Archive for August, 2010

Logo & Website Unveiled

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

The Chamber announced Wednesday the formal unveiling and launch of the Chamber’s new logo/brand identity, tagline and website. 

“Our Board of Directors and staff undertook the important process of updating our logo and brand identity beginning early this year,” said Chamber President, Virginia Gibbs at a special luncheon held Wednesday, August 11 at Whitewater Country Club.  “With the help and expertise of McRae Communications, we held intensive meetings with a variety of stakeholders, including small and large businesses, community organizations, young professionals, and others, to discern our number one key value as an organization.”

 The outcome of that intense process is an attractive new logo and compelling tagline, “Where Business and Community Connect.”

“We decided to launch the new brand simultaneously with the kickoff of our  membership and sponsorship drive,” said Gibbs, “because both efforts are indeed all about connecting—connecting Fayette County people, businesses, and community through the Fayette Chamber of Commerce.”

 The Chamber’s new website enhances these “connections” as a comprehensive site bringing together in one place all the resources available to the Chamber’s  key constituents, including Chamber members, all businesses serving Fayette County, all citizens of the community, as well as visitors to our area. 

 “The website is designed to be a simple, engaging, and easy to navigate portal offering many easy to find tools and resources for all Fayette citizens,” Gibbs explained.  “Our goal is to connect business and community in Fayette County in a transparent, effective, and highly-useable way.”

           

Low cost video services

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Three low cost, business-friendly videoconferencing services were recently reviewed by editors at Inc Magazine. Learn more about TokBox, ooVoo, and Skype and how they are adding features such as “group chats”  to help your business.

Leadership Fayette Open

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Leadership Fayette is accepting applications from local business and community members who are interested in learning more about the Fayette community and honing their leadership skills.   The class begins with an orientation on September 2, and will meet once a month through graduation in April 2011.

Leadership Fayette is designed to expose business and community leaders to a wide range of critical functions in the community, such as the law enforcement and judicial systems, economic development and local industry, health & human services and education. Each class is given hands-on opportunities through team projects which benefit the community, and ultimately provide leadership development experiences.

Applications are due to the Chamber by 4pm on August 16th.

Seeking Top Innovators

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

The deadline for Georgia’s top innovators to apply to present at Venture Atlanta is August 20th. This is an opportunity to network with Georgia’s technology community and present investment opportunities to hundreds of top-tier venture capitalists from across the country. The event this year is October 12th and 13th at the Georgia Aquarium. Venture Atlanta will be selecting a limited number of companies and slots are quickly filling up. There are no fees to apply and if selected, no fees to participate.

Emerging technology companies who are headquartered in Georgia and are looking to raise capital now or in the next 12 months are eligible to apply. Companies in these areas are of particular interest:

•Clean/Green Technologies
•Communications Technologies
•Enterprise Applications
•Financial Technologies/Services
•Hardware
•Healthcare IT
•Internet Software
•Mobile and Wireless Applications
•New Media

 For more information, go to Venture Atlanta.

Futuristic Art Contest Open

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

The Rotary Club of Peachtree City, in conjunction with the Fayette Chamber’s Community Expo, is sponsoring a technology, arts and science contest for High School teams of students in Fayette County.  The winning school will receive $500, and recognition ribbons,  certificates and additional prizes will be awarded to the winning team members.

Entries should portray a future focused “smart community” project that is visionary and innovative in transforming Fayette County into a sustainable global, multi-cultural, diverse community. Choice of category selections include:  Future in Transportation, Energy, Water, Food, Technology, Quality of Life (recreation, arts, entertainment) and Health.  

The entries will be due by noon on September 13th, and the winners will be announced at the conclusion of the Community Expo on September 14th at New Hope Church in Fayetteville.  For more information,  contact the chamber at 770-461-9983,

ClubZ! Receives Honors

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Chamber member ClubZ! In-home Tutoring owners Peggy and Joe Thomas were recently honored with two top awards at a ClubZ! franchise convention in Orlando, Florida.  They received the prestigious ”Gold Status in Customer Service” award in recognition for receiving more than 95% “excellent” ratings on client feedback surveys.  They were also given the “Excellence in Curriculum Sales” award for the local franchise’s performance in the SAT/ACT Prep and the Learning Built to Last Study Skills Courses.

Tips re Micromanaging

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Attention Entrepreneurs!  Here’s a great article from Inc. Magazine about the “Ten Things You Should Never Micromanage” .  Accounting,  Human Resources and Social Media top the list of key items that entrepreneurs, who are “doers” by nature,  should look at outsourcing in order to maximize their productivity and effectiveness.

Looking for Teambuilding?

Monday, August 16th, 2010

For a variety of resources to help build your team and your corporate culture, check out a good article in Inc. Magazine , “How to Create Team Building Exercises“.

Hartsfield still busiest

Monday, August 16th, 2010

A U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics report released Thursday states that Delta Airlines  carried more total system passengers than any other airline in May with 9.39 million. Delta ’s number of total system passengers also increased 59.5 percent over May 2009.

AirTran Airways also  increased its passengers to 2.13 million, a 6.3 percent  over the prior year.  Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was still the world’s busiest airport with 3.7 million passengers.

Chamber launches TRC

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Over eighty business and community leaders were on hand at Whitewater Creek Country Club to kick off the Chamber’s 10 week Total Resource Campaign.          Read more…TRC Kicks Off