Chamber Events

Call the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce to make an appointment with a SCORE mentor. Our "SCORE mentors are ready to share their years of business knowledge with you - how to plan, how to market, what pitfalls to avoid and how to maximize your success."

The 1 hour sessions are free, please call the Chamber at 717-273-3727 for an appointment or register below.

SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and helping small businesses start, grow, and succeed nationwide. SCORE is a resource partner with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and has been mentoring small business owners for more than forty years.

The Chamber will be offering two leisure trips in 2016: one to national parks in America, held August 14-25, 2016, and one to South Africa, held September 15-28, 2016. For full itineraries and additional details regarding either of these trips, please click here.

On Thursday, February 11, the Chamber will host an informational session for both of these tours to help answer any questions you may have. Come and meet with other potential travelers and learn more about these once in a lifetime travel opportunities! 

5:30 p.m. Mingle and network with fellow travelers

5:45 p.m. Learn about the Spectacular South Africa tour

7 p.m. Learn about the National Parks of America tour

Join Lebanon Valley Chamber members and guests for an opportunity to network, expand your business contacts and gain exposure for your business or organization.

Enjoy great hors d’oeuvres, beverages and door prizes! There will be two "action stations" where you can watch food being prepared for you right in front of your eyes! Go on a treasure hunt tour of the hotel through its ballroom and guest rooms! Each treasure hunt participant who completes the activity will receive a $20 gift certificate to be used anytime at the hotel. They will also be entered to win one of three larger prizes, including an overnight stay, Sunday brunch, or a Platinum Club membership! Every Chamber member who attends will also receive a special promotional card for Chamber members only! 

Come and Get to Know the Chamber!!!

We’re inviting our new members to come and learn about the Chamber!!!! New Chamber members are invited to come and meet with our Director of Membership and a number of Chamber Ambassadors who can help guide and mentor them through their membership. All new members are encouraged to attend, as well as any other member or prospective member interested in learning about Chamber member benefits. The New Member Connect Session is sponsored by Pennsylvania Chamber Insurance.

Plus, there will be a light, homemade breakfast provided!!!

Kevin Shivers, Executive State Director for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in Pennsylvania, will visit the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce to present on the NFIB, what it is, what it does, and also to give a legislative update from Harrisburg on NFIB issues. This event is a part of the Chamber's Public Affairs Roundtable series. 

Sponsored by PRL, Inc., the Public Affairs Roundtable provides a forum for Chamber members to discuss and obtain updates from key local, state and federal officials on current issues of importance to our area’s business community.

The Leadership Day Workshop Series, designed for emerging and established community leaders, will include lively and informative presentations and ample time for participant questions and discussion. Each participant will have the opportunity to network with and learn from a variety of community leaders.

Attendees will pick two workshops to attend in the morning, and two to attend in the afternoon. These workshops are detailed below.

AM Workshop Sessions

A. Workplace Mental Health: Do More for 1 in 4 - Andy Seebold, MBA, SPHR, Director, Business Services for WellSpan Health. 1 in 4 American adults are living with a diagnosable, treatable mental health condition. How do you know? What do you say? Attend this session to learn how to best support and respond to employees with mental health challenges.

B. Goal Setting for Direct Reports - Jason Trout, Vice President, Development and Community Affairs, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital. What is a fair or realistic goal? How do I influence high performance and coach for success? This interactive and thought-provoking session will help you answer these and other important questions on a topic that is vital for you and your team’s success.

C. Building Effective Work Relationships - Marilyn Walker, President & CEO of synergize! Work relationships aren’t that different from outside-of-work relationships. Sometimes they’re easy, and sometimes they’re not! This interactive session will provide practical tips on how to establish quality relationships with the people we work with.

D. Everyday Speaking 101 - William Mulligan, MBA, Senior Director, Marketing, WellSpan Health. This session describes preparation, organization and delivery tips for common presentation scenarios, including meetings, elevator pitches, and public speaking. You’ll learn key strategies that will help you improve your communication right away. 

E. Multi-Generational Workforce - Darin Pickles, Director of Operations, A.L. Hanford Center, Lebanon Valley Family YMCA. Typewriters and Twitter are terms well-known to some of your team and foreign to others! This interactive workshop will help you come away with a better understanding of the opportunities and challenges of leading a multi-generational workforce.

F. What Makes a Good Non-Profit Board? - Amy Leonard, Esquire, Henry & Beaver LLP; Chairperson, LLV Board of Directors. This session will cover how to get the right mix of passion and people when recruiting board members, and how to create "buy-in" from your board. Other topics include how to keep committees functional and accountable, maintaining appropriate relationships with agency/organization staff, leadership giving and fundraising advice, and how to avoid board pitfalls.

$65 for Chamber Members/LLV Alumni

$75 Chamber Non-Members

To register, email Jessica Stankovich at jstankovich@lvchamber.org, call 717-273-3727, or complete and submit this form.

Download this event flier and workshop form! 

The program will consist of four sessions, plus one “orientation” meeting. Each session will consist of building a simple, solid golf swing and a simple solid short game for beginners. Also, it will show you how to have “fun” at a golf course and to make it a “social” event.

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, April 20

Orientation: Tuesday, April 26th

Where To Go and Course Etiquette

6:00 pm - 6:45 pm

Session #1 - Tuesday, May 3rd

Grip, Putting and Chipping

Session #2 - Tuesday, May 10th

Review Session #1

Pitching and Short Swing

Session #3 - Tuesday, May 17th

Review Session #2

Full Swing Irons and Woods

Session #4 - Tuesday, May 24th

Play 3 Holes*

*Please be here by 5:45 pm

Golf Lessons by the Professional Staff at Pine Meadows Golf Complex

Cost is $150 per person - Chamber Members and $200 per person for Non-Chamber Members

Hosted & Lessons by: Andy Signor, PGA Head Golf Professional

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