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WATERVILLE — Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce will hold monthly breakfast meetings at Thomas College’s Spann Student Commons Summit Room, 180 West River Road, from 7:15 to 9 a.m. the second Thursday of the month throughout 2018.
The schedule includes:
Jan. 11 — Legislative overview by Maine State Chamber president and CEO Dana Connors, who will speak on law-making issues as they relate to businesses, such as workers’ compensation., human resources, taxation, environment and education.
Feb. 8 — “Why Your Employees Are Just Not Into You and What To Do About It.” David Lee from Human Nature at Work will discuss what causes disengagement in today’s employees and what leads to a passionate, committed “We can do this!” workforce.
March 8 — Governor Paul LePage will review his ultimate legislative agenda for his concluding session.
April 12 — “Process Improvement Specialists: Intro to Lean-Failure Demand.” Megan Hart of Cianbro will talk about how to make incremental and continuous improvements in your businesses processes, as well as how you manage for results, in order to take your business and your team to the next level.
May 3 — “Maine’s Workforce Challenge” presented by the state Department of Labor’s cCommissioner, John Butera, who will give insight on the challenges of finding trainable staff and retaining them.
June 7 — “Challenges of Employment Law: Doing the Right Thing for Your Employees While Protecting Your Business.” Join Gregg Frame, employment law attorney with Taylor, McCormack & Frame, LLC, as he illustrates how to navigate your efforts to improve employee performance while still protecting your company.
Sept. 13 — “Your Small Business Toolkit- FREE Resources to Help You Grow Your Business.” From business plan assistance to introduction to lending resources to floor layout of your manufacturing line, let the panel of Maine Small Business Development Center, Small Business Administration & Coastal Enterprises, Inc. help start, scale and grow your business. Moderated by Central Maine Growth Council’s Garvan Donegan.
Oct. 11 — Legislative issues.
Nov. 8 — “Keys to Building and Engaging a Passionate Team That Gets Results.” David Pease, senior vice president of human resources at Bangor Savings Bank, will talk about what engages staff and how to make them passionate about working as a team while attaining positive outcomes.
Dec. 6 — “Media Relations – Local Media Platforms to Grow Your Business.” MaineToday Media CEO Lisa DeSisto will discuss how to engage with customers and businesses using traditional and new platforms available in local media to grow your business.
