Total Safety: New Mental Wellness Guide for the Construction Industry
The Salt Lake Chamber and its social impact foundation, Utah Community Builders, are determined to strengthen the culture of mental fitness of Utahns working in construction. They have partnered with the Utah Suicide Prevention Coalition and the Associated General Contractors of Utah to create a wellness guide entitled “Total Safety: A Guide to Resilience and […]
Speaking on Business: Move Utah
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Move Utah This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. How our communities grow directly impacts everyone’s physical health and mental well-being. To help plan for the future, the Utah Department of Transportation established “Move Utah” to encourage biking and walking. Here’s UDOT’s Heidi Goedhart with more. HEIDI […]
Speaking on Business: World Trade Center Utah
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: World Trade Center Utah This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. World Trade Center Utah is part of the World Trade Centers Association headquartered in New York City. It helps connect our state’s business leaders to opportunities around the globe. Here’s Utah’s Chief Operating Officer David Carlebach with more. DAVID […]
Speaking on Business: Utah Microloan Fund
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Utah Microloan Fund This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. For the past 30 years, the Utah Microloan Fund has provided hundreds of low-interest small business loans to our state’s entrepreneurs. It’s an important program, and Sara Day, the fund’s program manager, explains how they help. SARA […]
Speaking on Business: RizeNext
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: RizeNext This is Derek Miller, Speaking on Business. Diversity and inclusion are increasingly important to every business, but training managers how to do it right can be challenging. That’s why RizeNext CEO Trina Lipert is here today with more on this important topic. TRINA LIPERT Eight billion dollars […]
Speaking on Business: Utah Community Builders
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Utah Community Builders This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. Utah is the youngest state in the nation with over half of our population under the age of 35. Helping businesses create family friendly environments is a priority for Nic Dunn who leads Utah Community Builders, a […]
Wasatch Innovation Network Selects Top 100+ Entrepreneurs to Build Next Wave of Innovation in Utah
Final top WIN100 entrepreneurs were community-nominated and peer-selected The Wasatch Innovation Network (WIN), a partnership between the Salt Lake Chamber and TechBuzz News, has completed its inaugural round of the WIN100, a community-nominated and peer-selected process of the top 100 venture entrepreneurs in Utah. Sponsored by the top venture firms in the region, WIN100 is […]
Speaking on Business: Giant in Our City
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Giant In our City This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. Each year the Salt Lake Chamber presents the Giant in Our City award to a distinguished community leader. To tell us more about this year’s recipient, here’s Peggy Larsen, a former insurance industry executive who has […]
Speaking on Business: Utah Transit Authority
The Salt Lake Chamber · Speaking on Business: Utah Transit Authority This is Derek Miller Speaking on Business. The Utah Transit Authority was founded in 1970 and is capable today of providing transportation services to 80 percent of Utah residents. Beth Holbrook is one of the three board members and shares the latest. BETH HOLBROOK […]
Lyndsy Blonquist: Lessons in Confidence – How My Mentee Taught Me to Be a Better Leader
Several months ago, I was given the opportunity to participate in a formal mentoring program as a mentor. Mentoring wasn’t new territory for me. Through the years I have had opportunities to mentor many employees and always enjoyed that aspect of my leadership role. In this program, mentees identified specific goals they wanted to achieve, […]