African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida

The African American Chamber of Commerce of Central Florida serves as an advocacy organization to unify, promote and empower the African American community in the areas of programming, economic development, education and training thereby forming collaborations to improve the quality of life for African Americans.

Florida Chamber of Commerce

The Florida Chamber is Florida's largest federation of businesses, chambers of commerce and associations. The Federation’s more than 137,000 member businesses represent three million employees in every legislative district in Florida. More than 80 percent of our members our small businesses, reflecting Florida's strength and spirit.
What most people think of as the "Florida Chamber" is actually an organization with many supporting programs.

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Metro Orlando

Our mission is to provide leadership and support the economic development of the Hispanic business community of Metro Orlando.

Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission

The Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission (EDC) is an organization that helps business. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of today's industries and creating a competitive economic climate where businesses can thrive. To meet this goal, the EDC provides key services and support, which range from relocation and expansion expertise to export counsel to long-term planning with our community partners.

Metropolitan Orlando Urban League

Established in 1910, The National urban League is the nation's oldest and largest community-based movement devoted to empowering African Americans to enter the economic and social mainstream. Today, the National Urban League, headquartered in New York City, spearheads the non-partisan efforts of its local affiliates.

Orlando Business Referral Network

The Business Referral Network of Orlando is a business networking group that helps each of its members succeed by providing qualified sales leads at weekly meetings.

SCORE

The SCORE Association, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneurial education and the formation, growth and success of small businesses nationwide. Our public service mission is to provide face-to-face and email business counseling to help small businesses evaluate plans, stabilize, grow, innovate and succeed.

SCORE is composed of 10,500 volunteer business mentors, both working and retired, who counsel businesses from 389 chapter offices throughout the country. SCORE volunteers hail from every facet of the business community. Some have worked at large corporations such as Kodak, Xerox and Boeing. Some have served in our military or worked for the local or federal government. Others have spent years cultivating their own small business.
Last year, SCORE helped expand small business opportunities by providing more than 440,000 services to Americans throughout the country.

Toastmasters

At Toastmasters, members learn by speaking to groups and working with others in a supportive environment. A typical Toastmasters club is made up of 20 to 30 people who meet once a week for about an hour.

Each meeting gives everyone an opportunity to practice:
Conducting meetings, Giving impromptu speeches, Presenting prepared speeches, Offering constructive evaluation.

In Toastmasters members build leadership skills by organizing and conducting meetings and motivating others to help them. Club leadership roles and a leadership development program also offer opportunities to learn and practice. Just as Toastmasters members learn to speak simply by speaking, they learn leadership by leading.