River City Shootout
August, 2009
Chamber Forum
 Red Wing
 
Greetings! 
Welcome to the New Formatting of the Red Wing Area Chamber Forum using Constant Contact software. We at the Chamber hope that you will find it interesting and an informative way to communicate with our Valued Members "You".
 
 
In This Issue
New at the Chamber
Sales Made Simple
Annual Golf Outing
New at SE Tech
Ambassadors out and about
Clara and Sandy 
New at the Chamber 
 
In June Sandy Bethea joined the Chamber Team as Executive Administrative Assistant from Express Personnel Services. Originally from Hastings, Sandy and her husband Robert moved to Red Wing in 1990, having met while on active duty in the Navy; completing a combined 52 years served. They have two grown children living in Winona, MN. Sandy comes to the Chamber after having recently completing the Business Microcomputing Diploma course at (MSC-ST). She has worked in the past at Arrow Building Center, and various Express assignments. She looks forward to getting to know the Chamber Members and the day-to-day activities at the Chamber office.
 
Clara Johnson, a 2008 graduate of Red Wing High School has completed her first year at The University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse majoring in Marketing with a minor in Communications.  Clara is doing a Volunteer Internship at the Chamber this summer. She is assisting a couple hours a day with the various activities at the Chamber. Her outgoing personality and "can do attitude" have made her a valuable addition to the team, and will allow her to go far in the Marketing field that she seeks to go into.
Sales Made Simple!
You're in business -Then you are a sales person whether it says so on your business card or not.Cup of JoTruthfully, we all participate in the gentle art of persuading others to accept our service, product or advice because it is in their best interest right?  As sales guru and author Jeffrey Gitomer says, "No one likes to be sold to, but we all want to buy!"  So did you know there are 5 buying decisions
that customers make in the same order for nearly
all sales?  Here they are in order: Click here to read more!
More info on Bill Glahn 
Informational Meeting with Bill Glahn
The Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce hosted an Informational Meeting at the Library on July 22 with guest speaker Bill Glahn.  Bill is the Director of the Office of Energy Security and Deputy Commissioner of the MN Department of Commerce.  Bill's stop in Red Wing is one of many, as he is traveling around the state speaking to business and community leaders about opportunities present to our community in this clean energy economy.  Bill is a member of the Legislatures Green Jobs Task Force.
Click here to read more.
I hope that you have found this new look for the Chamber Forum to be a positive change.  Feed back welcome.
 
 
 
Sincerely,
 
Sandy Bethea
Executive Administrative Assistant
Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce
sandy@redwingchamber.com
www.redwingchamber.com
651-388-4719


Annual Golf Outing Thursday August 20th 11:00am Mount Frontenac Golf Course
 
BAH
Tuesday September 15th
The DownTown Plaza 4:30-6pm
New at
(MSC-ST)

SE Tech
RED WING and WINONA, Minn Minnesota State College Southeast Technical announces a new Associate in Science degree program in Criminal Justice for fall semester 2009.
 
Ambassadors out and about.
 
Mike and Doug
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