COVID-19 Live Updates and Webinars

Recorded webinars
This page will be regularly updated as new updates are scheduled and recordings become available.

Eau Claire Chamber Virtual Town Halls
​Produced in cooperation with WIN Technology and Perigon
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Click here to view our May 6 Virtual Town Hall
With Task Force Co-chairs Gregg Moore & Mark Faanes, EC City Manager Dale Peters,
EC City-County Health Dept Director Lieske Giese
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​Economic Recovery Task Force Update
• Virtual Town Hall: Wednesday, May 6, 10:00 a.m.
​Update on the local COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force ​with Co-chairs Gregg Moore & Mark Faanes, EC City Manager Dale Peters, and EC City-County Health Dept Director Lieske Giese
Video recording (60:02, Perigon)
Chats (Perigon)
Task Force web site

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Click here to view our Apr 30 Virtual Town Hall
With WMC President & CEO Kurt Bauer​

WMC Back to Business Plan
• Virtual Town Hall: Thursday, Apr 30, 1:00 p.m.
​WMC President & CEO Kurt Bauer joined us to talk about WMC's "Back to Business" Plan to reopen the Wisconsin economy. 
Video recording (50:40, Perigon)
Chats (Perigon)
WMC Back to Business Plan (WMC)

​Click here to view our Apr 23 Virtual Town Hall
With US Senator Tammy Baldwin, Eau Claire City Manager Dale Peters, Eau Claire Chamber Board Chair Scott Biderman
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COVID-19: Federal & Local Responses
• Virtual Town Hall: Thursday, Apr 23, 10:00 a.m.
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US Senator Tammy Baldwin will join us to focus on federal help for businesses as they navigate the current crisis. The discussion will center on the status of replenishing funding for key programs like PPP and EIDL loans, reforms to SBA, guidance to ensure access loan programs, and what's coming in the next major relief bill. 
COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force: Chamber Board Chair Scott Biederman of Musky Tank & VES Environmental Services, and Eau Claire City Manager Dale Peters, will discuss plans to build a local/regional plan to reopen our economy.
Video recording (60:00, Perigon)
Chats (Perigon)
Chippewa Valley COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force
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Wisconsin's COVID-19 Support For Businesses
• Virtual Town Hall: Thursday, Apr 16, 11:30 a.m.
This week's Virtual Town Hall Meeting will focus on the State of Wisconsin's response to help businesses navigate COVID-19. Guests include Sam Rikkers, Deputy Secretary and COO of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and Kurt Bauer, President and CEO of Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. They'll discuss and answer questions about Gubernatorial orders, legislative action and economic support for businesses and employees. 
Video recording (50:13 Perigon)
Chats (Perigon)
WEDC COVID-19 Resource Page (WEDC)
​WMC COVID-19 Employer Tool Kit (WMC)

Caring for your employees
• Virtual Town Hall: Thursday, Apr 9, 1:00 p.m.
A focus on employee relationships and management within today's new realities.  Topics of discussion will include what to do now to comply with new rules, what you can do to take care of your team and what resources you can draw upon.  
Video recording (58:35 Perigon)
Chats (Perigon)
​MRA Covid-19 Updates (MRA)
CARES UC Summary

Federal CARES Act update and Q&A
• Virtual Town Hall: Thursday, Apr 2, 4:30 p.m.
3rd District Congressman Ron Kind and John Kirchner from the US Chamber discuss what's in the CARES Act for businesses and answer questions.  
This event was recorded. Click the following links to view it and access resources:
Video recording (58:17 Perigon)
Chats (Perigon)
Federal CARES Act Summary PowerPoint (John Kirchner, US Chamber of Commerce)

Business Resources to respond to COVID-19
​​​​• Virtual Town Hall: Thursday, Mar 26, 10:00 a.m.
An online opportunity to hear about business resources available to deal with COVID-19 and ask questions. Guests included Luke Hanson, Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corp.; Heather Smith, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp., and Aaron White, Economic Development Director, City of Eau Claire.
This event was recorded. Click the following links to view it and access resources:
Video recording (60:46, Perigon)
Chats (Perigon)
Resource Guide (Eau Claire Chamber)


Eau Claire City-County Health Department
briefings (Mo, We, Fr) at 3:30 p.m. (Facebook live)

 
BrightTalk/Manpower

COVID-19: Everything Employers Need to Know and Do Right Now
(Recorded April 1) BrightTalk/Manpower 
COVID-19’s impacts are being felt across the globe and in nearly every aspect of life. Employers and employees are feeling the effects of the pandemic in new and uncertain ways that could change the way we do business forever. If you have questions about how all the new (and even the old) laws apply in this strange new world of work, you won’t want to miss this important presentation by ManpowerGroup North America Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer Mark Toth.
Click here to access the webinar and visuals

MRA - HR Resources
https://www.mranet.org/covid-19-updates

MRA: ​"Families First Coronavirus Response Act" Livestream Recordings:

• Briefing PowerPoint Presentation
• Briefing Recording Part I: Attorney-led Briefing
• Briefing Recording Part II: HR Hotline and Participant Q&A
• CEO's Q&A on COVID-19 Recording

Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce

For all recently-recorded WMC webinars for businesses (as listed below)
 https://www.wmc.org/covid-19-update-webinars/

WMC COVID-19 UPDATE WEBINAR: Featuring U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), its trade association partners and local chambers invite you to a business coalition update call. The webinar will feature U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and an economic update from University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Noah Williams. 
​(Wednesday, April 15, 10:00AM CDT)

WMC COVID-19 Update: Featuring Wisconsin DWD Secretary Caleb Frostman
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), its trade association partners and local chambers invite you to a business coalition update call. The webinar will feature Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman. Additionally, Eric Ness and Tammie Clendenning from the Small Business Administration will provide an update. 
(Friday, April 10 at 10:00 AM CDT)

WMC COVID-19 Update: Featuring Wisconsin DHS Secretary Andrea Palm 
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), its trade association partners and local chambers invite you to a business coalition update call. The webinar will feature Wisconsin Department of Health Services Secretary Andrea Palm. Additionally, law firm Godfrey & Kahn will provide businesses with an employment law update. 
​(Wednesday, April 8 at 10:00 AM CDT)
Click here to listen to the webinar


WMC COVID-19 Update: Featuring White House Advisor Kellyanne Conway (April 3)
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), its trade association partners and local chambers invite you to a business coalition update call. The webinar will feature Kellyanne Conway, Counselor to President Donald Trump. Conway will provide details about what the Trump Administration is doing to combat the COVID-19 virus from both a health and economic standpoint. In addition, the call will feature state updates from industry leaders including Scott Suder, Wisconsin Paper Council President, and Scott VanderSanden, AT&T President - Plains States.

• Click here to listen to the webinar

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WMC COVID-19 Update: Featuring U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil (April 1)
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), its trade association partners and local chambers hosted a business coalition update call. The webinar featured a federal update from U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-1st). Additionally, attendees heard from Marcus Corporation President & CEO Greg Marcus, University of Wisconsin Professor and Director of the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy Noah Williams, and Wisconsin Medical Society CEO Dr. Clyde "Bud" Chumbley.

• Click here to listen to the full webinar

WMC COVID-19 Webinar - Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (March 25)
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), its trade association partners and local chambers hosted an update call with Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. The call detailed the state government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and updated how the business community is being impacted. The call featured updates from numerous industry-specific trade associations as to how COVID-19 is impacting their sectors of the business community.

• Click here to listen to the full webinar.

"Safer at Home" Order (March 24) - Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (WMC), its trade association partners and local chambers hosted a business coalition update call with WEDC Secretary & CEO Missy Hughes. Sec. Hughes detailed Gov. Evers "Safer at Home" order and explained how it applies to the business community.
·     Click here to listen to the full webinar.
·     Click here for the full order.

WMC/WCCE Recorded Webinar with SBA and a policy update (March 24)

• Click here to listen to this webinar and view the slides

WMC COVID-19 Webinar - Gov. Evers Addresses Business Community (March 18) WMC, its trade association partners and local chambers hosted an update call with Gov. Tony Evers and members of his cabinet. The call detailed state government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and updated how the business community is being impacted.

• Click here to listen to the webinar

WMC COVID-19 Update Webinar (March 18) This webinar provided critical business updates relating to COVID-19, including HR policies, employment law, Congressional action relating to the pandemic and an economic update.

• Click here to listen to the webinar
• Click here to view the powerpoint slides

Posted by Scott Rogers, Governmental Affairs & Workforce Director
rogers@eauclairechamber.org