Carlsbad State Street Farmers' Market

Join over 300 Business, Civic and Community Leaders as we didscuss the State of our Community. The Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce acts as a regional economic catalyst , leadership convener and community champion . We promote business through member services, economic and community development , and public policy that balances economic prosperity with quality of life . While it was clearly a beautiful event, and the hotel did a magnificent job with food service, both in timing and quality given the number of people, our chamber team makes the same mistake that most Galas make. While I have now sold my company, 25% of our revenue came from corporate meeting planning. Our clients were major fortune 500 companies so I have some perspective on this. The speeches and in particular the videos were way too long ! One only has to observe the audience to know when it is gone on too long.