Activities, Benefits & Services
We believe an important part of our responsibility to you is to pack as much added value as possible
into your membership. We challenge and invite you to take advantage of all we offer. To learn more about
any of these, call 743-3109 or e-mail bwolf@nashvillechamber.com.
SAVE MONEY AND TIME
- Attend Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce functions at member rates, from networking events to management seminars and sales workshops. Save time by registering for Chamber events with our online event calendar.
- Claim a major portion of your annual Chamber dues investment as a tax-deductible business expense.
- Keep up with Chamber news in our weekly e-newsletter, the Monday Morning Report. Sign up here.
- Save time and money on economic and demographic information for developing your marketing strategies through the Chamber's Resource Store. The Resource Store also offers a wide variety of publications and packages and is open 24 hours a day. Reach it by clicking here or by calling the Chamber at 743-3070.
MARKETING, ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
- Your free online directory listing on www.nashvillechamber.com helps potential customers find you. If you have supplied us with the URL of your company's web site, your company name will automatically be hyperlinked to your site.
- Display your membership plaque where your customers and employees can see it. You'll be recognized as a good corporate citizen and an important part of the Nashville-area business community. You can also install the Chamber's online membership plaque on your web site. Click here to learn how.
- Target new customers using mailing labels or lists of the Chamber's 2,500 members, organized by zip code, number of employees, business category or alphabetically by company name.
- Subscribe at a money-saving member rate to the Chamber's Potential Newcomer Subscription program, where you will receive the listings of the names and addresses of people who have contacted the Chamber for relocation information.
- Reach the regional community with an advertisement in ROI, the Chamber's quarterly newsletter read by approximately 15,000 business professionals. For more information, contact
ROI editor Lindsay Chambers at 743-3065 or lchambers@nashvillechamber.com.
YOUR VOICE IN GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT
- Click here to find more information about the Chamber's government relations and community improvement department.
- Stay abreast of city, state and federal government actions. With recommendations from the Chamber's Issues Committee and government relations professional staff, the Board of Governors takes positions on issues that directly impact the business community in Davidson County and the surrounding region.
For more information, contact Erika Sumner at 743-3152 or esumner@nashvillechamber.com.
- Benefit from the Chamber's role as the collective voice of business when issues arise that will impact doing business in the Nashville area. Be a part of the Legislative Network that will keep you informed on the issues and how you can voice your opinions to legislative leaders.
For more information, contact Erika Sumner at 743-3152 or esumner@nashvillechamber.com.
- Form relationships with elected officials through events such as Chamber Night at Metro Council and the Legislative Liaison Program, which pairs volunteers with regional elected officials.
For more information, contact Erika Sumner at 743-3152 or esumner@nashvillechamber.com.
- Receive updates on important community issues from key government leaders at quarterly government forums.
Visit our online event calendar for more information on government events.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES & EXISTING BUSINESS
- Click here to find more information about the Chamber's workforce development and existing business resources.
- Learn ways to retain young talent in your organization by leveraging the Nashville area as a "cool" community. "Cool School" training sessions began in 2004.
- Utilize our "Work Hard. Play Hard. Live Well." recruitment CD-ROM, a fast-paced, interactive tool for promoting the Nashville area as a great place to live, work, play and grow. These CD-ROMs are available to area companies to use in their corporate recruitment packages. For more information, call Rebecca Myers at 743-3051.
- Boost your visibility in attracting job seekers by posting your job openings on JobsLink, Nashville's premier job-search web site, which offers you several different plans for posting your jobs and viewing resumes.
- Read valuable news in HR Notes, the Chamber's monthly e-newsletter designed for human resources professionals and anyone who provides services or resources for the human resources community. Sign up on our e-newsletter page.
- Interact with the international business community by being a part of the International Business Council. The council conducts a variety of events examining various issues of importance to the international business community. Please visit our online event calendar for more information and to register for events.
SMALL AND ENTREPRENEURIAL BUSINESS SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT
- Click here to find more information about the Chamber's programs for small and entrepreneurial businesses.
- Review the handbook In Business for Yourself, which provides direction to start-up and established business owners on needed permits, licenses and taxes, as well as extensive information on area agencies and organizations that provide assistance and support to area entrepreneurs.
- Hone your business operations skills by attending business-education workshops. Offered frequently throughout the year, these workshops address vital issues and concerns of successfully managing a company.
- Overcome small business challenges with your own private board of advisors by joining a Roundtable. Members consult with and learn from their small peers in a confidential advisory board environment. Open to Chamber-member business leaders.
- Learn how to develop your "two-minute commercial" and build your contact base in the exciting "speed networking" program, AM Business Connection. Seated in groups of seven, each participant has two minutes to tell the others at the table about his/her company. After each participant has completed his/her two minutes, participants will rotate to another table and have the opportunity to tell a new group of people about their businesses.
- Nominate your business or your clients' businesses for the Future 50 awards program, which annually spotlights the 50 fastest-growing privately held companies in Middle Tennessee.
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