2018 Washington DC Fly-In
DC Fly-In March 12 - Chamber Staff & Consultants travel day
March 13 - Advance Teams travel
March 14- Advance Teams work agenda; Reception for entire Lawton group, legislators and their staff
March 15 - Inhofe Breakfast with the Army
March 16 - Travel home
When:from Monday, March 12, 2018 12:00 PM
thru Friday, March 16, 2018 12:00 PM
2018 DC Fly-In Congressional Reception
When:Wednesday, March 14, 2018 6:00 PM thru 07:30 PM
Where:Mansfield Room - U.S. Capitol
Washington, DC
Chamber Executive Committee Meeting
When:Tuesday, March 20, 2018 4:00 PM thru 05:00 PM
Where:Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce - Conference Room
302 W Gore Blvd
Lawton, OK
Redcoat Ambassadors meeting
When:Thursday, March 22, 2018 4:00 PM thru 05:00 PM
Where:First National Bank & Trust Board room
Ribbon cutting for Southwest Center of Healthy Aging
When:Friday, March 23, 2018 4:00 PM
Where:3811 W Gore Blvd, Ste 8
Chamber Board of Directors Meeting
When:Tuesday, March 27, 2018 4:00 PM thru 05:00 PM
Where:Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce
302 W Gore Blvd, First National Bank & Trust Board Room
New Members Reception
A reception to welcome our new members. Learn more about your membership. This is a FREE event
When:Wednesday, March 28, 2018 3:30 PM
Where:Lawton Fort Sill Chamber
302 W Gore Blvd
Breakfast B4 Business at Platt College
When:Tuesday, April 3, 2018 8:00 AM thru 09:00 AM
Leadership Lawton Fort Sill Board meeting
When:Wednesday, April 11, 2018 10:00 AM thru 11:30 AM
Where:First National Bank & Trust Board room
OSDE Webinar - Workforce Development
Dear members, The Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the Oklahoma State Department of Education as they work to help better prepare our students for high skilled, high demand positions in Oklahoma. As part of this initiative, we are working with business leaders, such as yourself, to learn about the growing demands in your area as well as ensuring that our educators have the proper information to better prepare our students. As you may be aware, it is projected that in the year 2025 only 24 percent of Oklahoma jobs will be attainable with only a high school diploma. This is why OSDE and Oklahoma workforce professionals are working together to create ways to prepare our students for the future. Would you be interested in participating in a pilot study for the purpose of sharing your ideas and expertise in creating career pathways for students? Please join us Thursday April 12, from 9-10:30 a.m. to learn about exciting new initiatives and programs available to better prepare our Oklahoma workforce. What is this meeting? Are you curious about ways to connect with your local education leaders to create seamless career pipelines to fill your open positions and retain
local talent? Well you are in luck! During this meeting we will view the first launch of a one-stop interactive learning community platform that will engage students, parents, educators, businesses and the community to create partnership for the purpose of creating seamless career pathways for Oklahoma graduates. OSDE is excited to offer this service but they need your help, be prepared to discuss your thoughts about ways to make this experience better for Oklahoman's. Below are just a few examples of what this platform has to offer. Please join us April 12th to learn how you can help! · Learn more about the Oklahoma EDGE: To learn more about how our community is working to give our students the Oklahoma EDGE, view our welcome video, click here!
· Industry Tours and Interviews: Checkout what Ada High School Graduate, Bartley Estes, is doing to impact our community as a Lidar Manager, Click Here! Additional interviews include high school student from Pryor, OK, through an apprenticeship, now works for Google as an electrician; a radiologist, and more.
· Voices from the field: Take a look at how students are preparing for careers in Biotechnology who are enrolled at their local Career Technology Centers, Click Here!
· Host a virtual career in the classroom to connect students to industry professionals! The interaction is live with a classroom and a professional and up to 100 classrooms can see the virtual conversation. The industry professional participates from their location and only needs to take 30 minutes out of their day to connect with schools across the state.
· Visit the Career Pathways Community to get the most up to date information related to career/college fair, internship, and scholarship listings located near you!
· Curious about what it takes to become a physical therapist? Use this platform to speak to local professionals as well as use our quick info-graphic guides to help plan your next steps! Take a look at an example here, Click Here
When is this meeting? The webinar will be Thursday, April 12, from 9-10:30 a.m. in the First National Bank Boardroom at the Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce, 302 W. Gore Boulevard. We recognize that you have busy schedules, so we will also be recording this webinar to make it available for you to view at a more convenient time. Where will this meeting take place? This meeting will take place online. To attend from your office you will need to sign up here . OR respond to this email to RSVP that you will be attending the webinar at the chamber.
We look forward to visiting with you, hope to hear from you soon!
Warm regards,
Jamie Southerland
Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce
Interim President and CEO
Marissa Lightsey
Oklahoma State Department of Education
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When:Thursday, April 12, 2018 9:00 AM thru 10:30 AM
Where:First National Boardroom
Ribbon cutting for Healthy Kids Day at the YMCA
Healthy Kids Day & Open House
The event is free to the entire community and we will have activities and games for the kids, local vendors that deal with children and children’s health.
Giving tours of the facilities and giving information on our membership, programs and benefits.
When:Saturday, April 14, 2018 10:00 AM thru 10:00 PM
Chamber Executive Committee Meeting
When:Tuesday, April 17, 2018 4:00 PM thru 05:00 PM
Where:Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce - Conference Room
302 W Gore Blvd
Lawton, OK
Ribbon cutting for Bullet Bedliner of Lawton
When:Wednesday, April 18, 2018 4:00 PM
Business After Hours at Central Mall in El Chico
Great networking opportunitiy
When:Thursday, April 19, 2018 5:30 PM
Where:El Chico
Central Mall
Chamber Board of Directors Meeting
When:Tuesday, April 24, 2018 4:00 PM thru 05:00 PM
Where:Lawton Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce
302 W Gore Blvd, First National Bank & Trust Board Room
Co-Op Coordinating Council Meeting
Meeting with members to discuss and brainstorm ideas
When:Wednesday, April 25, 2018 3:00 PM
Where:Conference Center (Old Gunners Inn)
6045 Sheridan Rd, Fort Sill
Young Professionals-Lawton
Year One Celebration
When:Thursday, April 26, 2018 11:30 AM thru 01:00 PM
Where:Hilton Garden Inn
135 SW 2nd St
82°F
