February 23, 2023

Networking, sharing, and learning abundant at Membership Maximizer

Both new and existing Chamber members appreciated the opportunity to connect with each other, as well as the Chamber team, at Tuesday’s Membership Maximizer. The program is a great way to meet and network with others PLUS learn how to get the most value from your Chamber membership. Whether you’re a new or seasoned member, everyone learns something new! Our next event will be held on May 18th from 7:30 – 9 AM at the Grand Meridian. Register using the button below.

Chamber Quick Poll

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed a rule to ban non-compete agreements for all employees and independent contractors, with no exceptions except in cases between a buyer and seller of a business. We’re curious if our Fox Cities employers use non-competes at their companies. Please take our quick poll to provide insight into this issue.

Does your company use contract clauses such as non-competes/solicits in employment agreements?

Yes, we utilize such clauses INCLUDING (WHERE PERMISSIBLE) NON-COMPETES

Yes, we utilize such clauses OTHER THAN NON-COMPETES

No, we do not utilize any of these types of contract clauses

Last Week's Quick Poll Results

What upcoming event are you most likely to attend?

Excellence in Education Awards - 21.1%
PULSE CEO Breakfast - 35.6%
Summer Golf Outing - 30%
Future 15 Young Professionals Awards - 13.3%

Your Business Advocate Blog

Voters Choose Final Candidates for April

This last Tuesday, Wisconsinites – or about 20% of registered voters, anyway – went to the polls to narrow down the number of candidates for a variety of offices on the ballot for the Spring Election. While we all had the opportunity to vote for our preferred candidate for Supreme Court, others had more races such as county executive, school board, and other local government offices.

Ballots varied significantly by municipality. For example, in Fox Crossing the only race on the ballot was Supreme Court. For those in Outagamie County, you had a county executive primary along with other municipal races. Just because you did not see races on your ballot on Tuesday, it doesn’t mean you won’t have more to vote for in April. It just means only one or two candidates filed to run for that office.

Read the full blog post here.

Jon Turke

Vice President of Government Affairs

jturke@foxcitieschamber.com

4 Reasons “AI Marketing” is the Future of Marketing (and how ChatGPT fits in)

One million users … in 5 days. That’s the attention ChatGPT got when it launched in November 2022 – and buzz about the chatbot language model hasn’t let up. As more and more people realize that the possibilities of artificial intelligence (AI) are here — now — it sparks the imagination (and fear) of marketers.

Haven’t seen what ChatGPT can do? Read the full Thought Leader blog post by Weidert Group here.

Delegation topic of next free Dale Carnegie training

Over the next few months, the Chamber is offering our members a FREE, exclusive training course from Dale Carnegie, and this week we hosted the first of four sessions. Those in attendance gained knowledge and skills to implement in their careers, and found the session to be very beneficial.

Join us for the March 21st session: 'Delegation Process: Utilize techniques to get work done through others and develop the talent of team members, and use a model to delegate a task effectively'. Register for the class here.

Attend the March Business After Hours at Jewelers Mutual

Join us on March 2nd from 5 - 7 p.m. at 24 Jewelers Park Dr. in Neenah for Business After Hours hosted by Jewelers Mutual! Whether you are a prospective member, new member, or a member that wants to stay engaged, we provide these events for you. Bring your business cards and connect with professionals across varying industries. Register for the event by clicking here.

Be a part of our new talent attraction magazine

You may have been contacted by a company called Livability Media recently. The Chamber is partnering with Livability on a new magazine coming out this summer, and their representative James Ervin has been reaching out to our members.

If you are interested in enhancing your talent attraction efforts on a regional and national level, we encourage you to talk to James. Livability is one of the marketing tools we will use to promote the Fox Cities and why employees should work and relocate here. James will be able to provide more details on advertising in this newsstand-quality publication & digital marketing initiative.

You can see of example of how the publication is used in the Madison area here. To set up an appointment with James, you can access his online calendar here.

Are you Tech Savvy?

Tech Savvy is a one-day conference designed to give sixth to ninth grade girls an opportunity to experience firsthand how science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields can lead to exciting careers. There are also informative workshops planned just for the parents/guardians/mentors who attend!

The event is held on Saturday, March 11, from 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Learn more and register by clicking here.