Learn what is included in a good dental care program for your dog from Tammy Ceroni. Dogs need dental care, too. Unfortunately, dental hygiene for dogs is sometimes overlooked. Many people seem to just expect dogs to have bad breath, and few people brush their dogs’ teeth frequently enough. Dental hygiene is just as important to your dog’s overall heath as things like nutrition, proper exercise and routine grooming. Help keep your dog healthy – pay attention to those pearly whites!

Tips – Tools – Products – Techniques How to Brush and Help your Dog Enjoy it!

Contact Bark Avenue Pet Supply to make reservations for this free seminar by calling 480-832-2510.

Customers looking to learn more pet food and supplements can contact the knowledgeable staff at Bark Avenue Pet Supply. The store is located at 3109 E McKellips Rd., Suite 104, Mesa, AZ. A map can be found at www.barkavepetsupply.com

Visit www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/health/cut-for-the-cure-event-helps-raise-funds-to-fight-breast-cancer-10292010 to see a story on last year’s efforts to raise funds and awareness.

For more information about the events, check out their website www.gotrootshairsalon.com. Also make sure to FACEBOOK and TWITTER with them. The salon is located at 1918 E.McKellips Rd. #1, Mesa, AZ 85203. For further questions about services or events you can call (480) 834-4800.

“It is a privilege to serve as this year’s EVCCA chair,” said JW Rayhons, owner of Rayhons Financial Solutions with ING Financial Partners. “The EVCCA is a unique partnership between eight chambers that serves as a model for regional partnerships nation-wide. The benefit of this alliance is the ability to serve as an agent of change through consensus and trust.”

Rayhons also serves as Chairman of the Board to the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce. CHW – East Valley Foundation Board member, Town of Gilbert Industrial Development Authority committee member, and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish Finance Council member.

While the EVCCA is only 12 years in existence, it has earned the reputation of taking tough stands on protecting the business community’s interests and is sought out to participate in many high level meetings. It is not unusual to be called upon for the EVCCA’s position prior to legislation being introduced or amended on the floor thanks to the excellent representation provided by our lobbying group, Dorn Policy Group.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit, membership-based organization with more than 540 members ranging from home-based businesses to large corporations and representing more than 51,700 employees. The Chamber proactively serves as a business advocate to strengthen the business climate in Gilbert. To learn more about or join the Chamber, please contact (480) 892-0056 or visit www.gilbertaz.com.

Approximately 22 employers are expected to participate. Employers will provide information about upcoming openings and may interview on the spot! Attendees are encouraged to dress professionally and bring plenty of resumes.

General admission is $20 and Chamber member admission-$10.

Guest speaker Anthony Kirlew of AKA Internet Marketing will share his expertise on LinkedIn, including, setting up a personal profile, setting up a company profile, leveraging LinkedIn groups, developing expert status and getting referral, and connecting your social media tools to LinkedIn. Reservation required; space limited.

What will I learn? We will walk you through the types of blogs and how to choose the best one for you, strategies for sticking with your blogging schedule, how to search for keywords and incorporate them into your posts, and tips for creating must-read articles.

Good to know. This is a FREE workshop. If you are already blogging, bring your questions. We will try to answer as many as possible!

The event will take place on Thursday, February 17th, 2011 from 3-4:30 p.m. For more information and to register online at www.910west.com/workshops.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce will again feature business referral strategist Victoria Trafton as she presents Referral Institute, a series to help businesses significantly increase their referrals and change their networking model.

“Chamber members have found a real value in Victoria’s teachings,” said Kathy Tilque, president and CEO of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce. “It is becoming increasingly obvious which of our members are putting her strategies into practice as their networking tactics have really transformed.”

According to Tilque, the last two workshops have drawn more than 100 attendees.

This workshop will build on concepts to Strengthening a Referral Network and is sponsored by Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, Gilbert Insurance Group, Maddy’s Pool Supply & Service, MAX Solutions, PLLC, Rayhons Financial Solutions, and The I.T. Workshop.

Referral Institute will be held on Wednesday, January 19th at Val Vista Lakes Meeting & Banquet Facility, 1600 E. Lakeside Dr in Gilbert. Registration and networking will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the program will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Chamber member admission is $10 and includes breakfast. Non members must pre-register by calling (480) 926-6003.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit, membership-based organization with more than 550 members ranging from home-based businesses to large corporations and representing more than 47,000 employees. The Chamber proactively serves as a business advocate to strengthen the business climate in Gilbert. To learn more about or join the Chamber, please contact (480) 892-0056 or visit www.gilbertaz.com.

Five tourism kiosks have been installed in locations including the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce, the Gilbert Historical Museum, Hampton Inn, the SanTan Legado Hotel and the food court at SanTan Village. The touch-screen, paperless kiosks feature categories such as Where to Stay, Where to Eat, What to Do and Community Resources and can be updated by paid advertisers in real-time to promote current pricing and specials.

“With the installment of these kiosks, we are taking the visitors’ center into the community,” said Kathy Tilque, president and CEO of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce. “We are hoping that the locations at which these are installed and the content that is available will serve as a convenient tool to communicate all the great things that Gilbert has to offer.”

This past year, the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce formed the town’s first official Tourism Committee. The group, which includes representation from three of Gilbert’s hotels, Big League Dreams, Higley Center for the Performing Arts, Banner Gateway and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers, San Tan Village, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and others, meets each month to identify a five-year strategic plan and set priorities for immediate action. The Committee also has included the town of Queen Creek in their efforts.

“Many members of the committee come from larger markets and can offer the experience we need to guide the direction we hope to go in and what we hope to avoid,” said Kristy Vargas, Director of Sales at Hyatt Place Phoenix/Gilbert. “We realize we won’t get there tomorrow but we’ve made a lot of progress in a short time with a limited budget.”

In addition to the installation of tourism kiosks, the Chamber has published and distributed its first tourism map highlighting different areas of interest and recently launched visitgilbertaz.com, Gilbert’s first tourism website. The Chamber also partnered with the Mesa Convention and Visitor’s Bureau and the Town of Queen Creek to launch visitgateway.com, a landing site that is marketed to different regions throughout the country.

“Just a few years ago, tourism was not much of a consideration,” said Tilque. “We offered a small visitors’ center but didn’t have much to offer in the way of lodging or shopping. That has changed and we are shifting our efforts from relocation to tourism rather quickly.”

The Chamber hired a part-time intern to support the committee’s efforts, manage the kiosk program and visitors’ center and conduct research to support the strategic plan.

“Gilbert has a lot of potential as a tourism destination, from tourists visiting family to professional conferences,” Tilque said. “We want to lay the ground work now for our future. We want to work closely with the town to shape Gilbert’s tourism industry.”

To learn more about the Chamber’s tourism efforts, including the tourism kiosks and website, contact the Chamber at (480) 892-0056.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce is a nonprofit, membership-based organization with more than 550 members ranging from home-based businesses to large corporations. The Chamber proactively serves as a business advocate to strengthen the business climate in Gilbert. To learn more about or join the Chamber, please contact (480) 892-0056 or visit www.gilbertaz.com.