Free Self-Improvement Topics in Chicago
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Find Balance As You Juggle It All
Kathleen Peterson, Coach, Trainer & Muse, Equinox Associates, Inc.
Request This Free SpeechThis talk will help busy professionals achieve peak performance and work/life balance by sharing a simple, fool-proof methodology.
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Moving Forward During Turbulent Times
Jay Kurtz, Chaplain, Chaplain in Action
Request This Free SpeechI take folks on a journey during the conflict and chaos in their lives. It’s about giving - of yourself - for the greater good. It seems simple, but it takes a great deal of energy and engagement to achieve a framework of commitment, intra-personal awareness and personal sacrifice.
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The Case for Kindness
Marie Genevieve Pawlak, Managing Principal , Prime Alchemy a division of Planning101 Group
Request This Free SpeechWhat would happen if Kindness was put on trial? Does it really pay to be kind In Leadership? How does kindness really help us in today's fast-paced world? This talk will provide insight and humor into what it really means to be kind and how being kind is the secret ingredient to success.
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Developing A Personal Brand for Career and Life!
Bette Lawrence-Water, Founder and Principal Consultant, Spectrum Strategic Solutions
Request This Free SpeechPersonal Branding is identifying your assets, characteristics, strengths, and skills as an individual. Understanding Personal Branding will provide advantages in your participant’s personal and professional lives. Branding is a mix of how you present yourself and how others see you. It is important to be aware of how you are viewed. MORE >
During this lively and enlightening personal branding discussion, participants learn to uncover their vision and passions for career and life. Then, find out how to utilize this knowledge through Social Media to define and influence how others see you. You are your brand so protect it. Live it.Discussion Objectives:
• Define your image.
• Control your image.
• Understand how to sharpen your brand.
• Use social media appropriately.
• Manage your brand in a crisis.
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Navigating Life’s Curves ad Corners: Managing Change at Work, At Home and In-Between
Jerilyn Willin, Principal, JWillin Consulting, Ltd.
Request This Free SpeechCareer transition, new technology, a new life direction...no matter what your age, situation or outlook, you've been touched by change. How can dealing with life's changes be less chaotic? What can you do to help yourself and others deal better with change? MORE >
Take positive steps to help others and yourself navigate through the rough patches in life at work and at home. Come: 1.) Explore the phases of change everyone experiences, 2.) Learn and share ideas/techniques to effectively deal with change, and 3.) Chart next steps to help you move forward through and to your new normal. -
Sacred Feminine Within Workshop
Jeanmarie Dwyer-Wrigley, M.S., Founder and Director, WomensWisdom
Request This Free SpeechThrough the study and practice of the “Principles of Sacred Feminine Psychology,” you will develop and use intuitive wisdom to transform authentic greatness into empowerment of the feminine spirit.
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Speaking with Confidence in any Situation
Suzanne M. Bracken, Managing Director, Ludicrous Theatre Company
Request This Free SpeechThis lively presentation will address the causes of fear associated with speaking when we are not comfortable doing so. Learn how to make those butterflies in your stomach "fly in formation," so you can get your point across in a confident and effective manner.
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The Power of Networking
Bette Lawrence-Water, Founder and Principal Consultant, Spectrum Strategic Solutions
Request This Free SpeechAccording to Merriam Webster networking is “the exchange of information or services among individuals, groups, or institutions; specifically: the cultivation of productive relationships for employment or business”. These and other events can become more easily managed with this great workshop. During this lively, and interactive Power of Networking (Outside the organization) discussion, participants will begin to see how important it is to develop a core set of networking skills to get things done. By managing and looking at the way people interact and seeing things in a new light, participants can improve on almost every aspect of their networking strategy.
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Becoming An Innovator
Stephen A. Di Biase, Ph.D., President, Premier Insights, LLC.
Request This Free Speech"10 Keys To Unlock Your Innovative Self" offers the reader a short, simple, easy and fun treatment teaching anyone how to use the basics of innovative behaviors for becoming a more effective problem solver leading to a higher quality of life. Specifically, this treatise touches on why every human being is an innovator at birth, how we can maximizes, this natural trait, the importance of curiosity, imagination, inquiry, methods of learning, the importance of play and passion and how to use the scientific method while being careful of formal education. MORE >
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Career and Job Search Strategies
Sander Marcus, Ph.D., Practice Leader, IIT Center for Research & Service
Request This Free Speech"What am I going to do when I grow up?" is a question we hear from people of all ages. The strategy for getting a job (interviewing, resumes, etc.) is always an important topic. Sander will provide an overview or address specific topics.