Peter Callais Today s marketplace requires more extensive networking for all levels and types of businesses.
Competition demands it.
But in most instances, we re tied to our desks or en route to another meeting, rendering us unable to make new contacts or to spend extended periods of time with new customers during the work day. The Chamber of Lafourche and the Bayou Region, through its many publications and after-hour and lunch time informative gatherings, offers the opportunities for networking that we have difficulty scheduling. Every chairman of the board has used this space to promote membership in The Chamber. But throughout this year we ll make a major effort to spread the word about those benefits to area business people who have yet to become involved in this fine organization. During a three-day period which ended March 30, teams of volunteers attempted to reach out to the uncommitted with a message that included not only the standard reasons for becoming a member, but personal observations about the benefits of affiliation with this very active group.