Wednesday, March 16th, 2022
Wednesday, March 16th, 1PM-3PM
Market Research to Validate Your Business Idea
Learn methods and processes to validate your idea and generate sales before spending time or money on the wrong market. This seminar is for entrepreneurs that are just starting to launch their ideas or business owners who want to continue finding innovative ways to reach their market.

Thursday, March 17th, 10AM-11:30PM
Self-care: How to Achieve Business Success Without Running Yourself Into the Ground
This enlightening session will list the 5 do or die challenges business owners must successfully meet. In the process of meeting those challenges, attendees will learn the necessity of placing their self-care front and center – and learn exactly how to do just that.

Tuesday, March 22nd, 10AM-12PM
The Business Culture Guide for Challenging Times - Session 1
Business owners and leaders will learn how to establish a positive and productive business culture that burns through depressed economic times. Orchestrate operations, inspire employees, lock in customer loyalty, and boost business results with a custom business culture roadmap you will create during this program.

There are many more workshop opportunities available than the ones listed here. To view a complete list of upcoming trainings, click here.
Ribbon Cutting
Celebrating Dr. Charles Moore, who recently joined Southern ENT!
Southern ENT Associates
Thursday, March 17th, 12PM
2308 East Main St., Ste. B, New Iberia, LA
Ribbon Cutting
Celebrating a grand opening!
Jenna Scott Esthetics
Friday, March 25th, 10AM
310 West Main St., New Iberia, LA
The Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce's
2021 Annual Report is now available.

Iberia Chamber Accepting Nominations for
2021 Civic Service and Business Impact Awards
 
Every year, the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce recognizes one individual and two local businesses for their contributions to Iberia Parish, with the Outstanding Civic Service Award and Business Impact Awards. The Outstanding Civic Service Award is given to a member of our community who has shown exemplary service by volunteering their time and energy to Iberia Parish. Similarly, the Business Impact Awards are given to two different businesses for their recent development, growth, expansion, or diversification. The purpose of the Business Impact Award is to recognize and promote our community’s culture of innovation, entrepreneurialism, resiliency, and to celebrate business success in Iberia Parish.
 
Nominations for these awards are now open to the public. The deadline for submissions is Friday, May 13th at 5pm. Find the nomination forms at iberiachamber.org/annualbanquet. The recipients of these awards will be recognized at the Chamber’s Annual Banquet, scheduled for July 28th at 6pm.
In 2021, the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce recognized Natalie Broussard with the Outstanding Civic Service Award, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette New Iberia Research Center with the Business Impact Award, Southern Sass Boutique with the Business Impact Award, and Dr. Moses Kitakule of Iberia Medical Center with a special award for his work during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce is a network of community-minded business members in Iberia Parish who join together in addressing needs of the business sector and general quality of life in Iberia Parish. The Chamber on behalf of its members strive to be resilient by working to build a remarkable community creating prosperity and ensuring a sustainable and thriving economy for all of Iberia Parish. For more information on the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce visit www.iberiachamber.org
UPDATE from IMC featured this Thursday on Positively Iberia! …AND MORE “Show on the GEAUX!”
Iberia Medical Center's CEO, (and Chamber Board member) Dionne Viator, leads this quarter's update panel on the Thursday, March 13th segment which features a special COVID-19 FAQ discussion by Dr. Moses Kitakule and Dr. Jose Mata, along with some especially timely (and fun, too) information from Dr. Son Nguyen


The segment goes LIVE on Teche Matters - KANE 107.5FM/AM1240 and 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙇𝙄𝙑𝙀 during the 10 o'clock AM hour Thursday (3/17/2022)
Stream audio LIVE at www.kane1240.com; via the TuneIn app or ask your smart-speaker to "play K.A.N.E."
Positively Iberia program segment launches after KANE Teche Matters’ first commercial break, usually, around 10:20AM-ish till 11am.

And ANOTHER Show on the GEAUX! is scheduled to be LIVE from City Park for coverage of the New Iberia Parks and Rec Department’s FESTIVAL OF LIVE OAKS and BBQ Cookoff on Saturday morning, March 19th. If you can’t make it to the event or never attended and want a look at the festivities before you head out…
 join us virtually. Check out details on Positively Iberia’s Event Calendar here: https://www.facebook.com/events/697371365028344

…and…

ICYMI: Here’s a recap from last week’s features:
• Panel from Shadows Plein Air Competition segment on Thursday, 3/10
• Show on the GEAUX! at Aline’s Amazing Lemonade Stand on Saturday, 3/12
Show on the GEAUX! covering the New Iberia St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday, 3/13