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2011 Year in Review 

We connect our members to the community through a variety of programmes and events.

We do this by creating greater awareness of our sponsoring members whilst providing an excellent way to give back to the community through education and self-improvement programmes, environmental awareness initiatives, educator and student appreciation awards, and fun high profile events.

We also provide great networking opportunities and business support as well as first class professional development programmes. We accomplished the following events and programmes last year:

• Expanded offerings for the Professional Development & Training Centre
• Organised successful Careers, Education, Training & Jobs Expo (more than 30 member businesses/organisations participated)
• Completed selection process for Leadership Cayman 2012 and updated programme content
• Organised successful Earth Day Roadside Clean-Up with more than 1,500 volunteers
• Organised successful annual Charity Golf Classic
• Matched 51 students with member business leaders as part of the Mentoring Cayman programme
• Awarded prizes to students at graduation ceremonies at JGHS, Triple C, St. Ignatius Catholic School and the C.I. Law School
• Organised 9 Business After Hours events in partnership with Tiffany & Co., Automotive Art, Camana Bay, Diamonds International, FastSigns, FedEx, Sagicor Life, UCCI, and Island Companies
• Organised 4 BE INFORMED series presentations
• Organised a successful Business Expo event with 41 exhibitors
• Organised Legislative Luncheon event with over 250 people in attendance
• Held a Family Business Forum in partnership with RBS Coutts
• Represented PD&TC at the Cayman Islands Society of Human Resource Professionals annual conference
• Produced Training Needs Survey for membership

The Legislative Luncheon
The Chamber had a packed house for the Legislative Luncheon on September 28, 2011 held at the Westin Casuarina Resort & Spa. More than 250 people came together to listen to Chamber President James O’Neill and the Honourable Premier McKeeva Bush speak on the current issues facing the Cayman Islands.

The unique benefit to this event is the chance to mingle with legislators in an informal setting over lunch.

The Future of Cayman Public Private Partnership economic development initiative was the focus of this event leading the Premier to remark “I am glad, actually really glad to see that the Chamber has this initiative, and going forward I think in the end it’s going to do a whole lot of good for the Government and the community as a whole”.

The Professional Development & Training Centre
The PD&TC is undergoing some exciting updates to its course offerings for 2012. Through an in-depth training survey that was released in July we have garnered some excellent feedback from our members to identify their greatest needs for professional development.

We have also added two more facilitators and have successfully partnered with Key Consulting, Shirlaws, and Body Now 4 Mums & Kids for some additional innovative courses.

The Business Expo
41 businesses participated in the 19th annual Chamber Business Expo opened by the Premier and Title Sponsor LIME. From artwork to electric cars, from donuts to flu shots, from real estate to boats – there was a diverse range of businesses on hand to share their expertise and products. Prize drawings and product demonstrations continued throughout the two-days and proved popular with the thousands of attendees.

Leadership Cayman
Leadership Cayman graduated 18 participants in 2011 and is now entering its third year. As the programme progresses we have see an even greater interest from the community and our recent selection process for the 2012 programme was a very difficult one with 40 worthy applicants and only 25 places available.

This year’s seminar topics include Media in our Community, Criminal Justice, Education & Workforce Development, Sister Islands Perspective, Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Cayman Islands Government, Human Services & Health Care, Financial Services, Stay over & Cruise Tourism, Infrastructure & The Environment, and Cultural & Performing Arts. Last year’s successful application for Class project was received from The Hope Foundation who acts as a bridge for recovering addicts as they’re-enter society and play their part as productive citizens.