April 2022 Better Together Newsletter Update

IN THIS ISSUE

Save the Date! We will be celebrating Sheboygan County’s top young professionals on May 5th!

UPCOMING Events

04.11.22

Cousins Subs

APRIL 2022

04.21.22

Next Step Insurance

04.30.22

WordHaven BookHouse

05.02.22

Humane Society of Sheboygan County

From the Desk of the Executive Director “Celebrate Good Times,” - Kool & the Gang We had a wonderful celebration of our updated office spaces on March 31st. We were pleased to see so many of you at our Open House and Ribbon Cutting and thankful for your continued support of the Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce. If you have not been able to see the updated spaces, we invite you to stop into the Chamber anytime and look around.

04.14.22

Vibe@5: Unity Spiritual Center

Deidre Martinez

Remember, the small and large conference rooms are available to chamber members free of charge, and we would love to host your next team meeting, strategic planning session, team trainings or board meetings. If you are interested in using these spaces, please reach out to Veronica at veronica@sheboygan.org to reserve today.

We have a busy spring and summer ahead of us. In May we will kick off Young Professional Month with our Best Under 40 celebration and with more than 30 local nominees to celebrate, we hope you will join us on May 5th at Village at 170 to cheer them on! Registration is open and we expect this to be another sell out event, so don’t delay and click HERE to get your ticket today! To follow our Best Under 40 celebration we will have a number of Young Professional opportunities available throughout the month of May to connect with other Young Professionals in the area, explore Sheboygan County and all our beautiful space has to offer and professional and leadership development opportunities. Please check our website often for updates to programming and opportunities that will be available. Also, did you know you could join our Young Professional text club and be in the know for all Chamber Young Professional programming? Text SHEBCOYP to 57838 and never miss another YP update again!

05.05.22

Best Under 40 Awards Dinner

05.06.22

with Glenn Grothman

ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS:

04.07.22 SAFETY 04.12.22 HR MANAGERS 04.13.22 BOSS

Sheboygan

County Chamber

Please Note

Office Closed 4.08.22 - Diversity Summit Office Closed 4.15.22 - Good Friday

From the Desk of the Executive Director Continued June 9th we will kick off our annual Intern and Co-op program. We are expecting more than 150 interns to spend the summer with us in Sheboygan County this year and we want to make sure they fall in love with Sheboygan County before they return to school in the Fall. We have several activities, social outings and community service projects planned to get our Interns and Co-op’s involved in Sheboygan County, to learn about our quality of life and build long term friendships and to create an excitement of coming back to Sheboygan County permanently upon graduation. If you are interested in learning more about how to get your summer Interns and Co-op’s involved in this program, click HERE. We also have opportunities to partner with Chamber members to provide experiences to our Interns and Co-op’s during June and July, if you are interested in being a part of the program please email Molly at Molly@sheboygan.org.

Lastly, we are finalizing details for our Chamber Travel, September 5th to 15th as we explore the 6 countries along the Danube River. Free airfare is still being offered for this once in a lifetime trip and we have 30 travelers from Sheboygan County already joining us. To learn more about this opportunity please visit sheboygan.org or contact Deidre directly at Deidre@sheboygan.org.

We want you to Think BIG (betterment, improvement, growth), Influence Local! The Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce is committed to providing expertise for fostering dynamic organizations throughout Sheboygan County.

We are truly Better Together!

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NEWS FROM THE DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT I hope everyone had an enjoyable March and here comes April…April showers bring May flowers and then summer, woo-hoo! We finished March with several new members.

Please Welcome: • Melei Petsche Spencer • Cousins Subs - 2720 S Business Dr, Sheboygan • Cousins Subs - 2108 N Ave, Sheboygan • Kwik Trip - Broadway - 1526 Broadway Ave, Sheboygan • Kwik Trip - County Road J - 4220 Co Rd J, Sheboygan • Sheboygan Area SHRM • Bell Bank Mortgage - 2831 Eastern Ave, Plymouth • Classic Casino - W6689 County Road U, Plymouth • Carpenters Local 731 - 1210 N 8th St, Sheboygan

Scott Kuehn

Don’t forget you can post events, introduce new employees, and many other topics via member news. Member news is part of your membership, so at no additional cost you may post every day, every week, etc., whatever makes sense for your business and staff. Please reach out to me if you’ve never posted before and we can walk through this process, or you can just send me what you’d like to post. It’s quick, easy and it’s a great way to let everyone in Sheboygan County know who you are, what your business does or if you’ve got an event coming up!

Some other things to think about as we move into April: • Deep Dive opportunities are a great way to meet new Chamber members and their respective businesses and gain referrals in the process. Every member is from a different business sector, so no two members are alike in any one group!

Who do you want to do business with? People you know and trust of course. Join a Deep Dive today! Check out a short video at sheboygan.org to learn more about Deep Dives.

• Roundtables are a terrific way to meet others within your business sector. Whether it’s Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, Not for Profit, and others, you’re sure to learn something from your peers. These peer-to-peer networking groups can help any one of your employees, or yourself, accelerate your learning curve, and minimize potential setbacks within your organization. Our own John Rogers does an outstanding job keeping each group on task, and always shares his own wealth of knowledge. Contact john@sheboygan.org and join a Roundtable today!

• Our Young Professionals network goal is to attract, engage and retain young, diverse talent to Sheboygan County by providing opportunities for young professionals to design their social culture, serve as civic innovators and community stewards, and develop into the next generation of leaders for Sheboygan County. If you are interested in joining the YP network, please contact Molly Talaska at Molly@sheboygan.org.

• Check out the chamber calendar at sheboygan.org and make sure you mark 2022 for all events coming up this year, it is sure to be an exciting and rewarding new year!

Have a terrific month, and please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions, or if you just want to meet for a cup of coffee and chat!

Everyone have a wonderful April and see you all soon! #KeepItRealSheboyganCounty!

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Molly, Coastal YPN Liaison Happy April!!

As another month flies by, I am still hoping for better weather! I think the more I say it, the faster it’ll come, right?

On the docket for Coastal this month, we are continuing with our Lunch and Learn series.

Our next Lunch and Learn will be hosted by Jeffrey Jacobs of Jacobs Financial Solutions Thrivent Thursday, April 7th from 12:00-1:00 PM. He will be talking to our network about Six Keys to More Successful Investing. Jeff started his career with Thrivent in 2016, but has been a Thrivent member for 49 years. Jeff is passionate about guiding people along their journey and putting the pieces of their financial puzzle together. Register HERE to ensure you have a spot in the Chamber Conference room for this presentation.

Molly Talaska

We also have our annual Best Under 40 Awards and Dinner coming up on May 5th. We have a total of 37 nominees throughout three categories. Join us as we award our Top Ten Young Professionals, Entrepreneur of the Year, Community Volunteer of the Year and our Top Young Professional of the Year. This year we are hosting the event at The Village @170, we are very excited to showcase all of the amazing young talent we have in Sheboygan County in this beautiful space!

Register HERE, to reserve your seat or a table for your company. For any questions regarding Coastal events please contact me at Molly@sheboygan.org.

See you all soon! ~Stay Wavy~

Roundtable synergy with John rogers Back in Pittsburgh when I was young, I would always check the Pirates’ schedule for doubleheaders since those were 2 for the price of 1 ticket events. A great entertainment value exceeded if one or both games went into extra innings. When 1 + 1 = >2 that is an example of synergy.

Roundtable synergy occurs when you come to the Chamber and share joys and concerns with your peers and learn from the discussions then you get a bonus by watching and listening to a true business leader based in northeast Wisconsin. You can do this on Wednesday, April 13 at the Business Owner roundtable. Check it out HERE. This is a truly unique opportunity you should attend! Can you say ‘SYNERGY’?

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best under 40 awards The 2022 Sheboygan County Best Under 40 Awards will be held on Thursday, May 5th! The top ten Sheboygan County Best Under 40 nominees will be recognized for their 2021 accomplishments.

Three awards will be given to the Top Young Professional of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, and Young Professional Community Volunteer of the Year. Follow our Facebook page for more details and announcements of nominees. Visit our website to learn more and register sheboygan.org.

better Together Intern & Co-op program Better Together Intern & Co-Op Program announced for 2022. We’re bringing together over 150 interns and co-ops to experience a fun summer in Sheboygan County! Learn more.

Partner with us to conduct your business!

Chamber members have conference rooms available FREE of charge! Take advantage of our recently renovated large and small conference areas! To reserve, please contact Veronica Valdez, reception and member services at assist@sheboygan.org or call 920-457-9491.

Large Conference Room • Classroom style, seating up to 50 • Teleconferencing technology including: - 2 in ceiling microphones - 2 full HD, 360 bird’s-eye view wall mount cameras - 8 ceiling tile loudspeakers - 1 tabletop touch screen controller

Small Conference Room • Roundtable style, seating up to 8 • Teleconferencing technology including: - Sound bar speaker - Stationary web camera

Small Conference Room • Roundtable style, seating up to 6 • Free of technology

new chamber billboard up!

Look for our new billboard around the county! As part of the Sheboygan County Chamber of Commerce positioning statement, our new mission is to Think BIG (Betterment, Improvement, Growth) and Influence Local.

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march in review

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First Friday Forum with Devin LeMahieu

Out to Lunch with Deidre Martinez

Leadership Sheboygan County

Ribbon Cutting ReGenesys Laser & Wellness Sheboygan

Ribbon Cutting - Whispering Oak-Wisconsin Lakefront Property Management

Ribbon Cutting & Open House Sheboygan County Chamber

Stay up to date!

SAVE T HE DAT E! − 2022 ANNUAL −

CHAMBER GOL F OU T ING AUGUST 31, 2 0 22

Better Together Intern & Co-Op Program Thursday Jun 9, 2022 to Thursday Jul 28, 2022

Chamber Golf Outing Wednesday, August 31st, 2022

Sheboygan

County Chamber

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Please contact Scott Kuehn at 920-918-1315 or scott@sheboygan.org for more information.

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