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NEWS YOU CAN USE
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
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Advancing Greater Washington: Chamber CEO Appointed to Virginia's Workforce Development Transformation Stakeholder Advisor Group | | | |
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Representing Greater Washington’s largest employment market, Julie Coons has been appointed by Virginia Secretary of Labor, Bryan Slater, to the Workforce Development Transformation Stakeholder Advisory Group. The Stakeholder Group has been formed to advise the Administration on workforce issues facing employers within the Region as it embarks on its landmark workforce program and agency consolidation efforts. Said Slater at the Chamber's May 17th Board of Directors meeting, “we all need to work for Team Virginia” as the goal of the legislation is “training Virginians and getting them into jobs.”
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Chamber Members' Coalition Calls for a Federal Return to Office to boost Regional Economy | | | |
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The Chamber is mobilizing a member coalition to call on the federal government to return their workforce back to the office five days a week. While we applaud the Biden Administration’s effort in their April 13th memo, it lacked clear guidance and does not set concrete dates or targets for return to work policies. Currently, most federal employees are only required to work onsite twice each pay period and the memo provides agencies the ability to maintain a remote culture.
The federal government as an empty landlord is impacting our Region’s economic viability. There are approximately 300,000 federal employees who have utilized remote work flexibility to move to states across the country, draining our regional tax base. Furthermore, as we transition out of the COVID emergency, we need our federal leadership to work collaboratively with their personnel at least three days a week to ensure that our government emerges from the pandemic stronger and more efficient.
We are pleased to announce that Chris Clemente, CEO, Comstock Companies, has agreed to co-chair this effort along with Julie Coons, Chamber CEO.
Please join us in this member-led initiative by adding your name, here.
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Last chance to submit Positively NOVA! stories for our Summer issue: due May 24th | | | |
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Our Chamber member community has proven its generosity time and again through donations and give-back efforts, and we want to showcase that good work in both our upcoming Positively NOVA! summer edition and our website. We will also feature our members' stories at our Annual Members' Meeting.
Help us spread goodwill by letting us share your story with the world! Send a 2-3 paragraph write-up, at least one photo from the effort, and your logo to communications@novachamber.org by May 24th for inclusion in this special issue.
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IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL
UPCOMING EVENTS
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2023 Greater Washington Government Contracting Awards - Application
Submit your application by June 2nd
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Founded in 2002 in the shadow of 9/11, the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards have honored an industry that is vital to our society and its citizens for two decades. The Greater Washington Government Contractor Award is the premier event honoring the leadership, innovation, and commitment to excellence of the people and businesses in the region’s government contracting community.
Presented by the Chamber and the Professional Services Council (PSC), the Greater Washington Government Contractor Awards winners are announced at an evening gala. This unique networking event draws more than 1,000 industry and government leaders.
The Greater Washington GovCon Awards will be held on November 1st at the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner.
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Annual Members' Meeting Members-Only
June 6th | 8-9AM, Networking | 9-10AM, Event | Westwood Country Club
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The Chamber's Annual Members’ Meeting is where our Region’s leadership connects, celebrates our collective achievements, and passes the torch to a new Board Chairman. Known as the "best networking in the Region before 10AM," this members-only event is a who's who of Regional leadership, making it a key business connection opportunity not to be missed!
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Greater Washington Apprentice Network
June 6th | 2-3PM | Virtual, Free
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SPEAKER: Mike Batt, Vice President, Talent, Fairfax County Economic Development Authority, will be sharing employer resources available through the Fairfax County EDA, including talent recruiting tools and the Work In Northern Virginia website.
The Greater Washington Apprentice Network (GWAN) brings together employers, academic institutions, public and private sectors. Employers gain access to best practices from organizational peers, sources of prospective apprentice candidates, support services, academic institutions, and training resources. The GWAN meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month for an Employer Briefing.
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C-Suite Roundtable by Invitation, Members-Only
June 8th
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With the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing and more, the demand for digital transformation continues to rise, driving the question, "how can modern businesses convert technology's promises into profits?"
Our next C-Suite Roundtable will be held over lunch on June 8th at Ruth's Chris Steak House and will focus on how great leaders are navigating today's digital transformation. Our keynote speaker will be Eric Lamarre, Head of North America for McKinsey’s Digital practice, whose team has analyzed 200+ digital transformations over the past five years, resulting in an open-source, detailed playbook for success. Eric has applied this expertise to his cutting-edge new business book, Rewired.
If you would like to add your name to our C-Suite Roundtable list, please contact Carmen Sevilla, Chamber Senior Manager, Member Engagement, at csevilla@novachamber.org.
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Chamber 101 Members-Only
June 13th | 12-1PM | Virtual, Free
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This informational networking session will teach you about opportunities for engagement across a wide array of industries and subject areas.
You'll learn:
- How you can engage a broad spectrum of employees
- How the Chamber's advocacy efforts and communications can support your business
- The best ways for you to connect to the Chamber's base of innovative and influential member companies... and much more.
This will be a great opportunity to network with other new members.
This is a virtual event and will be provided through Microsoft TEAMS.
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DEI Connects Members-Only
June 20th | 2-3PM | Virtual
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SPEAKER: Shane Lloyd, Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, Baker Tilly US, LLP
DEI Connects is an inclusive and collaborative community of members who seek to share, learn and implement best practices in diversity, equity and inclusion in their employee culture, talent development, and employee recruiting and retention. NOVA DEI Connects welcomes all members interested in advancing their knowledge and understanding of successful DEI strategies to join us and each other in this opportunity. Each month the network will meet via Zoom to speak with a leader who will share their DEI best practices and programs.
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Distinguished Service Awards - Application
Submit your application by June 23rd
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Unique within our business community, military veterans have innovated and created more enduring, impactful businesses than any other industry in America. In recognition of their sacrifices and ongoing contributions critical to our community's strength and stability, the Chamber hosts the Distinguished Service Awards, the Greater Washington Region's preeminent event honoring the leadership and contributions to veteran success demonstrated by veteran-owned businesses within the Greater Washington business community. Along with an elite keynote speaker, DSA winners are showcased at a powerful morning ceremony that draws a who's who of military and veteran business leaders.
The Distinguished Service Awards will be held on September 12th from 8:30-10:30AM at the Army Navy Country Club, Arlington.
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MEMBER ADVANTAGE
MEMBER NEWS
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Todd Rowley, Director of Business Development at Old Dominion National Bank, has been honored with the Virginia Tech Ut Prosim award for his outstanding contributions to the banking industry and the wider community. Beyond his professional achievements, Todd demonstrates a deep commitment to community engagement. He has served to shape the region's economic landscape. Learn more here. | | | |
Would you like to include your member organization's news in our next Doing Business issue? Sharing news is free for all members! All you have to do it complete the form on our website found here. The deadline to submit news is Friday at 12PM prior to our Tuesday newsletter.
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Doing Business is the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce's weekly e-newsletter focused on member-relevant news, Council Series updates, and upcoming events. Each month we will feature advocacy updates, a message from our President & CEO, and member-written blog posts. Subscription sign-up and past issues may be found on our website.
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