Guest Blogger: Margo Thomas, Marlynn Consulting I recently had a discussion with a business owner about the benefits of training his team. One of his concerns was, “what happens if I go through the expense of training an employee and he/she leaves?” This is a common dilemma for a business that is considering skilled training […]
Guest Blogger: Melissa Laughon, Catch Your Limit Consulting Often, leaders ask us to present “something new”, something that an audience hasn’t heard before, something that is on the cutting edge. And, those are always great, meaningful assignments. We love these “new” topics because we’re creative and innovative and they can be more fun than doing a program that we’ve done […]
Guest Blogger: Melissa Laughon, Catch Your Limit Consulting JUST WHEN YOU DON’T THINK YOU HAVE THE TIME TO RETREAT IS WHEN YOU NEED TO RETREAT THE MOST. If you’re thinking about taking the time for a retreat with your team, below are a few tips to make sure you get a boatload of ROI for […]
Today, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce held its annual 2011 Small Business Excellence Awards luncheon recognizing small businesses and organizations in the Tallahassee community for their outstanding achievements and contributions. An annual event in its 26th year, the awards were presented by the Tallahassee Democrat and sponsored by Capital City Bank and CenturyLink. “Small […]
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During its Thursday night reception, hosted by Capital City Bank, the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce announced the following finalists for its 2011 Small Business Excellence Awards. Small Business of the Year: 1–4 employees Crump & Associates Fit & Functional Long’s Photography Small Business of the Year: 5-30 employees AMWAT Moving & Storage Conn & […]
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By Donny Barstow, President of MCCi, Leadership Tallahassee Class 26 graduate, and member of the Chamber’s Small Business Resource Committee We all think of customers as those who we provide products and services to, and as the primary reason for our existence as an organization. We also make sure our team understands how important customers […]
By Matt Thompson, Director of Digital Strategy for The Zimmerman Agency In an ever-changing digital world, how is a small business to keep up? Since my last post, Groupon has removed the 30% option for revenue share and has two models- create a store, market it yourself and share 10%, or the more “traditional” approach, […]
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By Donny Barstow, President of MCCi, Leadership Tallahassee Class 26 graduate, and member of the Chamber’s Small Business Resource Committee A few years ago our team visited Texas to interview some potential partners for a line of business we were trying to increase. Our first meeting was with a business in the Dallas area. The […]
The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce would like to extend its congratulations to the following Chamber members who were selected among Tallahassee Democrat’s “25 Women you Need to Know In 2011.” To learn more about how this exclusive group of community leaders is making their presence known in numerous civic causes and community projects, click […]
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By Donny Barstow, President of MCCi, Leadership Tallahassee Class 26 graduate, and member of the Chamber’s Small Business Resource Committee Teams need to trust their leaders to do the right thing, to care about customers, to add the right people to the team, to care about them, to hold them accountable, to make tough decisions, […]
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