Chamber Connections
Join us Thursday Mornings at 8:45 am at the KO Lee Aberdeen Public Library to hear these speakers and network with other business people in the community starting. Our goal with Chamber Connections is to create meaningful in-person engagement for our members. The value of these events comes from the networking, conversation, and shared learning that happens in the room. While we do provide Zoom access through the link below for those who cannot attend, we intentionally do not build these as fully produced virtual events because doing so shifts the focus away from the in-person connections that are central to the program.
Upcoming Schedule:
| Date | Speaker Name | Organization | Topic |
| 3-Sep | Mike Groher | Children’s Home Society of South Dakota | Plans for Aberdeen Location |
| 10-Sep | Rebecca Ortmeier | StartTodaySD Apprenticeship Program | Apprenticeship Program |
| 17-Sep | Jeff Evenson | NVC | Update on NVC efforts in the region |
| 24-Sep | Alton Vilhauer | Step Up Ministries | Organizational Update |
| 1-Oct | Rita Nelson | Build Dakota Scholarship Fund | Build Dakota Program Overview |
| 8-Oct | Lauren Nikolas | Wo’Takuye Oyate | Organizational Update |
| 15-Oct | Nathan Sanderson | South Dakota Retailers Association | Recent Changes Affecting Retail Businesses |
| 22-Oct | Rachel Kippley | Brown County Fair & Fairgrounds | 2026 Fair and Fairgrounds Update |
| 29-Oct | No Connections | ||
| 5-Nov | Becky Guffin | Aberdeen School District | School Update |
| 12-Nov | Mike Bockorny | The 17/20 Group | Get the Facts on AI Data Centers |
| 19-Nov | Ryan Budmayr | South Dakota Chamber Update | South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry |
| 3-Dec | Dr. Alan LaFave | NSU | Strategic Plan Update |
| 10-Dec | Jessica Colleran | Dacotah Bank | Fraud Detection |
| 17-Dec | Mike Bockorny | Aberdeen Lobbyist/17-20 Group | 2027 Legislative Preview |
If you have speaker or topic suggestions, email gail@aberdeen-chamber.com. Special thanks to Kore Cares In Home Services, Dacotah Bank and St. Ambrose University for supporting this program.
Hope to see you there or via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87037796800