QuickConnect

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Get Ready ... Get Set ... QuickConnect!

QuickConnect is the Chamber's direct sales opportunity for members, giving participants the opportunity to determine quickly if there is a fit in meeting each other's business or personal consumer needs. It's fun, fast and very effective.




The Jan. 21 session will be held at Insurance Partners Group, Ltd., 25 W. New England Ave., from 8:15 to 10 a.m. (Check-in is at 8:15 a.m. Please be sure to arrive at this time so the start of the timed exercise will not be delayed.) The event will end at 10 a.m.


If the address sounds familiar ... you're correct. It's the same building where you will find the Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce, a tenant of Insurance Partners Group, Ltd. While attending the QuickConnect, be sure to check out the office space currently available in the building (will you or one of your friends be the Chamber's new neighbor?) and stop in the Chamber office to have a beverage and discuss opportunities for involvement and promotion.

The QuickConnect session is structured so that each participant will make one-on-one contact with 10 others. Participants face each other and have 90 seconds to discuss their company's products or services. Following each contact, participants indicate the next steps, including talking further about doing business; not a fit; and offering a referral.

Prior to the session, participants are provided a business profile/feedback form to complete and bring 11 copies to the session.

Please note: You should plan to attend QuickConnect ONLY if you have received a confirmation of your attendance and a copy of the questionnaire to complete, or a notice that your business category is full and you will scheduled at another date. Considerable care is taken to match QuickConnect participants with other Chamber connections. Therefore, we are unable to accommodate walk-ins or unregistered attendees for this session.

For the same reasons, it is important that you contact us to cancel if you will be unable to fill your scheduled space at QuickConnect so that we can rearrange the networking layout to ensure others are not inconvenienced. QuickConnect is free for members who pre-register -- but, beginning in January 2010, there is a $10 fee for those who cancel without notification.

To make the session as meaningful as possible to participants, the number of businesses from a single business category (banks, insurance, financial services, etc.) will be limited to two businesses. In addition, members who have not previously participated in QuickConnect are given preference over those from the same business category who have attended a recent session. This procedure expands interest in QuickConnect and helps all participants receive the maximum benefit from the exercise .


Please contact the Chamber if you have any questions about QuickConnect.