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Welcome to week three of our multi-week article series, “What Does the Chamber Do for You?” Last week we featured some fun historical trivia about the chamber. If you missed the Trivia Edition, you can read it here. As noted in last week’s eNews the Chamber has five major strategic goals. This week we will expand upon to give you a better understanding of our five major strategic goals. I. Economic Environment: The Economic Environment in the Chamber’s sphere of influence attracts and retains workers, entrepreneurs and capital as a result of a positive reputation as an attractive location to live, work, and do business. Community policies, the community of business leaders, and community resources enhance the evolution and growth of Santa Cruz County’s economic base. II. Member Success – Knowledge Transfer: The Santa Cruz Economic Community is differentiated by effective educational experiences, networks of those with shared needs and interests, and the efficient and effective organization of working groups to address threats and opportunities. The knowledge based sectors of the Santa Cruz economic community are recognized as an effective and successful business environment with great opportunities for growth. III. Member Success – Member Resources: Members of the Chamber have a measurable competitive advantage that results from the use of Chamber resources and participation in Chamber activities. IV. Strategic Vision: The Chamber will be a purpose driven organization, committed to continuous improvement, linking goals and strategies to specific implementation milestones and benchmarks. V. Chamber Success: The Chamber is recognized as a model of business competence, of purpose-driven organizational design, and of an effective community partner. You may ask how these strategic goals were selected. In the past, a survey of members’ opinions culled out these priorities as critical infrastructure and policy issues that impact their businesses and employees. Each year, your Chamber Board of Directors convenes for a one or two day retreat. The retreat is a workshop where we review the past year – analysis of the Chamber’s budget, our membership retention/recruitment process, our reflection of past year events from a content quality, income generating and participation experience. We are always looking to improve what we do and how we do it. We encourage our members to contact the Chamber staff with your ideas and suggestions. Our motto at the Chamber is to enhance our member services, produce quality events with content and value and provide more opportunities that increase your engagement level. We look forward to hearing from you.
Welcome to week three of our multi-week article series, “What Does the Chamber Do for You?” Last week we featured some fun historical trivia about the chamber. If you missed the Trivia Edition, you can read it here.
As noted in last week’s eNews the Chamber has five major strategic goals. This week we will expand upon to give you a better understanding of our five major strategic goals.
I. Economic Environment: The Economic Environment in the Chamber’s sphere of influence attracts and retains workers, entrepreneurs and capital as a result of a positive reputation as an attractive location to live, work, and do business. Community policies, the community of business leaders, and community resources enhance the evolution and growth of Santa Cruz County’s economic base.
II. Member Success – Knowledge Transfer: The Santa Cruz Economic Community is differentiated by effective educational experiences, networks of those with shared needs and interests, and the efficient and effective organization of working groups to address threats and opportunities. The knowledge based sectors of the Santa Cruz economic community are recognized as an effective and successful business environment with great opportunities for growth.
III. Member Success – Member Resources: Members of the Chamber have a measurable competitive advantage that results from the use of Chamber resources and participation in Chamber activities.
IV. Strategic Vision: The Chamber will be a purpose driven organization, committed to continuous improvement, linking goals and strategies to specific implementation milestones and benchmarks.
V. Chamber Success: The Chamber is recognized as a model of business competence, of purpose-driven organizational design, and of an effective community partner.
You may ask how these strategic goals were selected. In the past, a survey of members’ opinions culled out these priorities as critical infrastructure and policy issues that impact their businesses and employees. Each year, your Chamber Board of Directors convenes for a one or two day retreat. The retreat is a workshop where we review the past year – analysis of the Chamber’s budget, our membership retention/recruitment process, our reflection of past year events from a content quality, income generating and participation experience. We are always looking to improve what we do and how we do it. We encourage our members to contact the Chamber staff with your ideas and suggestions. Our motto at the Chamber is to enhance our member services, produce quality events with content and value and provide more opportunities that increase your engagement level. We look forward to hearing from you.