SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide.
A SCORE counselor comes to the Arlington Chamber's office on the first Wednesday of every month to meet with Chamber members for confidential one-hour consultations. Both members and non-members can take advantage of this opportunity.
Contact: judy@judyorganizes.com to make a reservation.
NOTE:Non-members will be charged a $20 fee payable to the Chamber of Commerce at the time of the SCORE appointment. The consultations are free for Chamber members, so please take advantage of this great benefit.
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Showing posts with label networking. Show all posts
Monday, March 29, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Welcome New Members Networking Breakfast
Make new connections with new members. Show them the benefit of being part of our local business community. Get the most out of your Chamber investment.
WHAT: Welcome New Members Networking Breakfast
WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 8:00—9:30am
WHERE: The Arlington Center for the Arts
FREE for NEW MEMBERS who joined from June 2008 to March 2010
EARLY BIRD PRE-REGISTRATION FEE: $10/member, $20/visitor (before March 9)
Register Here.
WHAT: Welcome New Members Networking Breakfast
WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 8:00—9:30am
WHERE: The Arlington Center for the Arts
FREE for NEW MEMBERS who joined from June 2008 to March 2010
EARLY BIRD PRE-REGISTRATION FEE: $10/member, $20/visitor (before March 9)
Register Here.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Welcome New Arlington Chamber Member: Audiology and Hearing Solutions, Inc.
Welcome to our newest member of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce.
Audiology and Hearing Solutions, Inc.
1004 Main Street
Winchester, MA 01890
www.audiologyhearing.net
Tel: 781.218.2225
Contact: Melonie Marple
Join all of our newest as well as longstanding members at the Welcome New Members Breakfast.
WHAT: Welcome New Members Networking Breakfast
WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 8:00—9:30am
WHERE: The Arlington Center for the Arts
FREE for NEW MEMBERS who joined from June 2008 to March 2010
Register now!
Audiology and Hearing Solutions, Inc.
1004 Main Street
Winchester, MA 01890
www.audiologyhearing.net
Tel: 781.218.2225
Contact: Melonie Marple
Join all of our newest as well as longstanding members at the Welcome New Members Breakfast.
WHAT: Welcome New Members Networking Breakfast
WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 8:00—9:30am
WHERE: The Arlington Center for the Arts
FREE for NEW MEMBERS who joined from June 2008 to March 2010
Register now!
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Welcome New Members Networking Breakfast (Thurs., March 11)
Come one, come all. Make new connections with small businesspeople in your community.
Network over breakfast and get the word out about your business. Members will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and their business in a 60 second pitch – pre-registration required. New members can attend for free, and everyone is welcome.
Learn how to get the most out of your Chamber investment
WHAT: Welcome New Members Networking Breakfast
WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 8:00—9:30am
WHERE: The Arlington Center for the Arts
FREE for NEW MEMBERS who joined from June 2008 to March 2010
EARLY BIRD PRE-REGISTRATION FEE: $10/member, $20/visitor (before March 9)
AFTER MARCH 9 and AT THE DOOR: $15/member, $25/visitor
Register Here.
Network over breakfast and get the word out about your business. Members will have the opportunity to introduce themselves and their business in a 60 second pitch – pre-registration required. New members can attend for free, and everyone is welcome.
Learn how to get the most out of your Chamber investment
WHAT: Welcome New Members Networking Breakfast
WHEN: Thursday, March 11, 2010 from 8:00—9:30am
WHERE: The Arlington Center for the Arts
FREE for NEW MEMBERS who joined from June 2008 to March 2010
EARLY BIRD PRE-REGISTRATION FEE: $10/member, $20/visitor (before March 9)
AFTER MARCH 9 and AT THE DOOR: $15/member, $25/visitor
Register Here.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Arlington Chamber works with SCORE to help your business
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide.
A SCORE counselor comes to the Arlington Chamber's office on the first Wednesday of every month to meet with Chamber members for confidential one-hour consultations. Both members and non-members can take advantage of this opportunity.
Contact: judy@judyorganizes.com to make a reservation.
NOTE:Non-members will be charged a $20 fee payable to the Chamber of Commerce at the time of the SCORE appointment. The consultations are free for Chamber members, so please take advantage of this great benefit.
A SCORE counselor comes to the Arlington Chamber's office on the first Wednesday of every month to meet with Chamber members for confidential one-hour consultations. Both members and non-members can take advantage of this opportunity.
Contact: judy@judyorganizes.com to make a reservation.
NOTE:Non-members will be charged a $20 fee payable to the Chamber of Commerce at the time of the SCORE appointment. The consultations are free for Chamber members, so please take advantage of this great benefit.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Small businesses need attitude and action to achieve results
Join the Arlington Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, February 4th for an evening of networking, great food and an interactive goal setting agenda. Register now or learn more. This event is open to the public.
Our guest speaker Lloyd Franke will guide us through goal setting strategies. Here's a preview of one of his tips:
Tip 4 of 4: Moving toward results
At the end of the month, take a measure of the steps completed toward your weekly, monthly, and annual goals. Are you making progress in the right direction or are you stuck for some reason?
Attitude:
Action:
“Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be only afraid of standing still.”
—Chinese Proverb
Our guest speaker Lloyd Franke will guide us through goal setting strategies. Here's a preview of one of his tips:
Tip 4 of 4: Moving toward results
At the end of the month, take a measure of the steps completed toward your weekly, monthly, and annual goals. Are you making progress in the right direction or are you stuck for some reason?
Attitude:
- What do you feel good about? Have you acknowledged your accomplishments for the month? Don’t focus on what you haven’t done – gain strength from your results and start anew.
- Have you remembered and lived your guidelines? These are the lessons learned from past experiences that will drive your on-going success.
- How have you demonstrated your New Paradigm? Are you living it and shouting down your negative internal voice?
Action:
- Are your goals in good shape or are some in trouble? It may be necessary to evaluate goals in trouble and determine if they need attention or revision.
- What are the next steps for each of the goals? Success is taking a series of small steps – keep moving forward.
- Review your plan daily and work on the steps that you have planned out and your will see results – balance action with your positive attitude.
“Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be only afraid of standing still.”
—Chinese Proverb
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Winter Networking with the Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Spend an evening networking with colleagues and learning about guiding principles for setting and reaching goals.
New Year Celebration: How to Plan and Achieve Your Best Year Yet!
Featuring Lloyd Franke
Event Sponsored by: Mirak Automotive
Location: Whittemore-Robbins House (behind the Arlington Public Library)
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Hours: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Register now.
Event Agenda: 5:30-6:00pm Brief cocktail reception
6:00 - 6:45pm Presentation
6:45 - 8:00pm Questions / Networking
New Year Celebration: How to Plan and Achieve Your Best Year Yet!
Featuring Lloyd Franke
Event Sponsored by: Mirak Automotive
Location: Whittemore-Robbins House (behind the Arlington Public Library)
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Hours: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Register now.
Event Agenda: 5:30-6:00pm Brief cocktail reception
6:00 - 6:45pm Presentation
6:45 - 8:00pm Questions / Networking
Monday, February 1, 2010
Arlington businesses: Do you need help achieving goals?
Join the Arlington Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, February 4th for an evening of networking, great food and an interactive goal setting agenda. Register now or learn more.
Our guest speaker Lloyd Franke will guide us through goal setting strategies. Here's a preview of one of his tips:
Tip 3 of 4: Practice being aware
It’s time to establish a new role in your life – personal coach. Many times we act as coach for others – observing and commenting on how they could improve. Now turn that focus on yourself.
Several times a day, put yourself in the role of personal coach. What does the coach observe in your attitude and actions? Are you making progress toward the results you want?
Attitude
Be aware of what you are thinking and feeling as you progress through the day. Tune in to your internal dialogue. What messages are you giving yourself? Awareness allows you to shift your thoughts and actions. Replace negative thoughts with your new paradigm.
Action
Check your actions. What are you doing? Are you taking the next steps toward the results you want? Are you putting off the activities that are uncomfortable? Do them first – delay distractions.
Think back over the day. What actions have you taken that lead you toward the results you want? How can you do better? Acknowledge accomplishments and continue success tomorrow.
"Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk--and to act." -- Maxwell Maltz
Our guest speaker Lloyd Franke will guide us through goal setting strategies. Here's a preview of one of his tips:
Tip 3 of 4: Practice being aware
It’s time to establish a new role in your life – personal coach. Many times we act as coach for others – observing and commenting on how they could improve. Now turn that focus on yourself.
Several times a day, put yourself in the role of personal coach. What does the coach observe in your attitude and actions? Are you making progress toward the results you want?
Attitude
Be aware of what you are thinking and feeling as you progress through the day. Tune in to your internal dialogue. What messages are you giving yourself? Awareness allows you to shift your thoughts and actions. Replace negative thoughts with your new paradigm.
Action
Check your actions. What are you doing? Are you taking the next steps toward the results you want? Are you putting off the activities that are uncomfortable? Do them first – delay distractions.
Think back over the day. What actions have you taken that lead you toward the results you want? How can you do better? Acknowledge accomplishments and continue success tomorrow.
"Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk--and to act." -- Maxwell Maltz
Friday, January 29, 2010
Small business owners: tips for goal setting
Join the Arlington Chamber of Commerce on Thursday February 4th for an evening of networking, great food and an interactive goal setting agenda. Register now or learn more.
Our guest speaker Lloyd Franke will guide us through goal setting strategies. Here's a preview of one of his tips:
Tip 2 of 4: Step outside yourself and observe
Sometimes it is a useful exercise to “step outside ourselves” and act as an independent observer. Pretend you are someone else.
Attitude
Action
Are you avoiding the steps you know are necessary to move toward your results? “Time for a cup of coffee.” Or “I better check my email – there may be something important.” Or “I can’t start that project now, I only have a half an hour.” Sound familiar?
If you observe this behavior in your day, you know what to do about it. Practice discipline and stay with the work. Set up a reward for finishing (coffee, stretch, etc.)
"Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." -- Conrad Hilton
Our guest speaker Lloyd Franke will guide us through goal setting strategies. Here's a preview of one of his tips:
Tip 2 of 4: Step outside yourself and observe
Sometimes it is a useful exercise to “step outside ourselves” and act as an independent observer. Pretend you are someone else.
Attitude
- How are you doing in your quest to stop negative thoughts?
- What’s the possibility of reaching your goals?
- Are you truly committed?
Action
Are you avoiding the steps you know are necessary to move toward your results? “Time for a cup of coffee.” Or “I better check my email – there may be something important.” Or “I can’t start that project now, I only have a half an hour.” Sound familiar?
If you observe this behavior in your day, you know what to do about it. Practice discipline and stay with the work. Set up a reward for finishing (coffee, stretch, etc.)
"Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." -- Conrad Hilton
Thursday, January 28, 2010
How do we become experts at producing results?
By focusing on one tip at a time, Llyod Franke from Franke Associates will guide us through settting goals and resolutions that are important to us. This post is a preview of some of his insight.
Come learn more and meet Lloyd Franke at the February 4th Arlington Chamber of Commerce New Year Celebration: How to Plan and Achive Your Best Year Yet! Learn more. Register now.
Tip #1: The Foolproof Combination: Vision and Action
Action and attitude are a necessary combination. In order to progress, we must have positive ideas and objectives and the confidence that we can achieve them; but, without positive action, we won’t make progress; it requires a balance of both.
Attitude - Limiting beliefs:
“How will I ever increase my sales that much?”
“I can’t lose that weight and keep it off.”
“Our company just can’t do that.”
“I’m too ______ to do that.” “This isn’t going to work.”
That little voice in our head that keeps reminding us of shortcomings and doubts must be silenced or shouted over. If we really want something we will find a way to get it. What chance do you stand of achieving your goals if you don’t believe something new or different can happen? Shift your limiting beliefs to a new positive paradigm.
Look at a major goal you have set for yourself. Now listen to that little voice; is it sending doubts? If so, repeat your new paradigm and constantly reinforce it until you believe you can achieve that goal.
Actions:
“Vision without Action is merely a dream; Action without vision just passes the time; Vision with Action can change the world” -- Joel Barker
Come learn more and meet Lloyd Franke at the February 4th Arlington Chamber of Commerce New Year Celebration: How to Plan and Achive Your Best Year Yet! Learn more. Register now.
Tip #1: The Foolproof Combination: Vision and Action
Action and attitude are a necessary combination. In order to progress, we must have positive ideas and objectives and the confidence that we can achieve them; but, without positive action, we won’t make progress; it requires a balance of both.
Attitude - Limiting beliefs:
“How will I ever increase my sales that much?”
“I can’t lose that weight and keep it off.”
“Our company just can’t do that.”
“I’m too ______ to do that.” “This isn’t going to work.”
That little voice in our head that keeps reminding us of shortcomings and doubts must be silenced or shouted over. If we really want something we will find a way to get it. What chance do you stand of achieving your goals if you don’t believe something new or different can happen? Shift your limiting beliefs to a new positive paradigm.
Look at a major goal you have set for yourself. Now listen to that little voice; is it sending doubts? If so, repeat your new paradigm and constantly reinforce it until you believe you can achieve that goal.
Actions:
- Have you listed all the steps required to achieve your goals?
- What are the next steps? Success is a series of small actions toward the objective. Set the next milestone, commit to it, and do it.
- What are you feeling? Focus on your positive paradigm. What actions are you taking? Take action toward results.
“Vision without Action is merely a dream; Action without vision just passes the time; Vision with Action can change the world” -- Joel Barker
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Winter Networking and Goal Setting for Small Businesses
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce and Mirak Automotive invite you to a special evening of networking and goal setting with Lloyd Franke on Thursday, February 4, 2010. Register now.
Over drinks and hors d'œuvres we invite you to learn more about effective goal setting. Here are the details:
How to Plan and Achieve Your Best Year Yet!
Guiding Principles for setting and reaching your important goals
What are your greatest challenges in achieving your goals?
Imagine your business (and you) …achieving the results you want!
Which results are your top priorities this year?
• Improved productivity
• Better financial performance
• Breakthrough sales results
• Personal transformation
• Organization transformation
• Employee satisfaction & development
Who will benefit from this session?
This interactive session explores the Five Principles of Transformation effective in helping teams and individuals set and achieve their goals aligned with personal and business values. Using the principles of the Best Year Yet strategic planning system, Lloyd Franke will demonstrate how participants can apply the principles to their own business and individual goals.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of:
• what’s driving their success and limiting results;
• what values they must follow to maintain a “balanced life”;
• the key roles they play personally and professionally;
• their major focus and goals for the year;
Register today. Space is limited. Priority will be given to Arlington Chamber members.
Over drinks and hors d'œuvres we invite you to learn more about effective goal setting. Here are the details:
How to Plan and Achieve Your Best Year Yet!
Guiding Principles for setting and reaching your important goals
What are your greatest challenges in achieving your goals?
Imagine your business (and you) …achieving the results you want!
Which results are your top priorities this year?
• Improved productivity
• Better financial performance
• Breakthrough sales results
• Personal transformation
• Organization transformation
• Employee satisfaction & development
Who will benefit from this session?
This interactive session explores the Five Principles of Transformation effective in helping teams and individuals set and achieve their goals aligned with personal and business values. Using the principles of the Best Year Yet strategic planning system, Lloyd Franke will demonstrate how participants can apply the principles to their own business and individual goals.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of:
• what’s driving their success and limiting results;
• what values they must follow to maintain a “balanced life”;
• the key roles they play personally and professionally;
• their major focus and goals for the year;
Register today. Space is limited. Priority will be given to Arlington Chamber members.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Arlington Chamber of Commerce Speaker Profile: Lloyd Franke
A new member of the Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Lloyd will be the presenter at the Winter Networking Event on Thursday, February 4, 2010. Visit our events page for details.
Lloyd is a business consultant and Best Year Yet Program Leader specializing in performance improvement for companies and individuals. He has successfully implemented programs that have helped companies to increase sales, profits and business value.
In conjunction with consulting activities, Lloyd trained and served as an Examiner for the Massachusetts Quality Award and uses the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence as a framework for analyzing company performance and structuring results-oriented strategic action plans.
Lloyd leads planning sessions to develop companies’ vision, mission, and goals and coaches management teams to achieve superior results. With over 20 years experience, he has assisted companies and teams through the challenges of rapid expansion as well as the trials of recessionary times. His education includes a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.
Register for the Thursday, February 4, 2010 networking event.
Lloyd is a business consultant and Best Year Yet Program Leader specializing in performance improvement for companies and individuals. He has successfully implemented programs that have helped companies to increase sales, profits and business value.
In conjunction with consulting activities, Lloyd trained and served as an Examiner for the Massachusetts Quality Award and uses the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence as a framework for analyzing company performance and structuring results-oriented strategic action plans.
Lloyd leads planning sessions to develop companies’ vision, mission, and goals and coaches management teams to achieve superior results. With over 20 years experience, he has assisted companies and teams through the challenges of rapid expansion as well as the trials of recessionary times. His education includes a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and an MBA.
Register for the Thursday, February 4, 2010 networking event.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Arlington Chamber works with SCORE to help your business
SCORE Counselors to America's Small Business is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide.
A SCORE counselor comes to the Arlington Chamber's office on the first Wednesday of every month to meet with Chamber members for confidential one-hour consultations. Both members and non-members can take advantage of this opportunity.
Contact: judy@judyorganizes.com to make a reservation.
NOTE:Non-members will be charged a $20 fee payable to the Chamber of Commerce at the time of the SCORE appointment. The consultations are free for Chamber members, so please take advantage of this great benefit.
A SCORE counselor comes to the Arlington Chamber's office on the first Wednesday of every month to meet with Chamber members for confidential one-hour consultations. Both members and non-members can take advantage of this opportunity.
Contact: judy@judyorganizes.com to make a reservation.
NOTE:Non-members will be charged a $20 fee payable to the Chamber of Commerce at the time of the SCORE appointment. The consultations are free for Chamber members, so please take advantage of this great benefit.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Small Business Owners - Make Resolutions for Wellness in 2010
Your physical health is connected to your business health.
We invite you to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Seminar. Join us for networking and learning on Thursday, January 21, 2010 from 8 am to 9:30 am.
Have you made a New Year's Resolution to lose weight and get healthier this year? Are you confused and overwhelmed? Learn how to eat healthy and keep it simple.
Invest in your health and plan to attend the Arlington Chamber Breakfast Seminar at the Robbins Library Community Room (lower level, entrance in the back).
Enjoy a healthy breakfast, get reacquainted with Chamber members and perhaps meet a new one!
Cathy Zolner, Arlington Chamber Member and Wellness Consultant will be our presenter and Edible Arrangements will provide healthy and tasty breakfast foods.
Register now!
We invite you to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Seminar. Join us for networking and learning on Thursday, January 21, 2010 from 8 am to 9:30 am.
Have you made a New Year's Resolution to lose weight and get healthier this year? Are you confused and overwhelmed? Learn how to eat healthy and keep it simple.
Invest in your health and plan to attend the Arlington Chamber Breakfast Seminar at the Robbins Library Community Room (lower level, entrance in the back).
Enjoy a healthy breakfast, get reacquainted with Chamber members and perhaps meet a new one!
Cathy Zolner, Arlington Chamber Member and Wellness Consultant will be our presenter and Edible Arrangements will provide healthy and tasty breakfast foods.
Register now!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Speaker Profile: Cathy Zolner
The first Arlington Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Seminar will be held on Thursday, January 21 from 8 am to 9:30 am at the Robbing Library. Learn more and register today.
Our speaker Cathy Zolner has been studying and learning about nutrition most of her adult life. She has been a Wellness Consultant and independent distributor for Juice Plus+® since 2005. Cathy has been speaking to groups all over New England about the importance of whole food nutrition.
Through her journey of sharing health information and helping people become healthier, Cathy decided to become a certified holistic health counselor. She is currently enrolled in a program at the Integrative Institute of Nutrition and will receive her certification this year. The Integrative Institute of Nutrition is dedicated to providing cutting-edge nutrition education, so that we can all live healthier, happier and more fulfilling lives.
Our speaker Cathy Zolner has been studying and learning about nutrition most of her adult life. She has been a Wellness Consultant and independent distributor for Juice Plus+® since 2005. Cathy has been speaking to groups all over New England about the importance of whole food nutrition.
Through her journey of sharing health information and helping people become healthier, Cathy decided to become a certified holistic health counselor. She is currently enrolled in a program at the Integrative Institute of Nutrition and will receive her certification this year. The Integrative Institute of Nutrition is dedicated to providing cutting-edge nutrition education, so that we can all live healthier, happier and more fulfilling lives.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Wellness for the Small Business Owner
Join us Thursday, January 21 from 8:00 am to 9:30 am to network and learn how you can build a stronger immune function.
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Seminar is brought to you in partnership with Edible Arrangements and Nourish to Flourish.
Did you know that yellow and orange fruits and vegetables contain fiber, vitamins and phytochemicals that promote heart health and eye health, lower the risk of some cancers and boost immunity? What are you doing to protect yourself during the winter months?
As a business owner, do you have sick days? Your physical health is vital to your business health.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
8:00 am to 9:30 am
Robbins Library Community Room (lower level, entrance from the back)
Register now!
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce Breakfast Seminar is brought to you in partnership with Edible Arrangements and Nourish to Flourish.
Did you know that yellow and orange fruits and vegetables contain fiber, vitamins and phytochemicals that promote heart health and eye health, lower the risk of some cancers and boost immunity? What are you doing to protect yourself during the winter months?
As a business owner, do you have sick days? Your physical health is vital to your business health.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
8:00 am to 9:30 am
Robbins Library Community Room (lower level, entrance from the back)
Register now!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Welcome new Arlington Chamber of Commerce Members
Two new members have joined the Arlington Chamber of Commerce. Say hello!
Employment Resources, Inc. provides career help. Visit their website at www.yourcareersource.com.
Robert Gilmore Landscape Design can be found at at www.rg-ld.com.
Come to a networking event and meet more of our wonderful members.
Employment Resources, Inc. provides career help. Visit their website at www.yourcareersource.com.
Robert Gilmore Landscape Design can be found at at www.rg-ld.com.
Come to a networking event and meet more of our wonderful members.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Save the Date for the Arlington Chamber of Commerce Winter Networking on February 4
Spend an evening networking with colleagues and learning about guiding principles for setting and reaching goals.
Featuring Lloyd Franke
Event Sponsored by: Mirak Automotive
Location: Whittemore-Robbins House (behind the Arlington Public Library)
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Hours: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Event Agenda: 5:30-6:00pm Brief cocktail reception
6:00 - 6:45pm Presentation
6:45 - 8:00pm Questions / Networking
Featuring Lloyd Franke
Event Sponsored by: Mirak Automotive
Location: Whittemore-Robbins House (behind the Arlington Public Library)
Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010
Hours: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Event Agenda: 5:30-6:00pm Brief cocktail reception
6:00 - 6:45pm Presentation
6:45 - 8:00pm Questions / Networking
Monday, November 30, 2009
Holiday Networking Event with the Arlington Chamber of Commerce
Join us for the final networking event of 2009!
Fine wine, good food and friendly networking.
Here are the details:
Thursday, December 10, 2009
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Whittemore-Robbins House
(Behind the Arlington Public Library)
Event sponsored by
Mirak Automotive Group
Register here
$15 Chamber Members
$30 Non-Chamber Members
Fine wine, good food and friendly networking.
Here are the details:
Thursday, December 10, 2009
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Whittemore-Robbins House
(Behind the Arlington Public Library)
Event sponsored by
Mirak Automotive Group
Register here
$15 Chamber Members
$30 Non-Chamber Members
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
You just never know
Some Chamber members—whether profits or non-profits, wherther large or small businesses, whether men or women—never cross the threshold of a Chamber event. Sometimes it’s because they are shy and break out into a cold sweat at the thought of having to make small talk. More times, though, it’s because they don’t think of Chamber members as their market or their customers, so why does it make sense to come?. You know what I say to that? “You just never know. . .”
You never know just what connection you may uncover in the course of a conversation. You never know how you can help someone else or how she can help you. You never know who knows whom. You could be one degree of separation from the best customer/client/deal you have ever had. You just never know.
This Friday, you’ll have a chance to stop by the Chamber for coffee, tea and enjoy some tasty goodies at the Chamber’s Open House from 8:00am-1:00pm. Find out the 7 reasons why this is the place to be on Friday. Here are two reasons in pictures:
The Chamber's B-Board. When you visit the Chamber you get to post your business card here. Right now it has been stripped bare in anticipation of Friday. When you come to the Open House, you get to post your business card. First to arrive gets to choose the spot.
Then there's the Brag Board. You can post your marketing materials here. Got a brochure? Got a flyer? Got a sample? This is the spot to pin it.
I am being sustainable and recycling a poem I wrote in January 2007 about connecting, schmoozing, “friending” (as they call it in the Facebook world), networking. No matter what you call i t, you just never know what can happen when you do it. So with a slide of the trombone to Composer Meredith Wilson, I am taking liberties with We Got Trouble in River City from The Music Man:
Trouble, oh we got trouble
Right here in the Chamber
With a capital "T"
That rhymes with "P"
And that stands for perception
That stands for perception.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in the Chamber
Right here!
Gotta figger out a way
To make members say, you just never know?
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble. . .
Members of the Arlington Chamber and the general public!
You say what’s the point of attending an event
‘Cuz your clients or customers don’t hail from here?
Can you say for sure, really, truly for sure, that the people you could meet
Might not have a connection so good, so lucrative, so right, so sweet
One that might lead, I say could lead, to the very client-market-contact you seek?
You could be networkin' with the “sweetie-wife-husband-mother-father-son-daughter-brother-cousin-neighbor-schoolchum” of the very person you want to greet
With a capital G
That rhymes with C
and that stands for Contacts
That stands for Connections
Right here in the Chamber,
Right here!
My friends: Are certain phrases creeping into your conversation?
Phrases like "my clients are millionaires"?
"My customers are big corporations or institutions"?
“My business is international"?
“My customers are on the world wide web"?
"I'm a non-profit"?
“I work for the Town"?
Well, if so my friends,
Right here in the Chamber!
With a capital "C"
And that rhymes with "P"
And that stands for perception.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in the Chamber!
If you think, you assume, OR you conjecture that members won't know someone
who knows someone that's perfect for you!
Not true!
This could happen for you, it really could: like it did for my friend—the person she met while networking is the brother, I say the brother, of a movie big shot, with mega-connections that maybe could, I say—maybe—could, open the doors for her wants-to-work-for-a-movie studio-son.
Whom might YOU meet at a Chamber event that knows the very person you want to (or don’t even know yet that you need to) meet? Especially if you asked each other, “What kinds of people would help your business to grow?” You’ll never know if you stay in your office, I say, stay in your office and don’t venture out!
So make a date to come and see us this Friday. You just never know!
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