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Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
 
Monthly Member Update

October 2012
..in this issue
UPCOMING EVENTS
RIBBON CUTTING
CHAMBER 101
MULTI-CHAMBER AFTER HOURS
MULTI-CHAMBER LUNHEON
BEFORE HOURS
NETWORKING 2.0
WOMEN IN BUSINESS EXPO
NEW PROGRAM!
POLKA DOT...SAVE THE DATE

UPCOMING EVENTS 

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OCT 2 - Networking in the Morning @ American Chartered Bank 7:30-9am

 

OCT 3 - ROCS! Leads Group @ Mapleberry 7:45am-9am

 

OCT 10 - Multi-chamber Progressive Lunch @ Bloomingdale Golf 11:30-1 - 11am registr.

 

OCT 12 - Ribbon Cutting @ Wow Egyptian Fast Food 11:30am

 

OCT 17 - ROCS! Leads Group @ Mapleberry 7:45am-9am

 

OCT 17 - Networking 2.0 Social Media MeetUp @ Holiday Inn & Suites 5:30-7:30pm

 

OCT 19 - Chamber 101: New/Prospective Member @ Carol Stream Library 7:30-8:30am

 

OCT 24 - Multi-chamber After Hours @ Elgin Community College 5-8pm

 

OCT 25 - Brown Bag Lunch N' Learn @ COD/Carol Stream 11:30-1

 

NOV 28 - WIB POLKA DOT Progressive Lunch @Holiday Inn & Suites 11am registration

RIBBON CUTTING
  It's always nice to welcome a new business to town. We hope you'll join us in welcoming Wow Egyptian Fast Food at Gary and Stark in Carol Stream on Friday, October 12th at 11:30am. Click here to RSVP 
CHAMBER 101

 Are you new to the Carol Stream Chamber? Would you like to network with fellow members and learn more to maximize your membership? Join us for Chamber 101 on October 19th at 7:30am for an hour. We'll be at the Carol Stream Public Library and there will be some morning-type refreshments. If you know another business who might be a good fit for membership, this is an opportunity for them to discover more. Sign up here....

OCTOBER 24

 

Click here for details...

Quick Links
 
Dear Chamber Members, 
This monthly eNewsletter supplements our quarterly printed edition and is designed to keep you current with chamber events and opportunities. 
 
Touch your iPhones, fire up your 'Droids, or take out your day planner and enter these events. If you know someone who would benefit from our organization, feel free to forward this to them.
OCTOBER MULTI-CHAMBER  LUNCHEON
Our members love to network with each other, but when our 'circle' touches another....well, all the better! On Wednesday, October 10th -- that's 10-10 --  Carol Stream Chamber members will get to do just that at a Multi-Chamber Progressive Luncheon at Bloomingdale Golf Club, 181 Glen Ellyn Road, Bloomingdale. We have four other chambers joining us, and since this is progressive we need your RSVP's early. Registration begins at 11am and we will begin to progress right at 11:30. Details and registration can be found here.
BEFORE HOURS OCTOBER 2nd
Our next Networking in the Morning will be on Tuesday, October 2nd at American Chartered Bank, 485 W. Army Trail Road, Bloomingdale (west of Gary on the north side of the street). This event is a good option for those who are tied up during regular business hours but still need to build their contact list.
 
We are appreciative to our hosts for inviting us and we will enjoy some refreshments as we network. As always, we'll end with some speed networking.Be sure to bring a good stack of business cards. If this interests you, register here. 
NETWORKING 2.0 OCTOBER 17TH
 
What do you get when you put our chamber members with our Twitter followers, our LinkedIn contacts and our Facebook friends and fans? You get "Networking 2.0" which will be held on Wednesday, October 17th at the Holiday Inn & Suites. Come on by at 5:30pm for some pizza appetizers and soda and get ready to hear a panel of experts share their info and answer your questions about Social Media, Networking, and Technology. $10 gets you in the door and you can decide....to tweet or not to tweet...that is the question! Learn more about QR codes and try one on for size! Click here for registration...
WOMEN IN BUSINESS EXPO

The 6th annual Women's Expo was held a week ago and there is still evidence of 'pink-ness' in the chamber office! We had a beautiful day with attendees, exhibitors, volunteers, Survivors, and Caregivers. A portion of the proceeds will go to American Cancer Society from this 'pink' expo.

 

Thank you, SPONSORS - Adventist GlenOaks Hospital, Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Holiday Inn & Suites, and Minuteman Press/St. Charles. The winner of the Overnight/Spa/Dinner package was Jen (Baldridge) McLeod of Chicago! She was more than thrilled when I phoned her.

 

Take a look at a list of the vendors and photos of the day on the recap page. Thank you, all!

 

The date for the 7th annual Women's Expo will be Wednesday, September 25th, 2013. All our sponsors will be in place by June 1st so the glossy cards can go out before the summer concert series. Stay tuned! 

 NEXT LUNCH N' LEARN OCT. 25TH 

New to the Carol Stream Chamber in August was a program we call Brown Bag Lunch N' Learn. It was held at COD/Carol Stream and features an hour-long program on a pertinent topic, along with some networking.  Unlike regular luncheons, the program will BEGIN at 11:30 and cost is $10 . Mary Gammel from Quality Website Testing, LLC will be our presenter on the topic, "SEO is More Than Just Keywords" (Search Engine Optimization). Find all the details on this page

Brown Bag Lunch N' Learn

 NOV. 28th - POLKA DOT LUNCH!

 

Click here to RSVP...

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Thank you for taking the time to read these updates from the chamber. Be sure to forward this to a business associate who could benefit from chamber membership.
 
Sincerely,
Luanne Newman, Executive Director
Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce
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