Georgia Chamber Webinar Series Comes to Toccoa!

The Georgia Chamber of Commerce provides educational resources to help our local small business members succeed. One example of this is the bimonthly webinar series that focuses on topics important to small business. 

New this year the Chamber partnered with the Georgia Chamber to bring the series to our community through offering in-person viewings. You can now choose to attend in person or participate from your home or office. There are six webinars total in 2014. The one today was on “How to Hire, Train and Retain Top Talent. In June the topic is “Obtaining Capital & Funding for Growth.”

If you missed the presentation today you can still get the slide show hand outs and other class materials.  Call today to learn more about the Georgia Chamber small business resources and look for next Georgia Chamber webinar in June.

I have a few announcements for you:

Your Chamber and “Deal Armstrong” are partnering to create an exclusive Chamber Member coupon flyer. There are online marketing opportunities galore, reaching close to 8000 North Georgians, in 8 counties who have opted in to see regional deals. Call us today for more information and to reserve your spot. 

THANK YOU to the candidates for participating in the 2nd Political Forum last week - for a job well done. If you missed the forum, you can hear it on WNEG AM 630 again, on April 28^th to kick off the early voting period.

Congratulate the 2014 Business Plan Competition participants: Franklin Currahee Sanitation, Just Sew Pretty, The Center for Natural and Optimal Wellness and Victoria’s Sweet Treats & Boutique.  These entrepreneurs are completing the challenge this week. Their final Business Plans are due this Friday and the winner – who will receive over $8,000 in cash and prizes - will be announced at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting on Thursday May 8th.  

Don’t miss your Chamber’s Annual Meeting & Awards Ceremony celebration on Thursday May 8^th. Come watch Jay Doss present the awards, see outgoing Chairman Brain Akin, CEO of NGCU pass the baton to incoming Chairman Greg Roach, NGTC Currahee Campus Director, and hear comments from Commissioner Ron Jackson - the Commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia.   

Finally, the Chamber’s Golf Tournament, presented by NGCU, is at the award winning Currahee Club on Friday May 16th.  New this year there is an earlier start, an excellent mulligan package, fantastic prizes and our sponsors will also get their ads placed on the chamber’s web site – first come first serve, while supplies last.    

For more information visit www.toccoagachamber.com.  That’s your weekly update! I’m Wendi Bailey, your Toccoa-Stephens County Chamber of Commerce President with your Weekly Chamber Update!