By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Marcy Kauffman, Vice President of Membership with the Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce presented to a regional conference, the MAKO conference in Branson earlier this year on Annual Meetings that Rock, as the event here is one of the larger events held by a chamber of this size.
"For those that have attended our Chamber Annual Meeting, you know we put on a pretty good show," Kauffman said. "It's a sellout event every year with a thousand people for dinner. We bring in a really amazing keynote speaker, as well as have a sponsor expo. Being in my role, that's one of my favorite things. It's the big gathering of the tribe. People that don't necessarily come to anything else all year at the Chamber, they come to Annual Meeting."
Save the date of Thursday, November 2, for the 2023 event.
"Post-COVID, it's now a fall event, rather than a right after the first of the year event," Kauffman said. "We have members that are members of chambers all over the state, so they attend multiple annual meetings and we get lots of compliments that we put on a stellar event."
Kauffman said the process of putting this fall's meeting together is still going on.
"We're still working on finding that perfect keynote to top Carlos Mendez from last year, because he was spectacular," Kauffman said. "All the logistics, really, to put on an event for 1000 people that includes a full-service dinner, full bar, keynote and 150 sponsors and booths at the sponsor expo, it's a lot."
For more information on sponsorships for the 2023 event, contact Marcy Kauffman at 620.664.3955 or [email protected].
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