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2. About WebLink Association ManagementSoftware Website Design &Development Non-Dues RevenuePrograms 3. Memo to AmericanChambers of Commerce:Why Your CountryShouldnt Forget YouCHRI S MEADSVP, AS SOCIAT ION OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE E X ECUT IVESS E PT EMBER 9, 2014WEBINAR FOR WEBL INK INT ERNAT IONAL 4. Chris MeadAuthor of The Magicians of Main StreetSenior Vice President, Association of Chamberof Commerce ExecutivesExecutive Director, Community GrowthEducational FoundationBA in English, Oberlin CollegeMBA, Stanford University 5. A Race Through History13 Reasons Youve Been Forgotten25 Things You DidFour Things You Can Do Today 6. 13 Reasons People Forget WhatChambers Have Done1. Shared credit2. Shared achievements3. Individuals get the limelight; Napoleon v. his troops4. Starting but not always finishing things5. Rich boy makes good seen as boring6. Business people best known for their business successes7. It was inevitable." 7. 13 Reasons People Forget WhatChambers Have Done (Continued)8. A sea of nonprofits9. Just local10. No clear ideology11. Neither saints nor villains12. Based on something you cant touch13. Sometimes overshadowed by the U.S. Chamber 8. 25 Things You Did25 Things That Local, Regional, or State Chambers:Thought upStartedFundedHelped get funding forSustained through years of lobbying and supportOr otherwise helped make happen. 9. Support of Washington and Hamilton inEffort to Avert War with England in 1795 10. Slight Mistake in the Mississippi Valley,1873-78 11. The Lion of the Vigilantes 12. The Fight Against Free Silver, 1870s -1896 13. New York City Subway System 14. Spreading of Commission and CityManager Systems of Local Government 15. U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1912 16. Federal Reserve System, 1913 17. Community Chests and ReformingCharities 18. Miss America Pageant, 1921 19. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,1921 20. The Spirit of St. Louis, 1927 21. Bad for Business 22. National Cherry Blossom Festival, 1934 23. Hoover Dam, 1936 24. The First American Superhighway, 1940 25. Grand Coulee Dam, 1942 26. Hollywood Sign, 1948 27. Stars and the Walk of Fame, 1960 28. Civil Rights, 1960s 29. First Major Voucher Program for Schools,1992 30. Setting Up Hundreds of Airports 31. Helping Site and Support Dozens ofMilitary Bases 32. Starting (or Occasionally Snatching)Scores of Colleges and Universities 33. The Olympics 34. And thats only the Cliff Notes versionChambers are an indelible part of American life, culture, and historyTake out chambers from our past and the country would be almost unrecognizable 35. Four Things You Can Do Today1. Learn what your chamber has done.2. Learn what other chambers have done.3. Explore what this means for your chamber today.4. Tell your members and the public. 36. Questions/contactsChris Mead, SVPACCE(703) 998-3545cmead@ace.orgMagicians of Main Street available onAmazon.com ($29.95 plus shipping/handling).More information at:www.magiciansofmainstreet.com 37. Just 1 Question:We appreciate your feedback! 38. Thanks for joining us!