Communications Committee

Communications Committee serves as think-tank

The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce’s Communications Committee meets once a month
to brainstorm ways to promote the chamber and its members.

Chair: Jeff Donnelly, president of 760 Media.

Co-chair: Terry Feike, vice president of marketing at WebHot Marketing.

Staff liaison: Angela Holman, the chamber’s director of communications and editor of the Carlsbad Business Journal.

The committee meets from 7:30 to 9 a.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at the chamber, 5934 Priestly Drive, Carlsbad.

Mission:

Increase the chamber’s visibility in the community.
Build the image of the chamber as a professional organization that promotes Carlsbad business, while balancing economic prosperity with quality of life.
Provide the chamber and its members with tools for successful communications strategies.

Accomplishments: Developed and implemented a public relations plan that included the hiring of Beck-Ellman-Heald, a public relations and marketing firm that works to promote the chamber’s services and events, as well as its members. Creation of the All-Committee Get Together, a bi-annual social networking event that will take place for the first time this year.

Responsibilities: Review the chamber’s collateral materials, such event flyers, Web site and the Carlsbad Business Journal, to suggest changes and improvements. Assist with press releases, pitch stories and create enhanced awareness of the chamber’s programs and events.

All chamber members are welcome to participate in the committee. For more information, call Angela Holman at (760) 931-8400 or e-mail her ataholman@carlsbad.org.

Active members in the committee are displayed below. We thank them for their participation and input.

	Jeff Lynch Lynch Interactive Phone: 760-729-1390 Website: www.LynchInteractive.com Email
	Terri Feike Web Hot Marketing Phone: (888) 771-9363 Website: www.webhotmarketing.com Email

	Arpad Kovacs Mr. Electric Phone: 760-494-7509 Website: www.mrelectric.com/CoastalNorthSanDiego/default.aspx Email
	Jeff Donnelley 760 Media Phone: 888-760-IDEA (4332) x300 Website: www.760media.com Email