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Monroe Chamber of Commerce

Weekly Report

February 9, 2015

TOGETHER WE’RE STRONGER CALENDAR

Tuesday, February 10th

at 6:00 p.m.-Monroe

Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting and

Banquet. Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne will be the

keynote speaker. Cost for tickets is $40 per person.

Please call Ruthie Wheatley at 807-4004 to RSVP.

Tuesday, February 17 at 5:30 p.m.-Ouachita

Parish Police Jury will meet at the Ouachita Parish Courthouse.

Wednesday, February 18-SAVE THE DATE-

2015 NELA Career Fair!

Wednesday, February 18 at 12 noon-The NELA

Young Professionals will meet at the Palace in

downtown Monroe. Cost is $15 per person. Call Daphne McClish at 807-4018 to RSVP.

Thursday, February 19-2015 Leadership

Ouachita Class announced. The announcement will

be followed by a 2 day retreat in Shreveport, LA.

Thursday, February 19 at 11:00 a.m. Ribbon

Cutting for Dentures in a Day. The business is located at 1128 Pecanland Road, Ste. 1.

Friday, February 20 at 10:00 a.m.- Ribbon

Cutting for Bayou State Auto Title. The business is

located at 809 North 4th Street.

Tuesday, February 24 at 12:00 noon-The Monroe Chamber will host a healthcare workshop. Cost to

attend is $25 per person. Mr. Michael Bertaut with

Blue Cross/Blue Shield is the presenter. Call

Daphne McClish at 807-4018 to RSVP.

Wednesday, February 25 at 11:30 a.m.-The City

of Monroe will host the State of the City Address

with Mayor Mayo at the Monroe Civic Center.

Friday, February 27 at 8:30 a.m.-The Monroe

Chamber will host a new member breakfast at the

food court at Pecanland Mall. To register, please

call Sarita Daniel at 323-3461.

Register NOW for the 2015 NELA Career Fair and Veteran’s Career

Fair

Congratulations to Alana Cooper and her staff. The Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau (MWMCVB) received the Louisiana Tourism Promotion Association’s (LTPA) 2015 Louey Award for Convention & Visitors Bureau of the Year for 2014. We already knew they were the best!

Area employers are searching for good employees and they hope to find them at the 2015

Northeast Louisiana Job Fair and Veterans Job Fair. The event will be held on February

18. The Veterans only portion of the Job Fair will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

The NELA Job Fair will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Monroe

Civic Center. Admission to the event is free and open to area jobseekers. The event is

hosted by the Monroe Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana Works and the City of Monroe.

Additional sponsors for the event include JP Morgan Chase, Atmos Energy, Glenwood

Regional Medical Center, The News-Star, KTVE 10/Fox 14, the Radio People, DeltaStyle,

the City of Monroe, Lagniappe Broadcasting, the Northeast Louisiana Chapter-Society for

Human Resource Managers, and Region 8 Career Solutions Center are hosting the Career

Fair to help connect local businesses with veterans and people looking for jobs.

Staff members with the local Workforce Boards and the Louisiana Workforce

Commission will be available to help job applicants register with the Workforce

Commission’s job bank for work search assistance. Registration is recommended but not

required. In addition, Workforce staff members will be on hand to assist with on line job

searches, job counseling and resume preparation. Several area training providers will also

be on hand to provide information for people who want to upgrade their skills and

training.

The event is free for anyone looking for a job. The fee for employers who would like to

have a booth is $100 which include a skirted table, a continental breakfast and lunch for

two exhibitors.

Information is available by calling Sue Nicholson at 318-807-4015.

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***Thursday, February 12, 2015 11:30 AM to 1:00PM***

Please join us for our monthly meeting

West Monroe Convention Center, 901 Ridge Ave, W est Monroe, LA Our Speaker this month is:

Robert Ferguson FORGING VALUES / Transferring Companies From Good to Great

Approved for 1 Hour General HRCI Credit

As a speaker, researcher and writer, Robert Ferguson uses values to help business leaders provide strategic direction and

build a successful brand. Over his 20-year career as a strategic marketer, Robert has worked with large clients, including,

Sprint, Nortel, FedEx, Roche pharmaceuticals, Liberty Health and many smaller companies.

He has witnessed first-hand both success and failure in brand building, and experienced how values can create

competitive advantage. The secret lies in developing differentiating values that are unique, relevant, and sustainable.

Most recently, Robert completed an extensive analysis of values across all Fortune 500 companies, discovering 17

common values. Today he will be sharing with us details from his research and explain how to identify differentiating

values. You can follow Robert online at FergusonValues.com.

Target Audience: Business leaders and HR professionals who play either a direct or indirect role in identifying and defining

their organization’s values.

Learning objectives:

· Understand why values matter and how they can create strategic advantage

· Know the 17 common values shared across industries

· Understand how to select relevant fundamental values

· Know the difference between fundamental values and differentiating values

· Understand how to identify and define 3 differentiating values

· Know how to put values into practice

This course is designed to help companies without values to identify and define a set of values. For those that already have

values, this course will provide a baseline for comparison and show how to refine existing values to maximize their

effectiveness.

The cost for NELA-SHRM members will be $13 which covers the cost of the meal. The cost for non-members is $20 per person.

Please RSVP to debbie.skeen@kellyservices.com or our website at www.nelashrm.org

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UPCOMING RIBBON CUTTINGS

Thursday, February 19 at 11:00 a.m. –

Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting for Dentures

in a Day. The business is located at 1128

Pecanland Road, Ste. 1.

Friday, February 20 at 10:00 a.m.- Ribbon

Cutting for Bayou State Auto Title. The

business is located at 809 North 4th Street.

Thursday, February 26 at 10:00 a.m. - Grand

Opening and Ribbon Cutting for Zaxby's.

The restaurant is located at 1608 Sterlington

Road.

Tuesday, March 3 at 12 noon - The

Ambassadors Club will meet at Bayou DeSiard

Country Club. Guest speaker will be Sheriff

Jay Russell. Cost to attend is $20. Please RSVP

to Sarita Daniel at sdaniel@monroe.org.

Tuesday, March 17 at 2:00 p.m. - Ribbon

Cutting for Direct Auto Insurance. The

business is located at 2820 Louisville Ave.,

Ste. 109.

Friday, March 20 at 11:00 a.m. - Grand

Opening & Ribbon Cutting for Cavender's

Western Outfitter. The business is located at

3571 Pecanland Mall Drive.

You are invited to attend

A Ribbon Cutting and Grand

Opening

for

Zaxby’s

On Thursday, February 26 at

10:30 a.m.

The business is located at

1608 Sterlington Road

in Monroe

MONROE CHAMBER WEEKLY REPORT | Volume 15, Issue 6

MONROE CHAMBER WEEKLY REPORT | Volume 15, Issue 6

MONROE CHAMBER WEEKLY REPORT | Volume 15, Issue 6

MONROE CHAMBER WEEKLY REPORT | Volume 15, Issue 6

MONROE CHAMBER WEEKLY REPORT | Volume 15, Issue 6

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IS TO LEAD IN THE CREATION

OF AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH

OUR BUSINESSES THRIVE.