Rochester Business Alliance, the chamber of commerce serving the nine-county Finger Lakes region, intends to rebrand as the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce, effective in January. The move to RBA’s chamber roots stemmed from a strategic planning process that started ...

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Robert J. Duffy, president and CEO of Rochester Business Alliance, will deliver the keynote address at Roberts Wesleyan College’s spring commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. May 9 in the Voller Athletic Center, 2301 Westside Drive. Nearly 500 students receiving undergraduate ...

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The Rochester Business Alliance will host Skip Weisman, an international speaker and workplace communication expert, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. March 13 at its 150 State St. facilities. The interactive half-day session will introduce small business leaders to a strategy ...

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The Rochester Business Alliance board of directors welcomed several new members Jan. 1. The board also elected Nazareth College President Daan Braveman to a two-year term as chairman of the board. Braveman succeeds Rochester Business Journal Publisher Susan Holliday, who ...

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Rochester Business Alliance will host a free fall 2013 Eat Well, Live Well Challenge information session Sept. 6. The eight-week program encourages participants to make healthy food choices and get more physically active. Over 400 Rochester-area employers have already used ...

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New York State Education Commissioner John King will visit the Rochester Business Alliance on Thursday to talk with RBA members about the widespread adoption of Common Core State Standards in K-12 education. He will also address the opportunities and challenges ...

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Dan Smith joined the Rochester Business Alliance as director of communications. Smith is responsible for planning, directing and implementing public relations and communications programs.

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The Rochester Business Alliance Women’s Council presented its 27th annual Athena Award to Monroe Community College President Anne M. Kress. A selection committee of local leaders commissioned by the Women’s Council chose Kress from 15 finalists based on her significant ...

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The Rochester Business Alliance on Thursday released a report calling upon state leaders and members of the state Workers’ Compensation Board to implement system reforms approved in 2007. “Unfinished Business: Five Years of Worker’s Compensation Reform, Still a Work in ...

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Workplace bullying not only affects employee productivity, but a company’s bottom line. It should be addressed immediately from the top down, according to attorney T. Andrew Brown, managing partner at Brown & Hutchinson, who presented a seminar Thursday at the ...

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Many Rochester-area workers can on average expect 3 percent raises in 2013, according to a Pay Trend survey conducted by the Rochester Business Alliance.   According to the annual survey released Wednesday, 88 percent of the 156 employers who responded ...

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Rochester Business Alliance is sponsoring a seminar on Sept. 27 entitled “Preventing Workplace Bullying.” The two-hour session, presented by T. Andrew Brown, managing partner of Brown & Hutchinson LLP, is designed to raise awareness of this problem and the negative ...

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