Do you know what’s coming to town again on May 6th, 2011? I’ll give you a hint, it includes Chick-fil-A, leadership and several of the most influential leaders to date! Yep, that’s right Leadercast is coming again and you won’t want to miss this amazing day!

The theme for 2011 will be centered around “Voices of Change.”   After presenting this event for 10 years we have found that all great leaders have 5 common characteristics and we look for these qualities when selecting speakers for the Chick-fil-A Leadercast.    

1. Innovation
2. Service
3. Influence
4. Hope
5. Purpose

2011 Speaker Line up – confirmed to date:

Seth Godin who is known as one of the most read bloggers in the world, he is a bestselling author and thought to be a TOP Business Thinker of our time. He has Influence!

Sir Ken Robinson, internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation and human resources, bestselling author and speaker at the TED conference where his talk was downloaded 5 million times, he is an amazing communicator.

Dr. John Maxwell, internationally respected leadership expert, speaker, & author who has sold more than 18 million books. 

Scott Belskey, an up and coming Innovator, only 30 years old and amazingly accomplished, his book, Making Ideas Happen just hit the NY Times Best Seller List.

Suzie Welch, (newly added) author, commentator, and business journalist.

Dan Cathy, President and COO of Chick fil A, he will be speaking with 2 other top business executives on their reality as business practitioners to bring it from theory to practicality.    

Mark your calendars now and watch the Chamber Newsletter for more information coming soon about location, times and tickets.

Some things really are worth waiting for . . . and one of those has been the new Chamber website!

To say we’re excited by how it’s turned out is a huge understatement. Not only are the visuals eye-catching and color coordinated, the ease with which you can navigate to your favorite page makes it almost too easy!

We’re also thrilled to be able to add new information or update existing information at will and in real time (making changes to the old website could get expensive and there was always a time lag).

And the real bonus for our members is that they have the same ability to make immediate modifications to their proprietary information on our site via a secure portal.

Actually, the features and benefits of this new site go on and on.  I challenge you to play with it, adopt it, and make it your own, and by all means let us know if you have suggestions for improvement or discover a glitch in the works.  It’s not perfect yet but it’s soon going to be!

And once you’ve chosen this site to be your first choice for information about your Chamber and the community, I’ll be a happy camper!