B2B Networking Events in Northwest Arkansas

The doors to Modus Shop will open for another round of banter from some of our favorite folks in the community. If you're not familiar with the term, Pecha Kucha is the Japanese word for chit-chat that describes a presentation style in which a speaker shares 20 images on a topic of their choice for 20 seconds a slide (six minutes and 40 seconds total). In simplest terms, a PK is kind of like a big party where the presentations are the game — fun, social, but often informative and interesting.

The shop is attached to our office on Church Street in downtown Fayetteville, so feel free to walk over after work on Friday if you're in the neighborhood. We have a great lineup for this spring session and Andy Sparks will be on site with another round of tasty pizzas. All are welcome, spread the word!

AIGIA will hold monthly Design Drinking events throughout 2018 that will feature a guest speaker that will tell us about the awesome work they are doing. Come grab a drink and connect with local creatives.

This month’s Design Drinking will feature guest speaker Kasey Loman, Art Director for Slim Chickens. Kasey will reflect on moving from agency work to in-house art director and how she used years of experience to shape a brand from the outside and the inside.

Kasey is an art director, illustrator, creative thinker and brewer of great ideas with 16 years of experience in the field. She loves creating bold design backed with a solid concept. She firmly believes in the power of design to solve problems. Her talents have been put to use for a diverse list of clients including Austin City Limits Music Festival, Columbus House Brewery, Slim Chickens, Bikes Blues and BBQ, Tyson Foods, NWA Council, United Bank, Hunt Chapel and the City of Springdale. A graduate of Oklahoma State University, Kasey has a degree in visual communications. Kasey loves spending time with her wife Jen, hiking, brewing beer, gardening, music festivals, all the horror movies and cooking lots of exotic and tasty dishes influenced by locations around the world.

Coffee+E is a bi monthly morning networking event. The event gives entrepreneurs, creatives, inventors, and innovators a time to establish relationships and engage in some creative collisions. Rebecca Black, Senior Brand Strategist at RevUnit, will be speaking at this event.

Complimentary snacks and drinks, door prizes, and networking with other members of the Fayetteville Chamber.

Caffeinate is a monthly networking event for members and guests. You can count on making some valuable connections, delicious food, great coffee, and door prizes.

This four-person scramble tournament is a fun way for Chamber members to come together, compete for prizes and network with other players. It’s a great way to treat yourself, reward company employees and say thank you to special clients on the golf course.

Players can test their skills in the hole-in-one, longest drive, closest-to-the-pin and putting contests. Prizes will be awarded for top finishing teams and individual contest winners. Each golfer will receive two complimentary adult beverage tickets, snacks, and non alcoholic beverages. Breakfast will be served for the morning golfers. Lunch will be provided to every golfer.

This may be the best networking bang for your netwroking buck! Six business representatives sit at a table and each participant at the table has two minutes to promote their products and services. Then, we rotate to two other tables and rinse and repeat, which means you get to network with at least 18 participants. That's a lot of networking! So be sure to bring plenty of business cards, brochures, product samples, and promo items to hand out. (Also, the free breakfast is actually pretty good!)

Complimentary snacks and drinks, door prizes, and networking with other members of the Fayetteville Chamber.

The Northwest Arkansas Technology Summit brings together small businesses, entrepreneurs, C-level executives, retail and suppliers, technology, academia and communication and social media professionals to celebrate technology, innovation and the power of digital in shaping our future. Forward-thinking and practitioner-driven general session speakers and high value breakout sessions deliver ways to effectively collaborate on innovative solutions to common business challenges and learn how technology is powering change and leveling the playing field.

Every year, the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce celebrates the manufacturing sector in Fayetteville, Arkansas with a week-long celebration where we organize local plant tours for area high school students. The tours provide an opportunity for high school students to become familiar with a manufacturing environment and to get to know possible career pathways with the manufacturer. There will be an Appreciation Luncheon to honor all the manufacturers in Fayetteville.

The Chamber's Annual Meeting is the one time of year all Chamber investors and community leaders gather together to hear about recent accomplishments and plans for the future.