The Belt and Road Initiative is the largest initiative of the 21st century in terms of projected impact and given the strong political and financial drives behind it. The Chinese have called this initiative a bid to enhance regional connectivity for a brighter future; others have called it a push by China to create for itself a global role and to position itself in the middle … [More]
Update on GDPR – General Data Protection Regulation
Do you have customers and partners in Europe? Are you actively marketing your business in Europe? Are you transferring personal data from Europe to the U.S.? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you’ll want to watch our video and discover how the General Data Protection Regulation will impact your organization. The new regulation started on May 25, 2018 — and … [More]
Update on NAFTA by Dan Ujczo of Dickinson Wright
Global Chamber® encourages you to stay in touch with the latest on trade wars and tariffs throughout the fall and for as long as the United States continues to disrupt global trade with China and the EU, and even with Mexico and Canada. Member Dickinson Wright has been alerting us as the United States Trade Representative announces tariffs and other sanctions, country by … [More]
More Global Resources and Information
We’re all busy! You very likely don’t have enough time to invest in cross-metro, cross-border and global growth in a way that matches the relative opportunity for your business. We know because we speak with hundreds of companies every day, and many members and most non-members are under-invested in global business. It’s been that way forever, and now at least many … [More]
Breaking Glass Ceilings: Emerging Leadership for Women
Progress toward gender equality varies in momentum around the world, and many nations still lack the social infrastructure and understanding for women to hold leadership roles. Despite facing backlash from their societies when choosing to pursue professional careers, many women have still managed to emerge as business leaders in countries with some of the widest gender gaps. In … [More]
It Might Be Time to Get on a New Ship
I vividly remember my first experience with the concept of corporate sponsorship. A local arm of a large corporation had given the chamber of commerce I was working for at the time a sponsorship of $50,000 for our networking events we were holding all over the Valley. As a young professional just starting my career, that amount was mind boggling to me. And what did they get in … [More]
Good Corporate Citizenship Is a Sound Business Practice
Corporate community engagement is no longer about responding to requests from community organizations with a simple yes or no. Instead, companies are designing programs that make meaningful social impact while also meeting business needs. Here are a few noteworthy practices from some of the top community-minded companies in the country. Customizing Causes Today’s cutting-edge … [More]
Capacity Building for Nonprofits
The Alliance AmeriCorps VISTA program places college-educated individuals into nonprofit organizations, educational institutions and government agencies to serve full time for one to three years to help build the capacity of these organizations to expand resources and services in the communities they serve. These individuals serve as grants in human capital with a focus to … [More]
On The Board and In The Spotlight: Andrea Moseley
Name: Andrea Moseley Company: AWE Corporate Interiors Job Title: President/CEO Boards you serve on: I currently serve on The Board of Visitors, The ARCS Foundation and Phoenix Rotary 100; formerly, Cancer Support Community Arizona. Q: How long have you served on these boards? A: I’ve been a member of the BOV since 2002, working on a variety of committees that include … [More]
Nonpartisanship Is the Charitable Nonprofit Way of Life, for Good Reasons
One of the distinguishing features of the charitable nonprofit sector is that it focuses almost exclusively on solving problems in communities — without regard to profit and without regard to partisan politics. Instead of profits, charitable organizations can receive tax-deductible donations. And in exchange for tax exemption and receipt of those donations, charitable … [More]
The Nonprofit/For-Profit Connection: National Bank of Arizona
Arizona is our home as much as it is yours, and we want to see it grow and thrive just as you do. Nonprofit organizations are a significant part of the Arizona community, and National Bank of Arizona® is committed to your goals and success within them. Let us help you reach your financial goals so that your nonprofit can reach its dreams. In 2015, National Bank of Arizona … [More]
Steven G. Zylstra Summer 2018 Message
It’s not often that you get a front row seat to history. Make that the driver’s seat. That’s what has been happening in Arizona, which has turned into a high-profile technology proving ground for autonomous, or “self-driving,” vehicles. Consider some of the companies that have turned our roads into their labs — Google, Ford, General Motors, Intel and Uber — and you can … [More]
Impact of an Industry
It was a rather simple question: How many technology-based companies are in Arizona? A few publications had put the total at more than 8,000. But staff at the Arizona Technology Council weren’t buying it since they didn’t see that many companies as they made their contacts in the sector here. They needed some proof. That came with the new Arizona Technology Council … [More]
Vote TechSmart
As every other session of the Arizona Legislature ends, the campaigning to fill seats of both chambers in the next session begins in earnest. But long before the drop of the gavel, a small group of people has already been working on the election outcome — except you won’t find any of their names on a ballot. They are members of the Arizona Technology Council’s Public Policy … [More]
Breaking the Mold
It’s not the norm. When it comes to presentations at the Institute for Learning Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers conference, it’s not the supposed-to-be-the-adults learning — let alone even hearing — from children. But then again, participants in the Chief Science Officers (CSO) program do anything but follow the norm. Recipients of National … [More]
It Takes a Team
While the year 2017 was one in which the Arizona Technology Council continued to best represent the interests of the state’s technology community, perhaps it was the partnerships that evolved during the year that demonstrate exceptional results can happen when people work together. Examples of such results are among the details of Council achievements included in the 2017 … [More]
My new adventure: 2018-19 NAWBO Phoenix President
It is with great honor that I accepted the role of 2018-2019 NAWBO Phoenix President. I’m excited to lead our chapter into a great year as we align with the NAWBO mission: “Strengthen the wealth-creating capacity of our members and promote economic development; create innovative and effective changes in the business culture; build strategic alliances, coalitions, and … [More]
Creating a Winning Team
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while... you don’t do things right once in a while... you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.” —Vince Lombardi America loses $360 billion annually due to an unmotivated work group. The same study shows that engaged employees are 43 percent more … [More]
