Year in Review 2009 | Page 7

l YEAR IN REVIEW 2009 l SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES SACC-Philadelphia offers a number of benefits to its members. Apart from the numerous networking and social events during the year offered to members at a reduced price, members also enjoy the magazines Currents and SACC Philadelphia Update (SPU). Furthermore, all members have access to SACC-Philadelphia’s communication channels, which will be further improved by the new website launching in 2009. Aside from the events held and arranged by SACC-Philadelphia, all members are also invited to the big networking E-days event, held annually in the US and also in Sweden. All members are offered support by the SACC office for all kinds of requests. The office’s duties are aimed to help meet the needs of their members. In the coming years, the goal is to further improve and widen the range of support offered to members, having one intern work specifically with those questions. SACC has unique connections and networks both in Sweden and the USA, and is therefore in a great position to help companies. In the future, SACC-Philadelphia will have a trainee working as a consultant, assisting and supporting companies pursuing business in the Greater Philadelphia region or in Sweden. A future project for SACC-Philadelphia is also to create an information booklet targeting Scandinavian companies interested in investing in the U.S., and more specifically, in the Greater Philadelphia region. SPONSORSHIP AND MEMBERSHIP PACKAGES In late 2008 SACC-Philadelphia revised the types of memberships offered. Starting January 2009 SACCPhiladelphia now offers members a number of different advertising programs. This is to make sponsoring of events and advertising at the website and in SPU more efficient through planning ahead. Even though the sponsorship and membership packages are available all through 2009, SACC-Philadelphia will from January 2010 only be using these types of memberships. This is an exclusive offer to SACC-Philadelphia’s Corporate Members. (See next page) During 2009 SACC-Philadelphia was honored to receive a number of new members. For every new member, the benefits and networking possibilities for the existing members were increased, which is why we work hard to increase the number of companies and individuals who are members. Each individual and corporate member is important to the chapter as they all bring important knowledge, experience, and opportunities. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS There are many benefits to being a member of SACC-Philadelphia. The chance to network with all our interesting members in a relaxed setting. Access to all events arranged by SACC-Philadelphia. Discounted pricing to events. Access to E-days yearly held in Sweden and USA. The magazines, “Currents” and “SPU”. Communication opportunities through our newsletters