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Greetings Everyone!
Just a reminder that the General Membership meeting will be at the Hotel Julien this Thursday because the rooms at Diamond Jo were unavailable.
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Alyson Tasker
2010 Communications Director Dubuque Jaycees
www.dubuquejaycees.org
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Upcoming Chapter Events
**Thursday, March 18th - General Membership, 7:30pm, Hotel Julien, River Room. **Please note the change of location. Thursday, March 25th - ID Course - To celebrate National Nutrition Month we are going to learn more on how to better and eat locally. Family First Chiropractic, 998 Fremont Ave. Ste. 1 (Across the street from the BP gas station in the lower level of the Cedar Point Building) 7:00pm. If you have any questions please contact me at amanda.bickal@gmail.com or 563-590-9676. Find it on Facebook Here.
Sunday, March 28 - The Easter Egg Hunt at Hills & Dales, 3505 Stoneman Road, will be on Sunday March 28, 2010 at 1:00pm. We are looking for members to participate in this event. We will need approximately 4-5 members at 12:00pm to help assemble plastic eggs at Hills & Dales. At 1:00pm more members are needed to help hide the eggs and at 1:30pm the we will be helping the children search for the eggs, followed by a celebration party. This event is open to Jaycees, children of members with an adult, potential members, and friends of the Jaycees. Please contact Nathan Lange, natlange75@yahoo.com or Craig Finch, cfinch83@gmail.com if you would like to help with this event.
Thursday, April 1 - Board Meetingm, Diamond Jo Casino: 6pm for Executive Board, 6:30 for full board. General members are more than welcome to come to the General Board meetings.
Thursday, April 8 - Please join us at 7pm for a Bowling Social at Fisher Lanes, 880 Locust St. 5th Floor. Games and Shoes are each $1 Also please bring an appetizer/snack to share.
April 24-25th - Sandbox Fill Contact Nathan Lange or Craig Finch if you are interested in helping out with this event. We'll be sending out an email soon that you can forward to friends or family who would be interested in receiving sand.
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Upcoming Events in Our Community
DBQ Chamber Business After Hours
Join us at Prudential, 500 Main Street, to meet other Chamber members and future potential clients, while seeing what the host company has to offer. Date: March 16th Time: 5-7PM Location: Prudential Retirement Member Rate: $5.00 Not-Yet Member Rate: $15.00 Call for Women of Achievement NominationsDo you know a woman who is deserving of special recognition? Someone in your workplace, family or community who is an inspirational leader, amazing team member, rising success or tireless contributor? Then nominate her for a Women of Achievement Award! The Women's Leadership Network (WLN) of Dubuque is now accepting nominations for our 3rd Annual Women of Achievement until March 31, 2010. Then on Tuesday, April 27, all nominated women and recipients will be recognized at our awards dinner and ceremony starting at 5:30 p.m. at the Grand River Center. All are welcome. To nominate that deserving woman or for more details, visit the WLN Web site at www.dubuquewln.org.
DBQ Chamber Business AM
Join us this month at TC Networks, 862 White Street, for a chance to network with your fellow Chamber members. Breakfast catered by Life's A Feast.
Date: April 14th Time: 8-9AM Location: TC Networks
Member Rate: $5.00 Not-Yet Member Rate: $10.00
DBQ Chamber Business After HoursJoin us at DB&T, 1398 Central Avenue, to meet other Chamber members and future potential clients, while seeing what the host company has to offer.
Date: April 20th Time: 5-7PM Location: Dubuque Bank & Trust
Member Rate: $5.00 Not-Yet Member Rate: $15.00
Social Media Clinic Get ahead of the social curve and register for this 8 hour social media clinic on April 20th. DBQ Geek, Net-Smart and StreetJaw are sure to help you market your business locally and globally. It's all up to you...the sky's the limit.
Date: April 20th Time: 8AM-5PM Location: Hotel Julien
Morning Session Social Media the web and your business ˇ Facebook ˇ Twitter ˇ Google Analytics / Google Webmaster Tools ˇ Social media for your business workshop [a round table discussion to pull together everything discussed in the 3 morning sessions in a workshop environment where participants can talk amongst themselves what's worked for their business and share ideas] Keynote speaker over lunch
Afternoon Session Google, Google, Google and Shopping ˇ Google for Your Business - Gmail, Calendar, Contacts ˇ Google for Life - Google Maps, Picassa, Google Voice ˇ Google for Information - Google News, Google Finance ˇ Shopping, gift ideas for that techie, where and how to find great deals online Registration ˇ Full day, 8 am - 5 pm, $75 for members & $100 for not-yet members. ˇ Half day, 8 am - 1 pm or Noon - 5 pm, $50 for members and $75 for non-yet members. *Lunch is provided with all registrations.
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Across the State Upcoming Events/Deadlines from other Iowa Chapters
Thursday March 27 State Supershooters. It will be held in Cedar Rapids. Location TBA. Flyer will be sent out to Chapters. If you have any questions you would like to talk to the Cedar Rapids chapter directly, they have made an email just for this event supershooters@cr-jaycees.com. June 1-6, 2010 National Convention in New Orleans, LA National Convention Reservations Deadline to early bird register with ONTO Program Manager Paula Wittliff ASAP.
Convention is June 1-6th in New Orleans LA Details are available at www.usjaycees.org
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Paula at: onto@iowajaycees.org
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State Training Opportunities!
The Iowa Junior Chamber is proud to present two JCI training
courses: JCI Presenter and JCI Achieve. Both courses are full day
trainings and will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott Jordan Creek at
410 S. 68th Street in West Des Moines, IA.
Registration Information: Go to www.jci.cc and click link in top left
corner for Member's site. Log in (or create a log in), then click the
menu bar for JCI Training and choose location USA.
Driving Directions: Take I-35 to the Mills Civic Parkway exit (Exit 70)
go west (right if on I35 South; left if on I35 North) on Mills Civic
Parkway to S. 68th Street. Turn Right on S. 68th St. The Courtyard
will be on the right, just past Mimi's Café.
Hotel Information: The Iowa Junior Chamber has a block of rooms for this
weekend at the Courtyard by Marriot Jordan Creek, with a room rate of
$69. If you are interested in finding someone to share a room, please
contact Paul Crawford at vppaul@iowajaycees.org
or 515.771.7285. The hotel website is HERE.
For more information, or assistance in registering, please contact Paul
Crawford at vppaul@iowajaycees.org
or call 515.771.7285.
JCI Presenter:
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Starting Time: 9:00 AM
Trainers: Brian Kavanaugh (USA), Certified Head
Trainer; Connie Stearns (USA), Assistant Trainer
Cost: $45
JCI Presenter, the JCI Effective Presentation
Course is a full day course that focuses on the concepts of creating and delivering an effective presentation utilizing visual aids
and strong delivery methods with a mind towards understanding the audience. Participants practice presentations during the entire course.
JCI Presenter should be taken by
all members who want to expand their presentation skills in order to
make better project reports and intervene during chapter meetings.
JCI Achieve
Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010
Starting Time: 9:00 AM
Trainers: Brian Kavanaugh (USA), Certified Head
Trainer; Jennifer Gracey (USA), Assistant Trainer
Cost: $10
JCI Achieve, the JCI Local Organization
Development Course is a full day course that uses
discussions and case studies to understand and establish the local
organization's identity, its purpose and what to do to accomplish JCI's Mission,
effectively adopt and use recognizable and appreciated activities, understand the
existing demographic groups and their characteristics and how to build a
attractive organization that will bring in new members who are looking for the
development opportunities and want to create positive change as active citizens.
JCI Achieve should be taken by all members who want to fully understand the meaning, purpose and dynamics of
building an attractive JCI local organization.
Paul J. Crawford
2010 State Vice President
Iowa Junior Chamber
(515) 771-7285 (mobile)
vppaul@iowajaycees.org /
pjciowa@yahoo.com
www.iowajaycees.org
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