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Professional Development

The McLean County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to offer a number of initiatives designed to help train and retain current employees and ensure our area’s workforce for the future.

 

Whether you work from your kitchen table, from a small storefront, from a warehouse or from a cubicle surrounded by dozens of others just like it, these Professional Development Programs are the rungs you can use to pull yourself up to the next level.

 

AMPd

The Chamber’s A.M. Professional Development series focuses on experiential learning, not just a lecture with Q and A. This interactive approach is designed to help participants really go in-depth on each topic and learn both from experts and each other. AMPd meets in the Chamber office on the 2nd Thursday of each month from 8-10am. Programs charge $25.00 per individual session.

 

Fall 2010 AMPd Schedule
 

August 12: Marketing: Not Just for the Big Guys
Bill Crutcher and Paul Lister
Center for Performance Development

  • Your marketing message: the center of your success
  • What should your marketing mix be?
  • Why marketing audits are more important to success than financial audits

Click here to register for this session.


September 9: Employee Handbooks
Nicole Albertson
Human Resources Manager, Heritage Enterprises

October 14: Accounting and Budget Development
Mark Nicholas
Managing Partner, Henning, Strouse, Jordan & Stephens
Harlan Geiser
President, Integrity Technology Solutions
 

November 10: Goal Setting
Terry Noel
Associate Professor, ISU College of Business
 

Business Rountables

While a group-facilitated learning event provides great opportunities to grow your business, there still is nothing quite like learning from others in your field. The Chamber currently offers four roundtable opportunities each month, allowing members to discuss issues and challenges in their specific disciplines. The roundtables place a group of individuals in a room at the Chamber office for 90 minutes to share concerns, ideas and solutions to improve all business in McLean County.

  • Small Business Roundtable meets from 8:00-9:30am on the second Tuesday of each month
  • Human Resources Roundtable meets from 11:30am-1:00pm on the third Tuesday of each month
  • Home-based Business Roundtable meets from 1:30-3:00pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
  • Industry Specific Roundtable meets from 3:30-5:00pm on the fourth Tuesday of each month.

There is no cost for the Small Business, Home-based Business or Industry Specific Roundtables. Cost is $10.00 for the Human Resources Roundtable to cover lunch.

 

Contact Brian Davis or Diane Siron at 309-829-6344 for more information or to register for these programs.