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Please contact szelnio@quadcitychamber.com if you did not recieve the e-newsletter and are part of the alumni association.
A Special Opportunity for 14 Alumni Association Members!
Be our guest at the American Red Cross Picnic, on the River, on Sunday, June 28th from 4:30-8:30 p.m. at Lindsay Park in Davenport. Enjoy a summer evening grooving to the Gray Wolf Band, dining on barbecue, and building your own Whitey's sundae! What could be better?!
Auction items this year include Nintendo Wii, an iPod Touch, a John Deere stainless steel gas grill and more. There's something for everyone and every budget. Get outbid on the auction? You can still take home something from the wine pull or try your hand at besting John Deere Classic's Clair Peterson in the Chipping Contest.
This offer is available to the first 14 leadership alumni on a first come first serve basis. Alumni can bring a spouse/guest for $15 (a $20 savings!). Leadership Alumni tickets are courtesy of W.G. Block and the Block Family of Companies. Casual attire. Cash bar available. To reserve your spot now, please call Jamie Lange (309) 743-2166 or e-mail langej@usa.redcross.org.
Green Light to Changes
We have received the green light to start promoting next year Leadership Academies! We are making it easier for participants to go to both the Community and Essentials this coming year! Community Leadership has changed to a total of nine sessions. First session on Sept. 11, 2009 from 8-3:30 and the other eight will be from 8am-12pm on Fridays Sept 25, Oct 2 & 16, Nov 6 & 20, Dec 4 & 18. Cost for Community will only be $650. Leadership Essentials will remain nine sessions from 8am-12pm on Fridays on Jan 15 & 29, Feb 5 & 19, Mar 5 & 19, Apr 2, 16, & 30. Essentials will cost $1,100.
If you know of a participant who would like to attend both of them during the Fall of 2009 - Winter/Spring of 2010, we will give them a discount so that it will cost only $1,550-that is a savings of 11%. If you have taken a Leadership Academy, and would like to repeat or try the other one, we'll give you a discount of 7% so that they will cost $605 and $1,025 respectively. Do you have some people you would like us to contact? E-mail us at szelnio@quadcitychamber.com with their name, company, phone, and e-mail address. Otherwise, by July, we'll have material for you to send to co-workers, friends, relatives, etc. to encourage them to attend an Academy and learn what you already know!
If you missed our conversation on March 6, 2009 on "Caught in the Middle", download the papers and learn more about what changes are needed to get the QCA up to speed as a global community. Please note the web address is only in the concept stage at this time.
Community Leadership
Type of Immigrant Needed
Change Culture of Foreigners Take Jobs
Welcoming Immigrants
Providing Immigrants Access
Barriers to Neutralize
Leadership Essentials
Awareness and Activity of Globalization
Advanced Education
Hispanic Immigration
Innovation and Technology
Political Cooperation
****************************** An effective community is one that works together to solve problems and improve the area’s quality of life. To build an effective community, one must first build effective leaders armed with proper tools and a general understanding of the overall community.
With this in mind the Quad City Chamber of Commerce Federation came together to develop a new Quad City Leadership Academy.
The new Quad City Leadership Academy was introduced by the Quad City Chamber Federation in the fall of 2006. The Academy is designed to equip participants with the skills needed to successfully lead their company and community. The program also inspires and offers participants opportunities to experience our community and allows participants to learn from each other as well as established leaders.
The Quad City Chamber Federation, a non-profit organization comprised of the Bettendorf Chamber of Commerce, DavenportOne, and the Illinois Quad City Chamber of Commerce, was created to address common business issues and heighten the image of the Quad Cities. The Quad City Chamber Federation serves as a vehicle for launching collaborative events, projects, and initiatives among the areas Chambers of Commerce. One of these initiatives includes leadership development and the collaboration of the existing leadership programs into one academy for the region.
To build an effective community, one must first build effective leaders armed with proper tools and a general understanding of the overall community.
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