Monday, November 2, 2009 VOLUME 9 ISSUE 39   TODAY'S HEADLINES Get your Power Jeans for The B.I.G. Summit Marco Rubio Says To BusinessForce: “America Is At A Crossroads” myregion.org is 10-years-old LINES OF BUSINESS ARCHIVE Issue 394 October 26, 2009 [MORE] DON'T MISS THIS EVENT FEATURE STORIES Shining a B.I.G. Spotlight on Waymon Armstrong, ECS The B.I.G.* Summit (*Business Innovation and Growth) on Thursday, November 19, 2009, will showcase Entrepreneurs from across Central Florida who are impacting their industries in exceptional ways. Today, Every Monday introduces you to one of our featured speakers. [FULL STORY]   Get your Power Jeans for The B.I.G. Summit This is B.I.G. - The Rise of Power Jeans. We have Steve Jobs to thank for today's power jeans. His uniform of Levi's 501s and a black turtleneck was synonymous with innovation in the '90s; now, in the tech world, says a recent Wall Street Journal article by Christina Binkley. [FULL STORY]   Be the Best CEO Be the Best CEO you can be and take your company to the next level by attending an informative interactive workshop presented by CEO Focus of Central Florida. The Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce is a proud sponsor of this event. [FULL STORY]   Entrepreneurs Group Discusses Successful Business Strategies GKIC Orlando is a group that is designed to help entrepreneurs, business owners, executives and sales/marketing professionals learn "what's working now" from the top direct-response marketing experts in the world. [FULL STORY]   IDEAS TO RESULTS Marco Rubio Says To BusinessForce: “America Is At A Crossroads” Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio (R-Miami) brought his campaign for the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate nomination to BusinessForce when he appeared as the guest speaker on Oct. 29th at a BusinessForce “Insider’s Briefing” luncheon for the BusinessForce Board of Directors and their invited guests presented by host sponsor AT&T and supporting sponsor Tucker Hall. [FULL STORY]   myregion.org is 10-years-old. Looking to build on the momentum of a decade “connecting our communities”, the myregion.org Executive Committee has approved some operational changes designed to help continue moving “regional ideas to regional actions.” [FULL STORY]   Job Creation Depends on American Free Enterprise With the economy slowly returning to form, we must now focus on a new challenge—putting America back to work. It won’t be easy—unemployment is at its highest level in more than 25 years. We must create 20 million new jobs over the next decade simply to put the unemployed back to work and to keep up with a growing population. There’s only one system that’s proven capable of meeting this goal—American free enterprise. [FULL STORY]   Amendment 4 Test Case A 'Battleground' Although they decry money in politics, Amendment 4 backers have apparently failed to notice that their proposal has caused an explosion of special interest spending in St. Pete Beach - the small Pinellas county town that adopted a local version of Amendment 4 in 2006. [FULL STORY]   Sign up NOW to receive EveryMonday: Yes! I want EveryMonday. FOCUSING ON WHAT MATTERS MOST Audubon Celebrating Conservation Milestones On June 14, 1979, Audubon staff member Doris Mager climbed into an inactive Bald Eagle nest in Central Florida. She stayed there for six days and five nights, to raise awareness of the plight of the Bald Eagle and to raise funds to build the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. [FULL STORY]   Business Connections Luncheon EXPO Grow your business at the Business Connections Luncheon on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. [FULL STORY]   Perspectives – Building Hope Throughout 2009, chief executives across the Central Florida Region have shared their views on a variety of issues and topics in the monthly business news magazine, FirstMonday. Republished here for our Every Monday readers, we invite you to take a look at their thoughts. [FULL STORY]   Welcome New Members! We are proud to welcome new members for October to the Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce. We encourage you to review the following listings to see if there are goods and services provided by these new members that would be of value to you and your business. [FULL STORY]   MORE HEADLINES Access Your FREE U.S. Chamber Membership Chamber Perk of the Month Congressional Action: Health Care, Climate Change, Financial Services Regulation Florida Chamber Insider: October 2009 U.S. Chamber Expresses Major Disappointment with Irresponsible House Health Care Legislation Published by Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce Copyright © 2009 Orlando Regional Chamber of Commerce. All rights reserved. TELL A FRIEND

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