Networking Opportunities

  • Annual Banquet is the Chamber’s largest annual event of the year. This event recaps our prior year’s activities and puts focus on the goals of the Chamber for the upcoming year.
     
  • Business to Business Luncheon offers Chamber members an opportunity to promote their product or service in a structured luncheon environment. Hundreds of Chamber members have found B2B to be a simple, yet extremely effective way to promote their businesses. B2B is a great way to boost commercial success and foster business relationships. Business Focus is sponsored by the Membership Benefits Task Force and is a scheduled seminar hosted at the Chamber that highlights business issues and opportunities in our region. It provides attendees with great information and the opportunity to network in a relaxed setting. Attendees are encouraged to take notes and ask questions to facilitators and sponsors after the event. This event provides a great opportunity to promote your business to a group who are there to listen and benefit from the information provided.
     
  • Business Focus is sponsored by the Membership Benefits Task Force and is a scheduled seminar hosted at the Chamber that highlights business issues and opportunities in our region. It provides attendees with great information and the opportunity to network in a relaxed setting. Attendees are encouraged to take notes and ask questions to facilitators and sponsors after the event. This event provides a great opportunity to promote your business to a group who are there to listen and benefit from the information provided.
     
  • First Friday Breakfast is a monthly event that pairs breakfast with an in-demand speaker sure to entertain and inform all those in attendance while providing a great opportunity for networking. Sponsors will benefit from the diverse crowd that First Friday attracts. Each month all members in attendance have a chance to win the accumulated monies from the incentive sponsors.
     
  • The Fort Smith Regional Business Expo is an opportunity for our members to showcase their business, products and services to the community. It is the leading Expo in the Greater Fort Smith Region and offers various opportunities to gain exposure through marketing.
     
  • Jack White Legislative Golf Classic is organized and sponsored by the Jack White Legislative Golf Committee. This event pairs a great day of golf with a unique networking opportunity with many of Arkansas’ legislators and community leaders. The Jack White Legislative Golf Tournament is one of the most visible Chamber events each year. This tournament will give you the opportunity to spotlight your business in front of not only Fort Smith regional decision makers, but some of the most influential people in the state.
     
  • Member Open House is a unique after hours event that offers the opportunity to open up your business to the general membership. Sponsor will provide the venue, refreshments and any other optional items, such as food or door prizes for attendees. The Chamber will provide the marketing for the event and aid in facilitation. This event is great for new businesses or existing businesses to market themselves to over 1,500 local business owners and representative at a relatively low cost. Member Orientation is a great way to meet new businesses and ambassadors. Members learn about Chamber programs, how to use the web site, events and benefits of being a member. This is a great opportunity to promote to a receptive crowd.
     
  • New Physicians Reception event is sponsored by the Health Care Division. Health care is key to economic development, which is why the Chamber feels it is so important to provide practical solutions for the retention and recruitment of physicians to the region. Each year, the Chamber and the Health Care Council like to express our gratitude and welcome the new physicians to the Greater Fort Smith Region. The New Physicians Reception offers our sponsors the opportunity to meet and give back to the new physicians.