Author: Edge One

• 15 Tips for Becoming a Better Writer, Even If You Hate Writing

  

  If you do a lot of your own marketing for your business, you need to be able to write. But before you start worrying about what that looks like, consider it’s a lot less formal than when your high school teacher talked to you about persuasive essays. Today, it’s all about connections. You don’t need…

• 20 Skills to Learn in 2019 to Improve Your Professional Life

  

  The business landscape changes on a near daily basis and that drives almost a constant need for professional learning. Never before has it been more essential that you not only keep up with the details of your own job and industry but others as well. If you don’t, there’s a good chance your business will…

• 2019 Business Advocacy Agenda

  The Tigard Chamber Board of Directors has approved the Tigard Chamber 2019 Business Advocacy Agenda.  Focus areas for the 2019 Business Advocacy Agenda include: Transportation Workforce Housing Behavioral Health Programs and Homelessness Prevention Environment/Sustainability including Energy Education Economic Development Employer Issues Tax Issues/Reforms You can access the 2019 Business Advocacy Agenda here

• Developing a Mission & Vision Statement

  I’ve been doing some background work for a strategic planning session with a board committee which will include reviewing and updating our chamber mission statement and crafting a vision statement.  I’ve helped develop both in my career, but was looking for a tool that could help guide our process as I’ve used templates and tools…

• Now Accepting 2019 Tigard Chamber Scholarship Applications

  

  Tigard, OR – The Tigard Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the application process for the 2019 high school senior scholarships is now open! The Chamber will provide three scholarships in the amount of $1000 each to graduating seniors that will be continuing their education at either a trade school, professional training, two year…

• How in the World Do I Increase Employee Productivity?

  

  It’s holiday time as I write this and countless employees across various industries have told me they aren’t in the mood to work. Sound familiar? Even if your employees haven’t been so brash as to tell you this, it’s likely their struggling. And if they’re struggling, your business is too. But you don’t want to…

• 10 Things to Check Before Posting to Social Media

  

  One of the most embarrassing things you can do on social media for your business is to mess up a post. For some of us, that might be a spelling or grammar mistake, for others, it may involve a humiliating auto-correct situation. For others still, it might mean giving away a company secret earlier than…

• Get to Know Your Chamber Staff

  Get to know more about our chamber staff and the skills they bring to our chamber.  Our team has depth and breadth of experience that they bring to our members and our chamber programs.  Learn more on our updated staff bio page! Tigard Chamber CEO – Debi Mollahan

• 6 Things to Kill in Your Business for Better Customer Service

  

  Surveys aren’t the way to good customer service. They might’ve been five years ago, but they’re being used with such an annoying regularity that no one wants to take part in them. But how do you improve your business’ customer service if you don’t know what your customers want? Trust us. There are other ways.…

• How to Give Your Business a Facelift

  Businesses need to evolve periodically. Whether you like it or not, you have to look at the trends going on around us and make decisions accordingly. These decisions may involve reaching out to a new demographic, offering new services or products, or changing the way you do things like tailoring your marketing writing to Google’s…