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WEEKLY UPDATE Wednesday, June 8, 2011 |
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Golf Tournament Date Announced - Monday, August 22! |  |
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Operation FUEL is underway! Help reward our volunteers with prizes! |  Operation FUEL volunteer teams are working hard to spread awareness and obtain resource commitments for the Chamber. You can help us reward them with services and products from your company! Many thanks to these members who have contributed so far: Chick-fil-A at Laurens Road, Hilton Greenville, Skatell's Jewelers, and Spinx Company. If you would like to make a donation, please contact Jennifer Powell at 864-239-3731 or jpowell@greenvillechamber.org. |
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Center for Excellence is offering 5 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 courses here. |
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Here's What's Happening This Week & Next at the Chamber: | |
Manufacturers Roundtable
Date/Time: Today, June 8, 12:30-1:30 pm
Who Can Come: Manufacturers Roundtable Members/their guests
Where: Greenville Chamber Board Room
PULSE Connects Service Project | DOWNTOWN ALIVE
Date/Time: Thursday, June 9, 5:15-8:15 pm
Who Can Come: All PULSE Members
Where: Hyatt Plaza
HR Forum | Managing Employee Leaves of Absence
The Greenville Chamber and the Spartanburg Development Association are hosting this one-day intensive workshop on Managing Employees' Leave. The session will be facilitated by Daniel Sulton of Ford & Harrision Law Firm and Penny Wofford of Ogletree Deakins Law Firm. The morning session will focus on developing leave of absence policies and processes that comply with regulations, minimize business interruptions and support positive company culture. Participants should bring samples of current policies and documents for on-site review. Samples of best-practice policies and procedures will provided to all participants
Date/Time: Friday, June 10, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm
Who Can Come: All Greenville Chamber Members
Where: Thornblade Club
Legislative Issues Committee Meeting
Date/Time: Friday, June 10, 8:00-9:00 am
Who Can Come: All Greenville Chamber Members
Where: Greenville Chamber Board Room
Cost: Free/No registration necessary
Business Before Hours
Date/Time: Tuesday, June 14, 7:30-9:00 am
Who Can Come: All Chamber Members What it is: A monthly breakfast for members who want to network/make business contacts. Cost: $7 if you click here to pre-register online or $10 at the door. Chamber Members who are also members of the Commerce Club can attend this event for $5 (billed to your club account). If you are a Commerce Club member, please register via an email to Dot Drennon.
Sales Roundtable | Buyers Panel | DO's and DON'T's
Featuring Jason Freeman (J. Freeman & Associates), Mark McClure (International Plastics) & Diana Davis (Michelin, N.A.)
Date/Time: Wednesday, June 15, 11:30 am-1:30 pm Who Can Come: All Greenville Chamber Members Where: Greenville Chamber Board Room Cost: Free (Jason's Deli will be here with box lunches for $7.50 or you may choose to bring your own lunch. Beverages will be provided.)/ Please register here
GSA Power Hour | Economic Scorecard Discussion
Date/Time: Thursday, June 16, 5:30-7:00 pm
Where: Embassy Suites Golf & Conference Center, Verdae Blvd., Greenville
Cost: Individual $30/Corporate Table (10) $225/Please register here
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Meeting
Date/Time: Friday, June 17, 8:00-9:00 am
Who Can Come: All Greenville Chamber Members
Where: Greenville Chamber Board Room
Cost: Free/No registration necessary
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"Is our state broke, or is our tax system broken?" | | Michael Fanning, PhD will be at Embassy Suites on June 28, 8:30-9:30 am. Come listen, learn and then take action. Join the Greenville Chamber, Greenville Forward, Ten at the Top, United Way of Greenville and six other local community organizations as we bring you this important presentation about comprehensive tax reform. Free to attend. Please click here to register. |
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More Upcoming Events: | |
June 21: Business After Hours at Larkin's Sawmill
June 22: PULSE Social
June 23: BWIA Lunch & Learn - Creating the Vision to Achieve Your Goals
June 23: Getting Started with Constant Contact
June 28: Environmental Issues Committee Meeting
June 28: Comprehensive Tax Reform with Michael Fanning
July 8: Legislative Issues Committee Meeting
July 12: Business Before Hours
July 12: Manufacturer's Group Social at Fluor Field
July 14: 7 Experts - 7 Tips - 7 Minutes | Cost-effective Web-based Technology
July 15: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Meeting
August 22: 19th Annual Greenville Chamber Golf Tournament
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Advertising Opportunities are Available at www.GreenvilleChamber.org! | |
We have banner ad space available at www.greenvillechamber.org. If you're interested in getting your company's message in front of the thousands of visitors to our website each week, please contact Marion Mann at mmann@greenvillechamber.org or 864-239-3729. |
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Are you connected? Click the icons below to connect with the Chamber on Facebook, Twitter & LinkedIn today! | |
  
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Is your company hiring? Post 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 SmartBuys? | |
 To help our members save money, we've selected the best discount offerings for health insurance, office supplies, and telecommunications that we could find.
Our SmartBuys partners are BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, Office Depot, and Windstream Communications.
Start saving with them today! |
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Building one of the premier business communities in the world! | |
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