Calendar of Events

Register Now for the Winter/Spring Mid Cape Chambers of Commerce Workshops hosted by SCORE Cape Cod and Coastal Community through a grant from Cape Cod 5 Foundation. What makes a GREAT website? Web Veteran Dale Shadbegian leads a discussion in four parts – strategy, best practices, creativity, and the sanity check. Attendees will walk away with research based tips on how to get the most out of their website.

Sponsored by Massachusetts Office of Business Development and the North Shore Alliance for Economic Development, this session introduces small businesses to the Massachusetts Health Connector, which helps small businesses find and compare affordable health insurance in Massachusetts. In 2018, Health Connector for business is featuring new choice options where employers can set a fixed contribution and let their employees shop among over 50 plans from seven leading health insurers.

The sixty-sixth session of Harvard Model United Nations includes 3,300+ high school delegates and their faculty advisors, who gather to discuss some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

AIM President Rick Lord  presents the 2019 State of Massachusetts Business address and Economic Outlook Forum. Lord and a panel of experts will discuss solutions to the most persistent challenge facing employers today. Register here.  

Big bands, combos, and vocal jazz ensembles perform and compete at the annual Berklee High School Jazz Festival. Top-ranked ensembles will be awarded partial scholarships to Berklee’s Five Week Summer Performance Program, and individual students are invited to audition for tuition scholarships towards the full-time program or our Five Week Summer Performance Program.

Tet In Boston is an annual Vietnamese New Year Festival organized by the Vietnamese-American Community of Massachusetts and the Intercollegiate Vietnamese Student Association that every year attracts over 5,000 attendees and over 80 vendors.

Yankee Dental Congress is New England’s largest meeting for professionals seeking the highest quality dental continuing education, as well as dental products, services, and resources. 27,000 dental professionals in attendance from across the U.S. attend.

This workshop will explore what goes into providing excellent customer service. Participants will leave with an understanding of the tools to achieve gold medal customer service that will yield committed buyers and repeat customers, and be the basis for customer referrals. Register Now for the Winter/Spring Lower Cape Chambers of Commerce Workshops hosted by SCORE Cape Cod and Coastal Community through a grant from Cape Cod 5 Foundation. Be a life-long learner to grow your business.

The North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau Tourism Summit includes breakout a panel discussion on Sports Tourism with Boston Marathon Race Director Dave MacGillivray, plus breakout sessions focusing on Workforce Development and Marketing, and Tourism Industry Sectors. A “Marketing 201″ session in the morning focuses on options to make the most of limited marketing dollars. The panel includes Phyllis M. Cahaly, CMD, Director of Partnership Marketing, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism; Mary Concannon, Vice President, All Heart PR; and Mike Sperling, Founder and Director, Sperling Interactive. The Moderator is Kate Fox, Executive Director, Destination Salem.

Tết at Lowell 2019 presents performances, ceremonies and games that stem from the Vietnamese culture. Tết is also known as Vietnamese Lunar New Year

To grow your business, you need to grow your network. This workshop will provide you with the practical tools that you can use to expand your sphere of influence and grow your business. Participants will leave this session with specific tools that they can use to plan, execute and follow-up on their next networking opportunity. Register Now for the Winter/Spring Lower Cape Chambers of Commerce Workshops hosted by SCORE Cape Cod and Coastal Community through a grant from Cape Cod 5 Foundation.

The Vietnamese American Initiative for Development presents the VietAid 2019 Tet festivities in honor of Vietnamese New Year, celebrating the Year of the Pig.

The Travel & Adventure Show showcases hundreds of captivating worldwide destinations from India to the Caribbean to California drive vacations. This experiential event has three inspirational and informative seminar stages (Travel Theater, Destination Theater and Savvy Traveler Theater), plus culture and entertainment on the Global Beats Stage offering dozens of performances all weekend long.

Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce has invited state leaders from Mass Office of Business Development (MOBD) and MassDevelopment to meet with local companies to discuss state resources available to grow small businesses in Massachusetts. Peter Milano, Senior Director, Business Development MOBD: Overview of State’s Economic Development Incentive Program Information regarding state programs that benefit businesses, including: Mass Life Sciences Center, Massachusetts Small Business Development Center, Workforce Training Fund, MassEcon, MassCEC Kelly Arvidson, VP, Business Development MassDevelopment: Overview of financing programs available through MassDevelopment for manufacturers, non-profit organizations and developers of rental housing Appointments available from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. To make an appointment please call 978 425-5761 or email melissa@nvcoc.com.

MassDevelopment’s Vice President of Business Development for the South Region Jay Pateakos and Massachusetts Office of Business Development Southeast Regional Director Maria Marasco hold a series of office hours at the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce LaunchPad Co-Working Space. Pateakos and Marasco will be available to provide information and answer questions about how their organizations can help businesses, financial institutions, and municipalities on Cape Cod and in southeastern Massachusetts. Dates: Jan. 15, Feb. 12, March 12, April 9 and May 14, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Details here.

Hiring is a major challenge for small businesses. This workshop will cover the best practices for the entire process of locating and hiring good candidates for your business. Participants will learn the best practices for job postings, resume review, interviewing and on-boarding new employees for their business. Register Now.

Participants will leave this session with an understanding of the way that basic accounting and bookkeeping can be used to keep track of their business, along with some practical tips for managing their accounts receivable. Details here.

The MIT Sloan Sports Analytic Conference provides a forum for industry professionals (executives and leading researchers) and students to discuss the increasing role of analytics in the global sports industry. MIT Sloan is dedicated to fostering growth and innovation in this arena, and the conference enriches opportunities for learning about the sports business world. The conference is open to anyone interested in sports.

The New England Food Show is a premier gathering of the region’s booming food service industry, offering three inspiring days to learn, share, connect, and relate. Activities include culinary and mixology demonstrations, guest speakers, educational events and hundreds of exhibitors.

To grow your business, you need to grow your network. This workshop will provide you with the practical tools that you can use to expand your sphere of influence and grow your business. Participants will leave this session with specific tools that they can use to plan, execute and follow-up on their next networking opportunity. Details here.

Web Veteran Dale Shadbegian leads a discussion on SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or “how to get found in google”. The discussion will include strategy, best practices, and how to hire a professional if SEO is the right choice for their organization. Attendees will take home powerful tips they can implement immediately to help them get found. More details.

Metro South Chamber of Commerce presents a Forum and Business-After-Hours networking event, featuring a multi-cultural business Woman & Minority Owned Business Panel.

MassDevelopment’s Vice President of Business Development for the South Region Jay Pateakos and Massachusetts Office of Business Development Southeast Regional Director Maria Marasco hold a series of office hours at the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce LaunchPad Co-Working Space. Pateakos and Marasco will be available to provide information and answer questions about how their organizations can help businesses, financial institutions, and municipalities on Cape Cod and in southeastern Massachusetts. Dates: Jan. 15, Feb. 12, March 12, April 9 and May 14, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Details here.

The mission of Power of Narrative conference remains constant as storytelling journalism goes digital: helping narrative journalists to strengthen their craft skills, puzzle out the complex ethics of intimate journalism, and impart the down-to-earth humanity that is the genre’s strength. The conference talks are aimed at mid-career nonfiction storytellers in many media, offered by terrific and varied practitioners. Register here.

The two-day State of Possible conference, organized by MassBio, draws 600+ industry leaders from Massachusetts and beyond to debate the most pressing challenges facing the life sciences. Activities include keynotes, panel discussions and 15-minute Possible Talks, inspiring and engaging content in the style of a TED Talk.