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Siouxland Chamber special event nets over 325 new members SPECIAL TO THE BUSINESS JOURNAL SIOUX CITY – On May 9-10, the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce held its first ever Membership Event. Nine community leaders came together with hundreds of volunteers to recruit more than 325 members and educate the business community on the resources provided by the Chamber. The event was organized by Jimmy Cusano and an organization called Your Chamber Connection. Its specialty is high energy membership campaigns that allow volunteers to conduct “out of the box” membership fun while building the membership base. “It’s about business,” Cusano said. “The Chamber of Commerce is the business community. These events are held to bring everyone together to build a local Chamber. Business leaders come together in a competitive fun setting and tell the Chamber’s story.” The nine teams were led
On May 9 and 10, the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce held its first ever Membership Event. Nine community leaders came together with hundreds of volunteers to recruit new members and educate the business community on the resources provided by the local Chamber. The event was organized by Jimmy Cusano and an organization called Your Chamber Connection, whose specialty is high energy membership campaigns that allow volunteers to conduct ‘’out of the box’’ membership fun while building the membership base.
by local business leaders including: Nicole Berner, US Bank; Jeremy Craighead, Security National Bank; Brad Howard, MidAmerican Energy (retired); Darrell Jesse, Crary Huff Law Firm; Linda Kalin, Iowa Poison Control; Pam Miller, Siouxland Ethanol; Lance Morgan, Ho-Chunk
Inc.; Todd Moyer, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino; Skip Perley, Thompson Electric. These nine leaders were tasked with building teams of 25-30 people who worked one of four shifts May 9-10 and against the other teams to see who could recruit the most new members. So why would a business
On May 9-10, the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce held its first ever Membership Event. Nine community leaders came together with hundreds of volunteers to recruit new members and educate the business community on the resources provided by the Siouxland Chamber.
be a member of the Chamber? “With over 1,200 members from the tri-state region, every member seems to join for a different reason,” said Heidi Reinking, director of investor relations for the Siouxland Chamber. “Some members join to generate sales leads for their company. Others join to stay up to date with what’s going
on in the community and to meet others. And others join simply to support the business community. “Members can think of the Chamber as an extension of their own company. We serve as the voice of the business community so they can focus on their employees and customers. We represent the business community at all government levels,
we help recruit and retain businesses to Siouxland, and we work to improve the quality of life for the tri state region. With more members, we get a bigger voice for Siouxland and that’s a win for all of us.” For more information on membership, contact Reinking at 712-255-7903 or hreinking@siouxlandchamber.com
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