Conversations with Chamber Leaders that share their best ideas, best practices & recommendations to help position your Chamber as your community’s most powerful and most valuable business resource.
In this episode, our Chamber Leader Guest is Helen Hafke, President of the Didsbury Chamber of Commerce, celebrating their 60th year anniversary this year, famous for their chili cook offs.
Helen is currently semi-retired, brings over 35 years of business consulting experience to her Chamber, is devoted to helping local business owners and is always up for new challenges.
Let’s listen into this podcast interview and learn more about Helen and the Didsbury Chamber of Commerce.
Top 5 Helen Chamber Success Advice takeaways are;
And #5.5 If you are in the Didsbury region during one of their Chili Cook Off Competitions, definitely plan on attending!
If you’d like to connect with Helen, you can find her through the very active Didsbury Chamber of Commerce Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/DidsburyChamber
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Chamber Leaders Podcast with guest, Marley Henneigh of the Drumheller Chamber of Commerce
If you’d like to connect with Marley, you can find her on LinkedIn and post a thanks for sharing her ideas, give her some skills endorsements or if you’re an overachiever, write up a LinkedIn recommendation for her.
(https://www.linkedin.com/in/marley-henneigh-63359455)
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Top 5.5 Takeaways from the Marley Henneigh Drumheller Chamber of Commerce episode.
#1: Have a problem solving mindset. Be known as the Chamber Person who can help solve local business problems and community challenges. Find a local problem and work on fixing it.
#2: Be genuinely curious and learn as much as you can about your local businesses. Know more about more businesses in your area than any one else.
#3: Use Social Media for your chamber to make connections and have conversations, not to sell your memberships.
#4: Seek and apply for as many grants and subsidies for your Chamber as you can.
#5: Some of their best events are Lunch & Learns, Annual Awards Night and Women in Business Mixers.
**#5.5, The Drumheller region has a lot of visitor attractions including they Tyrell Museum, multiple campgrounds, amusement parks, splash park, go cart racing, and more than 30 dinosaur statues all over the area.
The host of the Chamber Leaders Podcast is Marc Palud. If you would like to be a guest on the Chamber Leaders Podcast, let us know.
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