Governor Tim Pawlenty addresses nearly 1,600 business leaders and policy-makers at the Minnesota Chamber’s annual Session Priorities event, the largest legislative gathering of its kind. Michele Engdahl with Thomson Reuters, Eagan, receives an up-close look at a hog-producing facility – Baarsch Farms-Next Generation Pork, Inc. near Austin – as part of Leadership Minnesota. The Minnesota Chamber program is an exclusive look at the state’s changing economy and the issues that will shape its future. Grow Minnesota! events help businesses prepare for the economic recovery. Sharing their perspectives on how the recession has changed the job market were (from left) Simon Foster of SpencerStuart, Minneapolis; Sue Metcalf of Ecolab, St. Paul; and Jan Erickson of Medtronic, Inc., Fridley. Dee Schutte, executive director of the Litchfield Chamber of Commerce, visits with House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers at the Session Priorities event. Governor Tim Pawlenty congratulates John M. Rivisto, president and CEO of Wells Concrete Company, on its new facility in Sartell. The plant has created 50 jobs in central Minnesota and will add another 100 jobs over the next five years. Minnesota legislative leaders share their priorities at the Minnesota Chamber’s annual Session Priorities event: (from left) House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, moderator Tom Hauser of KSTP-TV Eyewitness News; Senate Minority Leader David Senjem; Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller.

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Just as a business plan helps a company stay on course toward its financial goals, a charitable giving and community involvement plan - however informal - can help a business achieve its company and community goals. A giving and community involvement plan can help you:

Many businesses want to know how their giving and community involvement can be more effective. Others would like help starting a giving program. "The Minnesota Business Giving and Community Involvement Workbook" can help you set up and carry out a charitable giving and community involvement plan. And the Minnesota Business Gives workshop, "Strategies for Smart Giving," can help you learn when to say "yes" and how to say "no."

The Workbook contains all of the information you need to launch or redesign a giving program for your business. Available for $24.95, this 97-page manual can be ordered by sending an e-mail to: jreis@mnchamber.com.

Workshops: Strategies for Smart Giving

Business owners and managers are eager to respond to community needs, but relatively few have a plan guiding the distribution and use of their charitable contributions. During this two-hour workshop, a trained facilitator helps you better understand how and why you give and how to be more strategic about what you give and to whom.

Each participant receives a copy of the Workbook as a guide for discussion. The workshop features examples of tools and processes you can use to address critical giving decisions. By sharing insights and experiences, participants will gain new perspectives, test ideas and get advice on giving and community involvement practices.

This workshop is designed to be flexible to fit the needs of a local community, an industry group or an individual business. It also can serve as a customized, in-house training where a facilitator works with an individual business and its key team members. The result is the same: a relevant giving plan for your business.

To learn more about scheduling a workshop or customized training, contact Jackie Reis at jreis@mnchamber.com, (651) 292-4688.

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