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Reston Ready for Business (A Prospective Member Event)
ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED, BUT YOU CAN STILL REGISTER ONSITE AT THE EVENT!
Hear from regional business leaders on how involvement in our Chamber has transformed their business and civic engagement. Their stories will inspire you to do business differently and inform you of the endless possibilities we offer the greater business community!
We are pleased to welcome Chris Mead, Author of Magicians of Main Street: America and its Chambers of Commerce, 1768- 1945 and former Senior Vice President of Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. He will share the history of chambers of commerce, how they shaped key times in history and why they are so relevant and important today.
For more than 35 years, the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce has offered innovative opportunities for for every stage of your business: business development, marketing, community engagement, advocacy, networking and business education. We invite you to learn about one of the largest chambers in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
About our Keynote Speaker:Chris Mead is author of Magicians of Main Street: America and its Chambers of Commerce, 1768- 1945Previously Chris Mead was senior vice president of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (ACCE), an organization representing 1,200 local, state, and regional chambers of commerce. During his 16 years at ACCE, he helped start its economic development division, its certificate of origin work, the revamped ACCE foundation, and the Schapiro Study on the value of chamber membership. He helped raise ACCE’s sponsorship and exhibit revenue more than 500 percent, while membership revenue, aided by crack salespeople, rose by nearly 100 percent. His previous experience includes economic development and other consulting, publishing newsletters on international trade, and serving as vice president of the Council for Urban Economic Development (now the International Economic Development Council). Chris holds an MBA degree from Stanford University and a BA degree in English from Oberlin College. Chris is married to Laura Lewis Mead and has two daughters and a son. They live in Oakton, Virginia – by happy coincidence, not very far from Chris’s friend and former boss, the one and only Mick Fleming.
Reston Ready for Business (A Prospect...Date and Time
Thursday Nov 7, 2019
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ESTThursday, November 7
8:00 - 10:00 AMLocation
Reston Community Center (Located in the Hunters Woods Village Center)
2310 Colts Neck Rd
Reston, VA 20191
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS- Follow your GPS to Enter from Colts Neck Rd in front of Safeway grocery store
- Park in the Hunters Woods Shopping Center parking lot
- Follow signs for Reston Community Center and Greater Reston Chamber Event
- Take the walkway near Jersey Mike’s and Pista House Indian Cuisine Restaurant
- Reston Community Center will be on your left
Fees/Admission
This event is complimentary for all future/prospective Chamber members. Register Early. Seating is limited. CURRENT MEMBERS MUST BRING A FUTURE MEMBER TO ATTEND.
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