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Your Chamber Your PartnerEngaging your Business Partners to Ensure

your Academy’s Success

Ed Kinberg, Kinberg and Associates LLC Deborah Ballard, Melbourne Palm Bay Area

Chamber of CommerceCourtney Culver, Contracts Administrator

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Chamber History in Education

• Why we became involved

• Why we stay involved

• What it means to our business partners

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Why should you consider working with your Chamber of Commerce

You can connect with multiple businesses potential supporters, guest speakers, and job shadowing and internship hosts all in one place.

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Developing a good Foundation

•Support for the teachers and the schools

•Making the student’s experience relevant

•Meeting the needs of business

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Making it Real

Workshop to augment the Academy curriculum

Networking, bringing the students into the real world of work to experience it first hand.

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Preparing to make the connection

• 30 second commercial

• Listening-learning about the business and listen to the business partner’s needs or concerns before sharing your story.

• Share your story in a way that is meaningful to the business partner.

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How working with your Chamber of commerce can make a difference

– Increasing public awareness of the Academy program

– Internal support of the Director and Teaching Staff

– Documentation and Promotion of Academy Achievement

– Getting help in with business partner recognition programs

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What if your basket breaks?

Program resources need to come from a diverse population of businesses to ensure long term sustainability.

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What is the chamber’s motivation?

Help our member businesses succeed.

Preparing the workforce for the future.

The opportunity to be a community partner that enables our your to have every opportunity to succeed.

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Everyone Wins

• Students

• Teacher and Schools

• Business

• The Chamber

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Student’s Perspective

– Networking

– Mentoring

– Scholarships and recognition

– Personal and Development

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Thank you

Deborah BallardDirector of Workforce Development and EducationMelbourne-Palm Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

1005 East Strawbridge AvenueMelbourne, FL 32901321-724-5400 X238