Summit Room, Spann Student Commons, Thomas College

Your Small Business Toolkit- FREE Resources to Help You Grow Your Business From business plan assistance to introduction to lending resources to floor layout of your manufacturing line, let the panel of Maine Small Business Development Center, Small Business Administration & Coastal Enterprises, Inc. help start, scale and grow your business. Moderated by Central Maine […]

  June 7 7:15 to 9:00 AM  Summit Room, Spann Commons, Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville   Doing the Right Thing for Your Employees While Protecting Your Business. Join Gregg Frame, employment law attorney with Taylor, McCormack & Frame, LLC, as he illustrates how to navigate your efforts to improve employee performance while […]

Working with The Rolfson Group and Thomas College, Waterville Creates will be hosting a “Putting the FUN in Fundraising” workshop on Tuesday, June 5. The training will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and lunch will be provided. This training is designed for any staff, board members, and committee members interested in learning more […]

Thomas College professor Dr. Frank Appunn will be providing a remote keynote address about project management to more than 500 project managers nationally and internationally at the world’s largest telecommunications company, AT&T. Community members are invited to sit in the audience during the keynote at Thomas College. The talk, “Improving Project Benefits and Organizational Success: […]

  May 3 7:15 to 9:00 AM  Summit Room, Spann Commons, Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville   Maine’s Workforce Challenge Department of Labor’s Commissioner John Butera will give insight on the challenges of finding trainable staff and retaining them. Cost per person: $18 members, $25 at the door & non-members. TO REGISTER: Call […]

Come hear the innovative steps that five entrepreneurs have taken in their businesses which have made them leaders in their fields. This event, Pardon the Innovation, hosted by Thomas College’s Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation, is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. Our five entrepreneur panelists will each give a […]

  April 12 7:15 to 9:00 AM  Summit Room, Spann Commons, Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville   Process Improvement Specialists: Intro to Lean-Failure Demand Learn how to make incremental and continuous improvements in your businesses processes, as well as how you manage for results, in order to take your business and your team […]

Americans die every day from an opioid overdose, according to the CDC. In 2017, drug overdoses killed an average of more than one person per day. Locally, the Waterville Police Department has made steps towards fixing this problem in the area. Last year, they launched Operation HOPE to prevent this epidemic from growing worse. Waterville […]

March 15 (postponed from March 8) 7:15 to 9:00 AM  Summit Room, Spann Commons, Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville Governor Paul LePage will review his ultimate legislative agenda for his concluding session.   Cost per person: $18 members, $25 at the door & non-members. TO REGISTER: Call 873-3315 PLEASE NOTE: To cancel, please […]

March 8 Postponed to March 15 7:15 to 9:00 AM  Summit Room, Spann Commons, Thomas College, 180 West River Road, Waterville Governor Paul LePage will review his ultimate legislative agenda for his concluding session.   Cost per person: $18 members, $25 at the door & non-members. TO REGISTER: Call 873-3315 PLEASE NOTE: To cancel, please […]

  February 8 7:15 to 9:00 AM TIME CHANGE: 8:00 to 9:30 AM Thomas College Spann Student Commons in the Summit Room 180 West River Road, Waterville Why Your Employees Are Just Not That Into You, And What To Do About It.   David Lee from Human Nature at Work will present what causes disengagement […]

Jason Buchannon of Colonial Danforth Consulting will discuss how employees are motivated differently and what it takes to maximize you and your workforce. Jason Buchanan is an entrepreneur, educator, scholar, and collector of information — both useful and otherwise. As the President and CEO of Colonial Danforth Consulting, Inc., Jason specializes in strategic planning, business […]

Kerem Durdag, CEO of Biovation, will deliver a powerful presentation on how we all can be inspired and more passionate about work and play. There are a multiplicity of ever present conversations about economic development in Maine. Kerem will offer a very personal perspective of what it means to him and the possibilities for transformative […]

Alan Caron of Envision Maine will describe how the state’s innovators, entrepreneurs and doers are building a new prosperity for the pine tree state. Cost: $18 for Chamber members, $25 at the door & for non-members. To register: E-mail: customerservice@midmainechamber.com PHONE: 873-3315 • FAX: 877-0087 (PLEASE NOTE: To cancel, please call the Chamber two (2) […]

The PK WTVL volume 23 presenters are Helene Farrar, Khristopher Flack, Dwight Gagnon, Kevin James, Dean Lachance, Argy Nestor & Lindsay Pinchbeck, Rachel Prestigiacomo, and Lyn Rowden. Joan Sanzenbacher will be the emcee. Presentations about refugees and global migration will be featured along with those on a kaleidoscope of other topics. PechaKucha Night Waterville volume […]

With Matt Gagnon, executive director of The Maine Heritage Policy Center.  He will share data on how to move the state of Maine to first place. Cost: $17 for Chamber members, $19 for Chamber members registering after the Friday before the event, $25 at the door and for non-members. To Register: E-mail: customerservice@midmainechamber.com Phone: 873-3315 […]

Not enough hours in the day?  Workload overwhelming?  This is a must-attend presentation by Doug Packard, CEO/owner of Renaissance Executive Forums ME/NH.

Fundraiser for Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area & L.N. Clark Inspiration Network. Starts at Thomas College, 180 West River Rd, Waterville

Maine Development Foundation (MDF) drives sustainable, long-term economic growth for Maine. MDF stimulates new ideas,develops leaders, and provides common ground for solving problems and advancing issues. Yellow Breen, its fearless leader, will expound upon its measures of growth report as well as other data to seek common ground for solving problems and advancing the state […]

Donors, volunteers, and community partners are invited to attend. Thanks to generous sponsors Northeast Laboratories Services, Kennebec Savings Bank, and Kennebec Wealth Management, a complimentary breakfast buffet will be provided. All attendees are requested to bring school supplies for the annual UWMM “Stuff the Bus” school supply drive, which helps provide school supplies for children […]

Join Amy Sneirson, Maine Human Rights Commission executive director, as she outlines burgeoning occurrences and their potential impact on your business. Cost per person: $17 members, $19 late registration (after Friday before the event), $25 at the door & for non-members. Register on-line (PLEASE NOTE: To cancel, please call the Chamber two (2) business days […]

Amy Schram of Better Business Bureau in Massachusetts is the Bureau's Senior Community Outreach Specialist She will discuss the most common scams, the major red flags to watch out for and the steps you can take to protect your business. Schram has been with Better Business Bureau since 2011. She is responsible for educating the […]

Join us for a community conversation and panel discussion on responding to sexual violence. The panel of experts will include Maeghan Maloney, District Attorney for Kennebec and Somerset Counties; Bill Bonney, detective sergeant in the Waterville Police Department; and Jackie Dupont, a licensed clinical social worker. Donna Strickler, executive director of Sexual Assault & Crisis […]

Join ReVision Energy and our friends from Pika Energy to learn more about new solar options, including Pika inverters, storage technology and the growing number of solar farms in Maine, as well as a policy update on the future of solar in our state. For more information, call Jennifer at 589-4171 or send email to […]

Networking and more importantly building relational capital is not about shaking more hands or collecting more business cards; it’s about developing relationships that make others want to help you and your business. Jason Buchannan of Colonial Danforth Consulting will teach you how to maximize your networking and get the most out of chamber events and […]