May 17th, 2012 by Katie Hutton
The Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce has announced its 2012 ChamberChoice Award Winners. Small Business of the Year: Onsharp Business of the Year: Warner and Company Insurance Small Not-for-Profit of the Year: Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living, Inc. Not-for-Profit of the Year: United Blood Services Entrepreneur of the Year: Barry Batcheller, Appareo [...]
Tags: Business of the Year, ChamberChoice Awards, Entrpreneur of the Year, Not-for-profit of the year, Small Business of the Year, small not-for-profit of the year, YPN Best Place to Work
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May 8th, 2012 by Craig Whitney
Dear Chamber Members: At the end of March, we wrapped up our second annual membership campaign and gained 75 brand new members. These businesses represent a diverse array of industries and sectors across the metro region and we’re proud to have them on board. Special thanks goes out to Director of Membership Renay Rutter for [...]
Tags: Craig Whitney, Department of Defense, Go Radio Broadcasting, Happy Hooligans, Measure 2
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May 1st, 2012 by Katie Hutton
One of the best parts of working at The Chamber is learning about our great members and new businesses coming to the area. During our 2012 Membership Campaign, we were pleased to welcome Massage Envy to The Chamber. Massage Envy is in its 10th year in business and employs over 18,000 licensed therapists who perform [...]
Tags: Ambassadors, Massage Envy, ribbon cutting
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May 1st, 2012 by Renay Rutter
We just finished our second annual membership campaign and gained 75 new members! Are you one of our new members? Welcome! Did you schedule your Go Radio Broadcasting ad planning session yet? A huge thank you to Dave Howland and the entire team at Go Radio Broadcasting for partnering with us to offer all new members [...]
Tags: membership, Membership Campaign
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April 25th, 2012 by Katie Hutton
Darren Dunlop has joined the staff of the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber as Business Development Manager. Dunlop will work with member organizations to better utilize their membership dollars through program awareness and sponsorship opportunities. Dunlop served on The Chamber’s Ambassador Public Relations committee for 20 years and was chair of the committee from 2003 [...]
Tags: Business Development, Darren Dunlop
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April 19th, 2012 by Jessica Lee
Dear Colleague in Business, You are invited The Chamber Military Affairs Committee has partnered with Beyond the Yellow Ribbon of Moorhead to offer a veteran and service member career fair on Sunday, April 29th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Crystal Ballroom at the Ramada Plaza Suites and Conference Center. There is NO [...]
Tags: advocacy, Career Fair, Jessica Lee, Military Affairs, Public Affairs, veterans
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April 10th, 2012 by Katie Hutton
As with any good exercise program, repetition and consistency are key factors in seeing results. Many members of The Chamber’s Young Professionals Network would agree that those same factors are also important to seeing results in the YPN. “I encourage young professionals to get involved with YPN because it is a great organization not only [...]
Tags: young professionals network, ypn
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April 10th, 2012 by Jessica Lee
Guest Letter from Andy Peterson, President of the North Dakota Chamber of Commerce On June 12th, North Dakotans will vote on Constitutional Measure 2. Few votes will have as great a consequence on the future of our state. Measure 2 is a seriously flawed proposal that will lock a radical idea into our state’s Constitution – [...]
Tags: Jessica Lee, Measure 2, property taxes, Public Affairs
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April 9th, 2012 by Craig Whitney
Dear Chamber Members: The Chamber and its Board of Directors understand and value the important role our military men and women play in our community. When news came that the Department of Defense budget had the Happy Hooligans C-27J Spartan mission in its cross hairs, we spent little time in determining if this was a [...]
Tags: C-27, Craig Whitney, March, North Dakota National Guard, President's Corner
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April 5th, 2012 by Katie Hutton
On April 4, more than 150 members learned about designing a customer service experience that will last. Featured presenter Don Thorpe, Shared Experience Consulting, discussed how the experience makes all the difference. “Sixty-eight percent of customers will leave due to an attitude of indifference,” Thorpe said. “The better the experience the less the price becomes [...]
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