Thanks to the work of our intern, Kayla, and Chamber Nation our new website is up & running! When you have a minute please take a look at www.ccemo.org.  We would like to add pictures of your community to the front page and throughout the site so please email you pictures to Kayla at ccemintern@gmail.com.   

Also we are continuously adding pages and would like to have a resource section with example of Policy and/or Personnel Manuals, as well as examples of By-laws from our Missouri Chambers. If you are willing to have yours posted on the website please send them to Kayla.

 

  FEDERATION UPDATE

The Missouri Chamber Federation now has 104 local Chambers as members for the latest information concerning the Federation update click on the link below: 

https://mochamber.com/alliance-update5-17/

MISSOURI CHAMBER FEDERATION QUESTIONNAIRE

We are conducting an audit of the Federation and the services we provide to our members.  Please take literally a minute and complete the survey below.  Please note that our system requires you to hit the SUBMIT button after each question for your answers to be counted.  

https://mochamber.com/federation-questionnaire/

There has been a lot of discussion about education policy and charter schools this session. Doug Thaman, the Executive Director of the Missouri Charter Public School Association, is conducting outreach to communities across the state to help people understand what charter schools are, what makes them different from traditional public schools, and why charter public school choice is important for Missouri.

You can contact Doug at Dthaman@mocharterschools.org or go to their website www.mocharterschools.org to find out more information. 

Call for CCEM Awards Applications 

6/1/2017 - 8/15/2017

 

Newsletter items due - email to ccemintern@gmail.com

6/1/2017

 

Mid-West Institute

6/4/2017 - 6/8/2017     |    Madison, WI   

 

South East Institute

6/25/2017 - 6/27/2017     |    Athens, GA     

 

West Institute

7/9/2017 - 7/13/2017     |    Los Angeles, CA   

 

ACCE Conference

7/16/2017 - 7/19/2017     |    Nashville, TN   

 

Potential business owners only have one chance to make a good first impression with a lender. Biz Liftoff makes sure they do it right!  

Biz Liftoff creates professional looking reports to “WOW” the lender, future partner or investor.  This is where all your business information comes together to create a virtual picture of potential business owner’s start-up needs. 

Lenders and investors want to know three things:

1. Does the potential business owner have the expertise to create and run this business?
    
2. How much do they need to get started?
    
3. How will the lender/investor get their money back?

​Through narrative reports and easy-to-follow projections, Biz Liftoff helps lenders and potential investors understand the potential business’s resource requirements and the business owner’s chances of success.
 

Ask how you can get Biz Liftoff into the hands of potential business owners in your community and earn non dues revenue for your chamber.
 

For more information, check out www.mochamber.com/bizliftoff

 

The CCEM Board of Directors recently held their Board meeting and what an amazing group of
individuals that have been elected. They truly care about the local chambers and want the best for each of you.

We reviewed the financial statements and are ahead of last year regarding our membership dues. Thanks to each of you for belonging to such a great organization.

We have several new members and new staff to the Chamber industry. If any are in your district, please welcome them to this industry. It can be overwhelming at first.

The MAKO conference was held in Rogers, Arkansas this year. We had a great time checking
out a new area. The MAKO board is currently reviewing proposal for the 2018 conference we
will let you know as soon as a decision has been made.

As I mentioned in the last newsletter, CCEM has been contacted by Capital One to participate in their affinity program. In exchange for the CCEM Membership list, Capital One will sponsor CCEM for the 2017 program year. They should be contacting each of the CCEM members to see if you are interested in participating with your local Chamber. You are not required to participate, but it is something we wanted to offer local Chambers. Please let us know if you have any questions.

The new website in which Chamber Nation is updating for CCEM is available. Please check it out at www.ccemo.org!

Chamber Management Academy will be held August 10-11at the Missouri Chamber in Jefferson City. If you have new staff, please consider sending them to this two-day informational session.

We appreciate all the involvement by all the different districts. It has been great to hear news from the local chambers as well as see pictures from your lunch meetings. We are currently in the process of re-working a couple of districts and will update you as they are finalized.

The planning stages for fall conference will begin in the next couple of weeks. If you are
interested in serving on this committee, please let me know. The conference will be held at the
Hilton Convention Center on the Branson Landing September 20-22. You will not want to miss
this year!

As always, if you need anything, please do not hesitate to ask around as another Chamber has likely been in a similar situation or had the same question.

Victoria Brees
Columbia Chamber of Commerce
CCEM President

CCEM Fall Conference

SAVE the Date - Sept 20-22, Branson, Missouri  

Scott Tate, Greater St. Charles Chamber of Commerce is Chairing the planning committee for the CCEM Fall Conference. If you would like to join the committee or if you have suggestions for topics, speakers or activities please email Scott at Scott@GSTCCC.com.   

 

Chamber Management Academy

Brian Gerau, Jackson Chamber of Commerce, Jeff Meredith, Monett Chamber of Commerce and Crystal Narr, Chillicothe Chamber of Commerce have been working to set an informative, educational and fun agenda for CMA 2017.  Save the date for August 10 and 11 in Jefferson City.  Hotel reservation can be made at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Jefferson City at 573-636-5101 or on line at www.doubletreebyhilton.com make sure to ask for the MCC/MO Chamber/ CCEM discount rate of $104.  Registration will open on May 19th on the CCEM website.  CMA is a great way for those new in the profession and those seasoned professionals who would like a refresher to attend and network with peers and learn from chamber professionals about running and working at a local chamber of commerce.  

Contact Brian Gerau at director@jacksonmochamber.org with any questions you may have.

Please welcome Missouri Council for Activity & Nutrition (MOCAN) as a new sponsor for CCEM.

Check them out on the web at http://extension.missouri.edu/mocan/

 

Chamber Nation continues to be a longtime supporter of CCEM and this year we have entered into a partnership to benefit our members.  In the next few weeks Chamber Nation will be introducing these new opportunities to you. If you are looking for a database, membership outreach or assistance in developing your website – Chamber Nation provides one stop shopping.  Look for their exciting program Chamber Compass coming to your IN Box in the very near future.  


 

 

   

Capital One – We would like to introduce you to Greg Snyder with Capital One.  Greg will be reaching out to our CCEM members to discuss our new program to benefit small business and add revenue to your bottom line.  The flyer from Greg briefly explains the program and contains Greg contact information if you would like to be one of the first to sign up for this non-dues generating program!


 

 

 

John Andesilich with TuberGoo Marketing is offering a program to our CCEM members that will help with your social media and Google presence for you and your members and is offering non dues revenue to the local chamber.  John has provided a webinar about his program and you can view a webinar about his program at this link.  

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/8971485300183502344

Matt Baird, Lee’s Summit Chamber chairman of the 2017 Scholarship committee announced the following receiptants of CCEM Scholarships. 

Congratulations to these 30 outstanding Chamber professionals! 

 

RECIPIENT	EVENT	CHAMBER
Cassie Aberle	Fall Conference	Table Rock
Jen Berti	CMA	Jackson
Wendy Berry	Fall Conference	Cottleville-Weldon
Debbie Carmen	Fall Conference	Trenton
Nina DeAngelo	ACCE	O'Fallon
Astra Ferris	Winter Conference	Barton
Tamara Fitzpatrick	All	Callaway
Sheree Gayman	Winter Conference	Nevada
Tosha Jackson	CMA	Excelsior Springs
Kelly Jones	Fall Conference	Kirksville
Jim Kesler	ACCE	Joplin
Chris Koetters	Midwest Conference	Hermann
Mary Jo Little	Midwest Conference	Carthage
Amanda Mankin	Fall Conference	Warrensburg
Jeff Meredith	Northeast Conference	Monett
Crystal Narr	Fall Conference	Chillicothe
Stacy Needels	West Conference	Lee's Summit
Kelly O'Daniel	Fall Conference	Fenton
Jan Olernick	Fall Conference	Warrenton
Gayle Potter	ACCE	Liberty
Wendy Rackovan	West Conference	St. Charles
Kimberly Seawright	CMA	West Plains
Ashley Siler	Midwest Conference	Neosho
Hilary Stanes	Winter Conference	Dexter
Gary Stubblefield	CMA	Carl Junction
Lori Tainter	Winter Conference	St. Charles
Melissa Vogt	CMA	Union
Tiffany Wilson	Fall Conference	Pacific
Amanda Winschel	ACCE	Perryville
Lily White	CMA	Maryville