Free Business Topics in Chicago
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The Real Estate Crisis
Paco Aramburu, Broker, Touchstone Group Real Estate
The talk focuses on what we can do to protect ourselves and take advantage of the “buyer’s market.”
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How Did We Get into this Mess?
Paco Aramburu, Broker, Touchstone Group Real Estate
Paco will present a brief synopsis of the market factors that almost lead to the collapse of the entire banking system.
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Power of Stories for Business
Valerie Fuson, Author & Certified Speaking Coach, Empowered Speaking
Whether you are a CEO, entrepreneur, sales professional or business expert, your story is the deciding factor of why people will do business with you. Valerie’s talk shows how to bring your stories to life to attract the ideal client and increase profits.
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Get a Grip on Your Business
John McMahon, President, TractionLeadership, LLC
Even the most successful entrepreneurs occasionally find running a business a challenge. They grapple with lack of control, profit, growth and people who don’t follow through. Hear John’s solutions.
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Non-Profit Business Strategies
Lea Ann Skogsberg, Founder, Dollars and Sense
With 30 years experience, Lea Ann offers customized talks on using social media, blogging, endowment, creating access for middle income donors, fundraising, new business models, grantwriting and trends across sectors.
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A Diverse Workforce is Smart Business
Pamela Bozeman-Evans, Founder & Senior Consultant, ProPlanProject
Workplace diversity impacts your bottom line. Pamela discusses best practices in recruitment, retention, target marketing, and product/service innovation. She provides valuable insights that will empower your team and impress your client base. Learn more about customized presentations, tailored to diverse stakeholders, including sales teams, C-Suites, boards, and investors.
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Millennials Are Uniquely Designed for Innovation. Now If I Could Just Understand Them!
Pamela Bozeman-Evans, Founder & Senior Consultant, ProPlanProject
Our 21st century problems are very complex and require our best and brightest to solve them. Millennials are uniquely prepared for the challenge. Their parents have positioned them for success and they will boldly transform our world. MORE >
While this should be exciting news for the corporate and nonprofit community, today's multi-generational workplace struggles to find the sweet spot between Gen X experience and Gen Y exploration. Pamela Bozeman-Evans describes the myths and realities of multi-generational workplaces, and offers best management practices for the "new norm". -
“Learning” to Win
Bob Miller, Founder and CEO, PFCC Group
In a world who's knowledge doubles every 5 years we all have to be continuous learners. If you are not growing you are coasting and coasters go down hill. I'm sure many of your competitors aren't coasting. MORE >
The good news is that we have access to more information and knowledge than any other generation. The bad news is we have access to more information and knowledge than any other generation! As business leaders and associates we have to answer some serious questions.1. What do we need to learn?
2. Where do we begin?
3. How much time can we invest?
4. How much is it going to cost?
5. How will we get a return on my investment"Learning" to Win, addresses these concerns and provides some insights into how you and your organization can build and strengthen a continuous learning culture.
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LinkedIn Top 5 Tips
Dee Reinhardt, Social Media Strategist, Time2Mrkt, Inc.
LinkedIn is THE professional social networking tool. Are you using it to your advantage? This session talks about the top 5 things you should do with your personal profile to help drive your business forward. As a bonus, we can discuss 3 tips to employ to make your business profile top notch. All in all, each of the tips help you show up higher in LinkedIn search results and ultimately warm-up cold leads. MORE >
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E-Commerce Success – Beyond The Technology!
Tim Campbell, CEO, VaporBeast.com
There are literally millions of websites and e-commerce companies that flood the web. Most fail, however some have enormous success. Find out how Tim Campbell, partners, and team built VaporBeast.com to be one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in the United States in less than five years. MORE >
Tim Campbell is the Founder and CEO of VaporBeast.com. He started the company with a single product he invented, and today his company develops and distributes over 2,500 items in the dynamically growing e-cigarette industry. Find out how Tim and team built a leading brand that now ships over 15,000+ items a day to consumers and brick and mortar retailers throughout the United States.As much as technology, SEO, and a robust web platform have contributed...Tim attributes his company's success to other factors such as integrity, service, culture, passion and market timing! This is an inspirational story that shows that the American Dream is still alive and well!