March 3, 2022 | ISSUE NO. 9
FOX CITIES WEEK
Your connection to employers, economic development & quality of life in the Fox Cities region
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Can you help? Career Expo volunteers needed!
We are in need of several volunteers to help out at the Future Fox Cities Career Expo on March 8 & 9!
By volunteering you help connect our local companies with Fox Cities students. Our employers are able to share their stories and start to build a future pipeline of workers, while students can learn about employment options so they can better plan their careers.
Several shifts are available on both days. Click below to view available times and volunteer. Thank you in advance for helping make a difference for Fox Cities students!
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- SBDC starts Chamber office hours
- Have you "Herd" about Pulse?
- New program offers child care funding
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- Why do you need a good head shot photo?
- Welcome New Members
- Member Anniversaries
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SBDC officially starts Chamber office hours |
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The Chamber officially welcomed the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) yesterday with a ribbon cutting ceremony! The SBDC is now holding office hours at the Chamber on the first Wednesday of each month, from 12:30-4:30, with the opportunity to expand in the future. Whether you are starting or growing your for-profit business, their experts can help, all at no cost. To make an appointment, call (920) 424-1826 or email SBDC@UWosh.edu
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Chamber Member & Community News
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Country Inn & Suites honored with Hospitality Excellence Award
Every year, Radisson Hotel Group Americas recognizes its top performing hotels and team members from each of its brands. Country Inn & Suites – Appleton was honored with the 2021 Hospitality Excellence Award. The Hospitality Excellence Award recognizes hotels that achieve top scores in guest satisfaction measured by guest feedback and consistency in meeting and often exceeding the brand’s product quality standards.
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Business model competition open for high schoolers
The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh's Alta Resources Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) is excited to present a business model competition for sophomore, junior and senior high school students statewide.
The CEI encourages an entrepreneurial spirit whole providing students with opportunities to develop knowledge, hone professional presentation skills and an experience of enterprise creation. Read more.
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Heid Music to give away nearly $20,000 in prizes for local music programs
To celebrate Music in Our Schools Month, Heid Music is challenging local music directors, their students and community members to get creative. Photo submissions showcasing how music education has impacted them can be submitted at HeidMusic.com/Big10Plus throughout the month of March. At the conclusion of the contest on March 31, 2022, the music program with the most cumulative votes will receive first pick of this year’s prizes. Learn more.
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Have you "Herd" about Pulse?
Our Pulse young professionals partnered with Oshkosh Propel YPs recently for a little learning and fun: a night at the Wisconsin Herd game and panel discussion, with representatives from the Milwaukee Bucks speaking on DEI and how they integrate it throughout their organization.
And in case you haven't "Herd" about Pulse, they are awesome! Pulse opens doors to future leadership opportunities for its members. This program plays an important role in helping young professionals establish lifelong connections and careers in the Fox Cities.
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Body language expert tip:
Why do you need a good head shot photo?
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Kristin Bock from Body Language Blueprints is a featured speaker at our upcoming Career Expo, but she offers great tips for any professional wanting to make a good impression. In part one of a two-part video series, she offers tips on how to have a good head shot photo. Click here or above to watch the video.
Kristin (aka Woman Determined To Make Sure People Feel Seen & Heard) is a speaker, coach, and the founder of Body Language Blueprints, an online platform that helps leaders and professionals win more clients, draw people in, and have followers to the ends of the Earth using body language. Learn more at her website.
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Are you a Leadership Fox Cities graduate?
Whether you graduated in 1991, 2021, or anywhere in between, we know that your contact information may have changed over the years. If you are a past graduate and currently do NOT receive any communication from the LFC Alumni Association, we'd love to update your contact information. Email Amy Schanke.
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March 4, 2022
12-1 PM
629 Westhill Blvd., Appleton
March 8 & 9, 2022
Fox Cities Exhibition Center
March 10, 2022
5-7 PM
1000 Cameron Way, Neenah
April 5, 2022
5 PM
Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley
April 7, 2022
5-7 PM
1000 Cameron Way, Neenah
April 19, 2022
5-7 PM
1000 Cameron Way, Neenah
April 28, 2022
5:00 - 7:00 PM
W6180 Aerotech Dr., Appleton
May 12, 2022
5:00 - 7:00 PM
2102 N. Casaloma Dr., Appleton
June 3, 2022
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
W North Water St. (Between N Shawano
& Pearl Streets)
July 18, 2022
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
N8421 N Shore Road, Menasha
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Innovation Accelerator Program for Veterans now accepting applications
The Innovation Accelerator for Veterans program at FVTC is a three-phase project which provides entrepreneurial training and technical support, networking opportunities, one-on-one mentoring and seed funds for either startup or growth expenses for veteran-owned businesses. The program provides veterans with a compass to successful business ownership. Interested veterans can begin the application process today. Learn more>>
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New Program Offers Funding Support for Child Care
The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families has introduced a new series of funding programs that can potentially support businesses whose employees need child care. The Project Growth program has multiple components, one of which is called Partner Up!, where businesses reserve slots in regulated local child care programs for children of employees. There is $10 million available statewide. Learn more at an informational webinar on March 8.
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HOLA at Microsoft scholarship available
Microsoft's Hispanic/Latinx Organization of Leaders in Action (HOLA) Scholarship is open for applications. The HOLA community established the HOLA at Microsoft scholarship, an employee-funded scholarship geared towards US-based high school seniors of Hispanic and Latinx descent that currently attend an accredited organization and plan to attend a two or four-year college or university in the US. It is directed at those students who plan to pursue an associate’s or bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business management, marketing, or have a declared major.
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Open House planned for Women in the Pipe Trades
UA 400 Pipe Trades and the Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) will host a Careers for Women in the Pipe Trades Open House on Tuesday, March 8th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the UA 400 Training Center in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. This event is free and will give attendees the opportunity to meet and learn from a one-hour panel discussion featuring four successful women working in the industry, take a tour of the training facility, view actual demonstrations, and meet with representatives from UA 400 and local contractors.
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1313 Racine Rd, Menasha
2390 W Nordale Dr., Unit D, Appleton
1313 Midway Rd., Menasha
1818 E Wisconsin Ave., Floor 2, Appleton
2021 South Webster Ave., Green Bay
3000 N. Pointer Rd., Appleton
1500 N Casaloma Dr., Ste. 100, Appleton
120 N Morrison St., Ste. 200, Appleton
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Happy Anniversary!
- VandenBoom Verstegen Wealth Management
- Essity
- Bergstrom Mahler Museum of Glass
- Delta Dental of Wisconsin
- TDS
- Office Enterprises, Inc.
- Storm- The Lawn Pro of the of the Fox Valley
- Homestead Mutual Insurance
- First Quality Forklift Training LLC
- Grifols Biomat USA, Inc.
- Number One Marketing
- Tri City Glass & Door Inc.
- Insta Print Plus, Inc.
- S P E, Inc.
- Baumgart Tire & Wheel, Inc.
- RBC Wealth Management
- Faith Technologies, Inc.
- BMO Harris Bank N.A.
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NEXT ISSUE: Thursday, March 10, 2022
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