Top 10 Reasons to Make Room in your Budget for the Raleigh Convention
1. In order to fight the recession and maintain financial strength in your organization, you need up-to-date knowledge about what is working in other organizations and other places. You won‟t learn these things at home. 2. This is it – this is the only place that it all comes together. It‟s the “chamber meeting of choice,” with 50 educational sessions are offered, covering the full range of chamber disciplines -membership sales, operations, communications, economic & business development, government relations, events, governance and more. 3. You need to make it rain – and it‟s a brutally tough sales environment right now – no matter what you‟re selling. Recruiting members, cajoling sponsors, building and communicating value, motivating sales teams, selling ideas to legislators or dreams to developers – it‟s all part of the revenue puzzle and the NEXT convention helps you solve it. 4. Every community is fighting to attract, develop and maintain talent. Regional prosperity now depends on it. World renowned leadership guru Dr. Stephen Covey is now tackling the education reform challenge and he will speak about applicable lessons from extraordinary schools, parents and civic leaders who are shaping the next generation. 5. Right now – as you read this – hundreds or even thousands of people in your community are checking their favorite social media sites. Are they checking your web site as often? You‟re in the information business and we‟re experiencing an information revolution. Learn the power and opportunity of online networks from Rahaf Harfoush, the person responsible for using new media tools to elect a President. 6. Nobody ever goes home from an ACCE convention without at least one idea that is worth more to their organization than the attendance investment. While convention content provides lots of those ideas, even more are generated through peer-to-peer networking. The ACCE convention is the largest and most active chamber networking event in the world.
7. From the pre-con Regional Strategies Forum, to powerful issue forums, to targeted howto courses, this convention can help you adapt to the new, more critical role of the chamber in economic and community development. 8. In most regions of the nation and the world, the economy is a mess. The recession is hitting almost every region and every chamber. Stuart Varney will provide his highly respected perspective on today‟s global economic situation, prospects for recovery and regional implications.
9. This year, there are dozens of exhibitors who focus THEIR businesses on creating nondues revenue for YOU. This is the ultimate opportunity for you to kick the tires and look „em in the eye – helping you choose the best options for securing more dollars. 10. Recharge your batteries. Stepping back and enjoying yourself with your peers – people who know what you‟re handling every day – is not a luxury. In order to advance, you need to step back and breathe. Maybe even laugh. In Raleigh, you‟ll visit a city and region that has consistently ranked as a “Best Place to Live” and “Best Place for Business and Careers”. ACCE will make the event enjoyable as always. You will take re-kindled passion and energy back to your chamber when your organization and community need your leadership the most.