonia-like symptoms and has now spread to dozens of countries across the globe with cases being reported across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Australia, and North America.
However, in the United States, the impact of the disease has been more limited with only a few dozen cases reported at this time, primarily in California, Oregon and Washington. For the latest numbers, visit the CDC’s website.
What's the impact?
The spread of the Coronavirus could have significant implications for businesses here at home and around the globe.
Industrial sectors will be impacted in waves, for example certain transportation sectors like aviation and certain trade-dependent industries are already being impacted.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking
here
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The Library Link
Great Books About Business With Just A Click
Your link to success begins at the library. Each week in "In The Know,"
you to a business book or magazine that will inspire, teach, inform, or elevate you, professionally and personally. This week:
Tipping Sacred Cows
by Jake Breeden
You should try your best, work well with others, and produce excellent work. Right? But these cherished nuggets of advice, in practice, have a dark side that can lead to career-limiting unintended consequences. And they're not alone. Based on Jake Breeden's experience coaching thousands of leaders in 27 countries and new research in economics, neuroscience, and psychology,
Tipping Sacred Cows: Kick the Bad Work Habits that Masquerade as Virtues
reveals how to overcome the dangerous behaviors that masquerade as virtues at work and how to lead with fewer self-imposed limitations and greater results.
View this book by clicking
here
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Today in History
Bayer patents aspirin
- March 6, 1899 -
From History.com:
The German company Bayer patents aspirin on March 6, 1899. Now the most common drug in household medicine cabinets, acetylsalicylic acid was originally made from a chemical found in the bark of willow trees. In its primitive form, the active ingredient, salicin, was used for centuries in folk medicine, beginning in ancient Greece when Hippocrates used it to relieve pain and fever. Known to doctors since the mid-19th century, it was used sparingly due to its unpleasant taste and tendency to damage the stomach.
In 1897, Bayer employee Felix Hoffmann found a way to create a stable form of the drug that was easier and more pleasant to take. (Some evidence shows that Hoffmann’s work was really done by a Jewish chemist, Arthur Eichengrun, whose contributions were covered up during the Nazi era.) After obtaining the patent rights, Bayer began distributing aspirin in powder form to physicians to give to their patients one gram at a time. The brand name came from “a” for acetyl, “spir” from the spirea plant (a source of salicin) and the suffix “in,” commonly used for medications. It quickly became the number-one drug worldwide.
Aspirin was made available in tablet form and without a prescription in 1915. Two years later, when Bayer’s patent expired during the First World War, the company lost the trademark rights to aspirin in various countries. After the United States entered the war against Germany in April 1917, the Alien Property Custodian, a government agency that administers foreign property, seized Bayer’s U.S. assets. Two years later, the Bayer company name and trademarks for the United States and Canada were auctioned off and purchased by Sterling Products Company, later Sterling Winthrop, for $5.3 million.
Bayer became part of IG Farben, the conglomerate of German chemical industries that formed the financial heart of the Nazi regime. After World War II, the Allies split apart IG Farben, and Bayer again emerged as an individual company. Its purchase of Miles Laboratories in 1978 gave it a product line including Alka-Seltzer and Flintstones and One-A-Day Vitamins. I
n 1994, Bayer bought Sterling Winthrop’s over-the-counter business, gaining back rights to the Bayer name and logo and allowing the company once again to profit from American sales of its most famous product.
For more events that took place on
March 6th, please click
here
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- $100,000 -
"In 2017, 42% of small businesses had a payroll of less than $100,000. Only 13% of smaller firms paid out between $1 million and $5 million to employees that year. A tiny 6% of small businesses had enormous payrolls starting at $5 million and reaching over $150 million."
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Questions about Oil & Gas?
These non-profit organizations are here to help you stay up-to-date on the oil and gas industry
in Jefferson County:
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Get The Information You Need - The Chamber Staff Is Here To Help
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Janet McLaughlin
Investor Relations Coordinator
Janet will assist you with utilizing your membership benefits, answering questions about member programming or how to promote your business through the Chamber.
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Tricia Maple-Damewood
President
Contact Tricia with suggestions, input or feedback on member programming, how to get involved on a committee or special project or with questions or information about anything related to the Chamber.
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Contact Us
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
630 Market Street
Steubenville, OH 43952
Phone: 740.282.6226
Fax: 740.282.6285
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