Blue Ribbon Series Lunch Scheduled for November 6

Do you like to be "in the know" about important community issues and happenings? Do you want to take advantage of opportunities to network with colleagues and potential customers? Is your business at the forefront of efforts to move Starkville forward?

If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you're probably a member of the Partnership's Chamber of Commerce. We are honored to work with a vibrant, engaged and diverse Chamber membership of corporations, small businesses, organizations from many non-profit and community involvement sectors, as well as highly motivated individuals. Our team at the Greater Starkville Development Partnership includes you! Nationwide, Chambers of Commerce members are some of the most engaged and innovative community influencers. Organizations such as ours are often seen as essential partnerships for business growth and marketing. But, are you getting the most out of your Chamber membership?

On Wednesday, November 6, the Partnership will present another installment in our Blue Ribbon Business Resources Fall Series, a seminar aimed at helping you gain the most benefit from your GSDP membership. We will present a BR2 Lunch Seminar entitled "Know Your Chamber Benefits: Partnership Membership 101." The seminar will be held at Hilton Garden Inn from 11:30am to 1pm, and lunch will be provided.

During the seminar, the Partnership team will share a number of educational and marketing opportunities that are exclusively offered to GSDP members, and some of the benefits may surprise you! In addition to having access to "first-to-know" and expanded community information through events like the Blue Ribbon Series and our weekly eView emailing, Partnership membership includes some unique marketing avenues as well as opportunities to be involved in moving Starkville's economic and community development efforts forward.

At Wednesday's BR2 meeting, we'll offer more information about Chamber member marketing benefits including our "Hot Deals" online promotional program, the integration of social media links to our membership directory, participation in the annual Starkville Magazine distributed throughout the community, and our Ribbon Cutting promotional opportunities. You'll also be the first to hear about the upcoming Task Force initiative beginning through the Partnership in 2014. This program will allow the Partnership to be better in tune with community needs and will provide avenues for members to roll up  their sleeves in ways that will make specific impact to community growth.

One of the key components of the BR2 Luncheon on November 6 will be an introduction to the new Chamber Master system the Partnership has implemented for member management. This system gives members the opportunity to log in, edit and immediately update online business information, add "hot deals," post business events, advertise job openings, register for Partnership events and more.  Members in attendance at the BR2 Seminar will receive their unique login credentials for the system, and our team will walk through the how-tos of key features.

If you would like to attend this Blue Ribbon Series event on Tuesday, please RSVP to Donna at 662.323.3322 or email at dwilliams@starkville.org. We look forward to sharing with our members these great new benefits for business marketing and community engagement. See you then!