NNORTHORTH SSHOREHORE BBUSINESSUSINESS JJOURNALOURNALNorth Shore Chamber of Commerce • 5 Cherry Hill Drive, Suite 100 • Danvers, MA 01923 • (978) 774-8565 • Fax (978) 774-3418 www.northshorechamber.org

OC TO B E R 2011 VO LU M E 27 NO. 9

November 2, 2011November 2, 2011Executive Breakfast ForumExecutive Breakfast Forum

“North Shore EconomicDevelopment Update -Projects & Programs”Talk by Marty Jones,New President & CEO,MassDevelopment

Sheraton Colonial HotelWakefield, MA7:30-9:00am

Scott Vandersall, Regional VP, TD Bank - Chairman2011 North Shore Chamber Membership Drive

Scott Vandersall, Regional Vice President,TD Bank and Chairman of this year’sMembership Drive

The North Shore Chamber ofCommerce is conducting it’s largestmembership campaign ever on Nov 15,16 & 17 . Join our Board Members and“Captain” a Team. One of the keys tomaking our Drive a success is havingstrong, regional business leadersinvolved. Continued on Page 3

Get Involved as a 2011Membership Drive Team Captain - On November 15, 16 or 17- Gain Recognition & Leadership- Win Grand Prizes & Trips- Executive Level Networking- Build Chamber Member-Base- Easy & Fun CommitmentCall (978) 774-8565 to Sign Up

PRESENTING SPONSOR:

Title Sponsors

Join these Sponsors and clients at theAnnual Dinner on Wednesday, October 26with Keynote Speaker Senator ScottBrown from 5-8:00pm at the CoCo KeyHotel in Danvers. Call (978) 774-8565 formore info or tickets.

Presenting SponsorEBSCO Publishing Careers

Title SponsorsC.P. Berry Construction Co.NorthEast Community BankOxford Global ResourcesR & L AssociatesSalem Five Bank

Corporate SponsorsBeverly Cooperative BankBridgewellCabot Money Management

Century BankConnolly Brothers, Inc.Eastern BankEndicott CollegeEnergi Insurance, Inc.Excelerate Energy L.P.Hospice of the North Shore Lawrence B. Morse & AssociatesMacLean Holloway Doherty ArdiffMaritimes & Northeast PipelineNorth Shore BankNorth Shore Medical CenterNorth Shore Workforce Investment BoardNortheast Health SystemNorth Shore Community CollegeOSRAM SYLVANIAParent, McLaughlin & Nangle, CPAs, Inc.People's United BankSalem State UniversityThe First National Bank of IpswichTinti, Quinn, Grover & Frey, P.C.

The North Shore Chamber’s photos are on iCloud and Facebook -Visit: www.northshorechamber.org and press the Apple and Facebook buttons.

Dr. Howard Grant, President & CEO, Lahey Clinic, discusses his view onHealth Care and his vision for a combined Northeast Health System and LaheyClinic to be called “Lahey Health System.” To hear and see more of Dr. Grant,visit the North Shore Chamber’s YouTube page on northshorechamber.org.

Ken Hanover, president & CEO, Northeast Health System addresses theover 350 executives who attended the Executive Breakfast Forum on on“Healthcare Reform and What Lies Ahead”. Hanover also discussed NortheastHealth System’s merger with Lahey Clinic and the benefits ahead.

Sandra Fenwick, president & CEO, Children’s Hospital, finished up theExecutive Breakfast Forum by talking about the need for reform at theBoston level with Children’s Hospital and other prestigious and renownedhealth care facilities in Boston. Sponsors for the Breakfast included: BlueCross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Children’s Hospital, Health ServiceAdministrators, Lahey Clinic, Northeast Clinical Services, Northeast HealthSystem, North Shore Medical Center and Shields Healthcare Group.

Posing for a shot after the September Executive Breakfast are from l to r:John Hall, Salem Five Bank, Sandra Fenwick, Children’s Hospital, KenHanover, Northeast Health System, Dr. Howard Grant, Lahey Clinic,Robert Norton, North Shore Medical Center, Jerry McCarthy, NortheastClinical Services and Jeff Rich, Health Services Administrators. Thank youto all who attended.

John Hall, Senior Vice President, Salem Five Bank and Chairman of the NorthShore Chamber of Commerce welcomes attendees to the September 7thExecutive Breakfast Forum featuring local area hospital CEO's on Health Care.Also shown in the photo l to r are Robert Norton, President & CEO, NorthShore Medical Center and Dr. Howard Grant, President & CEO, Lahey Clinic

Robert Norton, (left), president & CEO, North Shore Medical Center ledthe discussion on Health Care Reform and moderated the meeting betweenhealth care leaders and their institutions. Also piictured in the photo are Dr.Howard Grant, Ken Hanover and Sandra Fenwick, president and CEO,Children’s Hospital.

The North Shore Chamber’s photos are on iCloud and Facebook -Visit: www.northshorechamber.org and press the Apple and Facebook buttons.

Small Business Fridays

Coming Soonto the North Shore

Chamber of CommerceIf you are a small business owneror have small business interests,spend a Friday morning at theNorth Shore Chamber.• Running/Starting a Business• Business Leads Group• Sales Training• Social Media & SEO• Chamber Orientation• Young Professionals• International Trade & More

Executive BreakfastSponsorships “Takeoff” with New Program

The North Shore Chamber of Commerce offersexceptional opportunities designed to give youthe most value out of your membership. Oneway to have your firm be seen and heard is tosponsor an Executive Breakfast.

Our Executive Breakfast Forums feature timelytopics and important community speakers. Over250 North Shore business leaders attend eachevent. November Sponsorships are open.

• $799 Corporate Sponsorship• $499 Presenting Sponsorship

Visit: northshorechamber.org/breakfastsponsoror Call (978) 774-8565 to Sponsor.

Join the Effort • Become a Team Captain on Nov. 15, 16 & 172011 Membership Drive - Call (978) 774-8565 to Get Involved

Little Time Commitment -Volunteer for 3 hours only. Eachteam in turn only has to recruit 10 newmembers - that’s only 2 new membersper Teammate. Volunteers can also“Pre-Sell” Memberships before the theDrive and still have it count towardstheir grand total.Use Special Incentive Package to

Recruit New Members- Specialincentives are created to make it easyfor you and your Team to sign up newfirms during the Drive.Win Prizes and Getaways - Team

Captains and teammates will berewarded for recruiting new memberswith prizes such as restaurant gift cer-tificates, sporting, fair and theaterevent tickets, golf foursomes, bottlesof wine and many more prizes donatedby members make this Drive the best!

The top 20 winners in number ofnew members will receive a either a

November 15, 16 & 17 - GainRecognition for your Firm • TheChamber will contact thousands NorthShore businesses and become head-quarters for an exciting outreach cam-paign to recruit new members. The North Shore Chamber is request-ing 30 leading executives from localfirms to “captain” a team and recruit 4other people from their company toserve as Teammates for this year’sMembership Drive.

trip to a Caribbean/Overseas destinationor a Bed and Breakfast stay all acrossNew England!Learn Sales Training & Gain

Positive PR - During the Campaign,your Corporate Team will receive pub-lic recognition in various publications -the North Shore Business Journal,newspapers, special events and more.With twenty-five thousand pre-mailedbusiness prospects, we know thisCampaign will be successful and prof-itable for all involved! Network with leading Executives -

The Membership Drive also createsgreat networking opportunities for youto get to know other leading NorthShore business executives.To sign up, call Erik Smith, Vice-

President, at the Chamber to getinvolved at (978) 774-8565. By work-ing together, the North Shore can onlyget better.

Nov. 30th • 5-7pmNew Member Reception

Join Several Hundred atthe new 43 Church

Steakhouse and WineBar in Salem

Free for all Members

Meet the New Firms &Members from the 2011Membership Drive!

Members - Advertise in Chamber Newsletter or on Chamber’s Email Blastswith Web Banners, Leaderboards and Buttons.

new revenue streams in this economy onour websites and email sponsorships.

Web Banners are simply constructed imagesthat are displayed when a web page isloaded in visitor’s internet browser. Whenthe viewer clicks on the web banner, theviewer is directed to the website advertisedin the banner. The North Shore Chambersite receives thousands of hits a month andis now accepting submissions from mem-bers who wish to advertise on:northshorechamber.org, which copy to ourFacebook, Twitter, Blog and more.

MANY SMALL BUSINESSES ARESTARTING TO ADVERTISE ONLINEthrough purchasing buttons and banners todrive traffic to their sites and to increase

Standard Sizes are: Leaderboard (728w x 90h pixels) Web Banner (468w x 60h pixels) Button/Logo (120w x 60h pixels)

Pricing for each are: *Leaderboard $129/month Web Banner $99/month Button/Logo $79/month

* Also on 3 Email Blasts to Membership

Please call (978) 774-8565 for moreinformation or email Erik Smith aterik_smith@northshorechamber.org

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See select Video cuts and recaps from all NS Chamber Events onSee select Video cuts and recaps from all NS Chamber Events onYouTube at www.youtube.com/TheNorthShoreChamberYouTube at www.youtube.com/TheNorthShoreChamber

The Board of Directors of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce met onWednesday, September 28, 2011 with State Representative Steven Walsh(center), Chair of the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. Also in thephoto are Chairman John Hall (left), Salem Five Bank and Board Member,Cathleen Wardley, Peabody Marriott Hotel. Walsh gave an overview ofHealh Care updates.

Also shown at the September Board of Directors Meeting are Board Membersfrom left to right, Thomas Alexander, Alexander & Femino, Stephen ConnollyIV, Connolly Brothers, Inc. and William Howard, Beverly Cooperative Bank.

Tim Crimmins (right), President, Massachusetts Region, People’s UnitedBank also poses for a photo with Board Member Scott Vandersall (left),Regional Vice President, TD Bank and this year's Membership DriveChairman. Thank you to all who attended. The next Executive Breakfast willfeature a talk by the new president of MassDevelopment, Marty Jones at7:30am on Wed., November 2nd at the Sheraton Colonial Hotel in Wakefield.

Karen Andreas (right), publisher of The Salem News chaired the October 5Executive Breakfast featuring keynote speaker Donna Cupelo (l), RegionalPresident for Verizon New England which featured a talk on “The Future ofTechnology”. Over 230 business leaders Attended. Corporate Sponsorsincluded the North Shore United Way, People’s United Bank and Verizon.

Shown above addressing attendees at the October 7th Executive Breakfast isScott Vandersall, Regional Vice President, TD Bank and 2011 MembershipDrive Chairman. Vandersall offered a brief update on the North ShoreChamber of Commerce Membership Drive, which takes place on November15, 16 & 17 and encouraged business leaders to get involved.

Shown after the October Executive Breakfast are from l to r are: Dr. PatriciaMaguire Meservey, President, Salem State University, RepresentativeJohn Keenan, Chair, Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities andEnergy, Donna Cupelo, Regional President for Verizon New England,Karen Andreas, publisher, The Salem News and Past Chair Dr. WayneBurton, president, North Shore Community College.

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