﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire</title><link>www.nlrchamber.org</link><description>News related to North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce</description><copyright>(c) 2026, North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Northern Stars Leads Group 4/1/2025 8:30 AM - 4/1/2025 9:30 AM</title><description /><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1739</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:45:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NLR Connects Board Meeting 4/2/2025 12:00 Noon - 4/2/2025 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;This meeting is for NLR Connects Board Members only.&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1744</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:05:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>FYI Membership Luncheon 4/4/2025 11:45 AM - 4/4/2025 1:00 PM</title><description /><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1737</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:05:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NLR Connects Second Tuesday 4/8/2025 4:30 PM - 4/8/2025 6:30 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Deluca&amp;#39;s is hosting us in April for our NLR Connects Second Tuesday networking event!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Come hang out and and network with some of Central Arkansas&amp;#39;&amp;nbsp;brightest professionals!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
No admission fee.&amp;nbsp; Please RSVP below!&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1738</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:26:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Power Hour Leads Group 4/9/2025 8:30 AM - 4/9/2025 9:30 AM</title><description /><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1741</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:46:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Thrive:  New Perspectives on Happiness and Joy in Work and Life: Presented by ImageWorks Commercial Interiors 4/9/2025 12:00 Noon - 4/9/2025 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Things are moving fastand our lives are increasingly stressful, but it&amp;rsquo;s possible to create the conditions for happiness amidst all the angst.&amp;nbsp; Join us to learn what happiness really is and how to increasingly tap into joy. We&amp;rsquo;ll talk about myths of happiness and how much of the popular narrative is wrong&amp;mdash;and what works better. We&amp;rsquo;ll discuss how to create the conditions for happiness in work and life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;About the Speaker:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="background:#fcfcfc"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Dr. Tracy Brower is a PhD sociologist studying happiness, work-life fulfillment and the future of work. She is the author of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Happiness-Work-Purpose-Fulfillment/dp/1728297265/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1QNQ1S7IYCXJH&amp;amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LxpV1natBUHeOGSogkxREa2KHbhxFW8VQsAEAvYZq4HGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.GI9Hxr-dh_NyO8ZdpMSr77aI_Gni_ZQf71qG0K0TfAI&amp;amp;dib_tag=se&amp;amp;keywords=secrets+to+happiness+at+work+brower&amp;amp;qid=1708352080&amp;amp;sprefix=secrets+to+happiness+at+work+brower%2Caps%2C126&amp;amp;sr=8-1" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;The Secrets to Happiness at Work&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Bring-Work-Life-Bringing-Organizations/dp/1629560030/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1572634153&amp;amp;sr=8-1" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Bring Work to Life&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;. She is the vice president of workplace insights with &lt;span class="MsoHyperlink"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:none"&gt;Steelcase and a senior contributor to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tracybrower" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Forbes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/user/tbrower" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Fast Company&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;. Tracy&amp;rsquo;s work has been translated into 23 languages, and her TEDx talk has been viewed 8.2 million times. In addition, she is an award-winning speaker with over 25 years of experience working with global clients to achieve business results. Tracy is on the advisory board for Kids Food Basket and for the CoDesign Collaborative. In addition, she is a coach and advisor for the Center for Leadership at Hope College and an advisor to the Michigan State University Master of Industrial Mathematics Program. She is a award-winning faculty member for CoreNet Global and for Hacking HR. Tracy&amp;rsquo;s work has been featured on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgthz0xu_Gw" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;CBS News&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="background:#fcfcfc"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;TEDx, The Wall Street Journal, Work-Life Balance in the 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Century (book), Globe and Mail (Canada), InsideHR (Australia), HR Director (UK), T3N (Germany), Morning Wave in Busan (South Korea), Real Estate Review Journal, Fortune, Inc. Magazine, HBR (France), multiple podcasts and more. Tracy holds a PhD in Sociology, a Master of Management in Organizational Culture, and a Master of Corporate Real Estate with a workplace specialization. You can find her on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracybrowerphd/" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;LinkedIn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/TracyBrower108" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;X&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span class="MsoHyperlink"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/tlb108/" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Instagram&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7813177.Tracy_Brower" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2funsplash.com%2f%40tbrower108&amp;amp;c=E,1,TPfiva48RByGo99v-7a0XX_8MKlb6UGWfKKuKNOf5B-JV5SIKKttzq-DU1OltsyfCjzRJl2rj4O7jq5Yr20Vr0wOJHIhghovvFFar32h7ykH1buygdc,&amp;amp;typo=1" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Unsplash (photography)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt; or at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fwww.tracybrower.com%2f&amp;amp;c=E,1,6ChoCL4uBdntNxr2QzLaoCANSlmcEAyHL1Fou9Bzx1ZPQ5BE34-ES_3SLd4ZS0MT1VPLJV24tt1OmwOS32xekcA1hMag06EE6zw7G_9ID3h1JKzEaSsC7cgGUdvm&amp;amp;typo=1" style="color:#467886; text-decoration:underline"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;tracybrower.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="position:absolute; margin-left:15px; margin-top:121px; width:1082px"&gt;&lt;span style="z-index:-1895825920"&gt;&lt;span style="height:2px"&gt;&lt;img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAtEAAAABAQMAAAAipmBCAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAAARnQU1BAACxjwv8YQUAAAAGUExURX5+foCAgG5DXJQAAAACdFJOU3/+hDF3GgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOwwAADsMBx2+oZAAAAA9JREFUGNNjqP9PI/CfEQAcdFkoV7PHvgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" style="height:1px; width:721px" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Doors open:&lt;/strong&gt; 11:30am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Program starts:&lt;/strong&gt; 12pm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1734</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:22:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vanguard Committee Meeting 4/10/2025 4:30 PM - 4/10/2025 5:30 PM</title><description /><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1743</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:46:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Northern Stars Leads Group 4/15/2025 8:30 AM - 4/15/2025 9:30 AM</title><description /><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1740</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:45:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Job Fair 4/15/2025 9:15 AM - 4/15/2025 12:15 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;This job fair provides students 16 and older&amp;nbsp;in the North Little Rock School District&amp;nbsp;the opportunity to learn about businesses and jobs available in Central Arkansas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin:0in"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;We hope you will plan to attend and showcase your jobs to our region&amp;#39;s future workforce.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:black"&gt;The deadline to register for booth space is Friday, April 11.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1736</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:59:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Power Hour Leads Group 4/23/2025 8:30 AM - 4/23/2025 9:30 AM</title><description /><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1742</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:46:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commerce &amp; Connections: New Member Orientation 4/29/2025 8:00 AM - 4/29/2025 9:00 AM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Did You Join The Chamber in the Last 6 Months? Or Do You Have New Employees Who Want to Learn About Us?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Join Us for some Commerce &amp;amp; Connections:&amp;nbsp;New Member Orientation!&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.nlrchamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=1735</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:38:56 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>