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Fergus Falls • 736-0110 800-908-BANK (2265) Bremer.com Member FDIC Now that’s Convenient Bank with ease. 998-9000 • 321 W. Lincoln Ave., Fergus Falls Quality | Service | Convenience serving you best since 1938! Remembering for generations 736-3228 • 800-664-2549 • 1710 Pebble Lake Rd • Fergus Falls • FergusMonument.com LB Alcott Manor LB Broen Home LB Connect LB Home Care LB Hospice LB Sheridan House LB Short Stay LB Woodland Lodge LBHomes.org 218.998.1400 205 West Washington Ave. Fergus Falls | Member FDIC Call Jerry Polejewski at 218.998.5603 for a quick loan turnaround. Growing your small business? We can help you! 14178 Experience the Advantage ® Security State Bank 128 E. Washington Ave. • Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56537 218-736-5485 • www.ssbfergus.com Fax: 218-736-4364 Computer got you down? Computer got you down? Call Cooper’s for all your PC needs. 102 East Lincoln Ave • Fergus Falls 218-739-5295 • www.coopersinc.com BEST-in-class remote support is just a call away Remote Mac & PC Service & Repair Computer Troubleshooting ID Protection Settings Email Set Up Virus & Spyware Removal Software Installation Printer Set Up Configure your Mac or PC Set Up Customer Back Up Solution Fast, Easy, Secure THERE’S SO MUCH TO DO HERE. STAY HEALTHY FOR IT. lrhc.org 117 S. Mill St. Fergus Falls, MN 56537 (218) 739-3377 • (888) 389-3377 (218) 739-9487 Fax www.otpco.com • 800-257-4044 120 N Mill St Fergus Falls, MN 56537 (218) 739-0200 @FergusChamber belong. connect. succeed. Chamber Chamber April 2019 218.998.4041 mooreengineeringinc.com Solutions to support a growing economy. 409 South Robert Street • Fergus Falls, MN 56537 www.northerncontours.com • 218-998-1700 One of the Fergus Falls Chamber Board’s priorities this year is to build up the resources the Chamber provides for its members. This spring, we will offer members high-quality training on topics that address challenges in the workplace and help our members be successful. Registration is open on the Chamber’s website: www.FergusFalls. com or call 218-736-6951 or email Jennifer Fronning at chamber@ fergusfalls.com. Class fee is $20/person and includes lunch. Space is limited. Human Help: Advice for the Employee Life Cycle. Thursday, April 25, 2019 – 11:00am – 1:00pm We are going to be covering the beginning, middle, and end of the employee life cycle for small businesses. What do you need to consider prior to hiring an employee? What about after they are hired, what do I do now? How do I help to ensure success in their new career? What if an employee doesn’t work out or decides to leave? Specific topics will include: • Pre-hiring work including job description/job posting, interviewing, and selecting a candidate. • Employee Onboarding and Training. • Evaluations/Feedback and Communication. • Terminations - voluntary/involuntary - and Starting Over/ Lessons Learned. • Presented by Natalie Remund, Multi-Business Solutions Online Marketing: Boost Your Presence Thursday, May 16, 2019 – 11:00am – 1:00pm Learn Easy Online Marketing with ChamberMaster to help grow your business or non-profit. • Hands-on workshop: bring your laptop, smart phone or tablet. • Ramp up your Online Visibility at www.FergusFalls.com • Promote Job Openings, Hot Deals, Special Events • Get Found with Key Words & Descriptions • Simple, Cost-Effective Marketing Tips & Tricks • Presented by Suzanne Johnson, ChamberMaster Internet Marketing Consultant At Your Service: Customer Service Workshop Friday, June 14, 2019 – 10:00am – 1:00pm Get ready for summer visitors and ramp up your customer service skills. This customer service training course was developed by the University of Minnesota Tourism Center for anyone who comes into contact with visitors and customers. Customers may be vendors, peers or consumers. Everyone interested in improving their customer service skills is invited to participate. The goal of this program is to help participants learn to work more effectively with their customers. This workshop sets a solid foundation for participants to build on and gives practical ideas that can be put to work right away. Goals include: • You will understand the foundations of customer service. • You will gain enthusiasm, confidence, and commitment to provide superior service to all customers. • You will practice customer service skills, build knowledge and write a personal action plan to apply these to your job • You will increase your awareness of culture and how it affects customer service, both for the service provider and for your customers. • Presenting Jean Bowman, Visit Fergus Falls, Certified Customer Service Trainer. Chamber Board & Staff: Jennifer Fronning, Jackie Formo, Lisa Workman, Steve Guttormson, Jamie Wallace, Sean Sullivan, Dan Karst, Sandy King, Jean Bowman, Mike Van Voorhis, LeeAnn Barnett, Brenda Knutson. Not pictured: Jeff Ackerson, Lynette Gaustad, Annabelle Lee, Dave Neese, Kris Wilke. Chamber Board Focuses on Strengthening Small Businesses – Spring Training Announced A new round of $2.7 million in grants is available to help employers create or expand dual-training programs in advanced manufacturing, agriculture, health care services or information technology industries through the Minnesota PIPELINE Program. Applications are accepted through May 10, 2019. Interested employers can view more information about the grant on the Chamber’s website: www.FergusFalls.com. Additional occupations eligible for grants were recently approved in the industries of advanced manufacturing, agriculture, health care services and information technology. Questions about the grant application? Contact: [email protected] or 651-284-5353. In support of the implementation of the Minnesota Private Investment, Public Education, Labor and Industry Experience (PIPELINE) program administered by the MN Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), the 2015 Minnesota Legislature established the Dual Training Grant program administered by the MN Office of Higher Education (OHE). The Dual Training Grant program (Minnesota Statutes 136A.246) is a funding source that generates collaborative and strategic educational solutions between employers and related instruction training providers across Minnesota. A dual-training model pairs on-the-job training with related instruction to generate a comprehensive platform for learning. Employers may apply for Dual Training Grants to reimburse related instruction costs of dual-training programs in occupations for which competency standards have been identified among the four PIPELINE industries of Advanced Manufacturing, Agriculture, Health Care Services and Information Technology. $2.7 million in new grants from MN Office of Higher Education available for training programs
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Fergus Falls • 736-0110800-908-BANK (2265)Bremer.comMember FDIC
Now that’s ConvenientBank with ease.
998-9000 • 321 W. Lincoln Ave., Fergus Falls
Quality | Service | Convenience
serving you best since 1938!
Remembering for generations
736-3228 • 800-664-2549 • 1710 Pebble Lake Rd • Fergus Falls • FergusMonument.com
LB Alcott Manor LB Broen Home LB Connect LB Home CareLB Hospice LB Sheridan House LB Short Stay LB Woodland Lodge
LBHomes.org218.998.1400
205 West Washington Ave. Fergus Falls | Member FDIC
Call Jerry Polejewski at 218.998.5603 for a quick
loan turnaround.
Growing your small business?We can help you!
14178
Experience the Advantage®
SecurityState Bank
128 E. Washington Ave. • Fergus Falls, Minnesota 56537218-736-5485 • www.ssbfergus.com
Fax: 218-736-4364
Computer got you down?Computer got you down?Call Cooper’s for all your PC needs.
102 East Lincoln Ave • Fergus Falls 218-739-5295 • www.coopersinc.com
BEST-in-class remotesupport is just a call away
Remote Mac & PC Service & RepairComputer TroubleshootingID Protection SettingsEmail Set UpVirus & Spyware RemovalSoftware InstallationPrinter Set UpConfi gure your Mac or PCSet Up Customer Back Up Solution
Fast,Easy,
Secure
THERE’S SO MUCH TO DO HERE. STAY HEALTHY FOR IT.
lrhc.org
117 S. Mill St.Fergus Falls, MN 56537(218) 739-3377 • (888) 389-3377(218) 739-9487 Fax www.otpco.com • 800-257-4044
120 N Mill StFergus Falls, MN 56537
(218) 739-0200
@FergusChamber
belong. connect. succeed.
ChamberChamber
April 2019
218.998.4041mooreengineeringinc.com
Solutions to support a growing economy.
409 South Robert Street • Fergus Falls, MN 56537www.northerncontours.com • 218-998-1700
One of the Fergus Falls Chamber Board’s priorities this year is to build up the resources the Chamber provides for its members. This spring, we will off er members high-quality training on topics that address challenges in the workplace and help our members be successful. Registration is open on the Chamber’s website: www.FergusFalls.com or call 218-736-6951 or email Jennifer Fronning at [email protected]. Class fee is $20/person and includes lunch. Space is limited.
Human Help: Advice for the Employee Life Cycle.Thursday, April 25, 2019 – 11:00am – 1:00pmWe are going to be covering the beginning, middle, and end of the employee life cycle for small businesses. What do you need to consider prior to hiring an employee? What about after they are hired, what do I do now? How do I help to ensure success in their new career? What if an employee doesn’t work out or decides to leave? Specifi c topics will include:
• Pre-hiring work including job description/job posting, interviewing, and selecting a candidate. • Employee Onboarding and Training. • Evaluations/Feedback and Communication. • Terminations - voluntary/involuntary - and Starting Over/ Lessons Learned. • Presented by Natalie Remund, Multi-Business Solutions
Online Marketing: Boost Your PresenceThursday, May 16, 2019 – 11:00am – 1:00pmLearn Easy Online Marketing with ChamberMaster to help grow your business or non-profi t.
• Hands-on workshop: bring your laptop, smart phone or tablet. • Ramp up your Online Visibility at www.FergusFalls.com • Promote Job Openings, Hot Deals, Special Events • Get Found with Key Words & Descriptions • Simple, Cost-Eff ective Marketing Tips & Tricks • Presented by Suzanne Johnson, ChamberMaster Internet Marketing Consultant
At Your Service: Customer Service WorkshopFriday, June 14, 2019 – 10:00am – 1:00pmGet ready for summer visitors and ramp up your customer service skills. This customer service training course was developed by the University of Minnesota Tourism Center for anyone who comes into contact with visitors and customers. Customers may be vendors, peers or consumers. Everyone interested in improving their customer service skills is invited to participate. The goal of this program is to help participants learn to work more eff ectively with their customers. This workshop sets a solid foundation for participants to build on and gives practical ideas that can be put to work right away. Goals include:
• You will understand the foundations of customer service. • You will gain enthusiasm, confi dence, and commitment to provide superior service to all customers. • You will practice customer service skills, build knowledge and write a personal action plan to apply these to your job • You will increase your awareness of culture and how it aff ects customer service, both for the service provider and for your customers. • Presenting Jean Bowman, Visit Fergus Falls, Certifi ed Customer Service Trainer.
Chamber Board & Staff: Jennifer Fronning, Jackie Formo, Lisa Workman, Steve Guttormson, Jamie Wallace, Sean Sullivan, Dan Karst, Sandy King, Jean Bowman, Mike Van Voorhis, LeeAnn Barnett, Brenda Knutson. Not pictured: Jeff Ackerson, Lynette Gaustad, Annabelle Lee, Dave Neese, Kris Wilke.
Chamber Board Focuseson Strengthening
Small Businesses – Spring Training Announced
A new round of $2.7 million in grants is available to help employers create or expand dual-training programs in advanced manufacturing, agriculture, health care services or information technology industries through the Minnesota PIPELINE Program. Applications are accepted through May 10, 2019. Interested employers can view more information about the grant on the Chamber’s website: www.FergusFalls.com. Additional occupations eligible for grants were recently approved in the industries of advanced manufacturing, agriculture, health care services and information technology. Questions about the grant application? Contact: [email protected] or 651-284-5353.In support of the implementation of the Minnesota Private Investment, Public Education, Labor and Industry Experience (PIPELINE) program administered by the MN Department of Labor and Industry (DLI), the 2015 Minnesota Legislature established the Dual Training Grant program administered by the MN Offi ce of Higher Education (OHE). The Dual Training Grant program (Minnesota Statutes 136A.246) is a funding source that generates collaborative and strategic educational solutions between employers and related instruction training providers across Minnesota. A dual-training model pairs on-the-job training with related instruction to generate a comprehensive platform for learning. Employers may apply for Dual Training Grants to reimburse related instruction costs of dual-training programs in occupations for which competency standards have been identifi ed among the four PIPELINE industries of Advanced Manufacturing, Agriculture, Health Care Services and Information Technology.
$2.7 million in new grants from MN Offi ce of Higher Education available for
training programs
