Today, Medha Patel, the Communications Coordinator for the Moulton Niguel Water District (MNWD) met over lunch at the High Park Tap House with Chamber Director and Communications Committee Chair, John Rodriguez, of iFinance Mortgage.

Medha expressed appreciation for the Chamber's efforts to help grow our local businesses by means of targeted marketing and networking efforts. John commended the MNWD for their participation in the Chamber as Silver members and their dedicated efforts to  continually educate the private sectors and business communities on how to best use our water resources.

Thank you to High Park Tap House General Manager, Michael, and his staff, for taking such good care of us at lunch! It was also great to see Jerry Bryant, The Bee Man, upon leaving the restaurant! #thebeeman #JohnandValcantakevacationnow #thepowerofnetworking #mvchamber #missionviejo #missionviejochamber #waterconservation 

Today, a small group of Ambassadors and Directors paid visits to local businesses discussing the many benefits of joining the Chamber of Commerce.

The Group consisted of: Donna Lang Stoffel (Director/Ambassador, of Heightened Health), John Rodriguez (Director/Ambassador, of iFinance Mortgage), Cody Abril (Ambassador/Communications, of New Generation Dentistry), and Ashley Brunier (Ambassador, of Waste Management).

The focus was on business owners with little time to participate in networking events and therefore may hesitate to join the Chamber. We demonstrated (with Cody and Ashley, younger representatives of their respective businesses) that business owners might be able to identify another trusted employee to attend and represent their business interests at Chamber-sponsored events and help to build more solid business relationships that could lead to increased referrals and closed business.

Many businesses showed positive interest in becoming Chamber members, some immediately and others in the very near future. The "group" even stopped by to visit fellow Chamber member, Julie Schmidt, of Team Logic IT.  So great seeing you, Julie!

We thank Donna, John, Cody, and Ashley for taking a couple hours of their busy day to participate in this important campaign. #mvchamber #missionviejochamber #missionviejo #wearethefunchamber #communityoutreach #millennialcampaign

Approximately 3 months ago, a call went out to all Chamber Ambassadors to incorporate the use of 60-second or less video interviews when scheduling one-to-one appointments with their assigned fellow members.

​Each week, the Ambassador and Communications Committee Chairs now receive video interviews that are then shared to all Chamber marketing and media outlets, including our recently created Instagram account.

Please enjoy this brief video interview of Javad Faith (Owner of Faith Family Chiropractic) taken by Ambassador Melodie Davis (Creative Cravings). #mvchamber #mvchamberambassadors #wearethefunchamber #addingvalue #bizvideopromotion

Members of the Communications Committee (John Rodriguez, Diana Moreno, and Elizabeth Elsanadi) and Chamber President, Bob Stewart, met today to discuss some further initiatives to optimize our Chamber Nation website. 

The goal of these website optimizations is to provide greater value to each new and existing Chamber member. Soon, enhanced training and tutorials will be provided to the complete Chamber membership. Board Members, Chamber Ambassadors, and Communications Committee Members will also be trained to provide greater support to the general membership as we progress.

​Thank you for your continued support and patience as we make further adjustments and refinements for the overall benefit of the Chamber membership. #mvchamber #missionviejochamber #missionviejo #communicationscommittee #chambernationoptimization #mvchamberrocks

Please join us as we welcome our newest member of the Ambassador and Communications Committees, Elizabeth Elsanadi, a superstar realtor with the Kaufman Evans Group - Century 21 Awards.

The Mission Viejo Chamber, it's Board of Directors and the various Committees, are alive and actively working on more ways for each member to see greater value with their membership. Both the Ambassadors and Communications Committees are an integral part of the glue that keeps our Chamber running efficiently and cohesively.

If you would like to know more about how to participate in one or both of these Committees, please contact Chairperson, John Rodriguez, of iFinance Mortgage Inc., at jrod@ifminc.com. #mvchamber #missionviejochamber #missionviejo #volunteerspirit #MVchamberisAlive
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