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10 Ways to Get the Most from Your Event Sponsorship

These days, many nonprofits raise as much money through high-profile fundraising events as they do through such traditional fundraising channels as fund drives, donor solicitations and direct mail. Sponsorships are different from donations in that they explicitly offer publicity in … Continue reading

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Help us grow the collective voice of business! The Big Invite!

The Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce its new initiative to grow the voice of business in our community — The Big INvite! Believing that members are the foundation of our organization, The Chamber is looking to … Continue reading

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Incentiprizing

In a recently posted article from the Huffington Post called “’Incentiprizing’: The New Path To Business Breakthroughs,” the author, Naveen Jain, comes to an interesting conclusion about how to successfully grow your company from the inside. He begins his argument … Continue reading

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Catching Up With the Chamber

On Wednesday, May 11th, we hosted a hYPe event at Oliver Winery, featuring some great networking activities, not to mention great wine and food provided by the Winery and local Bloomington restaurants. And this is just the beginning! With summer … Continue reading

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April Showers Bring…

With all the bad weather and severe storm warnings we’ve been getting in Bloomington lately, we figured it would be a good idea to write out some suggestions for designing and implementing your plan in case of an emergency. The … Continue reading

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22 Tips To Use At A Networking Event

The Chamber recently hosted an ABC luncheon presented by the very talented Linda Dausend (South Central Indiana Human Resources Association) on the subject of Networking.  Networking is one of the single most important aspects of doing business.  Everyone has experienced … Continue reading

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Secrets to Success

Recently, Fortune Magazine released their top 50 Women in Business List for 2010 (which you can see by clicking on this link), and in an interesting feature, Time Magazine interviewed several of the women from Fortune’s list. The interviews are … Continue reading

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“Taming the Data that Dominates Our Work Lives”

Fortune magazine recently posted an article written by Kishore S. Swaminathan, the Worldwide Director of Research at Accenture, about the way data is used in the business world today. His article asserts that the technological age has given today’s business … Continue reading

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Forbes Favorite Small Business Blogs

In Forbes “Best of the Web” directory, we stumbled upon an article rating the best of small business focused blogs. Each blog focuses on something unique about operating a small business, whether it is advice on how to develop the … Continue reading

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From A Working Mother…by Katie Bruhn

I am 26 years old, married, have a 9 month old son, and a part-time job here at The Chamber.  I’m a busy gal!  I love my job, and no, I’m not just saying that because I’m writing a blog … Continue reading

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