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Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce Newsletter
October 2014
..in this issue
UPCOMING EVENTS
NEW MEMBERS
NETWORKING IN THE A.M.
LUNCH 'N LEARN
ON SOCIAL MEDIA?
OCTOBER MULTI LUNCHEON
AFTER HOURS
WOMEN IN BUSINESS
RIBBON CUTTINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS      

WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS...

 

Bloomingdale Body N Brain Yoga

369 W. Army Trail Road

Bloomingdale 60108

(630) 529-1633

   Carol Liss

"Holistic Health Fitness"

JOINED 9/8/2014

 

CarMax - Javier Crespo

250 E. Golf Rd.

Schaumburg 60173

(630) 746-9580

   Javier Crespo

"Offering Quality Used Cars"

JOINED 9/3/2014

 

Carol Stream Shell FillinUp/Dunkin' Donuts

106 E.North Avenue

Carol Stream 60188

(630) 462-1863

   Ryan Razowsky

"Convenience Store/Dunkin Donuts/Gas Station"

JOINED 9/19/2014

 

Grease Monkey Center #205

835 E. Geneva Rd.

Carol Stream 60188

(630) 510-7080

   John Dalbis

"Full Service Quick Lube Center"

JOINED 9/1/14

 

Proceed Innovative

1501 E. Woodfield Road Suite 200N

Schaumburg 60173

(847) 756-0835

   Luke Moreno

"Website Promotion Google, Bing, Yahoo"

JOINED 9/18/2014

 

State Bank of Illinois

600 E. Washington Street

West Chicago 60185

630-231-1800

   Luke Oosterhouse

"State Bank of Illinois"

JOINED 9/29/2014

 

The Dailey Method - Wheaton

1985 Gary Avenue

Wheaton 60187

(630) 871-7331

   Amy DalSanto

"Exercise Barre Studio"

JOINED 9/22/2014

 

The Tech Doctors, Inc.

213 W. Wesley St

Wheaton 60187

(630) 588-8325

   Liz Merrinette

"Computer & Cloud Services"

JOINED 9/20/14

 

....Thank you for joining the CS Chamber!

 

BEFORE HOURS OCTOBER 7
Our Networking in the Morning is Tuesday, October 7th at 1st State Bank in Carol Stream. We start at 7:30am and finish up by 9am so you can  get on with your day. Will you join us for some great networking?  Sign up and get more info here...

We thank our friends at Entree' Kitchen for hosting our August 5th Networking in the Morning!!

 

 

QUICK LINKS
  
LUNCH 'N LEARN

Our next Brown Bag Lunch 'N Learn will be October 22, held at COD/Carol Stream, 500 N. Kuhn Road from 11:30am until 1:00pm.   

 

Speaker Rod Pickett will present "Generosity Marketing", teaching the ideas from "The Seven Levels of Communication" by Michael J. Maher.  Sign up at this link. 

 

You can also "Save the Date" for the next Brown Bag to be held on December 10th.

 

Sodas and chips are provided, compliments of COD, and we certainly thank our COD friends. 

 
Dear Chamber Members, 
This monthly eNewsletter supplements our  printed edition that now comes out twice a year and is designed to keep you current with chamber events and opportunities. 
  
Touch your iPhones, iPads, fire up your 'Droids, Windows phones, tablets, or take out your day planner and enter these events. If you know someone who would benefit from our organization, feel free to forward this to them.
SOCIAL MEDIA

If you are on Social Media, please LIKE or FOLLOW US and keep up with notifications of new members, event reminders, photos posted, and more. 

        

 OCTOBER MULTI LUNCHEON
 

The October 8th luncheon is a Multi-Chamber Progressive lunch. We'll be joined by several other area chambers and at the Bloomingdale Golf Club.

The beauty of this event is that you progress, or move from table to table as you dine. Table captains will facilitate the introductions and conversations and you will actually meet three tables of business professionals. Of course, the time before it begins and after it ends are always jammed pack with more  networking so don't forget to bring at least 50 business cards. A brochure table will be provided as well so feel free to bring any flyers, menus, or your latest offers. 

Registration is at 11 and we will begin at 11:30. Click here and sign up BEFORE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 5pm. No walk-ins will be able to be accepted due to the complexity of this format. We hope you understand.

See you on October 8th!

AFTER HOURS OCTOBER 16 - PANEL DISCUSSION/TECHNOLOGY + MARKETING 

 

Our October 16th after hours event is our annual "Networking 2.0" where we invite you, the chamber members, as well as all our Social Media contacts, friends, followers, and fans. At 5pm registration begins, and the program runs from 5:30-7:30pm. Besides networking and pizza/soda, we will present a panel of four experts who will inform us of all the latest and greatest, cutting edge ideas and practices in Marketing, Social Media, Technology, Hardware/software. Our panelists are:

 

Amit Mehta

of  

Fast OnSite Fast On Site Trusted Technology Experts  

....on TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES/HARDWARE-SOFTWARE

 

Paul Morrell

of  

On The Beaton Path, LLC  

......on SOCIAL MEDIA

 

Adam Nirenberg

of  

Vision 96

...on Technology Consulting

 

Joe Skibbe

of  

JRS Marketing Communications  

...on MARKETING

 
 Sign up online by visiting bit.ly/like2network

 

WOMEN IN BUSINESS EVENTS

The WIB Committee has been busy between the September Expo and the planning for 2015 -- most of the dates are chosen and speakers/programs are beginning to be slotted in. We will make you aware of those dates when we have firmed them up.

We end the year with a full-on robust event on November 19, Polka Dot Progressive Luncheon  -11:00am registration. 11:30 start, held at the Holiday Inn-Carol Stream - Many chambers involved and last year over 215 attendees. The philanthropy is non-perishable food items for the Bloomingdale Township Food Pantry. Also, bring flyers for the brochure table + 50 business cards. Men always invited, as well as non-members. Sign up by clicking here.

Thanks to all who participated in the 8th annual"What Women Want" Expo 
>>>> view a recap video here.
 


3 RIBBON CUTTINGS THIS MONTH

 

 

 A ribbon cutting ceremony is always a special day for our local businesses and a great opportunity to gather and celebrate.  

 

On our calendar, we have three such events in October, with the possibility of adding two more. Be sure to mark your calendar for these dates and watch for upcoming announcements.

 

Mon., Oct 13, 9:30am

KL Family Dental

 

Thurs., Oct 23, 5:30pm

NorthCoast Wellness Ctr

 

Thurs., Oct 30, 11:30am

Round 1/Stratford Square

 

For this and more events, click here and sign up online, or contact the chamber office at (630) 665-3325. 

 
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Thank you for taking the time to read these updates from the chamber. Be sure to forward this to a business associate who could benefit from chamber membership.
 
Sincerely,
Luanne Newman, Executive Director
Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce
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