Chamber members exercise networking skills
Last Wednesday night, over seventy local business people gathered at Gloucester's gleaming new MAC Fitness Center. Not to workout, but to network, at Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce's first Evening Business Exchange of the new year. Host Brian Fleming, MAC's membership manager, gave a warm welcome to shivering guests as they blew in with the snow and headed upstairs to the mezzanine loft, where the catering was provided by Azorean, and the festive mood was part party, but all business. Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce holds monthly Evening Business Exchanges; the next one is scheduled for Feb. 24, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Sudbay Motors, on the Causeway.
NSCC business workshop
North Shore Community College's Corporate and Community Education Division holds a free workshop on how to start a weatherization business, sponsored by MassGREEN Institute, tomorrow, from 6 to 9 p.m. at NSCC's Institute for Corporate Training and Technology, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 121E, Beverly. The workshop, the first in a series on energy efficiency topics, features experts from MassGREEN covering topics including an overview on "weatherization" and the kind of work, training, equipment, licenses, certifications and insurance required for starting a weatherization business.¬ Seating is limited.¬ To register, call NSCC's Corporate and Community Education Division at 978-236-1200 or e-mail Lisa Higgins at lhiggins@northshore.edu.
North of Boston Tourism Conference
This Friday's fourth annual North of Boston Tourism Conference, the region's largest travel and hospitality industry event, will be hosted by the North of Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau at the Peabody Marriott, 8A Centennial Drive, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The event joins tourism and creative economy business leaders with anyone interested in growing their share of the $654 billion travel industry.
The day starts with a breakfast keynote address: "Typecasting Your Way to Growing Effective Organizations," by Dr. Michael Paige, Associate Dean of Endicott College's Business School, followed by eight concurrent seminars led by travel and tourism professionals focusing on marketing essentials, followed by a luncheon keynote address, "Vital Industry Forecasts, Key Lifestyle and Travel Trends at Your Command," by Peter J. Pantuso, President & CEO of the American Bus Association, North America's largest motorcoach, tour and travel association, followed by an afternoon of networking.
Sponsors include the Boston Peabody Marriott, Discover New England, B2 Marketing Group, Woodman's of Essex, Yankee Publishing, CTM Media Group, Harbor Sweets, Sheraton Colonial Boston North Hotel & Conference Center, and the Gloucester-based Schooner Thomas E. Lannon.
The North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau is a private, nonprofit membership-based organization which serves as a central source of information for the more than 2.7 million visitors who visit the region each year and fosters economic development through public and private partnerships.
For more information, call 978-977-7760, or visit www.northofbostoncvb.org/conference.
Chamber holds Irish Sweepstakes
The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce holds its 11th annual Irish Sweepstakes on Tuesday, March 16, and with or without the luck of the Irish, anyone with a sweepstakes ticket stands a chance to take home some of the $15,000 in prizes. Sweepstakes Committee chairman Patrick Thorpe of BankGloucester has printed 300 tickets, selling at $100 per ticket. Purchase of a ticket admits two people to the party at Cameron's Restaurant, 206 Main St., from 5 to 8 p.m., where the main event will be the drawing of the winning tickets; $10,000 first prize, three $1,000 second prizes, and four $500 third prizes. There will also be plenty of Irish entertainment, great hors d'oeuvres, great door prizes and a 50/50 raffle. For more information or to purchase a ticket, contact the chamber office at 978-283-1601 or susan@CapeAnnChamber.com.
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