Join us as Carl Adrian, TRIDEC President and CEO, gives a brief year-end review of 2009 and recognizes the incoming and
outgoing board members.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER- Rogers Weed-Director, Washington State Department of Commerce

Rogers Weed was appointed by Gov. Chris Gregoire as
Director of the Department of Commerce in March 2009. In appointing him to this agency cabinet position, Gov. Gregoire said Rogers is a proven leader and innovator. As director, Rogers works to fulfill the governor’s clear mission to retain the jobs and companies that we have in our state today and attract new ones. His focus will be on forging effective partnerships with the business community, with other agencies in the
public sector and with the legislature.

“Washington is a product that must compete every day to retain and grow the businesses and jobs we have now and attract new ones. Sustaining a world-class innovation economy on a foundation of strong communities requires that we make continuous improvements and focus on fundamentals – infrastructure, education and workforce training, and regulatory
efficiency. With our eye on these and a handful of more specific priorities, we will achieve global competitiveness for our businesses and more and better jobs for all the state’s citizens.” — Rogers Weed, Director, Department of Commerce

For more information and registration, please click here.

April 21, 2010
8:00 am – 11:30 am
7:30 am – Deluxe Continental Breakfast
Holiday Inn Express, Pasco
Cost: Bureau Members – $15.00 per person / Non-Members – $50.00 per person
Fax reservation to (509) 783-9005 or
email to Info@VisitTri-Cities.com by April 16, 2010

For a copy of the registration form, please click here.

About the Instructor
Instructor Michael Belba has established himself as one of the most knowledgeable and cutting-edge Internet marketers. He helps businesses understand and fully utilize the power of the Internet to gain a tremendous competitive advantage, while educating customers on the extreme demographic shifts occurring in the traditional and online marketing environments.

]]> http://pascochamber.org/2010/03/08/winning-the-battle-in-the-internet-war/feed/ 0 http://pascochamber.org/2010/03/06/investment-innovation-impact/ http://pascochamber.org/2010/03/06/investment-innovation-impact/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:05:55 +0000 admin http://pascochamber.org/?p=669 The Washington State Nonprofit Conference

You’re invited to the 16th annual conference offered by EA Alliance of Nonprofits, Nancy Bel Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, and Seattle University Master of Public Administration and Executive Master of Nonprofit Leadership Programs.

Thursday, April 29th 2010
Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue, Wa
8:00 am – 6:00 pm
(registration begins at 7:00)

Register today at www.npconference.org

Keynote Speakers include Dan Pallotta, Kristin McSwain, and Governor Chris Gregoire.

If you’re looking for our calendar of events, membership directory, or detailed contact information, please click the tabs at the top of the page.

(509) 547-9755 – Office
(509) 547-9756 – Fax

1925 North 20th Avenue
Pasco, Wa 99301

Taste the Northwest with Anthony’s Banquet and Events Center!

Please join the Pasco, West Richland Area, Hermiston, and Hispanic Chambers of Commerce for one of our most anticipated Building Bridges of the year.

Everyone who attends will be given a Free Anthony’s Appetizer Card!!

There will be a business card drawing for a free bottle of an Anthony’s Northwest Partner Wine and a chance to win a free dinner for two!

Anthony’s will be serving their Northwest Partner Wines, Guava Raspberry Punch, and Coffee. A cash bar will also be available.

Food will include specialty cheeses, chilled and grilled fresh oysters, crab/shrimp/artichoke crustini, tropical nachos, and dijon chicken skewers.

Casual touring of the facility encouraged.

Have fun, meet new friends, and expand your personal and business networks!

To RSVP please visit
www.socializr.com/event/pascochamber/anthonybec
or email RSVP@PascoChamber.Org

Doug Crandall, founder and President of Blue Rudder, is a graduate of West Point and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has led multiple units in the Army, and spent time as a Customer Service Operations Manager at Amazon.com. For five years, Doug taught leadership at West Point, where he won the Excellence in Teaching Award and exceeded the academy average in every area of teaching feedback during each semester he taught.  Doug also transformed the academy’s core leadership curriculum (the first revision in nearly 20 years), and co-authored and edited the internationally-released book Leadership Lessons from West Point.

While at Amazon, Doug created and taught Amazon Leadership Foundations (ALF), a leadership development program for front-line leaders.  In addition to teaching at West Point and Amazon, Doug has lectured for Stanford, Duke, The Wharton School, Columbia (a graduate-level course in leadership development), Cornell, JPMorgan Partners, GE, Citigroup, IBM, National City Bank, and Pittney Bowes.

Doug recently signed on as the Director of Leadership Programs and Corporate Education at Columbia Basin College. His first effort has been to establish a leadership fellows program for high potential managers in the Tri-cities, Washington.

Once again, please join us on March 8th, 2010 at 11:45 at the Red Lion Inn in Pasco. The cost to attend is $15. Please RSVP by email at RSVP@PascoChamber.Org or online at www.socializr.com/event/pascochamber/bluerudder

There will be great wine, light snacks provided by the Uptown Deli, and some of the best networking money can’t buy.

Come join members of the West Richland, Benton City, Hispanic, and Pasco Chambers for this casual event!