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The Weekly Newsletter of
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
Friday, February 21, 2020
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This Week's Featured Video
Mind Hack: How to Push Past Fear
It's about more than empathy...
From
Big Think
: Freerunning and parkour taught storyteller Karen Palmer the power of pushing past fear to reach and exceed one's goals. By learning to understand personal triggers for fear, humans can effectively rewire their brains.
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The Chamber Ambassadors: Working To Make Our Organization Stronger & Better
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The Chamber Ambassadors are the volunteer arm of the Chamber, assisting with member engagement, special events and fundraising. The group was formed nearly 30 years ago under then Chamber president, Curt Klein. It began hosting an annual Burger Bash nearly 10 years ago and this event has grown into a summertime tradition and a favorite of many Chamber members. A portion of the proceeds from the Burger Bash fund the annual Anita Jackson Community Scholarship. Anita was a founding member of the Ambassador group and a long-time Franciscan University employee. Retired educator, Patricia Fletcher, is another founding Ambassador who still serves today. The Chamber would like to recognize this important group for their hard work and dedication to the local business community.
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Nicole Adamski, Chair
Michael Vok, Vice Chair
Melissa Brown
Jenn Cesta
Melanie DiCarlo, Secretary
Jackie Dubois
Nancy Felton
Patricia Fletcher
Rain Lucas
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Adam Peranowski
Jeffrey Schuetz
Kate Sedgmer
Joe Shemasek
Tina Thompson
Mary Joy VanDyne
Beth Rupert-Warren
Marie-Hélène Wilson
Shana Wydra
Samantha Yanik
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Workforce Training & Education Survey
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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, to ensure 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.
To that end, it's crucial that we gather information from our local businesses - all sizes and types. Please take a moment to complete a brief online survey that will help us in our efforts. Begin by clicking
here
and keep in mind that you may choose to remain anonymous if you wish.
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:
What Gen Z is Watching Online - and What That Means for Marketers in 2020
While most of the headlines these days are about Millennials, there's another generation that's coming into their own: Gen Z. The mystery for many businesses is this generation's interests and how they differ from Millennials. Fortunately,
Social Media Today
comes through again, with a clear delineation of the platforms Gen Z is using in droves and how you can reach them where they are.
From last week:
If you're reading this newsletter, you're more than likely a local business, and if you're reading this section of the newsletter, you're more than likely trying to figure out how to market that local business on social media. Here are five tips you can apply to your online marketing strategy,
courtesy of Rohan Mathawan of TechStory
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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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Ribbon Cutting &
Grand Opening Celebration
Thursday, February 27th, at 11:30 a.m.
2718 Sunset Blvd., Suite A
Steubenville
Join us for the opening of this unique new addition to the local business community. All are welcome to attend.
Phone (304) 280-6900 for more information.
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Coffee & Connections
Wednesday, March 11th
8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Watch 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
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SAVE THE DATE
Annual Golf Classic
Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
Watch In The Know for details.
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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: February 24th (date change due to President's Day)
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Member Morsels
Remember to visit individual member websites by clicking on the business name or logo.
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Campbell Dickinson 5K and
Noah Long Kids 1K
Please join the
Toronto Coalition for Revitalization
on Saturday, March 21st, at 10 a.m. at the Toronto TEMs building for its 10th annual fun run to support the TEAR fund at the Teramana Cancer Center.
This year organizers are encouraging businesses and organizations to bring teams to celebrate the 10th year of the race.
The registration price for children is $10 and for adults $15.
They are also looking for sponsors with a variety of prices available. A downloadable sponsorship form can be found
here
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Cloak & Dagger Returns to the Weirton Area Museum
This month's episode is titled "Leap in Time" and features three stories about time travel. Brought to life by Cloak & Dagger's acting troupe, The Wayward Saints, "Leap in Time" will also feature an original score performed live by Lakin Weaver, sound effects by The Holy Foley Molies, and a commercial skit for sponsor the Weirton Area Museum.
The Weirton Area Museum & Cultural Center is located at 3149 Main Street in Weirton. Tickets are $7 for general audiences and $5 for seniors, students, and military members. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. No reservations are required.
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OVMG Annual Membership and Sponsorship Drive
The
Ohio Valley Music Guild
is conducting its annual Membership and Sponsorship Drives this February. As a fellow Chamber member, we hope you will support this important organization's efforts and initiatives by becoming a member and/or sponsoring our organization and events. General Memberships are just $20 per person.
There are also additional levels of individual support: $50 for Bronze, $100 for Silver, and $200 or more for Gold, which are designated in all event programs.
Program sponsorship prices for 2020 will be $200 for a full-page mention,(includes two tickets to one event), $125 for a 1/2 page (includes one ticket to one event) and $75 for a 1/3 of a page. P
lease visit the OVMG website
by clicking
here
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r call Lil Ferguson at 740.264.2232 for more information. Whatever level you choose is greatly appreciated.
Since 2004, the Ohio Valley Music Guild has hosted nearly 50 events, ranging from opera, Broadway, and jazz singers and ensembles to flamenco, swing, and ballet dance troupes, and most recently, local talent from the Sycamore Center. They also award a music scholarship to rising sophomore, junior or senior college students who have a local connection and who have declared a music-related major.
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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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Legislative Inaction Puts
Ohio Employers at Risk of Higher Taxes
In President Trump’s budget proposal, one policy provision highlights why the time is now for Ohio’s legislature to fix our broken – and nearly broke – unemployment compensation system. Under the proposal, a new minimum solvency standard is created, and employers in states that fail to meet the new standard will see a reduction in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) credit.
Under the new standard, employers in state’s with unemployment compensation trust fund balances that cannot pay at least six months of benefits in a recession will be at risk of losing the majority of their FUTA credit.
Read the article in its entirety by clicking
here
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Quick Take: Your Primer on the
World Trade Organization
Fill me in:
Since its establishment 25 years ago, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has served as an invaluable forum for the U.S. and other countries to eliminate trade barriers and foster growth and development worldwide.
The WTO provides critical rules for a strong international trading system and dispute settlement panels to resolve commercial disputes.
The WTO agreements address trade in goods, services, intellectual property, government procurement, and other vital issues, and they have increased trade around the globe.
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:
Master Your Motivation
by Susan Fowler
If you want to accomplish what's important to you, discipline and willpower won't get you where you need to go. In this iconoclastic new book,
Master Your Motivation: Three Scientific Truths for Achieving Your Goals
, Susan Fowler reveals compelling insights and actions to help you master and maintain your motivation.
Motivation is at the heart of everything you do and everything you want to do but don't. Unfortunately, the ways we typically motivate ourselves don't work. Relying on sheer determination eventually becomes exhausting--it's not sustainable. And even setting goals can backfire--if you're not setting them for the right reasons.
View this book by clicking
here
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Today in History
Dolly Parton cements her crossover success
as "9 to 5" hits #1
- February 21, 1981 -
From History.com:
In 1980, Dolly Parton brought the full range of her talents to bear on a project that would cement her crossover from country music to mainstream superstardom. That project was the movie
9 to 5
, for which Dolly wrote and performed the song that earned her both Oscar and Grammy nominations as well as semi-official status as a true pop icon. The biggest hit of Dolly Parton’s career, the song “9 to 5″ reached #1 on the pop charts on February 21, 1981.
In addition to writing and singing the theme song, Dolly also acted in
9 to 5
, playing the role of a secretary prejudged on looks alone not only by her sleazy male boss, played deliciously by Dabney Coleman, but also by her female colleagues, played by Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda. The role played very much on the image that Dolly created and toyed with in the real world: that of the apparent blonde bimbo. The wigs, the accent, the outfits and—it must be said—the famously ample bosom, were a significant part of Dolly’s public persona, as was her eagerness to make fun of her own image; “It takes a lot of money to look this cheap” was her most famous self-deprecating wisecrack. All of it helped make Dolly Parton a hugely famous and wildly popular personality from the early 80s onward, yet it didn’t hint at the decade of brilliant musical achievement that preceded this phase of Dolly’s life.
Long before most Americans knew her name, Dolly Parton had established a reputation in Nashville and beyond based not on her outsized image, but on her brilliant and restrained country singing and songwriting. Dolly left the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee for Nashville the same day she graduated high school, and though it took several years of struggling, by the late 1960s she was an established figure in the world of country music, best known for her regular appearances on
The Porter Wagoner Show
. It was in the early 70s, though, that she made her name as a solo performer and songwriter. "Jolene" and "Coat of Many Colors" may be her best known country hits from that period, but Parton also wrote and recorded "I Will Always Love You," which would go on to be one of the biggest pop hits of the 1990s for Whitney Houston.
Dolly did not enjoy similar success with the movies that followed her acting debut in
9 to 5
: 1982’s
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
(with Burt Reynolds) and 1984’s
Rhinestone
(with Sylvester Stallone). She did have another #1 pop hit in 1983 with "Islands In The Stream" (a duet with Kenny Rogers), and she has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in recent years in the kind of rootsy, bluegrass-influenced work that preceded her big breakthrough with “9 to 5.”
For more events that took place on
February 21st, please click
here
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Where Ohio ranks in a recent study of the Most Charitable States. "[T]he latest World Giving Index shows that the United States has been the most generous country over the course of the last ten years. U.S. donors in 2018 gave more than $427 billion to charity, with 68 percent of the funds coming directly from individuals, according to the National Philanthropic Trust."
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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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