Arlington Chamber of Commerce 
 

This Week at Your Chamber

Volume V, Number 8
March 8, 2010

Opportunity Works:

It's Not Too Late!
One More Opportunity to Join the Winning Team


We're having one more training session to give everyone the opportunity to learn about the fun, the rewards and the results you can have by being part of a winning team!

Are you looking for opportunities to grow your business, connect with your community, enrich your professional relationships and strengthen your Chamber in the process? Do free networking events and other incentives, including a Caribbean trip, interest you? If your brain is thinking "YES" then come participate in Opportunity Works.


Opportunity Works is a volunteer-based ongoing development effort with a concentrated three month campaign. 

Note: Open only to Chamber members.
 

Training Session
Wednesday, March 10
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
The Chamber Board Room
2009 14th St N Suite 111
Arlington, VA 22201

Thank you to our Grand Sponsor:
Washington Capitals
For any questions, please contact Kate Roche, Director of Member Services and Development at kroche@
arlingtonchamber.org or call (703) 525-2400.

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Breakfast Connection: March11
Start Your Day off Right!

Promote your business before the workday even begins! The format of the Breakfast Connection gives attendees a chance to bring their business to the table, literally. The breakfast focuses on roundtable power networking and provides attendees the chance to exchange business cards, develop new prospects and share a 60 second commercial with each table. Meet more business contacts than ever before!

Bring plenty of business cards - you'll need them!

Breakfast Connection
Thursday, March 11, 2010
7:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Knights of Columbus
5115 Little Falls Rd
Arlington, VA 22207

Grand Sponsor:
Self Storage Plus

Host Sponsor: Post Properties

Learn more and register here.
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EXPERIENCE CHINA
A New Chamber Benefit

The Arlington and Greater Reston Chambers are excited to be partnering together to offer you one of the most unique opportunities you will ever take: Nine days in China at an amazingly discounted rate! Imagine travelling in a land relatively few Westerners will ever visit.

Consider the following sampling of your schedule. Fly from JFK airport, all the way to Beijing. Sleep comfortably aboard a wide cabin jetliner as you cross the International Dateline. After a great night's rest in a carefully selected 4 or 5 star hotel, visit Tiananmen Square, The Temple of Heaven and The Palace Museum, which is also known as The Forbidden City. Later, you'll walk along parts of The Great Wall of China, take pictures next to a 64-foot carved Buddha and visit the Hangzhou Economic Development Zone to learn about day-to-day business in China. In Shanghai, you can explore the 2010 World Expo, with 200 participating countries and organizations. But don't forget to post items on the Chamber's LinkedIn page to show off how much fun you'll be having. Need we say more?

Price for Chamber Members: $2,099*

Cost of the trip includes:
· Round-trip international airfare · Transportation to/from JFK · 4 star & 5 star hotel stays · 3 full meals per day · English-speaking tour guides · Intracity transportation · Admission to all tours and attractions


China Information Session
Monday, March 22, 2010
Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202


*(Based on double occupancy. Certain other terms and conditions apply. Full information available from the Chamber.)
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Special Thanks to Don Lavanty of Marymount University for an outstanding Hot Topics Seminar:
The Struggle For Health Care Reform and Its Impact on Small and Large Businesses.

Everyone who attended came away with a better understanding of how the current health care system came to be.

Don Lavanty
        Photo By: James Ryerson

Also, a big thank you to WETA for hosting the event and the event's Grand Sponsor:

Virginia Hosptial Center
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Founded in 1924, the Arlington Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary, non-profit organization of over 1,800 business and professional people committed to the economic and civic well being of the community.
 
Quick Links
 
Upcoming Events
3.8 - 3.15
 
3.9
Member Development Committee Meeting
5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Chamber Board Room
 
 
3.10
Opportunity Works Training
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Chamber Board Room
 
 
3.11
Breakfast Connection
7:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Chamber Board Room

Click here to view more upcoming events in 2010.
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Opportunity Works:
Week 2
 
This begins Week 2 of the 2010 Opportunity Works (OW) Campaign. Volunteers have already raised  $32,040 toward the goal of $235,000!

Click here for more information on Opportunity Works or email Kate Roche with questions.