The Greater Boston Chamber is a broad-based association representing more than 1,600 businesses of all sizes from virtually every industry and profession in our region.
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- Women's Network Breakfast Panel
Ritz-Carlton Boston Common
Wednesday, December 9 at 7:45am - Government Affairs Forum - May...
InterContinental Boston
Tuesday, December 8 at 7:45am - Best Practices Seminar - Jim A...
Metro Meeting Centers - 101 Federal...
Friday, December 4 at 7:45am - Annual Holiday Reception
State Room
Wednesday, December 2 at 5:30pm - Chamber Networking Group
Rebecca's Cafe - One Beacon
Tuesday, December 1 at 7:45am - Government Affairs Forum - Rep...
The Langham Hotel Boston
Monday, November 23 at 7:45am - Government Affairs Forum - Sec...
The Langham Hotel Boston
Friday, November 20 at 7:45am - Special Government Affairs For...
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
Tuesday, November 10 at 7:45am - Women's Network Breakfast - Su...
Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
Wednesday, November 4 at 7:45am - Executive Forum - Drew Faust
Boston Marriott Copley Place
Thursday, October 22 at 7:45am
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
“Leading a successful non-profit and the next generation”
Moderator
Joan Wallace-Benjamin, Ph.D., President & CEO, The Home for Little Wanderers
Panelists
Ruth Bramson, CEO, Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
Connie Chow, Executive Director, Science Club for Girls
Sylvia Ferrell-Jones, President & CEO, YWCA Boston
Th...e mission of the Women’s Network of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is to connect women of all career levels, strengthen their professional networks, and engage them in the Greater Boston business community. The Women’s Network has achieved this vision through offering prominent speaker programs, unique receptions and roundtables, and annual awards ceremonies that foster development, spotlight women leaders, and promote the positive impact women have made on the Greater Boston region.
Time:7:45AM Wednesday, December 9th
Location:Ritz-Carlton Boston Common
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Jim Ayraud will be the featured speaker at the upcoming Best Practices Seminar, “The Eight Things You Need to Know to be a Winning Sales Leader.” This interactive and informative session will highlight mechanisms that organizations can use to develop winning sales managers. Aryaud will provide tips to improve the coa...ching, mentoring, supervising, and training skills that every sales management team needs in order to be successful and get results.
Ayraud is CEO and founder of Next Level, Inc., a successful sales management consulting firm that has helped business professionals develop, expand, and refine their sales and leadership teams for more than a decade. Ayraud and his team at Next Level consult in a number of areas including initial hiring decisions, performance evaluations, building and executing strategic sales plans, and understanding and utilizing new information technologies. With more than two decades of sales, sales management, brand marketing, and sales training experience, Ayraud has trained numerous companies in over 60 industries. Prior to founding Next Level, he worked on the sales and marketing teams at Procter and Gamble and Kimberly-Clark Corporation.
Time:7:45AM Friday, December 4th
Location:Metro Meeting Centers - 101 Federal Street, 4th Floor
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce The Chamber Networking Group provides a more intimate forum for small- to medium-sized member companies looking to expand their network of business contacts, generate new business leads, and learn the most effective strategies for networking. Members take part in facilitated networking sessions and break-out group disc...ussions, and have the opportunity to develop new relationships.
Time:7:45AM Tuesday, December 1st
Location:Rebecca's Cafe - One Beacon
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
On Monday, November 23, 2009, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce will host the Republican candidates for United States Senate.
State Senator Scott Brown and Jack E. Robinson, Esq., Attorney & Private Investor, are running in the special election to replace Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
The two candidates are vying for... the Republican nomination in the primary election on December 8. The winner will face off against a Democratic candidate and several potential independent candidates in the special election on January 19, 2010.
Time:7:45AM Monday, November 23rd
Location:The Langham Hotel Boston
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Jay Gonzalez was appointed secretary of administration and finance in the Patrick-Murray Administration in October 2009. Prior to his appointment, Secretary Gonzalez served as A&F undersecretary, where he oversaw the development of Governor Patrick’s 5-year capital investment plan, managed the state’s implementation o...f the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and worked closely on the Governor’s historic transportation reform initiative. Secretary Gonzalez has also worked on several of the Administration’s key priorities, including expanded broadband, housing, and renewable energy.
Prior to joining the Patrick-Murray Administration, Secretary Gonzalez was a partner at the law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP. He served as counsel to cities, towns, school districts, and government entities throughout New England in connection with the financing and development of major capital projects and other government programs. He assisted with a wide array of projects, including the construction of schools and other public buildings, land conservation, and various municipal infrastructure improvements. Secretary Gonzalez has served as a member of the board of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and the Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust. He earned his undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
Time:7:45AM Friday, November 20th
Location:The Langham Hotel Boston
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Join us for our Annual Holiday Reception at the State Room Boston.
We invite you to kick off the holiday season at the business community's signature holiday gathering. Join us for an evening of cocktails, hors d' oeuvres, and networking, while you enjoy a spectacular view of the Boston skyline.
Time:5:30PM Wednesday, December 2nd
Location:State Room
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
“Caring for your elders: making it easier, managing your professional time and worrying less”
Andrea Cohen is the co-founder and CEO of HouseWorks, the leading private-pay home care company in New England dedicated to helping seniors live at home, no matter how challenging their circumstances. Cohen founded HouseWorks ...with the goal of establishing partnerships for supporting seniors in long-term care facilities, senior housing, and consumer-led communities. A leader in eldercare business development for more than 20 years, she has transformed the delivery of private-pay services through a series of successful, widely replicated ventures. Cohen’s dedication, development of innovative home care options, and support of family caregivers have made HouseWorks a lasting achievement.
Cohen’s vision and passion also led her to co-found the Family Caregiver Coalition of New England and organize the Boston Family Caregiver Town Hall Meeting. In recognition of her achievements as an entrepreneur, she was selected as a 2009 Pinnacle Award honoree by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Cohen’s business accomplishments have also been highlighted in The New York Times, the Boston Business Journal, and Harvard Magazine. She currently sits on the board of the National Family Caregiver’s Association and the Massachusetts Health Care Alliance, and is an active member of the Women’s Network Advisory Board of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and the WGBH Corporate Council. Cohen also serves as an advisor to three high-tech companies – Care.com, Confidant, and Lotsa Helping Hands – that provide innovative products for family caregivers. She received a bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College.
Time:7:45AM Tuesday, October 20th
Location:Metro Meeting Centers
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce The Government Affairs Forum provides a platform for senior-level business executives to gain valuable insight from prominent government officials, build a strong network within the business and government communities, and engage in important policy issues that impact the leading industries in the Greater Boston region.
Time:7:45AM Tuesday, December 8th
Location:InterContinental Boston
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Suzy Welch is a bestselling author, commentator, and business journalist. She is a columnist for O – The Oprah Magazine, where she writes frequently about managing career challenges and finding a balance between work and personal lives. Welch’s latest book, 10-10-10: A Life Transforming Idea, presents a decision-making... strategy for achieving success at work, parenting, love, and friendship. The bestselling book has been featured on The Today Show, Charlie Rose, The View, Reader’s Digest, and Time magazine.
Welch has also authored numerous articles on leadership, change, creativity, and organizational behavior, and contributed to several books on management. Alongside husband Jack Welch, she co-authors a weekly column, The Welch Way, which appears in BusinessWeek magazine and is published by The New York Times syndicate in more than 45 major newspapers around the world. The duo also co-authored the bestselling book Winning and its companion volume, Winning: The Answers.
Welch previously held positions as a reporter for the Miami Herald and as a senior editor, and later editor-in-chief, for the Harvard Business Review. She is actively involved with several non-profit boards, including Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program. Welch is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School.
Time:7:45AM Wednesday, November 4th
Location:Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce The mission of the Women’s Network of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce is to connect women of all career levels, strengthen their professional networks, and engage them in the Greater Boston business community. The Women’s Network has achieved this vision through offering prominent speaker programs, unique recept...ions and roundtables, and annual awards ceremonies that foster development, spotlight women leaders, and promote the positive impact women have made on the Greater Boston region.
Time:7:45AM Wednesday, October 14th
Location:TBD
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
At these informal after-hours receptions, Chamber members have the opportunity to meet and network with other members of the business community. These free receptions are held five times a year at the city’s leading venues and are open to Chamber members only.
Please join us for cocktails, complimentary hors d’oeuvres at this spectacular Boston venue!
Time:5:30PM Tuesday, September 22nd
Location:The Greatest Bar
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
A Nobel Laureate and world leader of research in molecular biology and biochemistry, Dr. Phillip A. Sharp is institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Sharp’s research interests have centered on the molecular biology of gene expression relevant to cancer and the mechanisms of RNA splicing. ... His landmark achievement was the discovery of RNA splicing in 1977. This discovery, which fundamentally changed scientists' understanding of the structure of genes, earned Dr. Sharp the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His lab has now turned its attention to understanding how RNA molecules act as switches to turn genes on and off (RNA interference). These newly discovered processes have revolutionized cell biology and could potentially generate a new class of therapeutics.
In 1978 Dr. Sharp co-founded Biogen (now Biogen Idec) and in 2002 he co-founded Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, an early-stage therapeutics company. He has authored more than 350 scientific papers, received numerous awards and honorary degrees, and has served on many advisory boards for the government, academic institutions, scientific societies, and companies. Dr. Sharp is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
A native of Kentucky, he earned a B.A. degree from Union College, KY in 1966, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1969. Dr. Sharp did his postdoctoral training at the California Institute of Technology, where he studied the molecular biology of plasmids from bacteria in Professor Norman Davidson's laboratory. Prior to joining MIT, he was Senior Scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Time:7:45AM Monday, October 5th
Location:Taj Boston
Greater Boston Chamber Blog: As Congress takes its August recess, Jim Brett offers a Capitol Hill re
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Jim Brett, President and CEO of The New England Council, joins hosts Paul Guzzi and Mike Nikitas to talk about legislation in Washington, DC as the legislative session comes to an end, and how some of the key bills may affect New England. ...
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Check out the latest Boston Globe op-ed from Chamber CEO Paul Guzzi.
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TALENT drives our region’s economy, and is a competitive advantage that Greater Boston must nurture. Our success in the next generation depends on our ability to develop and retain this talent - to build the connective tissue between our historic city and our future workforce.
