July 11, 2023

UPCOMING EVENTS

TONIGHT - "OFF THE CLOCK" NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR

Join us TONIGHT July 11 for our "Off the Clock" Networking Happy Hour, this month hosted by 

Casa Oaxaca

4905 Fairmont Ave

Bethesda, MD 20814

Lite bites provide by our host

~Cash bar~

Register Early for your ON-LINE REGISTRATION ADVANTAGE:

Member-Registration: $15 online / $20 at the door

Non-Member Registration: $25 online / $30 at the door

On-line registration closes TODAY at 4:30pm

LESS THAN 1 MONTH TO REGISTER FOR GREECE!

GREECE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS ONLY

ONE MONTH AWAY - BOOK NOW!

Our Chamber's return to international travel is quickly approaching!

In partnership with Aventura World, we will be visiting

Athens, Greece from November 3-11, 2023

Chamber members and non-members alike invited to join us.

DON'T DELAY - YOU MUST RESERVE YOUR PLACE BY AUGUST 3

Please contact Allie Williams at (301) 652-4900 ext. 203 or awilliams@greaterbethesdachamber.org for more information.

View the RECORDING of our information session!

Passcode: Z&P6Qj0&

Use group booking code is: QKTVIB

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Please register to attend

this month's upcoming committee meetings

Membership Networking Committee Meeting

Date: Tuesday, July 18

Time: 9:00-10:00

Register

Joint Committee Meeting

NextExecs, SMG, Health & Wellness

Date: Tuesday, July 18

Time: 4:00 PM

Rock Creek Mansion

Register

NextExecs Summer Outing

Happy Hour At Silver Social followed by

Washington Nationals vs. Giants Game

Date: Friday, July 21

Time:4:40pm

Register - tickets are going fast!

ChamberConnect

Date: Tuesday, July 25

Time: 8:30am

Register

Economic Development Committee

Date: Wednesday, July 26

Time: 8:00am

Register

Real Estate Committee

Date: Wednesday, July 26

Time: 9:00am

Register

NEW MEMBERSHIP NETWORKING COMITTEE

NEXT EXECS' SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE

Join the NextExecs in our 2nd Annual Backpack & School Supply Drive to benefit MCPS students, grade K-12. From now through August 11th we are calling on all our GBCC members and community partners to help ensure our students are prepared for a successful school term when they return in the Fall. Some of our members last year held their own internal school supply drive and had the items delivered to our GBCC office in downtown Bethesda. Others supported the drive financially by donating money via our Chamber’s Venmo account or by sending a check payable to Greater Bethesda Chamber of Commerce. Please enter #mcpsbackpackdrive23 in the memo line. All levels of support are greatly appreciated, and we will also be calling on volunteers to fill the backpacks and make the drop offs to area schools. Last year we filled over 300 backpacks and this year our goal is to fill at least 500, can we count you to help us reach that goal? 

Click the button or contact the GBCC staff at

staff@greaterbethesdachamber.org for the full school supply list.  

Minimum suggested donation amount of $20.00 is requested. Click here to donate via Venmo | Greater Bethesda Chamber or by check (please denote "backpack drive" in memo). Thank you!

MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

The Pike District Partnership has named Eugene Cornelius as its first Executive Director. Read the full story at the link below.

SPONSORED CONTENT

 8 Powerful Strategies With Linkedin

You Are NOT Using To Boost Sales Growth!

Are you doing what everyone else is doing on Linkedin – making

connections, writing articles, posting events, sending messages,

and then hoping this will generate sales opportunities?

How many “real” conversations have you had with prospects by

 doing these passive activities? Of course it’s not nearly enough,

given the time and effort you may be spending on Linkedin!

Join this live online session to discover the most proactive and

 proven strategies with Linkedin to increase your conversations

with prospects by 50 to 100%. These powerful methods will

be shared with you by Sandler – the world's largest sales

development and training organization.

Date: Thursday, July 27, 2023

Time: 3:00 to 4:45 pm (ET)

This session is complimentary for GBCC members, and will be

conducted by chamber member, Ken Smith, the Managing

Director for Sandler in the Washington DC region.

AGE FRIENDLY EMPLOYMENT

Does your company welcome older applicants? If so, does its employee recruitment reflect that? Some employers are learning the hard way how important that is to do.

According to Bloomberg, Target Corporation “recently reached a settlement with the Communications Workers of America union, which in 2018 filed US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints against dozens of companies that post job ads on Facebook, accusing them of using the social media company’s ad-targeting tools to discriminate against older job seekers.” Now, Target “has committed to boosting outreach to older job seekers in its online job postings.”

Josh Eidelson reports at https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/target-will-boost-recruitment-to-older-job-seekers-after-settling-civil-rights-case/ar-AA1bjFYF

Thank You to Our 2023 Corporate Sponsors

Gold Sponsor

PEPCO an Exelon Company

Silver Sponsors

Advantage Industries * The Chevy Chase Land Company * Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell, P.C.  * Suburban Hospital 

Bronze Sponsors

Atlantech Online * Buchbinder Tunick & Co. * Chesapeake Public Strategies * Dembo Jones * EagleBank * Electric Advisors, Inc. * Grossberg Company LLP * IdeaFire™ * The Jane Fairweather Team * Lerch, Early & Brewer * Maier & Warner PR * M&T Bank * Marriott International * Mon Ami Gabi * Rodgers Consulting * Selzer Gurvitch Rabin Wertheimer & Polott, P.C. * TDG/SILVEROCK Realty * Washington Workplace * WithumSmith+Brown, PC

Partner Sponsors

AC Hotel Bethesda Downtown * Bethesda Magazine * Decision Making Research * Griswold Home Care BCC * Hyatt Regency Bethesda * Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center * Nothing Bundt Cakes-Bethesda * Print1 * Sandglass Systems * sasse agency

ChamberConnect Sponsor - Sandy Spring Bank

NextExec Committee Sponsor - McKay Mortgage Company