BusinessFirst! Weekly Information Items for November 16, 2018

This Week’s Items:

• Join the 2020 Census Team
• November 16-22 E-vents in Downtown Dayton
• BIZCAP November 2018
• MVSBDC New Partner
• SBA Upcoming Events
• Introduction to Energy Management Principles
• 12-6 Dayton Development Coalition Economic Development Forum

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Weekly Resource Partner Spotlight
The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce is the largest business organization in the Dayton, Ohio region, serving 2,400 business members in nine counties. We are a trade association of businesses, professionals and individuals focused on three core competency areas: government advocacy, economic development and member services.
In 2018, the chamber launched “Empower”, an innovative new initiative to excel women business leaders in the Dayton region. The program will use in-depth leadership workshops combined with engaging day-sessions, business coaching and an extensive network of training support to help participants identify individual leadership strengths, values and goals, develop a personal brand and eliminate barriers to advancement.
Also in 2018, The chamber also relaunched DaytonWorkforce.com, a workforce portal that provides economic data, career forecasting information for seven in-demand industries, and an asset map of regional tools to better align the area’s workforce capabilities with business hiring needs.