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Stay Connected With the Queens Chamber in July
QUEENSBOROUGH CALENDAR OF EVENTS
JULY
7/13, 2 PM MAKE YOUR WEBSITE WORK FOR YOU
Learn how to create a search-friendly website that drives user action and supports your goals. Whether you’re launching a new website or sprucing up an old one, this workshop will help.
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7/15, 5 TO 8 PM QUEENS CHAMBER SUMMER BOAT CRUISE 2021
Cruise into Summer 2021! Tickets include three-hour open bar and DJ, passed appetizers and carving stations, prize giveaways, raffles, and networking.
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7/16, 9:30 AM TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING EMPLOYEE SPEECH & POSTINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
A single disparaging social media posting by an employee can be devastating to business brand and reputation. This program focuses on the legal guidelines established by the National Labor Relations Board as they relate to the employer’s legal rights and obligations in monitoring and reacting to disparaging employee postings.
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7/21, 11 AM HOW THE SBA CAN HELP YOUR BUSINESS SUCCEED
Learn about the different programs offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration, such as SBA Financing Programs, Business Education, One-On-One Counselling with Resource Partners, SBDC, SCORE, and WBC. There are a multitude of Government Contracting Assistance that is accessible and can help start or expand your small business.
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Some enterprises will return to the traditional office setting, however, for most the remote work environment will continue to be the new normal. This program will offer strategies to engage and motivate the remote employee by promoting worker satisfaction and harmony.
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AUGUST
8/17, 9 AM MORNING SPEED NETWORKING: SHAKE IT UP AND GET MOVING
Join us for the first in-person speed networking since late 2019. This is a fast-paced event that guarantees you’ll build your professional network and increase your business bottom-line. Within a matter of 20 minutes you’ll be introduced to at least ten new contacts.
Queens Chamber of Commerce 75-20 Astoria Blvd. 8/20, 9:30 AM EMPLOYER STRATEGIES TO MANAGE AND MOTIVATE THE REMOTE WORKPLACE
Businesses will need to develop a plan on how they can keep their workforce employed physically, emotionally, healthy and engaged. This workshop offers a road map to maximizing employee engagement, satisfaction, and productivity. This program will offer strategies to engage and motivate the remote employee by promoting worker satisfaction and harmony.
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Last month, the Queens Chamber of Commerce hosted a networking event at the Queens County Farm Museum with Councilman Barry Grodenchik and the Floral Park Bellerose Indian Merchant Association (F-BIMA). The Farm Store has fresh fruits and veggies and The Floral Escape is back with a new summer theme.
REMAINING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE
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many employees to reconsider their priorities when it comes to choosing benefits. Employers who have offered traditional benefit packages until recently are finding they may no longer be the employer of choice with an outdated benefit portfolio that doesn’t meet the evolving needs of their workers.
Inclusion of income protection (short- and long-term disability coverage), critical Illness and hospital indemnity programs, an expansion of mental health coverage and financial wellness programs could go a long way in helping your business stand out.
It’s no easy task to continually maintaining these programs while staying within budgetary restraints, but the employer who does so will not only win the loyalty of their employees, but better position themselves as an employer of choice going forward.
The Queens Chamber of Commerce offers its members access to My Benefit Advisor as a solution for employee benefits, including voluntary offerings. For more information about My Benefit Advisor, visit qcc.mybenefitadvisor. com or contact Matt Niemczyk at (201) 8152384.
