Free Business Topics in Chicago
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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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“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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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". -
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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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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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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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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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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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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Where’s the Cash?
John Y. Lafferty, Founder, CFO-Pro
Helps business owners understand why profits and cash flow differ and how to manage the business more efficiently using this knowledge.