There’s nothing our Chamber crew loves greater than producing the Annual Group Convention. It’s our Tremendous Bowl and to be frank it drives a lot of our pondering every year. Our work goes on, after all, nonetheless, there may be new and urgent work to do at this second. Chamber management and workers proceed our cost by doing what is important to drive native enterprise development. We prefer to assume all the pieces occurs for a motive and proper now our companies are wanted in so some ways.
One factor that our management and crew members satisfaction ourselves on is the flexibility to pivot. Even whereas Convention was nonetheless up within the air, we had been actively having conversations about how we might make programming modifications to serve our member’s wants. As soon as the choice to cancel this yr’s convention was made, lots of these plans started to enter motion.
A very good instance is subsequent week’s Expertise Discussion board. On Thursday, August 20, we invite you to take part in a digital occasion the place we can be joined by Florida Chamber President Mark Wilson as our keynote speaker. Throughout that discussion board, you’ll have a chance to find out about how we’re working with varied companions to reimagine our native workforce. You received’t need to miss it. Registration is now open and may be accessed at www.talchamber.com.
Along with subsequent week’s Expertise Discussion board, we can even be working intently with our members to assist them apply for added restoration funding that can quickly be made obtainable. Starting August 17, we can be helping the Workplace of Financial Vitality and different native Chambers to assist companies in making use of for grants being offered by means of Leon County by the use of the CARES Act. A lot of our neighborhood’s most impacted companies will be capable to obtain this wanted monetary assist and we can be right here to assist in that effort. You can study extra about these funds and eligibility necessities on-line HERE or attain out to our workers instantly by emailing Dana Noles at dnoles@talchamber.com.
Though we received’t be kicking off our convention with a welcome reception and this weekend received’t function nationally acknowledged audio system or new enterprise connections for attendees, we do hope you will mark your calendar for subsequent yr, August 13-15, 2021. We have acquired a lot help from members in current weeks and for that we’re grateful. Our members imply the world to us, and we hate that we will’t be with you at our convention proper now. We would prefer to ship an enormous thank you to all our 2020 Annual Group Convention Sponsors who would have helped make the occasion so particular. We couldn’t make the convention or any of our work occur with out you all and we will’t wait to assemble once more with you quickly. Till then, keep secure and we hope to see you at our upcoming digital applications.
