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SUMMARY:SF Biz Connect Launch Event
DESCRIPTION:SF Biz Connect Launch Event \n\n \nAre you tasked to plan the office holiday party?\n\n\n\nDo you need contacts to help cater those monthly staff meetings?\n\n\n\nIs your company in need of promotional items?\n\n\n\nAre you looking to support local business but not certain where to start?\n\n\n\nThe SF Biz Connect Launch event offers the resources you need for the holiday season and continued New Year ahead.  \n\n\nIn partnership with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)\, the San Francisco Chamber is leading SF Biz Connect\, a new city wide initiative focused on encouraging business to 'Shop Local'.\n\n\n\nThe initiative encourages large businesses to take the pledge to shift 5% of their spending to small\, local companies and to identify and encourage small businesses to list their company on the website. The purpose of the launch event is to officially kick-off the SF Biz Connect program\, recognize our involved partners and encourage the interaction between large and small businesses. \n\n \n\nTheme \n\nThe theme of the event is Holiday/Events Made Easy. With the holidays around the corner we are targeting local small businesses who offer\; catering\, products for corporate gifting\, promotional items\, event planning and any other goods or services that can be associated with the holiday season\, to table at the event and highlight their goods and services.  \n\n\n\nWe would like to invite you along with the SF Biz Connect pledged partners like Airbnb\, Recology\, Zendesk and Pinterest to attend\, connect with local company?s tabling and enjoy an evening of networking to help us celebrate the launch of SF Biz Connect and shopping local.\n\n\n\n The event will include:\n\n\n	Remarks from:\n\n	\n		Mayor Edwin Lee\n		San Francisco Chamber of Commerce President & CEO\, Bob Linscheid\n		Social Imprints\n	\n	\n	Appetizers and Beverages (sourced local)\n	Music\n	Tour of Social Imprints Facility\n\n\n\n\n \nAre you a small business and interested in tabling at the event? Contact Joey Blaszczyk at (415) 352-8814 or jblaszczyk@sfchamber.com.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><strong><span style="font-family: arial\;"><span style="font-size: 22px\;">SF Biz Connect Launch Event </span></span></strong></span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color:#000080\;"><em>Are you tasked to plan the office holiday party?</em><br />\n<br />\n<em>Do you need contacts to help cater those monthly staff meetings?<br />\n<br />\nIs your company in need of promotional items?<br />\n<br />\nAre you looking to support local business but not certain where to start?</em></span></div>\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><br />\n<span style="color:#000080\;"><strong><em>The SF Biz Connect Launch event offers the resources you need for the holiday season and continued New Year ahead. &nbsp\;</em></strong></span></div>\n<br />\n<span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">In partnership with the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD)\, the San Francisco Chamber is leading SF Biz Connect\, a new city wide initiative focused on encouraging business to &#39\;Shop Local&#39\;.<br />\n<br />\nThe initiative encourages large businesses to take the pledge to shift 5% of their spending to small\, local companies and to identify and encourage small businesses to list their company on the website. The purpose of the launch event is to officially kick-off the SF Biz Connect program\, recognize our involved partners and encourage the interaction between large and small businesses. </span><br />\n&nbsp\;</span><br />\n<span style="color:#FF8C00\;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt\;">Theme </span></span><br />\n<span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">The theme of the event is Holiday/Events Made Easy. With the holidays around the corner we are targeting local small businesses who offer\; catering\, products for corporate gifting\, promotional items\, event planning and any other goods or services that can be associated with the holiday season\, to table at the event and highlight their goods and services. &nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\nWe would like to invite you along with the SF Biz Connect pledged partners like Airbnb\, Recology\, Zendesk and Pinterest to attend\, connect with local company?s tabling and enjoy an evening of networking to help us celebrate the launch of SF Biz Connect and shopping local.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="color:#FF8C00\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">&nbsp\;<em>The event will include:</em></span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;margin-bottom:.0001pt\;line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Remarks from:</span>\n\n	<ul>\n		<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;margin-bottom:.0001pt\;line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Mayor Edwin Lee</span></li>\n		<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;margin-bottom:.0001pt\;line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">San Francisco Chamber of Commerce President &amp\; CEO\, Bob Linscheid</span></li>\n		<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;margin-bottom:.0001pt\;line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Social Imprints</span></li>\n	</ul>\n	</li>\n	<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;margin-bottom:.0001pt\;line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Appetizers and Beverages (sourced local)</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;margin-bottom:.0001pt\;line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Music</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-bottom:0in\;margin-bottom:.0001pt\;line-height:normal\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Tour of Social Imprints Facility</span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div style="margin-bottom:0in\;margin-bottom:.0001pt\;line-height:normal\;"><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n<em>Are you a small business and interested in tabling at the event?&nbsp\;Contact Joey Blaszczyk at&nbsp\;(415) 352-8814 or&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:jblaszczyk@sfchamber.com">jblaszczyk@sfchamber.com</a>.&nbsp\;</em><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Hosted by: Social Imprints ( - click to visit website) 969 Folsom Street San Francisco\, CA 94107
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URL:https://business.sfchamber.com/events/details/sf-biz-connect-launch-event-10-20-2015-4821
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