Annual Conferences

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FACP hosts two conferences per year -- the Annual Fall Conference in September and the Annual Spring Conference in May. Thank you to our members who attended the Spring Conference and especially to our Sponsors, Speakers and the planning committee (details below). We hope it was all that dreamt it would be! 
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"The Art of Chambering" 2023 Annual Conference will kick off on Tuesday, September 19 with a 1st Time Attendee Welcome at 11:15 a.m. and the Opening Keynote Speaker and Lunch at noon and will conclude at approximately 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, September 21. We will be staying at the beautiful One Ocean Resort & Spa located on the shores of Atlantic Beach. Click here to register. 

Confirmed sessions-to-date include:
  • Reminders from Dave Kilby for Success for You and Your Chamber
  • "What Have You Lost?" 
  • Double Your New Member Sign ups and Sponsorship Sales
  • Crisis Communications
  • From Transactional to Transformational: How to Elevate from Transactional Service to Meaningful Transformational Member Relationships That Last 
  • The Keys for Success - How the Team at Firehouse Subs Built a $1B Business From The Ground Up and   How You Can Apply this Formula to Help Your Members (and your Chamber!) Succeed
  • High Performance Networking (with your peers and our awesome sponsors)
  • How Chambers are Using the Florida Scorecard and Other Data to Enhance Their Chamber
  • Innovation Center 2.0: "The World's First Theme Park for EntrepreneursTM "
  • Unleash the Power of Change: Seizing Opportunities in a Shifting World
  • Using Strategic Planning to Develop a Fund-Raising Campaign
  • Industry Trends
  • How Chambers are Growing Their Local Talent
  • Ask an Attorney
  • What Can Your Chamber Do to Affect Positive Change with the Childcare Crisis in Your Community?
  • Effectively (and Calmly) Handling (and Avoiding!) Conflicts with Neighboring Chambers  
  • A CEO Does Only Three Things: Finding Your Focus in the C-Suite
  • Talent Development Programs for Chambers of all Sizes
  • In the Event of ....
  • The Great (Employee) Retention
  • Resiliency Matters
  • Will Power

One Ocean Resort & Spa is located at 1 Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Beach, FL 32233 directly on the beach and within walking distance of many restaurants and shops. The hotel is currently sold out, but overflow hotels that have been recommended are The Seahorse Oceanfront Inn, which is a quaint, hotel located directly next door to the resort, and the Courtyard Marriott in Jacksonville Beach, which is not within walking distance, but the resort offers complimentary daytime valet parking. You can reach The Seahorse Oceanfront Inn at 904-246-2175 for reservations. The Courtyard Marriott in Jacksonville Beach can be reached at 904-435-0300 or by clicking here

Event Sponsors include One Ocean Resort and Spa, Visit Jacksonville, Power 10 and Today and Tomorrow Enterprises, Inc.  To receive information about becoming a sponsor, click here.

As always, we thank our corporate sponsors for their continued support:Florida Chamber , Visit FLORIDA, TownSquare Publications, GrowthZone/ChamberMaster, MyHealthily, Chambers for Innovation & Clean Energy, Wander,  MemberClicks (Personify), Chamber Marketing Partners, Taylor Insurance Services, Holman Bros. Membership Sales Solutions and Cowart Awards

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