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WEEKLY UPDATE Wednesday, May 18, 2011 |
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Happy National Small Business Week! Hats off to all the small business owners, employees and investors whose bravery and commitment are critical to the economic prosperity and quality of life in Upstate SC. And a huge THANK YOU to all the exhibitors , attendees, and presenters who helped celebrate small businesses with us at yesterday's GROW EXPO! |
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Celebrate International Companies Investing in the Upstate! | |
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. will honor GE Energy with the 2011 International Economic Development Award at the Greenville Chamber's 19th Annual International Luncheon next Tuesday, May 24 at the Marriott Greenville, located at 1 Parkway East, Greenville, SC 29615. Click here to Register
Registration begins at 11:30 am and the program and lunch start at Noon. Cost per ticket is $35 for Chamber members or $50 for non-Chamber members. International companies, defined as those owned by a parent company located outside the United States, will each receive two complimentary tickets.
This is the 9th International Economic Development Award presented by Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Previous recipients include CU ICAR, South Carolina State Ports Authority, South Carolina Technology and Aviation Center, Greenville Technical College, BMW Manufacturing Co., Michelin North America, Upstate Alliance, and Fluor.
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Congratulations to Youth Leadership Greenville Class 5 Graduates! | |
These high school juniors have completed the Chamber's Youth Leadership Greenville program to provide insight into the community and leadership skills to prepare them for future leadership roles.
- Grayson Aucoin, Wade Hampton High School
- Amber Black, Berea High School
- Anna Brown, Greer High School
- Darius Brown, Greenville High School
- Dodson Bryson, Southside Christian School
- Kelsey Byrd, Mauldin High School
- Claire Capelle, St. Joseph's Catholic School
- Katherine Carmichael, Christ Church Episcopal School
- Astrid Casasola, Carolina High School and Academy
- Logan Coffey, Hillcrest High School
- Nina Conits (Nina), Christ Church Episcopal School
- Lacey Cooper, Hillcrest High School
- Drew Edwards, Greenville High School
- David Estes III, St. Joseph's Catholic School
- McCauley Frierson, Travelers Rest High School
- David Gaddy, Greenville Technical Charter High School
- Logan Gilmer, J.L. Mann High School
- Camron Gilstrap, Greenville High School
- Vikki Green, Berea High School
- Grace Hanna, St. Joseph's Catholic School
- Kelsey Harris, Travelers Rest High School
- Marissa Holland, Carolina High School and Academy
- T.J. Krumins, Mauldin High School
- Christine Long, Greer High School
- Sarah Marchbanks, Brashier Middle College Charter High School
- Emily Mason, Travelers Rest High School
- Alexandra Mauney, Eastside High School
- Brendan McCartney, Southside High School
- Rebecca McConnell, Eastside High School
- Sam McCutchen, J.L. Mann High School
- Thomas McLeroy, Greenville Technical Charter High School
- Emilee Montgomery, Hillcrest High School
- Caleb Motes, Wade Hampton High School
- Laura Coleman Nickles, Greenville High School
- Ben Riddle, Mauldin High School
- Shelly Rowan, Wade Hampton High School
- Cory Satterfield, St. Joseph's Catholic School
- Briggs Schoen, J.L. Mann High School
- Will Tabor, Greenville High School
- Laney Tuten, Hillcrest High School
- Curtis Wallin, J.L. Mann High School
- Naomi Watson, Wade Hampton High School
- Nathan Wilkie, Travelers Rest High School
- Alex Wilson, Greer High School
Youth Leadership Greenville is sponsored by
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Center for Excellence Offering Five Quality Seminars in June | |
 Educators, administrators, instructional coaches and future teachers of all subjects and grade levels can all benefit from the use of Quality Tools. Summer seminar attendees will learn about tools and strategies they can use to manage, motivate and provide students with the means to take greater responsibility for their own learning, improve problem-solving and thinking skills, as well as results. Learn more and register for these courses here.
Quality 101: Continuous quality improvement tools and strategies overview course.
Students are Leaders: Armed with the data, students become engaged, empowered, and responsible when they keep track of their own learning.
The Essential Facts System: Implement a review-preview quiz process to improve long-term learning.
Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Probem Solving Process: Ensure improvements, not merely change while teaching skills esssential problem solving skills. Useful in the classroom and especially useful for professional learning communities.
CSI - Classroom Crime Scene Investigation: Learn from the science of LEAN to identify and eliminate "waste" in your classroom and in your school. |
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FUEL OUR VOLUNTEERS! | |
 Operation FUEL is a resource initiative aimed at prompting awareness and obtaining resource commitments. Volunteer teams are soliciting memberships, sponsorships, and scholarships for Chamber programs. From small businesses to corporate giants, members are contributing merchandise and services as prizes to reward our volunteers. We have 15 teams participating and hope you can help us reward them for their hard work! If you would like to make a donation, please contact Jennifer Powell at 864-239-3731 or jpowell@greenvillechamber.org.
Thank you to the following Chamber members that have donated prize items: Chick-fil-A at Laurens Road, Hilton Greenville, Skatell's Jewelers, and Spinx Company. |
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More Upcoming Chamber Events | |
NEXT WEEK
19th Annual International Luncheon (see information above)
Tuesday, May 24 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm Click here to Register
PULSE Leadership Luncheon - Wednesday, May 25 11:30am-1:00 pm at the Embassy Suites
Keynote speaker Georgia Holmes Doran, the Director of Career Education at the University of South Carolina's Moore School of Business in Columbia, will present the three ways that you are constantly assessed, and how and why, your Profesional Brand is determined. Become familair with specific strategies to improve your Brand and increase your "market value." YOU MUST BE A PULSE MEMBER TO ATTEND THIS EVENT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PULSE, VISIT www.greenvillepulse.com. Click here to join now. Click here to Register.
Member Orientation - Thursday, May 26 11:30am-1:00 pm at the Greenville Chamber
What does mean to be a Chamber member? Learn about the Chamber's four lines of business, how to get involved and much more. Open only to Chamber members. No cost to attend. Lunch will be served. Networking and registration will begin at 11:30 am and the program wstarts at 12 Noon.
Click here to Register.
Leadership Greenville Class 37 Graduation - Thursday, May 26 6:30-9:00 pm at the Embassy Suites on Verdae Blvd. Click here to Register.
Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Meeting - Friday, May 27 8:00-9:00 am at the Chamber (no registration necessary).
MORE UPCOMING EVENTS
May 31: Environmental Issues Committee Meeting
June 1: Leadership Greenville Class 38 Applications Due
June 7 Non-Profit Alliance
June 7 Small Business Council on Growth
June 8 Manufacturers Roundtable
June 8 BWIA Lunch & Learn - Productivity
June 9 PULSE Connects Service Project -- DOWNTOWN ALIVE
June 10 HR Forum: Managing Employees' Leave
June 10 Legislative Issues Committee Meeting
June 14 Business Before Hours
June 15 Sales Roundtable
June 17 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Meeting
June 21 Business After Hours
(Click Here to See the Full Calendar)
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Are You Hiring? Post Your Local Jobs for FREE at NationJob! | |
Greenville  Chamber Members can post local job listings for FREE at NationJob! Take advantage of this valuable benefit by E-mailing the job description to njlistings@nationjob.com and note that you are a Greenville Chamber member, or call 888-256-0919 for further details. |
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Are You Saving Your Company Money with the Chamber's SmartBuys Programs? | Your company wants to save money. To help our members do this, the Greenville Chamber  has
selected the best discount offerings for health insurance, office supplies, and telecommunications that we could find with our SmartBuys partners BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Office Depot, and Windstream Communications. Start saving today! |
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Building one of the premier business communities in the world. | |
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