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Business Growth Series
This "Ask the Expert" series of workshops provides valuable, affordable training for small business owners and their employees.
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PRESENTER GUIDELINES
Twice a year, the Chamber will invite interested members to submit an application for consideration as a presenter in the Business Growth Series. A committee will review all applications and select four for presentation. Each workshop will be a two-hour format.
DEADLINES AND CRITERIA
We expect to open the next call for proposals in summer 2008.
There is no cost to apply.
Members may submit more than one application for consideration, provided the topics are different. However, only one application per presenter will be selected.
The Nashville Area Chamber will confirm receipt of your application via email.
A committee will review all applications and select presenters based on quality of content, interest to Chamber members based on conducted surveys, experience of the presenter and effective use of the two-hour time period.
Please note that we receive a high volume of applications, and of those, only four are selected. Your application will be considered confidential.
All applicants will be notified of their selection status. Applicants selected to present will be given at least 30 days' advance notice before their event date.
The Nashville Area Chamber will choose the date for each presentation.
PRESENTERS
Only Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce members in good standing may apply.
A workshop may be presented by more than one person, but only one application and one main contact per topic should be submitted on the application. Additional presenters will be recognized in promotion of the workshop to Chamber members.
AUDIENCE
The growth series will be promoted to all Nashville Area Chamber members via our standard methods of communication, such as Monday Morning Report, online event calendar, ROI newsletter and targeted broadcast e-mails. We anticipate 50 to 75 attendees per session.
PRESENTATIONS
These presentations are not "infomercials" and should not in any way promote the individual presenters or their particular companies. Rather, these are intended to offer inexpensive educational training as a resource for business growth and development. The content should focus on key learning principles such as best practices or lessons learned. Each presentation will be structured as a two-hour afternoon session.
PRESENTATION HANDOUTS
Handouts are the responsibility of the presenter, and presenters are highly encouraged to provide detailed handouts of all information covered in the session. If you are chosen as a presenter, please submit all your handouts to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce one week prior to presentation date.
AUDIO/VISUAL
The following standard items will be included in the classroom: classroom seating for all attendees, podium with microphone, projector, screen, wireless microphone and materials table. Presenters are expected to arrive one hour prior to the workshop and bring their presentation pre-loaded on a laptop with appropriate connectors (extension cords, data connector, etc.).
INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLY
The entire application should be submitted by one main contact.
Each application should cover only one topic.
Incomplete applications cannot be considered.
Applications must be typewritten and can be submitted electronically or on paper via fax or mail.
Contact us:
Marissa Benchea, director of small business programs
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
211 Commerce Street, Suite 100
Nashville, TN 37201
Phone: 615-743-3114
Fax: 615-256-9335
E-mail: mbenchea@nashvillechamber.com
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