Businesses of all sizes and in all industries participate in the Chamber’s educational offerings throughout the year. These programs give participants an advantage in business best practices, marketing, and technology.
Business Roundtables
A luncheon series designed for the entrepreneur and small business owner, providing tools and strategies necessary to take their business to the next level. Local experts tackle the subjects of most Interest to business owners who want to improve their business skills. Learn more about business planning, financial reporting, marketing, sales skills and human resources.
Staff Liaison: Nicolette Daugherty
Marketing Bootcamp
Learn the ins and outs of marketing, in print and on line, as well as best practices for using social media to promote your business. Learn from marketing pros how to leverage your marketing dollars to gain greater exposure for your businesses products and services.
Staff Liaison: Nicolette Daugherty
Quarterly Membership Luncheons
This quarterly series is an opportunity for a cross section of our membership and leadership to gather and hear from speakers on issues of key importance to the business community.
Staff Liaison: Nicolette Daugherty
Governors Small Business Forum
The Office of the Governor is hosting Small Business Forums across the state to provide Texas small business owners access to valuable information on workforce development, training grants, expanding markets and other business growth opportunities. Through regional collaboration with hundreds of community, business and educational organizations throughout Texas, the Governor's Small Business Forums are one more reason Texas is Wide Open for Business.
The Texas Workforce Commission will present information on the many services available for small business owners including the newly established $2 million Skills for Small Business fund, which provides grants to community colleges that small businesses can access for employee training needs.
Staff Liaison: Sharon Dill
Collin County Women’s Conference
The Women’s Alliance of McKinney (WAM) presented the first annual Women’s Conference in Fall 2012. This half day event will provides networking and professional development for women at all levels of the business community.
Staff Liaison: Nicolette Daugherty