Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce

The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce advertises itself as the place where businesses can go to meet each other and network. So since I rather fancy myself to be an entreprenuer, I figured I would call on them and check them out.
As it turned out, the level of customer service was excellent. I was greeted at chamber offices by Martha Coakley, who was helpful enough to give anyone with a service-​related phobia nightmares. She cheerfully and relentlessly explained the advantages of Chamber membership to me until I felt like a boob for not having joined directly upon graduating high school. Furthermore, she had distilled useful information from my confused rambling during our initial phone conversation and had an entire package specially put together just for me. I felt quite special.
The Chamber is set up so members can interact with each other, and find the types of businesses they are looking to do business with. With a pretty comprehensive schedule of events, they succeed in creating some powerful networking opportunities. The added bonus of having Chamber guidance with these events makes them less confusing and more productive than the average networking party. Also, the divergence of types of event means that no matter what the profession there is a event that will appeal.
Martha explained this all to me in clear fashion, and mentioned that as an added bonus my business would get extensive usage of the Chamber’s meeting rooms and facilities in Center City. I would definitely advise the serious business person to check out the Chamber. The networking is great, and so are the people.