Chamber of Commerce Member Meeting Agenda 8-19-2020


Report from the Village

2020 So Far - The Chamber Board, Village, and Village Board deserve a huge thank you!

  1. New Website

    • Separate Member and Community areas with dedicated navigation dashboard

    • Enhanced business directory segmented by industry

    • Direct channel for businesses to promote their content

    • Chamber Members suggestion box

    • Schedule, Minutes, Bylaws & Email broadcast history access

  2. The Investment of Social Media Scheduling Software, Hoot Suite focused on generating consistency

  3. The Investment of G Suite to organize and automate administrative and marketing activities

  4. Professional Email Program Aweber so we can adhere to legal guidelines when sending bulk email.

  5. The implementation of Private Chamber Member’s Slack Channel

  6. The implementation of Private Board Member Slack Channel

  7. Chamber Marketing Intern Program - This is how we found Amanda!

  8. New Policies and Procedures

    • Sponsorship opportunity awarding policy

    • Promotional opportunity awarding policy

    • A policy the use of outside vendors focused on not creating a competitive environment

  9. COVID-19 Initiatives

    • 2 Virtual events (Financially supported by the Village)

    • Clarendon Hills Unplugged (Financially supported by the Village)

    • Drive-in Movie (Financially supported by the Village)

    • COVID-19 Troubleshooter Virtual Workshops during shut down.

    • Print Ads promoting our businesses during shut down  (Financially supported by the Village)

    • Print Ads promoting our businesses during shut down  (Financially supported by the Chamber)

NEW Business and Promotional Upgrades

  1. Amanda Hutchison is now officially a part-time paid staff member. 

  2. NEW Content Calender

  3. We approved $2000 for the next year for boosted Industry social media posts.

    • Targeting

    • Increased reach by 95%

  4. Open Forum and Q & A

Next Clarendon Hills Chamber of Commerce Meeting - September 16, 2020, 9:00 am On Zoom