FE B RUA RY 2012 NO RT H SH O R E BU S I N E S S JO U R N A L VO L . 27 NO. 2

2012 North Shore Business ExpoTUESDAY, MARCH 6TH - COCO KEY HOTEL50 Ferncroft Road - Danvers, MA 01923Reserve Your Booth or Sponsorship Today.Visit: www.northshorechamber.org/expoCall (978) 774-8565 for more information.

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Environmental Compliance ServicesEurostoves Culinary CenterFranson ChiropracticGatehouse Media/ WickedLocal.com(Corporate Sponsor) H&R BLOCK Homeland Security InvestigationsLand Computer(Corporate Sponsor) McDougall Interactive My Print and CopyNew York Life NMTW Credit UnionNorth Shore 104.9FM (Title Sponsor)North Shore Bank(Corporate Sponsor)North Shore Community College (Corporate Sponsor)North Shore Recycled FibersNorthern Business Machines Inc.Northshore Magazine (Corporate Sponsor)Parent, McLaughlin & Nangle Paychex(Corporate Sponsor) People's United Bank(Corporate Sponsor)R & L Associates (Corporate Sponsor)

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2012 Member Survey - We asked. You Answered. The North Shore Chamber of Commerce values our mem-bers’ input. We constantly redefine and shape our pro-grams, events and policies based on your feedback as towhat is pertinent and timely, what programs have impactand where members would like to maximize their time andeffort with the Chamber. We asked a series of broad ques-tions to the Membership in our new 2012 Survey and hereis where you said you’d like the North Shore Chamber tofocus this year. (8% sample return rate).

Question #1As a Business on the NorthShore, I am primarily concernedabout and interested in...

Question #2As a Business on the NorthShore, these ChamberPrograms matter Most to myFirm...

Question #3As a Business on the NorthShore, I am interested in thefollowing Marketing /Sponsorship Opportunities

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Top Three Issues:

1) 17% - Innovation, Technology & Life Sciences

2) 16% - Retain Educated Workforce / Health Care

3) 13% - Small Business Enhancement Programs

Top Three Issues:

1) 31% - Executive Breakfast Forums

2) 23% - Leads Group + Speed Networking

3) 20% - Open Networking Receptions

Top Three Issues:

1) 21% - Email Marketing / Sponsorship

2) 14% - Expo Marketing / Sponsorship

3) 12% - Annual Dinner Marketing / Sponsorship

Transportation Secretary Richard Davey (r) spoke on North Shore relatedtransportation issues and economic development opportunities forMassachusetts at the January Executive Breakfast. Also Shown is PeabodyMayor Ted Bettencourt.

2012 Chair, Karen Andreas (center), publisher, The Salem News welcomesnew Chamber Members to their first Orientation Meeting in January. Thankyou to Scott Vandersall (not pictured) for chairing the very successfulMembership Drive, which brought in over 130 new members to our organi-zation.

Show at the January Executive Breakfast is Chair Karen Andreas (r), TheSalem News and from l to r: Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll, Joe Riley,Eastern Bank, Senator Thomas McGee, newly-elected Peabody Mayor TedBettencourt and Immediate Past Chair, John Hall, Salem Five Bank.

Meet our Members at the Corner of Business & Opportunity, Connect with Ambitious Business Leaders and Ignite Business Relationships

New Members and Ambassadors (from l to r) at the New MemberOrientation include: Mark LeBlanc, Beacon Wellness Center, JamieBradley, Sophwell and Caitlin Thiem, Peabody Essex Museum.

Executive Breakfast:Energy Forum

Wed., April 4thPanel on Energy

William Penney, Maritimes &Northeast Pipeline

Marcy Reed, National GridSteve Leahy, Northeast Gas

Association Representative John Keenan

CoCo Key Hotel50 Ferncroft Road Danvers, MA

7:15-9:00am

Networking begins at 7:15 amMeet with over 200 Executives

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2012 Honor ScholarsRecognition Dinner

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Expo Booths, Sponsorships & Executive ProgramsPresenting Sponsorship - $10,000(Exclusive)Your Corporate Logo w/ Link Placed:- On Expo Website & Email Blasts (4X Size - Top) - All Posters, Ads, News Releases & Mailers (4X Size - Top)- Additional Company Banner Ad on Website + 5 Email Blasts - Double-Booth at Premier Location - Exhibit Hall Entrance- Distribution of Marketing Materials to all Exhibitor Booths- Company Banner at Expo Entrance & Forums Hall - 2-Minute Verbal Welcome at Breakfast & Luncheon- Two Tables of Ten for Expo Breakfast & Luncheon- Two Seats at Breakfast & Luncheon Leadership Tables- Distribution of Marketing Materials to BK & Lunch Attendees- Attendee List for Breakfast, Luncheon & Reception- Company Profile Interview on Blog, RSS Feeds & Social Media - Top Promotion on Expo Radio Commercials

Platinum Sponsorship - $5,000 (Exclusive in Business Category)Your Corporate Logo w/ Link Placed:- On Expo Website & Email Blasts (2X Size - Top) - All Posters, Ads, News Releases & Mailers (2X Size - Top)- Double-Booth, Superior Location - Sponsor Alley (or choice)- Company Banner in Forums Hall- One Table of Ten for Expo Breakfast & Luncheon- Two Seats at Breakfast & Luncheon Leadership Tables- Distribution of Marketing Materials to BK & Lunch Attendees- Attendee List for Breakfast & Luncheon

Title Sponsorship - $2,500 Your Corporate Logo w/ Link Placed:- On Expo Website & Email Blasts (Top) - All Posters, Ads, News Releases & Mailers (Top)- Superb Booth Location - Sponsor Alley, Row-Ends (or choice)- Five Tickets for Expo Breakfast & Luncheon- One Seat at Breakfast & Luncheon Leadership Tables- Distribution of Marketing Materials to Either BK or Luncheon- Attendee List for either Breakfast or Luncheon

Corporate Sponsorship - $1,250 Your Corporate Logo w/ Link Placed:- On Expo Website & Email Blasts - All Posters, Ads, News Releases & Mailers- Prominent Booth Location inside Exhibit Hall- Two Tickets to Expo Breakfast & Luncheon

Booths Only (While Available) - $869 Call (978) 774-8565 forBooths, Sponsorships orTickets to Exec. Programsnorthshorechamber.org/expo

Meet Your NextClient at the Cornerof Business andOpportunity at the2012 North ShoreBusiness Expo!

Meet us at the Corner of Business & Opportunity

7:45am Expo Breakfast - $45/ticket

Invited Speakers:• Robert Lutts - Cabot Money Management• John Traynor - People’s United Bank• Sean Tesoro - Salem Five BankSponsored by:

EXECUTIVE PROGRAMS

12:00pm Expo Luncheon - $65/ticket

Invited Speakers: North Shore College Presidents• Dr. Wayne Burton, North Shore Community College

• Dr. Ghazi Darkazalli, Marian Court College

• Dr. Christopher Hopey, Merrimack College

• Dr. Stephen Immerman, Montserrat College of Art

• Dr. D. Michael Lindsay, Gordon College• Dr. Patricia Maguire Meservey, Salem State University

• Dr. Richard Wylie, Endicott CollegeSponsored by:

“2012 Economic Forecast:What Trends Will Drive the Economy”

“Retaining a Talented and Educated Workforce”

All NS Chamber photos are available for Download on iCloud and Facebook. Visit: www.northshorechamber.org and click on the Buttons at top of Homepage.

Among the transportation projects discussed were the proposed new BrimballAve. overpass on Route 128, the Route 62 & Route 35 interchange updates andnew parking garages at both the heavily-trafficked Beverly and Salem train stopson the MBTA. Shown above are North Shore business leaders including SteveDrohosky (l), Cummings Center and Beverly Mayor William Scanlon (r).

Among the business and government leaders in attendance at theTransportation Meeting are from l to r: Danvers Town Manager WayneMarquis, North Shore Chamber Treasurer Robert Lutts, Cabot MoneyManagement and Past Chair, Brian Cranney, Cranney Companies.

Transportation Secretary Richard Davey (center) discussed North Shore trans-portation updates and met with the North Shore Chamber Executive Committeeand community leaders and officials. Shown from l to r: Beverly RepresentativeJerry Parisella, Senator Thomas McGee, chair on the Joint Committee onTransportation, Richard Davey, Representative Ted Speliotis and Chair KarenAndreas, The Salem News.

North Shore Chamber Chair, Karen Andreas, The Salem News andMembership Drive Chairman, Scott Vandersall, TD Bank listen to proposedupdates to North Shore infrastructure projects and weigh in on transporta-tion issues.

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February 2012 Business Journal Inserts (with links)Daniel J. MacDonald, Attorney, CPA

February 2012 Business Journal Inserts (with links)LAND Computer (landcomputer.com)