Chamber Update November 2, 2011

Chamber Events

•  november 3Prahm Law Firm ribbon cutting
  4:30 p.m. - 1295 Jordan Street, Suite 2, North Liberty
• 32011 North Liberty Business Banquet
  5 p.m. – South Slope Cooperative Communications Company, 980 N. Front Street, North Liberty
• 7Coralville Roundtable
  Noon – Perkins, 819 First Avenue, Coralville
• 8Election Day: Don't Forget to Vote!
  Click here to identify your polling place.
• 8Agribusiness/Biosciences Committee
  7:30 a.m. – Chamber office, 325 E. Washington Street, Quad City International Airport conference room, Iowa City
• 8EPIC Leadership Council
  11:30 a.m. – Chamber office, 325 E. Washington Street, Suite 100, Iowa City
• 9The Hiring Process: Recruiting, Interviewing and Selecting for Success
  - Expert Edge Seminar Series
  11:30 a.m. - Hills Bank and Trust Company, 1009 2nd Street, Coralville
• 9MetLife Home Loans ribbon cutting
  4 p.m. - 2590 Holiday Road, Suite 100, Coralville
• 10Local Government Affairs
  7:30 a.m. – Chamber office, 325 E. Washington Street, Quad City Airport conference room, Iowa City
• 10North Liberty Steering Committee
  11:30 a.m.
• 10AlphaGraphics ribbon cutting
  4 p.m. - 720 Pacha Parkway, Suite 4, North Liberty
• 10EPIC Pub Club
  4:30 p.m. - Riverside Theatre Play: The Cripple of Inishmaan
• 11Exit Hawk Realty ribbon cutting
  10 a.m. - 710 Pacha Parkway, Suite 100, North Liberty
• 11CLP Health Care session
  8 a.m. - various locations
• 14Coralville Roundtable
  Noon – Hunan Chinese Restaurant, 118 2nd Street, Coralville
•  15CLP Advisory Council
  8 a.m. – Chamber office, 325 E Washington Street, Quad City International Airport conference room,
  Iowa City
•  15Iowa City Roundtable
  Noon - Clarion Highlander Hotel, 2525 North Dodge Street, Iowa city
• 16Education Committee
  7:30 a.m. – Location TBD
•  16Iowa STEM Panel Discussion
  4 p.m. – State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa, Technology classroom, lower level,
  2490 Crosspark Road, Coralville
• 17A Toast to Our Communities Breakfast
  7:30 a.m. – Brown Deer Golf Club - 1900 Country Club Drive, Coralville

Cast your vote for A Toast to Our Communities, the Chamber’s annual awards ceremony. Online voting is available through November 9. Recipients will be honored at the A Toast to Our Communities Breakfast with the Chamber Board of Directors at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 17 at Brown Deer Golf Club.

Categories include:

• Eliot Keller Small Business of the Year sponsored by KZIA Z102.9 KGYM 1600 ESPN
• Non-Profit of the Year sponsored by United Way of Johnson County
• Economic Development sponsored by Innovative Software Engineering
• Chamber Volunteer of the Year sponsored by Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center
• Diversity and Inclusion sponsored by Rockwell Collins
• Spark Leadership Award sponsored by North Star Resource Group
• Honored Farm Family
• Ambassador recognitions will also be announced.

vOTE online >>

Hiring should be viewed as a process – and an ideal candidate for process improvement. Many companies are not large enough to have a full time human resource staff, and even for those that do, HR can’t read the manager’s mind of what they want or need in a candidate. Interviewing and making offers can be even more challenging than finding good people. Heidi Schultz with Management Resource Group will share tips and resources for the hiring process on Wednesday, November 9 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hills Bank and Trust Company in Coralville.

Part of the Chamber's Expert Edge Seminar Series sponsored by Raymond James Financial Services Inc. / James Investment Group, Inc.register online >>

The Chamber's Education Committee will host a panel discussion regarding STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education in Iowa. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place Wednesday, November 16 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the University of Iowa State Hygienic Lab in Coralville.

Panelists include:

• Dominic Audia, West High science teacher and Project Lead the Way Coordinator

• Cindy Dietz, Director, Public Relations and Employee Communications, Rockwell Collins

• Dr. Jeff Weld, UNI Biology professor and Director of Iowa Mathematics and Science Education Partnership

Audience Q&A and a brief demonstration by West High Project Lead the Way students will follow the panel discussion.

A tour of the UI Hygienic Lab facility will precede the event and begin at 3 p.m. RSVP is only required for the tour, so please register in advance.