Thursday’s Breakfast Club to Focus on “Operation Our Town”
Strategic Planning is Topic of Friday’s Non-Profit “Best Practices”
Informational Meeting on Chamber’s Ireland Trip Set for March 13th
WE-LEaD Networking Set for March 19th
Safety Program to Focus on Culture, Best Practices
Check-Out the Chamber Job Board!
“Buy Here Bucks” a Win-Win for Buyers, Sellers
Thursday’s Breakfast Club to Focus on “Operation Our Town”
The next Blair County Chamber Breakfast Club, set for this Thursday, March 8th beginning at 7:45 a.m. at The Casino at Lakemont Park, will focus on the Operation Our Town program. OOT has effectively addressed the many challenges that substance abuse has brought to our community and it continues the fight with the help of a committed business community. Among the awards being presented at the Breakfast Club that morning is the 2018 Community Partnership Award that will go to The Nehemiah Project. Law enforcement awards will also be presented. Assistant District Attorney Peter Weeks will be on-hand to do their annual review of drug trends. To register to attend the Breakfast Club, call the Chamber at (814) 943-8151 or register online. The cost to attend is $20. Corporate sponsor of the March Breakfast Club is Leonard S. Fiore, Inc.
Strategic Planning is Topic of Friday’s Non-Profit “Best Practices”
Tired of Big Ideas with little follow through? Create a compelling strategic plan that rallies the team and allows you to move forward with positive energy. This session with Kevin Sensenig, Ph.D., President of Interaction Dynamics Group will introduce ways to make strategic planning more interactive and action oriented. Sensenig will recommend tools to use in preparing for the planning session and assuring solid execution of the plan. Come prepared for a lively and interactive session and bring your questions about challenges non-profit organizations face in strategic planning. Best Practices are designed to be interactive, short bursts of information and are held at the Devorris Center for Business Development, 3900 Industrial Park Drive, Altoona, PA 16602. The forum, set for this Friday, March 9th begins at 8:15 a.m. and concludes at 9:45 a.m. To register for this event, contact the Chamber at (814) 943-8151 or register online.
Informational Meeting on Chamber’s Ireland Trip Set for March 13th
If you’re looking for great trip for the Fall, the Chamber’s trip to Ireland might just be what you’re looking for. “Celtic Adventure” departs on October 4th and returns on October 13th. It features Belfast, Galway, Killarney and Dublin with many attractions including Titanic Museum, Giant’s Causeway (with Shuttle Bus), Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College, Cliffs of Moher, Connemara Marble and Galway Crystal. There are city tours of both Belfast and Dublin. The Ireland Trip, offered through Classic Travel, is $2,939/per person including airfare, hotels, full Irish breakfast daily and five hotel dinners. An informational meeting on the trip will be held on March 13th beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the Devorris Center for Business Excellence. If you’d like to attend that meeting, contact the Chamber at (814) 943-8151. There is no cost or obligation.
WE-LEaD Networking Set for March 19th
The Blair County Chamber of Commerce WE-LEaD (Women Encouraging – Leadership, Education and Development) program will host a networking event on Monday, March 19, from 5 - 7 p.m. at the Altoona Grand Hotel. The networking event, sponsored by Blair Companies, will feature hot hors d’oeuvres and cold beverages. WE-LEaD is an innovative program of the Blair County Chamber of Commerce that provides networking and educational programs throughout the year. WE-LEaD focuses on issues that women in business typically face on a daily basis. The cost to attend is $20 for Chamber Members and $40 for non-members and includes two complimentary beverage tickets. To register, contact The Chamber at 943-8151 or register online.
Safety Program to Focus on Culture, Best Practices
At its next educational program, the Blair County Chamber’s Safety Committee will feature a local business that has successfully built a safety culture and then follow-up the presentation with a “best practices” session, led by a safety practitioner. Entitled, “The Road to Safety Excellence,” the Chamber program will be held on March 21st from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at Hoss’s Steak & Sea House in Duncansville. The first part of the program will be led by Ned Oliphant, Vice-President & COO of Small Tube Products in Duncansville, who will detail his company’s change in culture, engineering solutions to ergonomic issues, employee involvement as well as other efforts that have resulted in dramatic safety improvements. Bryan Goodlin, Manager of Safety Services for East Coast Risk Management, will oversee the best practices portion of the program. Goodlin and his team work with more than 200 companies in many different industries to provide specialized risk management services. The cost to attend the safety program is $20 for Chamber Members and $30 for non-members. A full breakfast buffet is included. To register, contact the Chamber at (814) 943-8151 or register online. Corporate sponsor of the program is Leonard S. Fiore, Inc.
Check-Out the Chamber Job Board!
The Blair County Chamber Website at www.blairchamber.com features a Job Board where member businesses can place up to three positions at no cost. The Job Board concept came about as the result of a meeting held at the Chamber in which local retailers and employment agencies discussed the trials and tribulations of finding interested and qualified employees. The decision to limit businesses to posting only three positions at one time was a recommendation by the Chamber’s Board of Directors who was concerned that larger businesses with multiple openings would make the task of overseeing the Job Board rather labor intensive. Tori Liebal, the Chamber’s Vice-President of Website Development and Social Media, is the staff member assigned to maintain the Job Board. Jobs will remain on the Board for one month unless the employer asks that they be removed or extended. At the present time, Job Board postings are limited to Chamber Members only. (For more information on the Job Board, contact Tori Liebal at 814-943-8151 or email her at tliebal@blairchamber.com.)
“Buy Here Bucks” a Win-Win for Buyers, Sellers
The Blair County Chamber’s new gift certificate program, known as “Buy Here Bucks,” is a way for local businesses to gain new customers and an even better way for people to give gift certificates with more than just a few places to redeem them. The larger the list of participating businesses, the greater the value of the certificates. For a business to register to be on that list (it costs Chamber Members nothing), contact Tori Liebal at (814) 943-8151 or email her at tliebal@blairchamber.com. To purchase Buy Here Bucks, visit the Chamber Website at www.blairchamber.com. You can also get them at the Chamber Office, located in the Devorris Center for Business Development.
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March 5, 2018
Upcoming Events
Breakfast Club
Thursday, March 8
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
The Casino at Lakemont Park
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Non-Profit Best Practices
Friday, March 9
8:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Devorris Center
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YP "Get Rooted" Activity Fair
Tuesday, March 20
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Hollidaysburg Area YMCA
Safety Program
Wednesday, March 21
7:30 - 9:30 a.m.
Hoss's Steak & Sea House Duncansville
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Business After Hours
Thursday, March 22
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Altoona Community Theatre
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YEA! Investor Panel
Tuesday, April 3
5:00 p.m.
Devorris Downtown Center
Business BEFORE Hours
Thursday, April 5
7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries
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Breakfast Club
Thursday, April 12
7:45 - 9:00 a.m.
The Casino at Lakemont Park
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Business After Hours
Thursday, April 19
5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Seltzer Financial Strategies
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Upcoming Committee Meetings Week of 2/26/18
BASICS/Rotary Career Fair (Rotaries Only)
Monday, March 5, 1:30 p.m.
The Chamber
BASICS STEM Subcommittee
Tuesday, March 6, 8:30 a.m.
Devorris Center
Safety Committee
Thursday, March 7, 9:00 a.m.
The Chamber
Safety Fair Subcommittee
Thursday, March 7, 10:00 a.m.
The Chamber
Non-Profit Advocacy Subcommittee
Thursday, March 8, 10:30 a.m.
Devorris Center
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