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Each year, the West Seattle Chamber hosts 10 Business After Hours professional networking events at local WS Chamber member businesses. These events are monthly, excluding August and December. Are you considering hosting? Read below to find out the benefits of hosting!

Commitment by the WS Chamber Member:

  • A Chamber member business provides the venue (or partners with another member to joint-host an After Hours is a suitable venue).
  • A Chamber member business provides light food and beverages (or partners with other members to supply food and beverages for the event).
  • Date/time: The business must be available at the time of the regularly scheduled After Hours from 5-7:30 pm
  • Attendance: Your business location must be able to accommodate a large group of guests. After Hours have been attracting 50-70 attendees from West Seattle businesses.

Promotion by the WS Chamber:

  • Your business gets promoted on the Chamber website and After Hours event page.
  • Your business gets promoted via the Chamber social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter) for the 4 weeks leading up to the event.
  • Your business gets promoted via social media with photos from the actual event the day following the event.
  • You will be addressing the attendees during the announcements portion of the event and get to inform guests about your business, services, opportunities to collaborate, and upcoming events
  • The West Seattle Chamber handles the registration portal and nametags for the evening. Post-event, we can email the attendees with any follow up information you’d like to share.

Schedule of the After Hours Evening:

  • 5:30pm-7:30pm – All Chamber Members
  • 6:15pm – Announcements from the WS Chamber and host venue
  • 7:30pm – After Hours concludes

2024 After Hours Schedule:

2025 Business After Hours Schedule

  • January 22nd
  • February 19th - The Kenney
  • March 19th
  • April 23rd
  • May 21st
  • June 18th
  • July 23rd
  • September 17th
  • October 22nd
  • November 19th

Questions or interested in hosting? Please contact the West Seattle Chamber at info@wschamber.com or 206-932-5685.

We are invite all West Seattle Health and Wellness professionals to meet up and network with other local professionals. Each person in attendance should plan to give a 1-2 minute overview of their business.

Commitment by the WS Chamber Member:

  • Business provides the venue (or partners with another member).
  • Business provides light food and beverages (or partners with other members to supply food and beverages for the event).
  • Date/time: The business must be available at the time of the regularly scheduled Health and Wellness Meetups from 6:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Attendance: Your business location must be able to accommodate a group of guests. Health and Wellness Meetups have been attracting 10-15 attendees from West Seattle businesses.

Promotion by the WS Chamber:

  • Your business gets promoted on the Chamber website and Health and Wellness event page.
  • Your business gets promoted via the Chamber social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter).
  • Your business gets promoted via social media with photos from the actual event the day following the event.
  • You will be addressing the attendees during the announcements portion of the event and get to inform guests about your business, services, opportunities to collaborate, and upcoming events

2024 After Hours Schedule:

Questions or interested in hosting? Please contact the West Seattle Chamber at info@wschamber.com or 206-932-5685.

The West Seattle Chamber loves to celebrate new businesses, reopening businesses, relocating businesses, and business anniversaries here on the peninsula! One benefit of belonging to the WS Chamber is a ribbon cutting ceremony—book yours today by emailing info@wschamber.com.

What to Do:

  • Please allow 3 to 4 weeks to organize your event.
  • Develop an invitation list. Consider inviting friends and family, neighboring businesses, current/potential customers, business associates, suppliers, employees, and elected officials.
  • To increase awareness about your event, promote it via your social media channels, newsletter, and website.
  • Consider using a Chamber Photographer to enhance the pictures from your event.
  • Additionally, you alert local media outlets about your business update (the Chamber will inform the WS Blog and Westside Seattle of your event). Feel free to use this sample press release to customize and send out. Consider sending to these local outlets:

Allways Podcast | Keith Bacon  | keith@madewithbacon.com

SEAtoday | Gabe Guarente | GGuarente@theSEAtoday.com

West Seattle Blog | Patrick Sand and Tracy Record |  westseattleblog@gmail.com

West Seattle Herald | Patrick Robinson | pr@robinsonnews.com

Press Release Template

Promotion by WS Chamber:

  • WS Chamber will promote your ribbon cutting on the Chamber Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter
  • WS Chamber will create a Facebook event for the occasion and add you as a co-host
  • Add your event to our Community Calendar on wschamber.com
  • We will include your event in our newsletter the week prior or week of the ceremony
  • After the event, we will share the photos/video on our Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter

What to Expect the Day of Ribbon Cutting:

  • WS Chamber will provide the ribbon and giant scissors for the photo opportunity
  • People generally spend 15 to 30 minutes at a Ribbon Cutting
  • At the designated event date/time, a West Seattle Chamber of Commerce representative will welcome everyone to the event and say a few words.
  • The WS Chamber representative will acknowledge any local organizations, mayors, city officials, etc. in attendance.
  • The WS Chamber representative will introduce the business owner.
  • The business owner will introduce themselves and their staff, give a history and/or description of the business, and invite the attendees to tour/see the facility after the ribbon is cut.
  • At this time, a WS Chamber of Commerce representative will direct attendees to assemble for photos to be taken and the ribbon cutting. Two individuals will hold the ends of the ribbon in place as everyone lines up for the photo and the ribbon is cut. Multiple photos as well as a short video will be taken. Your guests are also invited to take photos at this time.
  • After the photo opportunity, everyone is invited to network, tour the facility, and enjoy refreshments (if you elected to have refreshments).

Chamber Members! Are you ready to schedule your ribbon cutting? Reach out to us by emailing info@wschamber.com or calling 206- 932-5685.

Reach out to Rachel at rachel@wschamber.com to learn more about sponsoring luncheons.

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