What are the benefits of joining the Kelowna Chamber Chamber membership delivers a comprehensive benefits package offering member discounts plus business referrals, and networking opportunities.
Promotional Opportunities: The Chamber offers a variety of effective opportunities to connect your business to the community residents and business leaders.
Business Contacts: Through the many Kelowna Chamber activities and programs, you will have an opportunity to meet potential customers and clients.
Business Referrals: The Chamber office receives a large volume of calls requesting goods and services -- we refer our Chamber members.
Business Seminars/Workshops: The Chamber offers programs directed towards business development as well as personal growth as a business leader.
Monthly Networking Events: Business After Hours events offer members the opportunity to exchange business cards, network and socialize with other Chamber members.
Sponsorship Opportunities: Get involved in Kelowna activities. Let business and government leaders know who you are and show them you support the community!
Committees: The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce offers numerous opportunities for your business to make a difference in the community.
Business Directory: Your business will be listed in the Chamber's Business Directory, which is on the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce website.
Membership dues are tax deductible!
Take advantage of the Power of Membership today!
The Kelowna Chamber of Commerce leads and services the business community providing the means, resources and opportunities for you to successfully meet your needs, build purposeful relationships and participate in activities and functions to ensure your long-term growth and sustainability.
Learn!
Education on a wide range of leadership, business skills and competencies to support your day-to-day operations.
Knowledge and information that is exchanged amongst the business community to assist you in solving your business concerns and enhance your long-term sustainability.
Learn from the sharing of ideas and skills, and applying them to your business situations to promote growth and success.
Promote!
The following opportunities are available for promoting your business to Chamber members:
Online Business Directory
Electronic Newsletter
Chamber Website
Business After Hours
Special Events – golf tournament, awards dinners
Chamber Luncheons
Influence!
Voice of Business, Voice to Government
As the largest Chamber in the BC interior, the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce members represent a lobbying power far greater than any one business can have on its own.
Through it’s affiliation with the BC and Canadian Chamber, the Kelowna Chamber lobbies on behalf of its members to government at the municipal, provincial and federal levels.
Transportation and zoning to taxation and government spending, the Kelowna Chamber has a proven history of facilitating change to enhance the local business climate.
Opportunities to meet with business and government representatives.
Updates on issues and concerns that impact your business and raise your awareness about matters that affect you.
Network!
One of the greatest services any Chamber of Commerce can provide is the opportunity for its members and guests to meet face-to-face and handshake-to-handshake at friendly, productive networking events.
Meet and build relationships with some of Kelowna’s most dynamic business personalities
Market yourself and your company to the business community· Bring value to your business through relationship building and participation
Learn from the sharing of ideas and skills that apply to your business situations to promote growth and sustained success.
Take advantage of the two most popular networking opportunities at the Kelowna Chamber:
Speaker Luncheon Program: The Kelowna Chamber has a successful monthly luncheon speaker program that features key decision-makers in various areas of business and government. Speakers are chosen on a timely basis and for their interest to a wide range of members. These high profile events are sponsored by member businesses.
Business After Hours: Meet many potential business contacts in a casual way, fun atmosphere at the Chamber’s monthly Business After Hours events hosted by members at various locations in Kelowna. These networking socials are held from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month.
Member Referral
You can protect your investment in the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce by referring a new member. New members are the life-blood of any organization.
There's strength in numbers. The more members we have in the Kelowna Chamber, the greater the purchasing power we have in negotiating member-only discounts. More members also create more business leads and networking opportunities.
Knowledge is power. The more knowledge and expertise we have in our organization -- like experts in technology, sales, and taxation -- the more effective we can be in sharing knowledge among members and representing the interests of business at all levels of government.