Jamaica USA Chamber of Commerce Business Expo

In the upcoming week the Jamaica USA Chamber of Commerce will be having a business expo in conjunction with the Jamaica Manufacturers Association. The event will be held at the Signature Grand in Davie, Florida. Here, businesses will get a chance to exhibit their products and services and establish relationship with companies here in the US. Representatives should include the trade, manufacturing and financing industries. So, this would be a good event to attend and make some connections in terms of doing business in Jamaica and here as well. This is a wonderful networking opportunity and though I cannot commit to both days' entire activities I hope to make the evening networking session.

I am not sure what the response has been so far but this kind of event presents a vital opportunity to establish economic ties with the Diaspora and the home country. My concern is this however: how effective is the promotion of this event? This type of event should not only target businesses here in an attempt to match them with businesses from Jamaica, but I believe the the promotion of this event should target non-business owners here in the US as well. That is to say individuals. Granted, it would be hard and expensive to push this event to reach a substantial section of the Diaspora. But, this type of event can be publicized through civic groups as well as in partnerships with other chambers. I do not see this happening or if it is I just am not aware. But, I would love to see more effort on the part of the JAUSACC to reach a wider cross section of the Diaspora as well as more interaction with other chambers of commerce.