Concepts: The concepts behind these initiatives are rooted in growing black business, improving black education and elevating the stand of living thus the quality of life for black communities. These are initiatives that will benefit Wisconsin’s overall business community. These are innovative solutions that improve the way we do business and live our lives in Wisconsin. Each initiative is cost effective and will give the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce a leadership presence that will resonate throughout the business, faith based and education communities. Our initiatives are in line with several organizations whose approach is to community development with a commitment to leadership - across institutions, age groups, genders and races. We could say that these initiatives are the action part of any initiatives to improve Wisconsin’s business community. Designed to be implemented state wide at every level of business these initiatives signal a new approach to addressing the lack of employment activity within the black community.
The Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, Incorporated
Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce “Decision Makers” Meet and Greet:
The 4th Monday of each month we will sponsor leveled meet and greets that will allow current members to meet new members or those who are interested in membership to connect and network. We will hold the WBCC meet and greets simultaniously in the larger cities in Wisconsin that have an African American population.
WBCC will use its business members and other business resources to conduct three (3) level meet and greet sessions. Meet and greet sessions are designed to connect experienced business people with new business startups, businesses one to two years old and businesses three years old and older.
Three simultaneous one hour sessions are conducted at the same time. During these sessions will feature networking, marketing, managing, money, finance, web resources and more.
The sessions will convein once a month in Milwaukee, then throughout the state to other cities, including Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha, Racine, Appleton, West Allis, Oshkosh, Waukesha, and Eau Claire.
We will hold an annual banquet to honor growth and achievement.
- Start up businesses (less than one year)
- Managing Established businesses (one to two years in business)
- Growing Established businesses (three or more years in businesses)
- Internet based businesses
Decision Maker committee chairperson will be responsible for developing and documenting the systems used for creating a budget, choosing locations and coordinating sponsorship for each event.
