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What I’ve Learned After 18 Months At A Chamber of Commerce

Everybody has an idea of what a chamber of commerce is.  Whether it is from first-hand experience or urban lore and conjecture, we mostly think of a chamber in one of several ways. I was first introduced to chambers when my dad was a businessman in an Arizona small town.  In those days (the 1950s)

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Business Cards, Again

This discussion never gets old.  Business cards are your best and simplest introduction and have staying power. Take that, technology. While there have been a number of people who have tried variations of dumping the traditional little white card (card-sized CDs, Palm-Pilot bumping, et al), nothing seems to replace the original “calling card. So, beyond

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Inventing an Event: Heartstrings

In the fall before the initial Big D BBQ Battle (even before it had its name), I was introduced by a friend in the non-profit segment to the development director of the North Texas Food Bank.  Little did I realize at the time how important that introduction would become in the formulation of the mission

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Inventing an Event: Finding Your Voice

It seems simple enough: the leader should be the voice.  The one at the front should have the pipes to voice the organization’s image. Well, for us, it just happened to work out that way. The North Dallas Chamber’s partnership with Radio KAAM 770 for the Big D BBQ Battle meant we had to voice

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Inventing an Event: The Big D BBQ Saga

When I signed on to the North Dallas Chamber a year ago, one of my assignments from my new boss was a “BHAG.” BHAG, you say? Well what he really meant was a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal.” I think the term has it’s origin’s in Jim Collins’ book, “Good to Great.” So, over the next

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