Chairman's Message
 Hello, everyone, I am Adrienne Olson, the Communications and Community Relations Manager of the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce. This year I am co-chairing the Communications Advisory Team along with Louise Heine. You will learn more about Louise in our next e-newsletter. In my first Chairman's Message to the group, I thought I'd share a little about myself.
 In my six years of chamber work, I have led our Chamber to a second place standing in the ACCE's prestigious Chamber of the Year competition four times! This year, my Chamber is merging and emerging as a brand new organization, dedicated to serving a two county, two state region. Prior to joining the chamber profession, I held communications positions with a local public television station and Phoenix International, an original equipment manufacturer owned by John Deere. I hold a mass communications degree and believe Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand should be required reading for all chamber professionals. I spend my free time with my husband and son Aaron building our home in Fargo and filling our world map with pins of mountains conquered on their snowboards.
If you have read Atlas Shrugged, send me an email and let me know what you think of it!
Adrienne Olson
Communications & Community Relations Manager
Fargo Moorhead Chamber of Commerce
218.359.0524 (p) | 218.233.1200 (f)
adrienne@fmchamber.com
Social Media Corner
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Upcoming Events
See more upcoming events on acce.org
Samples
ACCE's samples database is one of the most used resources located at www.acce.org. Once a quarter, you will receive an RFS (request for samples) as a separate email. The Comm Division advisory team will determine what samples are needed and once they are collected we will enter them in our searchable database.
New! You can now rate samples on our website. Once more samples are rated, you will start to see the highest-rated samples at the top of your search results. Look for the first RFS this October.
Network Development
 ACCE is on Facebook! ACCE is expanding its social media presence and is now on Facebook. Connect with ACCE on its Facebook Fan page today!
 LinkedIn
 We started an FYP group last year, and are under a lot of pressure to "release" our membership list. Anybody faced this issue? And if...
 Big shift in our messaging from features of membership to mission driven messaging......check out our new "What does the Chamber do?"...
 Is anyone considering new ways to produce a membership directory? Do you still print a directory or have you found a more effective method?
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