Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Year in Review

2014

The Vermont Chamber helps businesses

• Connect

• Learn and

• Grow

Through programs focused on

• Networking

• Advocacy

• Marketing and

• Education

Connect.

[kuh-nekt]

to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind.

Innovative, Cutting-Edge Technology

ThisIsVT Mobile App

• Connecting members to tourists and locals to increase

business

• The official travel app for the state

Innovative, Cutting-Edge Technology

Three new websites for signature events and programs

Innovative, Cutting-Edge Technology

B2B Matchmaking

• Prescheduled meetings for exhibitors to meet with other

exhibitors to network and develop relationships

Events & Social Media

Connected over 3,000 businesses at signature events

for networking opportunities

Events & Social Media

Facebook & Twitter

• Average 19 new followers each week

Tourism & Marketing

Connecting tourists with Vermont businesses

• Over 400 thousand guidebooks and brochures are distributed

each year

• Guidebooks are available online

Learn.

[lurn]

to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study,

instruction, or experience.

Health Care Education

Transitioned to Vermont Health Connect

• Transitioned 17,000 Vermont workers and 4,000 small

employer groups out of the VACE association and into direct

coverage with an insurance carrier or onto the Vermont

Health Connect website

Health Care Education

Educated businesses about coverage

• Educated employers statewide about coverage options and

impending changes to healthcare system

Food Safety

Official state partner for the National Restaurant Association

• Held 8 ServSafe food safety certification classes

Emerging Trends

Webinars on new trends

Issues & Advocacy

Increasing member engagement

• Weekly update emails

• Host events for members to meet legislators

Issues & Advocacy

Key wins• Balanced budget without increasing broad-based taxes

• $4.5 million dedicated to economic growth incentives

• Improved prime ag mitigation formula in designated centers

• Passage of economic development bill to increase availability of

workforce development resources for small businesses

Seminars, Lunches & More

Lean-In for Leadership Lunch

• 140 business people gathered for the Lean In for Leadership

roundtable lunch, focusing on women, work and the will to

lead

Seminars, Lunches & More

Educational Seminars

• Hosted at EXPO and Manufactured in Vermont

Grow.

[groh]

to increase in size or substance.

Chamber Alliance

Pilot program with Manchester & the Mountains Regional

Chamber of Commerce

Vermont Tourism Network

Growing Vermont’s tourism sector with group tours

Manufacturing

Aerospace corridor

• Signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AeroMontreal to

build aerospace corridor and link Vermont’s aerospace cluster with

a $12 billion Quebec aerospace cluster

Manufacturing

Manufactured in Vermont Trade Show

• Included over 70 hours of quality business meeting time with

exhibitor matchmaking to help grow connections,

relationships and business

Vermont Chamber of Commerce

Year in Review

2014