All Topics in Chicago
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Financial Literacy – The Basics
Renee N. Duba, Founder, Sonder Private Wealth Management
TOPIC CATEGORY: Financial
Request This Free SpeechWe live in a world now where the responsibility for a lifetime of financial well-being rests solely in our own hands. The increasing complexity of the financial choices and decisions we face have exposed a dismal reality: most folks do not have an adequate understanding of the financial principals, behaviors and attitudes that will foster financial well-being. MORE >
In this interactive presentation, we discuss what financial literacy means and why it’s critically important for a life of financial security and enjoyment. Topics include the components of literacy and basic principles upon which attendees can learn to gain control over day to day financial matters, build for retirement, and enjoy the things in life they love today.This is an intro to a series of presentations that include Budget Building, Retirement Planning and Investing. Can be customized for your organization.
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Five Marketing Principles Every Business Must Get Right to Maximize Results
Mark James, Founder & President, Performance Advisors Group, Inc.
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechHave you ever heard someone say this about their marketing: “We tried that and it didn’t work?” or, "We are not seeing the marketing results we expected." They are probably missing one or more of these principals. And it is costing time and money. Attend this presentation to see how these five key principals will help you: MORE >
- Avoid the marketing “shiny key” syndrome
- Prevent the "winging it" trap
- Visualize marketing as a journey
- Make better informed marketing decisions
- Validate results
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From $0 to $1m in Monthly Recurring Revenue
Brandon Bruce, COO & Co-founder, Cirrus Insight
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechI love to talk about my experience starting a new company and growing it to $1 million in monthly recurring revenue. We've made a lot of mistakes and we've identified several strategies that work really well for us. MORE >
I'm happy to speak about any aspect of the entrepreneurial journey including bootstrapping, fundraising, hiring, training, marketing, selling, and everything in between. I have experience speaking at meetings and conferences of any size – from United Nations conferences with thousands of attendees to user group meetings with a few dozen attendees. My promise is that we'll have a good time and learn a lot together. -
From zero to launch: A walk-through of the website process
Lisa Ghisolf, President & Founder, Gizmo Creative Factory, Inc.
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechI’ll share my step-by-step process (honed since the days of just HTML) for WordPress website creation or redesign. We’ll touch on content audits, theme selection (or should you go custom?), launch checklists, and post-launch care. Also freelancer or client management. MORE >
Great for those who want to launch or relaunch their sites and those who work with clients. -
Games Prospects and Buyers Play
Bryan McDonald, Partner/Owner, onPurpose Growth
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechOld ways don't open new doors. We hear two things consistently these days: everybody sells or everybody is in sales. Nobody wants be sold. The question we ask ourselves is how do these two things coexist? The traditional way of selling leaves your prospects wanting something different and you, wanting more prospects! In The Games Buyers & Prospects Play session, we will have a roundtable discussion that includes the underlying psychology driving your buyer's and prospect's behavior. MORE >
We will present how the elite sales professionals and entrepreneurs, across industries, change the rules of the game and thus change the behaviors to improve the outcomes of their sales efforts.If you struggle with:
✦Having prospects that you thought sounded positive but never respond to follow up
✦Prospects that meet with you regularly and never pay for your service aka free advice
✦If you have ever said “I wish I just have smarter clients”
✦Frankly, if you are just tired of doing the same old tactics that never feel right nor, get you where you want to be, The Games Buyers & Prospects Play may just open the door to new possibilities for you.Join us and we will discuss a way to change your results!
You will walk away with:
✦Understanding the commonly accepted selling steps
✦Learn about what is driving your prospects/buyers reactions
✦Discover the inherent conflict between the 2 above, that stops/slows down your sales
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Generation Z (Zoomers) in the Workplace
Mary Erlain, President, Peak Development Strategies
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechWe have taken a generation and placed them in a boat, we gave them no navigation system, no map, no destination, and no plan. We set them in an ocean filled with icebergs and sharks and told them to figure it out. Based on the new book, The Zoomers Book, the presentation addresses the fact that this generation is "not wrong, just different" and how to navigate them and encourage them in our workplace. We offer hope and a plan that is further explained in the future book The Zoomer Project. So if you are confused about how to help this future generation and truly want to help them become the productive individuals they can be, then this presentation is for you. The first step in helping someone is to learn who they are and not rely on assumptions. MORE >
Whether you are a solo business owner, a large company, or any point in between, we will change how you view your business world (and maybe help you on the home front too). -
Get (and Stay) Organized
Erin J. Kelly, Professional Organizer, Arranged By Erin
TOPIC CATEGORY: Self-Improvement
Request This Free SpeechLearn how to live a simple and organized life. Whether it’s your home or office, Erin explains the tools to help you be more productive and save time. Erin has given speeches all over Chicago including corporations, ADD support groups, and libraries.
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Get a Grip on Your Business
John McMahon, President, TractionLeadership, LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Business
Request This Free SpeechEven 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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Get it SOLD with Home Staging
GraceAnn Simoni, President & Premier Home Stager, Staging Redesign Group Inc.
TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational
Request This Free SpeechSelling your home now or in the future. When you’re ready to put you house on the market will you know where to start? Do you think the Realtor will do everything for you? Does the thought of getting your home ready for the buyer’s critical eye scare you? Are you willing to take a price reduction rather than investing a little into the house? MORE >
Staging a home results in fewer days on the market and a higher selling price. Be one step ahead of the competition. Learn how to stage your home today! Get it ready now before even calling the Realtor!What can be done to get your house ready for little or no money?
From the curb to the back door!
What home Staging is and what it is not.
What are buyers in this market looking for in their new home?
How to shorten the time on the market and get the best offers. -
Get It, Check It, Know Who Has Seen It
Chris Heuman, Practice Leader, RISC Management and Consulting, LLC
TOPIC CATEGORY: Educational
Request This Free SpeechThe Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 or HIPAA is a federal law that sets rules about who can view and receive your Protected Health Information or PHI. This law gives you rights over your health information and when it can be shared. MORE >
In addition, HIPAA requires your physicians, pharmacists and other health care providers, and your health plan to explain your rights and how your health information can be used or shared. Most of us believe that our medical and other health information is private and should be protected, and we want to know who has this information.You will learn about historical information, important terminology, sharing health information with family members and friends, and understand your health information privacy as a consumer.