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| Our
Mission: |
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To
stimulate the economic growth of our members through
high quality networking events, professional development
opportunities, community service and commerce programs
and forums for the small business community.
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| The
Personal Power of Business |
| iCommunity is a way to connect to other small
business owners in the Washington DC Metro area.
We offer our members exciting events and outings, powerful
programs that are high in educational content and the
opportunity to become involved with meaningful community
service initiatives. |
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Our
community of over 800 members range from start-ups to
established lawyers and doctors, encompassing a broad
range of business categories. The common thread
of iCommunity is that as the founders of
small businesses, our members are experts in their respective
fields - progressive and savvy business people. |
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| iCommunity events fall into three different categories:
premiere networking, professional development and community
service. We offer a wide variety of events to suit
all of our different members. Some events, such
as our annual gala, are larger scale and attended by 200-300
members and guests. Other events, like our professional
development seminars, are focused on a more intimate group
of 20-30 members. |
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Our
premiere networking events give iCommunity
members the opportunity to connect to one another in
a unique setting. Typical networking events could
be a wine tasting on a rooftop in downtown Washington,
D.C., an iCommunity suite at a Washington
Wizards or Washington Nationals game, a golf outing
at a local golf course or a poker night. Our goal
is to host networking events that give our members the
opportunity to make business connections, while having
a good time and experiencing something new or different
than a traditional networking event would offer. |
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| Professional
development events will educate our members on topics
that are important to small business owners, giving them
valuable information that they can apply to their business
operations. Our monthly speaker seminars are a great way
to learn about topics such as marketing and finance from
local experts. |
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| Many
small business owners would like to give back to our local
community, but are not sure where to start. iCommunity will provide our members with an outlet to help
make a difference in the community and to also use the
iCommunity network to bring exposure to causes
that are important to them. |
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| iCommunity Online |
| Our
website, theiCommunity.com, is a portal for our
members to connect to one another and get involved with
the community. theiCommunity.com is meant
to be an interactive website with social networking capabilities.
Our members are able to visit the site to learn more about
our upcoming events and register online, post their own
events, search for other members in the member directory,
offer and redeem Member 2 Member discounts, send and receive
IC Referrals, post and browse Classified Ads,
learn about and sign up for sponsorship and advertising
opportunities and more. Members who are active on
theiCommunity.com will be rewarded with IC Bucks,
money they can use toward event fees for iCommunity. |
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