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United Way
hosts second Greeters Program
 The
United Way of the Capital Area will be
sponsoring the Greater Jackson Chamber
Partnership's second Greeters program at
7:30 a.m. on Friday, September 26, at
its offices located at
843 North
President Street, Jackson, MS 39202.
Greeters is a
business networking program that gives
chamber members an opportunity to
increase their “book of business” and
“do business with each other.” This
program has been highly successful in
chambers of commerce throughout the U.S.
and the Greater Jackson Chamber
Partnership is excited about offering
this new program to our members.
"We
had a great first meeting and would like
to see our attendance doubled at the
September meeting," said Debi Green,
director of membership sales. "If you
want to join one of the
Leads programs at the Greater Jackson
Chamber Partnership, the Greeters program is a great
opportunity for you to network with
other chamber members."
According to Green,
the first Greeters
program was sponsored
by Saks, Inc. at their operations center
in Jackson, MS, 3455 Highway 80 West.
Any
chamber member who wishes to sponsor a
Greeters program should contact Debi
Green
(dgreen@greaterjacksonpartnership.com).
As a sponsor, you will be given 5 to 7
minutes on the program and will be also
be asked to provide a light continental
breakfast, with drink refreshments and 2
or 3 door prizes to be given away at the
conclusion of each meeting.
Members who attended the first Greeters
program included (from left) Eric Sokolsky, Dyatech; Ryan Bailey, Madison
Planting & Design Group; Jenny Marie
Spieker, United Way of the Capital Area;
Terresa Graham, M3A Architects; Michael
Rodgers, EVP, Saks, Inc.; Michael
Henderson, MS Dept. of Rehab Services;
Amile Wilson, Pippin & Maxx Studios; Jon
Williams, Citi Smith Barney; William
Gates, Citi Smith Barney.
Click here
for more photos.
Partnership hosts
Annual B.I.T.E. Day
Sponsored by Hinds Community College
Tech Prep
Each fall, since 1993, students from
local public, private, and parochial
schools in the metro area, gather to
learn about career possibilities. The
program, called
Business/Industry/Teaching/Exchange
(B.I.T.E.) Day, was piloted with the
Jackson
Public School
District’s eight high
schools, Career Development
Center, and business
leaders.
The program is a student-centered
approach to career education and is
sponsored by the Greater Jackson Chamber
Partnership’s Education Committee.
B.I.T.E. Day gives selected tenth and
eleventh grade students first-hand
experience in exploring career
opportunities that await them in the
near future.
Host sites are currently being selected
so interested companies should contact
Kellye Smith at (601) 948-7575 to find
out how they can get involved.
Volunteers and sponsors are also needed.
Business Cards Wanted
The Membership Department of the Greater
Jackson Chamber Partnership would like
to promote our members on our new Web
site FREE of charge! We are asking our
members to mail us a business card by
the end of each week. We will be
featuring 10 different businesses each
week. If we receive more than 10, a
staff member will draw out 10 business
cards and the remaining will go in the
draw for the next week. These business
cards will be placed as a link on our
Web site. Mail in your business cards to
Debi Green at P.O. Box 22548, Jackson,
MS, 39225-2548. The first week has been
a success!
Click here to see who participated!
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Barbara
Brinkley of Horne LLP, will
present the professional development
workshop, "Life Work Balance," from
8-9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 24,
also in the Alvis T. Hunt Conference
Room in the Partnership office.
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