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Hobnob Draws 1,600;
Highlights Economic
Partnership with Canada
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Gov. Phil Bryant welcomes Canadian Consul General Stephen Brereton during MEC's Hobnob Mississippi.
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State Officials Provide Insight to Hobnob Attendees
MEC's Hobnob Mississippi drew more than 1,600 business and community leaders from across the state for the 11th annual event at the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum. Held each year under the big-top tent, Hobnob has become must-attend event.
Attendees heard from Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Governor Tate Reeves and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn. There was a special salute to Mississippi's economic partnership with Canada, featuring Canadian Consul General Stephen Brereton. Also, Mississippi's statewide elected officials provided insight during the event.
Click Here for Videos of Hobnob Speeches
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Taking in part in Hobnob were, from left, Jerry Host, CEO of Trustmark and chair of MEC, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, Gov. Phil Bryant, Canadian Consul General Stephen Brereton, Speaker of the House Philip Gunn and Blake Wilson, president and CEO of MEC.
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  Read More ________________________________ Leadership Mississippi Scholarship Honors
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Bob Pittman is presented a resolution by MEC Past Chair Bill Sones during MEC Hobnob. Also pictured are MEC Past Chairs, from left, Kelley Williams, Mayo Flynt, Tommy Dulaney, Kenneth Milam, Don Kilgore, James Threadgill and 2012-13 MEC Chair Jerry Host.
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Pittman Served as MEC President for 30 Years  | | Bob Pittman |
Former MEC President Bob Pittman was honored at MEC's Hobnob with the announcement of the Bob W. Pittman Leadership Mississippi Media Scholarship. Pittman, who served as President of MEC from 1968-1998, organized the J.C. and Annie Redd Leadership Mississippi program, the second oldest statewide leadership program in the nation. Each year a scholarship will be awarded to a member of the media to participate in the program. Leadership Mississippi, which began in 1974, is an annual program of the Mississippi Economic Council and conducted by the M.B. Swayze Foundation. Participants, selected from throughout Mississippi, work together in a training course which combines individual study, group sessions and project experience in using leadership skills. Click Here for Video of Presentation For more information about Leadership Mississippi:
go to www.leadershipmississippi.org
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MEC Connect Brent Christensen - MDA's Direction for Job Creation Success
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Mississippi Innovators
Hall of Fame
to Honor Bill Yates
with Legends Award Event Set for Nov. 13 in Jackson
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The Mississippi Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala is set for Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex. Bill Yates, president of The Yates Companies Inc. will receive the 2012 Legends Award. Yates is a past chair of MEC. The awards dinner will also honor the Excellence Award and Innovators to Watch Award recipients. The awards celebrate the individuals and companies that represent excellence in innovation and technology in Mississippi. Other awards recipients are: Excellence Award Frank Day, Posthumously, Founder of the Luckyday Foundation and Former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Trustmark National Bank; Dr. John E. Hall, the Dr. Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair of Physiology and Biophysics and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center; Dr. Shelby Thames, Distinguished University Research Professor and Former President of the University of Southern Mississippi; and The Taylor Group of Companies, which include Sudden Services Inc., Taylor Leasing Corporation, Taylor Machine Works Inc. and Taylor Power Systems Inc. Innovators to Watch Hyperion Technology Group Inc., Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company, PFG Precision Optics, and PILEUM Corporation Innovators Hall of Fame Awards Gala Table Sponsorship are $1,000 for a reserved table for ten. Individual Ticket are $100. The 13th Annual Conference on Technology Innovation, sponsored by the Mississippi Technology Alliance, will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 14, from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.at the Jackson Convention Complex.
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Blueprint Mississippi
Health Care: An Economic Driver
Study Looks at Workforce Development, Quality of Life, Business Sustainability, and Creation of Economic Wealth
 Greetings! - Review the Blueprint Mississippi Health Care: An Economic Drive study by clicking on the links below.
Click Here for Message from David Gates
and Haley Fisackerly
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Mississippi World Trade Center
Annual Meeting Set for Nov. 15
The Mississippi World Trade Center 2012 Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon will be held Thursday Nov. 15, at the Hilton Jackson on County Line Road. The event, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., will focus on organizational accomplishments for the year and celebrates distinctive award recipients. Live music by Raphael Semmes & Friends serves as backdrop and entertainment for the event. The Tozzoli Award International Business Leadership Award will be presented to William "Bill" Yates Jr. - The Yates Companies, Inc. Yates is a past chair of MEC. Other 2012 International Award Honorees are: International Education Partnership Award - Dr. Sara Kimmel - MS College Flowood Center Global Arts & Music Excellence - Bobby Rush - Rush-Up Productions Global Arts & Culture Advocate Award- Dr. Paul Tashiro - Japan-America Society MS Crystal Globe Member of Distinction - Jim McIngvale- Ingalls Shipbuilding. McIngvale is a member of the the MEC Board of Governors. Click Here to Register or for More Information |
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Mississippi Broadband Connect
Coalition Summit Set for Nov. 13
Gov. Bryant Among Speakers at Jackson Event
 Join Governor Phil Bryant and Mississippi Broadband Connect Coalition Chairman Jim Barksdale for a statewide summit designed to provide business and elected leadership the latest ideas for increasing high speed Internet usage and availability in Mississippi.
The Summit will be held Tuesday, November 13, 2012 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex
Speakers will cover topics that include telemedicine,educational applications, and uses for public safety. A separate track will be designed specifically for local leadership and business people interested in getting greater access to public wifi. A full agenda is listed on the registration site. Lunch will be provided.
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Ingalls-Built Arlington Successfully
Completes Navy Acceptance Trials
 Huntington Ingalls Industries has announced that the amphibious transport dock Arlington (LPD 24) returned from successful U.S. Navy acceptance sea trials on Friday, Nov. 2. The company's eighth ship in the LPD 17 class returned to Pascagoula following three days of at-sea demonstrations and testing. While at sea in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) observed more than 200 test events demonstrated on the ship by Ingalls' test and trials team. The team thoroughly tested ship systems such as anchor handling, flight operations, steering, navigation, and ballasting and de-ballasting the well deck. The team also performed a full power demonstration. Ingalls Shipbuilding is an MEC member.
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Food Donation to Provide 270,000 Meals
Gov. Bryant Directs Donation of Poultry, Eggs to Salvation Army
 Gov. Phil Bryant has directed a donation of more than 40,000 pounds of poultry meat and 60 cases of eggs to The Salvation Army of Jackson in advance of the holiday season. The food donation was given by the members of the Mississippi Poultry Association and will provide more than 270,000 servings of protein to those in need. The Salvation Army will directly distribute portions of the donation to the people they serve and will work with other charitable organizations to spread the donation throughout communities.
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Jackson Area Chambers to Host
Social Media Seminar for Businesses
Constant Contact, a leader in email marketing and social media marketing campaigns, along with Jackson area chambers of commerce will host "Social Media Marketing & Facebook for Business". The seminar will explore best practices a business or organization should use for successful social media marketing.
Seminars will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 14, Thursday, Nov. 15, and Friday, Nov. 16 at the Hilton on County Line Road in Jackson. Each session is from 11 a.m-1 p.m. There is no cost to attend and lunch is provided by Constant Contact. Seating is limited to 100 participants per session. The event is sponsored by the Canton Chamber of Commerce, Clinton Chamber of Commerce, Flowood Chamber of Commerce, Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, Madison County Chamber of Commerce, Madison the City Chamber of Commerce, Mississippi Economic Council, Mississippi Minority Business Alliance, Pearl Chamber of Commerce and Rankin County Chamber of Commerce. |
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Gala Honoring Former Greenville Mayor Chuck Jordan Set for Thursday, Nov. 29
A Gala honoring former Greenville Mayor and longtime MEC supporter Chuck Jordan will be held Thursday, Nov. 29th at the Washington County Convention Center in Greenville. Jordan resigned earlier this year due to late stage cancer.
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Operation Shoestring's
'Conversation About Community'
Set for Nov. 12 in Jackson
Event to Focus on Critical Community Issues To highlight and raise funds for its work with children and families in Central Jackson, Operation Shoestring will host approximately 400 guests at its 2012 Conversation About Community luncheon on Monday, Nov. 12 from Noon to 1:30 p.m., at the Jackson Convention Complex. This year's Conversation About Community will feature nationally recognized leaders with experience engaging with critical community issues in innovative and effective ways. The topic of the discussion will be converting big ideas and models of success from other communities into real change in Jackson. Featured at the event will be Alma Powell, chair of America's Promise, Walter Isaacson, author of the hugely successful recent biography of Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs, and CEO of the Aspen Institute, and Jackson native Jim Barksdale, renowned entrepreneur and ardent supporter of education and economic development. |
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MEC Honors Legacy of Service
of Past President Bob Pittman
Greetings!
MEC honored an important leader from our history last week at MEC Hobnob, as the membership of the organization recognized a resolution passed by the Boards of Directors of the Mississippi Economic Council and the MEC M.B. Swayze Foundation creating the Bob W. Pittman Leadership Mississippi Media Scholarship in honor of our second MEC President, who retired in 1998 after 30 years as CEO and a total of 32 years of service.
I have known Bob for most of my career - and always admired from afar his integrity, drive and resourcefulness. His creation of the second leadership program in America was an example of his forward thinking that positioned MEC for greater success in years to come.
As Leadership Mississippi grad and MEC Past Chair Bill Sones of the Bank of Brookhaven noted in his presentation, thanks to the creation of this program, Leadership Mississippi has graduated leaders including a Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, legislators, judges, mayors and many other governmental and corporate leaders. Many MEC board members and past chairs are Leadership Mississippi graduates.
The Leadership Mississippi program is more formally named the J.C. and Annie Redd Leadership Mississippi Program in honor of MEC past-chair the late J.C. Redd and his wife and is conducted as part of the program of work of the M.B. Swayze Foundation, named in honor of the first MEC executive, M.B. Swayze.
I am just the third executive of this organization that has been a part of Mississippi's history for well over 60 years, making it a distinct honor to have an opportunity to serve in this post, and to follow such great leaders as M.B. Swayze and Bob Pittman and to continue to work with our chairs and past chairs, board members and other volunteer leaders to continue to raise the voice of business in Mississippi.
We congratulate and honor Bob Pittman for his legacy of service - and know that by providing members of the media an opportunity through scholarship to participate in the important Leadership Mississippi program - this meaningful scholarship will continue to carry out Bob's long-standing vision of building a stronger and more competitive State.
It is a fitting honor for a past MEC executive who made all the difference in his work with this fine organization.
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ABOUT US
The Mississippi Economic Council has been the voice of Mississippi business since 1949. MEC deals with broad issues that relate to businesses through advocacy, research, resources and leadership. MEC has 8,600 members from 1,100 member firms in 2,400 locations throughout Mississippi. |
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Mississippi Economic Council - The State Chamber of Commerce
248 E. Capitol Street, Suite 940 - Jackson, Mississippi 39201
P.O. Box 23276 - Jackson, Mississippi 39225-3276
Phone: 601-969-0022 - 1-800-748-7626
Fax: 601-353-0247 - 1-888-717-2809
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