A Chamber membership provides you instant access to a network of nearly 2,000 Springfield area businesses and organizations.  While networking events are one thing we do, our commitment to help you make business connections goes much deeper than monthly get-togethers to exchange business cards. 

We want to help you make better connections…high quality contacts.  Through events, programs and services as diverse as our members needs, we are helping our members build beneficial business relationships.

Get the most of your membership with this must-attend event!

• Member Briefing It's Chamber 101 for members who would like to learn more about the benefits of their Chamber membership and the opportunities available to member businesses. There is no charge to attend and light refreshments are served. All events begin at 3:45 p.m. and are held at the Chamber on the first Tuesday of every month.
  
  

Signature Events

• Business After Hours One of our largest networking events, this popular after hours gathering is attended by several hundred Chamber members each month.  Members make new connections with potential clients and colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere accompanied by refreshments and door prizes.
  
  
• Business Expo There is simply no better place to make business-to-business connections.  Held in October, this event attracts more than 5,000 business professionals and exhibitors from four states.  Chamber member businesses receive discounted booth rates. 
  
  
  
• Good Morning, Springfield! Members enjoy breakfast with their peers and an opportunity to network with other business and community leaders at this monthly event.  Program content covers topics of interest to the business community and helps keep members up to date on what’s happening with the Chamber, the school district and local government.
  
  

Networking and Self-promotion

• 60 Minutes to Success (Small Business Seminars) We are dedicated to improving businesses by providing education to benefit business professionals.  Explore 60 Minutes to Success to learn the latest management, finance, human resources, legal, marketing and sales techniques through an array of seminars and educational workshops to benefit you as well as your employees.  These informative sessions are presented by members for members.
  
  
• Business 2 Business Connection It’s the ultimate power lunch for the busy small business owner or manager.  No time wasted on small talk here, affectionately referred to as “speed networking” by its loyal following, B2B Connection provides a structured networking format for members to promote their products/services to other Chamber small business members. Members are encouraged to bring their business' promotional material with them to distribute at the event. 
  
  
• Business 2 Business Connection A.M. B2B A.M., a companion to the popular Business 2 Business Connection program, is a perfect fit for small business owners who can't make it to networking events during the business day. This bi-monthly breakfast event provides a venue for Chamber members to promote their products and services and develop new leads in a structured format.
  
  
• ConnectForLunch helps Chamber members get to know each other and their businesses in a format that provides time to build the trust and confidence that leads to referrals and new customers. The program arranges face-to-face lunch meetings for you -– as often as each week. The meetings are not with just one businessperson, but with two or three different Chamber members.
  
  
• Social Networking Chamber members are using the Chamber's social networking pages and groups to connect with each other. Check us out on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more.

Get Involved

• Committee Opportunities Even if you never attend a Chamber committee meeting or networking event, the Chamber continues to work for the betterment of your business and our community, but some members thrive on getting involved. If that's your style, you can join the more than 900 professionals that serve on the committees that help drive the programs that make the Chamber what it is.

• The Network for Springfield’s Young Professionals This Chamber program offers professional development and networking opportunities for young professionals between the ages of 21 and 40.  The group holds regular events throughout the year that focus on professional development and community engagement.  An additional investment is required, but there is no charge for the monthly events.