INDUSTRY CASE STUDY:
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Industry ChallengeA Chamber of Commerce is the central element of a community's business network whose goal is to further the interests of businesses and to serve as advocate on their behalf. A community's business network is fundamental to job creation, tax income, property values, innovation, and local, regional, and national economy. Thousands of businesses are started in the United States every year. Success is often attributed to hard work, drive, dedication, market demand or even the occasional luck; however, the success rate of a community's business network can improve with access to a collaborative space where a Chamber of Commerce can assist owners with important business planning and training. For example, there are a variety of reasons why businesses fail, but one of the most common reasons is due to disaster. A maintained and relevant business continuity plan can help members of a Chamber of Commerce plan for the unthinkable, as well as lower your insurance premiums before the disaster strikes.
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Odysseus SolutionsOdysseus Offers a Programmatic Solution for Chambers of Commerce.
Odysseus™ | kms
ODYSSEUS™ | CPM
ODYSSEUS™ | AAT
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Featured Best Practices
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Business Planning
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Outreach
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Stakeholder Management
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Compliance Metrics
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Participation
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Business Planning
The Odysseus™ | KMS gives Chambers of Commerce and their business members an online tool dedicated to the development and maintenance of important business plans and reporting requirements. Odysseus™|KMS offers Chambers of Commerce and their business members the unique feature of providing standardization and flexibility in a collaborative environment. This union greatly increases your organization's ability to manage and coordinate the development, maintenance and improvement of important business plans.
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Community Outreach & Education
The Odysseus™|CBT plug-in provides Chambers of Commerce and their business members with an integrated learning management system that allows users to more effectively engage their customers, staff, business partners, and community stakeholders by delivering and measuring the understanding of important community business activities. Odysseus™|CBT provides a platform to deliver and manage customized computer-based training, track course assessments, award certificates upon course completion, and in-depth reporting.
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Community Stakeholder Management
In today’s environment of fiscal efficiency, limited availability of resources, and the necessity to balance competing demands, it is imperative that the engagement of assigned work groups and key stakeholders is efficient and effective. The stakeholder management tool within the Odysseus™|KMS will assist in documenting the planning process, provide a method of on-going committee collaboration, offer an archival repository of planning meeting minutes and information, and ensure the active participation of committee members and key stakeholders throughout the life-cycle of the planning process.
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Compliance Assessments
Designed from the Odysseus™|AAT architecture, the Odysseus platform offers a customized compliance assessments tools that are consistent with best business practices and regulatory requirements. Chambers of Commerce organizations can assist business owners in assessing their compliance to standard business practices and integrate the results into their existing reporting and planning framework.
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Community Participation and Awareness
The Odysseus™ enterprise offers a variety of tools that can be used to efficiently engage customers and partners, and solicit their participation in important business decisions. Customized Odysseus™|CBT interactive planning participation module allows staff, customers, partners, and stakeholders to learn about current business activities and provide real-time feedback and input. Customized Odysseus™|AAT survey instruments allows staff, customers, partners, and stakeholders to provide input in the planning process and inform your community's business activities.
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