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Communication and Public Affairs
The Communication and Public Affairs division is also home
to the Chamber's public
relations, special
events and publications
efforts, and the division coordinates activities for the Military
Affairs and USS
Entrepreneurism & Small Business
The Entrepreneurism & Small Business
Division of the Chamber of Commerce's mission is
to enhance and nurture the innovative
entrepreneurial environment and ensure that both the tools
and the necessary economic climate are available to assist
small and emerging businesses to grow and create jobs.
The Economic Growth division
manages the Chamber's
Home-Based
Business and CCET events. The division also manages the
Duke City Dozen Awards program and the Chamber's
member-to-member discount program, which offers
discounts on products and services to Chamber members. And,
if you're thinking about starting a small
business, make sure you read our resource
pages designed to help you on the first part of your journey.
Leadership
"Service is the rent we pay for living.
It is the very purpose of life and not something you do in your spare
time or after your have reached your personal goals."
-Marian Wright Edelman
The Leadership Division is charged
with the responsibility of:
- Contributing to the community’s pool of
voluntary leaders who desire to enhance economic development and
improve the quality of life in the greater Albuquerque area through
community service;
- Assisting young leaders in finding their niche in
the business world, determining which career ladder they would like to
climb and how far up the ladder they desire to go; and providing
opportunities to insure a successful assent.
- Providing leaders,emerging and seasoned, with ongoing opportunities
to serve and to grow their leadership skills on an ongoing basis.
The Division aspires to accomplish these objectives by directing
Leadership Albuquerque and
Youth Leadership program ; driving the work of the
Young Executives Association
and providing administrative
support to the
Leadership Albuquerque Alumni Association ; hosting,
in collaboration with other business associations, an annual full day
Leadership Conference in May of each year.
Workforce Development
The Workforce division
performs to connect businesses more closely to local and state
workforce systems and to the institutions delivering training
for those systems in order to better align current and future
training with the needs of the workplace. This division
will also monitor the pre-K through higher education reform
effort to ensure that New Mexico has a world class public
education system for every child. In doing so, the
Chamber has partnered with APS to create the
Albuquerque Reads
tutoring program. To learn more about the Chambers
education reform initiatives,
click here.
Membership
The Membership Division keeps in touch
with Chamber members and makes sure their needs are met. The
Membership Division is responsible for issuing new
Chamber memberships, renewing existing memberships, and
providing the Chamber's members with a variety of services,
including
mailing lists for targeted mailings, member-to-member
discounts, networking events, and much more.
Business Advocacy & Government
Relations
The
Business Advocacy & Government Relations division is responsible for the Chamber's lobbying
efforts at the New Mexico State Legislature and also creates
position
papers, which are issued to clarify the position of the
Chamber on events that impact the business community. The
Business Advocacy & Government Relations division also holds events
designed to keep the business community informed about what
New Mexico's elected representatives are involved with at
the State Legislature and on Capitol Hill. There is a links
page, maintained by the division, that can help you find
government information online.
Other important Chamber information:
View our
Online Events Calendar and register for events online.
Find out about the Chamber's Areas
of Focus for 2006-2007. View a list of our
Board
of Directors. Interested in volunteering for a
Chamber committee? View
a list of committees, send us a letter of interest online!
View a printable list
of all Chamber employees and their e-mail addresses
and phone numbers.
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