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The Michiana African American Chamber of Commerce shares the organization's new direction with expanded benefits for the members and the entire community.
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Michiana African American Chamber of Commerce
Community Update
August, 2014
Agenda
I. Who We AreII. Our GoalsIII. Our AccomplishmentsIV. Next Steps
Who We AreOur GoalsOur AccomplishmentsNext Steps
Who We Are
• The Michiana African American Chamber of Commerce (MAACC)
• Business Solutions coming from the African American Community for the benefit of the ENTIRE community
Who We Are
The Branding Challenge• Counter Negative publicity
• Reinforce Positive contributions
Minority Business Enterprises
Women Business Enterprises
Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
Affirmative Action
Crime
Who We Are
Who We Are
This year South Bend Rotary is joining us
In the effort
Who We Are
Our Goals• Provide members effective business development
training, resources and growth strategies• Connect members to profitable opportunities• Provide programming that benefits members,
sponsors and the community overall• Create a financially self sustaining organization
•Training •Opportunities•Programming•Self sustaining•Collaboration
• Collaborate with other community organizations with similar community revitalization goals
Our GoalsTraining and development
– Assessment tools to determine current level of capability– Over 100 workshops designed to close capability gaps– Evaluation methods to ensure knowledge transfer– Access to professional mentors to provide support– Continuous learning through most current business
education publisher, professional organizations and networks
Our GoalsConnection to opportunities
– Access to a network of businesses looking to buy services from community based businesses with the specific goal of strengthening the community.
– Access to a network of businesses with supplier diversity strategies designed to help MBE, WBE and DBE businesses grow
– Bidding process support to improve the probability of successfully winning bids
– Training and support to pivot to new trends
Our GoalsBeneficial Programming
– Access to Interns and Human resources– Veteran Business Development Program– Quick Books training– Community Outreach/Supplier Diversity Program support– Clear Program Investment ROI Metrics– High Value Minority Business Pipeline– Community Revitalization Best Practices
Our GoalsSelf Sustaining Organization
– Membership– Sponsorships– Workshops– Awards Event– Economic Publications
Our GoalsCollaboration
– City of South Bend– South Bend NAACP– 100 Black Men– Ft Wayne Urban League– St. Joe Chamber– Warsaw/Kosciusko Chamber– Ministerial Alliance– ICIC– More …
Accomplishments– Greentown Michiana– The Beacon– National College Internship Program– Net Zero Housing/Building strategy– Michiana Goodwill Granite Recycling Program– Angel’s Wings Transportation– Veteran Business Committee– Education/Youth Entrepreneur Committee– UWW Innovation Center Tour– Diversity Utilization Board
Next Steps
