Ambassador Program Guidelines & Application

About the Ambassador Program

The mission of Greater Grant County Ambassadors is to promote the role of Greater Grant County throughout the entire community by welcoming new members, encouraging current members to maximize their membership investment and to aid in consistent communication with new and existing members. Ambassadors create a positive image for Greater Grant County by acting as liaisons between members and the Greater Grant County staff.

The Ambassadors includes 30+ active member volunteer leaders who donate 3-5 hours per month toward Greater Grant County activities. Ambassadors are required to attend 8 out of 11 unexcused monthly meetings and 70% of all other assigned activities. An ambassador’s term commitment is at least 2 years.

Ambassadors should be of excellent character, personality, and possess leadership abilities. They must be dedicated to the goals of GGC and willing to provide the time and effort necessary to achieve those goals. The goals of Greater Grant County are to be a catalyst for business growth, a convener of leaders, and a champion for the community.

What is a Chamber of Commerce?

Greater Grant County serves as Grant County's Chamber of Commerce. A Chamber of Commerce is a voluntary investor-driven organization. It unites business, government, education, philanthropy, health care, and services, creating a central agency which lends itself to improving business and building a better community.

It must be understood that a Chamber of Commerce is people. The Chamber of Commerce offers a place for all who share in the desire to improve the community and the conditions under which business is conducted. It directs the energies to those who believe that a community worth living in is a community worth improving.

A Chamber of Commerce enables those people to accomplish collectively what no one of them could do individually. Its strength lies in attracting the greatest number of individuals and firms into investment, thereby creating a pool of resources from which can be drawn energy, ideas, and funding.

A Chamber of Commerce gives direction to the business person’s instinct to improve the market and their community. The successful Chamber is one that recognizes all the factors affecting the community and adjusts its programs accordingly.

What the Chamber is NOT.

Why does Greater Grant County need Ambassadors?

Ambassadors are a very important part of Greater Grant County (and any Chamber), and are selected on the basis of the individual’s interest, dependability, integrity, energy, and communication skills. Your job as an Ambassador is to utilize those skills and provide a communication link between our investors and Greater Grant County, and our community and Greater Grant County.

As an Ambassador, your role includes welcoming new investors, promoting investment, encouraging participation in GGC functions, greeting investors at events, and performing other goodwill projects of Greater Grant County.

Greater Grant County's credibility is closely linked to your credibility as an Ambassador. It is very important that you carry out your Ambassador responsibilities in a professional manner. While attending functions and calling on investors, you will develop a long and varied list of contacts and information that will prove helpful as you do business in our community.

Ambassador Membership: What to Know

Membership is based on application (see below). Greater Grant County board members, staff, and investors in good standing may make suggestions as to who might be considered. The Ambassador Team Captains and GGC staff will determine who will be accepted into the program based on current group needs. All applications will be held and considered for a 2-year period.

Ambassador applicants must be members in good standing with Greater Grant County, either as individuals or as representatives of an investor organization.

Ambassadors must participate in orientation before acting on behalf of Greater Grant County.

Ambassadors have the option at any time to resign from the Ambassadors program. Resignation should be in writing or emailed to their Ambassador’s Team Captain and GGC staff.

Only 2 individuals per organization may serve as an Ambassador at any given time, unless the Ambassador Team Captains makes a specific exception.

Qualifications

• The Ambassador must be knowledgeable regarding Greater Grant County services and programs, as well as the Grant
County business community.

• The Ambassador must support Greater Grant County and have a strong desire for community involvement.

• The Ambassador must be a leader and possess skills that will guide investors.

• The Ambassador must be willing to take the initiative to meet Greater Grant County investors.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Monthly Meetings

The Ambassadors will meet monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 12:00 PM. Ambassadors will be notified prior to the meeting where the meeting will take place. It is the responsibility of each Ambassador to communicate attendance plans for the monthly meeting to GGC staff.
Ambassadors are required to attend 8 out of 11 unexcused monthly meetings. Greater Grant County announcements, event assignments, and Drop-In recipients will be discussed at the monthly meetings. Ambassadors will also be given the opportunity to make announcements to the entire group following the presented agenda.

• Communication

Communicate all attendance plans for assigned events and monthly meetings to GGC staff and Team Captain.

• Ribbon Cuttings & Business Before/During/After Hours:

Attend assigned Business Before/During/After Hours to welcome GGC investors.
Ambassadors will be asked to volunteer for Ribbon Cuttings based on their availability.
Ambassadors must attend 70% of all assigned activities.

• Drop-Ins:

Ambassador teams are responsible to drop-in to three investors monthly. The list of investors due for a visit will be presented at each meeting for teams to choose from.
Ambassadors are required to drop-in to at least five assigned investors each year.

• Golf Outing:

Ambassadors will be assigned duties at Greater Grant County’s Annual Golf Outing and with preparations prior
to the outing.

• Project Thank You:

Ambassadors are required to participate in Project Thank You.

• New Members:

Welcome & Introduction
Ambassadors are encouraged to leave investment information at prospective businesses he/she patronizes.

Attendance

Ambassadors should make every effort possible to communicate attendance plans with his/her Team Captain. Attendance is required for assigned activities unless a written request for excuse is made no later than 1 week prior. Missed assignments may be made up by volunteering for another assignment. Assignments may be traded among Ambassadors to fulfill attendance requirements as long as notice is given to the Team Captain(s) and GGC staff prior to the assigned event. An attendance report will be available each month via email and at monthly meetings.

Any Ambassador not meeting attendance requirements will receive written notification asking for a renewed commitment or resignation from the group.

Uniforms

When volunteering for an assigned activity, Ambassadors are required to wear the Ambassador uniform consisting of an approved uniform garment from the Greater Grant County online store (https://www.hjpapparel.com/greater_grant_county/shop/home) and either his/her Ambassador nametag or individual organization nametag. Greater Grant County will provide each new Ambassador with a uniform credit and a nametag. New Ambassadors have 6 months to comply with the uniform policy. It is the responsibility of each individual Ambassador to purchase additional uniform garments and keep uniforms clean and presentable. Ambassadors are
responsible for reporting lost Ambassador nametags.

Professional Benefits

Tips

• Keep in close contact with investors and invite them monthly to Greater Grant County and community events.

• Feel free to ask for other investors' business card and give them yours. Please refrain from forcing your products and services on them.

• At events, always introduce new and prospective investors to other GGC investors.

• Always keep a few leave-behind cards in your car or office so you can leave them with potential investors.

Awards & Recognition

Duties of Team Captains

Grounds for Dismissal

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