When you have dental benefits from Delta Dental of Arizona, you can visit any licensed dentist. However, your benefit plan might have limited coverage for services provided by out-of-network dentists. To ensure you’re saving the most money and receiving your full benefit, it’s always best to visit a dentist in the Delta Dental network. Here are three things you should know … [More]
The First Thing to Remember when Working with Family
There’d better be a good reason to get involved in the business. When family members come into a business, they need to be able to add value to it — and the business needs to add value to their lives. If that’s not the case, don’t risk jeopardizing your family’s economic security as well as ruining family relationships to get into a family-owned business. Imagine taking … [More]
New Faces at Tempe Chamber of Commerce
Joanne Stockdale Named Business Development Director of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce The Tempe Chamber of Commerce hired Joanne Stockdale as its new Business Development Director in December. She will be responsible for the organization’s membership sector, overseeing its business support services and developing corporate partnerships. Stockdale is an experienced business … [More]
Proposition 206 – What Employers Need to Know
On November 8, Arizona voters adopted Proposition 206, which increases the state minimum wage and requires employers to provide paid medical leave to workers. Details of the Prop. 206 provisions are as follows: Arizona Minimum Wage Increase Prop. 206 increases the existing state minimum wage of $8.05 per hour to $10.00 in 2017, $10.50 in 2018, $11.00 in 2019 and $12.00 in … [More]
Proposition 206 Has Unintended Consequences for East Valley Care Providers
Caring for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities requires education, ongoing training and passion; like any skilled profession, it’s not for everyone. As a result, service providers, like The Centers for Habilitation (TCH), and our families value the care provided by direct-care professionals entrusted to work with our members on a daily basis. Since … [More]
Tempe Chamber Members Support Sustainable Business
The Pledge was developed to help businesses learn how to reduce waste, energy and water usage and to develop sustainable purchasing programs. With the launch of this program, the goal of the Tempe Chamber of Commerce is to help make businesses and the communities in which they operate more resilient and sustainable. This comprehensive online resource and planning tool helps … [More]
Grow More Easily
You want to grow your business, but you can’t be everywhere to do it. You don’t have an unlimited budget — time or money. And so how do you make multi-metro growth more attainable? That’s a problem we’ve been working on for two years. Yes, we’re two years old here at Global Chamber®. My, how time flies! When we started this journey, we had a somewhat vague aspiration to grow … [More]
Global Chamber® Teams with U.S. State Department
This past fall, once again Global Chamber® was selected by the Department of State’s Professional Fellows Program (PFP) to host two more Professional Fellows from its program, designed to teach young leaders around the world about the U.S., and foster the creation of long-term business relationships and business opportunities that grow wealth on every side of every … [More]
Global Chamber® and U.S. Trade and Development Agency
Global Chamber® announces a new partnership relationship with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA). Through its Making Global Local initiative, the USTDA assists U.S.-based businesses in their global business growth by establishing links between business and foreign project sponsors, bringing private-sector solutions to development challenges abroad. Global Chamber … [More]
Stories of Success in Japan
Japan is the third-largest economy in the world and the second-largest consumer and brand products market in the world. Japan is a pro-U.S. country with sophisticated consumers and a large potential opportunity for non-Japanese suppliers to compete and thrive. Recently, our Global Chamber® Tokyo team had the opportunity to host and help U.S. companies that are members of … [More]
Being Smart about Trade and Global Business
I just returned from an extended visit to Asia where I witnessed first-hand the rapid growth of consumer and business markets. Every day, hour and minute, more business is created. It’s stunning! Opportunity is everywhere. And so, the thought that progress with globalization will be slowed because folks in the U.S. Rust Belt say so, is not grounded in reality. Eighty-five … [More]
‘Globies’ Always Find a Way
The “Global Tribe” of business leaders — the “globies” — always finds a way to succeed. We’re resilient and flexible to constantly adapt, and so we often thrive in the entrepreneurial world. Last month, I had the opportunity to attend one of Europe’s largest startup and technology conferences, Slush 2016. This event is hosted by more than 2,000 volunteers and brings in more … [More]
Global Case Study with Student Entrepreneurs
Students are our future, and it’s looking good on the global side of things! Global Chamber® San Francisco hosted the Global Case Challenge 2016, where undergraduate and graduate student teams from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond were invited to compete and pitch innovative ideas and solutions addressing a particular global or local problem or issue. Students presented … [More]
Global Chamber® Virtual Events Help You Connect and Grow!
Virtual events are an efficient and hassle-free way of staying apprised of what’s happening in global business. Organized by Global Chamber® and hosted by the CEO and founder of The Magnificent Leader, Patty Azar, the Global Chamber Magnificent Global Leader virtual events bring global business leaders engaging and useful information in the comfort of their office or home, … [More]
Our 2016 Progress on the Way to 525 Metros
We’re pleased to announce that Global Chamber® continues to grow throughout the world by adding chapters and growing our business team, on the way to fully covering 525 metros, in every country. New agreements these past months include a partnership with social impactors between Indonesia and the world. HIPMI (Himpunan Pengusaha Muda Indonesia) and Global Chamber have agreed … [More]
Don’t Put Charitable Giving on Your New Year’s Resolution List
Gasp … Did I really just tell you to not put giving on your list of resolutions? Yes, indeed, I did. But why? New Year’s resolutions are a great way to inspire, nay force, yourself to do something good to improve yourself or those around you. Lose ten pounds, complain less, read a book a month, save more … give more. And yet, many of us find ourselves back to our same old … [More]
Fundraising Goes Hand in Hand with Nonprofit Board Membership
Fundraising is an essential part of a nonprofit board member’s work. Yet for many, the very thought of asking others for money makes them want to run for the hills! Meanwhile, most nonprofit CEOs say that what they need most from their board is help in expanding the number of individual donors, connections in the community, corporate ties and foundation relationships — … [More]
On The Board and In The Spotlight
Name: Suzanne Walden-Wells Company: DMB Job Title: Director of Community Life – Eastmark Board: Arizona Citizens for the Arts Board Title: Finance Committee Chair How long have you served on this board? I am in my third year. What drew you to this organization? My interest in and passion for the arts was certainly a motivating factor, but just as important was the … [More]
