Now Accepting Applicants for the 2018|19 WACC Workforce Development Scholarship

About the Scholarship

The Wilsonville Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the availability of two $1,000 continuing education scholarships for the 2018-19 academic year.

ย Who Can Apply?

This scholarship is RESERVED for career development for those entering or continuing an education or training program in the SKILLED TRADES profession. High school students, post-secondary students, and non-traditional (adult) students, and those re-entering the workforce pursuing a career in a skilled trade or vocational profession may apply.

ย Eligibility Requirements

The applicant must be attending or planning to attend an accredited program, a certificate program, or a degree program in the skilled or vocational trades or a related field including but limited to cosmetology, construction, carpentry, IT, HVAC, plumbing, electrical work, welding, fire protection, food-service, automotive repair, etc.… Read the rest

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OUR COMMUNITY RAFFLE

Our Community Raffle-Wilsonville benefits the not for profit work of the Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce and partnering local non-profits.

Help Us Help Our Community with The Chamberโ€™s Community Raffle! Win Over $10,000 In Swag!ย  One lucky winner will receive a cash prize of $5000.ย  Other great prizes include a $1,500 Carnival Cruise trip for two and 20 other great prizes from local Chamber businesses!

Tickets are $50 each and if your purchase two you get one free!ย  Only 1500 tickets will be sold.ย  The drawing will take place on December 12, 2018.

Contact Kevin Oโ€™Malley for ticket purchase information or visitย OurCommunityRaffle.com
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GLUTEN-FREE: MORE THAN JUST A FAD mechanisms

Guest Blog Contributed by Chamber Member Dr. Liz Sedlak of Willamette Integrative Health

Humans have eaten wheat for about 8000 years. But until recently (within the last 100 years or so), nearly all bread was made sourdough-style, with starter cultures rich in lactobacilli as well as some other bacteria and yeasts. These bacteria pre-digested most of the gluten protein for us.

Our pancreatic enzymes digest proteins into small peptides or single amino acids. Gluten has a high content of the amino acid proline which puts many โ€œkinksโ€ in its structure and therefore prevents human digestive enzymes from cutting it into tiny pieces. The largest fragment of gluten left over is 33 amino acids long. There are at least 50 toxic fragments of gluten; these have been mapped to specific domains in ฮฑ-gliadin: cytotoxic activity (aa 31-34), immunomodulatory activity (aa 57-89), zonulin release and gut-permeating activity (aa 111-130 and 151-170), and IL-8 release in celiac disease patients (aa 261-277).… Read the rest

Save the Date for our 2018 Annual Meeting & Taste of Wilsonville! 1 1

Save the Date for our 2018 Annual Meeting & Taste of Wilsonville!

Wed, December 12, 2018ย |ย 7:30 AM โ€“ 10:00 AM |ย Al Kader Shriners 25100 SW Parkway Ave, Wilsonville

About WACC Annual Meeting & Taste of Wilsonville 2018

This yearโ€™s Annual Meeting will encompass many of the traditional elements of the Chamber Annual Meeting, but weโ€™re also looking to change things up this year.ย  Weโ€™re launching our inaugural Taste of Wilsonville where you will get to enjoy catered food from local Chamber restaurants, caterers, and bakeries. Partnering with our local eateries will bring a whole new element, plus it will shine a light on our many outstanding restaurants, caterers, and bakeries in our membership.

Weโ€™ll continue to honor the business community and look ahead to the next year as well as celebrate and thank our volunteers, committee chairs and outgoing board members.ย … Read the rest

Five Necessary Behaviors for Effective Prospecting BRAD

Guest Blog Contributed by Chamber Member Brad Kleiner of Sandler Training Grounded by Cedar Root

Prospecting is the lifeblood of a successful sales career… but many salespeople overlook the basic behaviors that support a consistent prospecting routine. Here are the five necessary behaviors professional salespeople need in order to become successful at prospecting.

Have a cookbook. Prospecting by itself tends to be the last thing that we want to doโ€ฆ with the result that we come up with all kinds of good reasons to do other things during the selling day. Of course, we do need to have a healthy balance between all of your activities. The question is, what daily mix of activities supports our income goals? By crunching the numbers, analyzing the results, and creating a โ€œrecipeโ€ for daily progress, also known as the cookbook, we can identify exactly how many deals we need to make, how many conversations we need to have, and so onโ€ฆ every single day.… Read the rest