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SUMMARY:AMA Chicago's Connex: Marketing Networking in November
DESCRIPTION:AMA Chicago brings together colleagues\, friends\, entrepreneurs and creative professionals from the best companies in the Midwest. Meet your Chicago Chapter Board and learn about what we’ve got planned for you. Mingle with current and prospective AMA members or chat up the leadership team over drinks in a casual setting. Simply bring yourself\, your charm and your business cards. \n\n\nLight supper will be served. \n\n\nRound Robin Discussion Tables\n\n\nAMA Chicago makes networking easier and focused on sharing your marketing skills. This event features four round robin discussion tables\, each dedicated to a popular marketing topic and hosted by a thought leader. Join this small group discussion to share your knowledge and gain new insights from your peers. Rotate tables every 20 minutes\, stick with one\, or opt out – traditional networking is always an option. \nView discussion topics at the AMA Chicago website by clicking the button below!\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \n\nLearn more about Chicago’s Most Creative Meeting and Event Space Catalyst Ranch!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/ama-chicago-connex-networking-november-2019/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:THE HUMAN JOURNEY: One-Day Training for Therapists NOV 9
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst Ranch welcomes frequent collaborator and facilitator Sara K. Schneider for a set of one-day sessions in THE HUMAN JOURNEY\, a new and important Professional Development education for psychotherapists and nurses. \n\n\n\nWhat is the dominant story you’re inviting your clients to tell?\nDoes that story actually promote healing?\nEvery story can be packaged a thousand ways\, for a thousand different listeners. \nBut what kinds of stories actually heal in 360° ‘round—that is\, not just the individual who tells it\, but the family\, or family of choice\, of which they are a part? \n6 CEUs for social workers\, LCPCs\, and nurses for this one-day training to become a Conductor of THE HUMAN JOURNEY®\, a new tool for families—and families of choice—who are facing the challenge of their lives to co-construct their story. \nSessions available:\n\nFriday November 8th\, 9:00am – 4:00pm.\nSaturday\, November 9th\, 9:00am – 4:00pm.\n\nYou’ll leave with a deluxe boxed THE HUMAN JOURNEY® Conductor’s Kit and supporting materials in your bag\, lunch in your tummy\, CEUs to your name\, and the uplift and zap to the imagination that a day at Catalyst Ranch provides. \nDiscount for early registrants and for practitioners from the same organization who wish to share a single Conductor’s Kit. \n\nTHE HUMAN JOURNEY® training provides unforgettable consulting and learning and growth experiences across the professions and for mission-driven organizations.\nMore at http://The-Human-Journey.com and http://sarakschneider.com.  Books at Amazon.com. \nVideo and more information: \nhttp://The-Human-Journey.com \n\n \nSara K. Schneider\, Ph.D.\nFounder & CEO\, THE HUMAN JOURNEY\nSara K. Schneider\, Ph.D. is a Yale- and NYU-educated book author\, organizational consultant\, workshop leader\, and theatre-maker who analyzes  groups from a social-science perspective. From data-derived insights\, she creates experiences for service enhancement in healthcare and the deepening of the web of service provider and family relationships.   \nSara has been a tenured education professor in leadership studies\, guiding working professionals in education\, healthcare\, the clergy\, and law enforcement in accessing and growing their own and their colleagues’ wisdom and resources. Her deep experience across the social sciences and applied performing arts\, along with her practical role as a learning and retreat design consultant\, make her workshops an experience of rich insight for professionals striving to enrich what they already do so well. \n\n*Sara is one of the five pioneering women entrepreneurs whom Catalyst Ranch is celebrating at its 17th Anniversary Party on Monday\, November 4. The gathering recognized inspired small Chicagoland businesses and the amazing women behind them!\n\n 
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/the-human-journey-training-for-therapists-nov-9/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Professional Development
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20191108T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T123903
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SUMMARY:THE HUMAN JOURNEY: One-Day Training for Therapists NOV 8
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst Ranch welcomes frequent collaborator and facilitator Sara K. Schneider for a set of one-day sessions in THE HUMAN JOURNEY\, a new and important Professional Development education for psychotherapists and nurses. \n\n\n\nWhat is the dominant story you’re inviting your clients to tell?\nDoes that story actually promote healing?\nEvery story can be packaged a thousand ways\, for a thousand different listeners. \nBut what kinds of stories actually heal in 360° ‘round—that is\, not just the individual who tells it\, but the family\, or family of choice\, of which they are a part? \n6 CEUs for social workers\, LCPCs\, and nurses for this one-day training to become a Conductor of THE HUMAN JOURNEY®\, a new tool for families—and families of choice—who are facing the challenge of their lives to co-construct their story. \nSessions available:\n\nFriday November 8th\, 9:00am – 4:00pm.\nSaturday\, November 9th\, 9:00am – 4:00pm.\n\nYou’ll leave with a deluxe boxed THE HUMAN JOURNEY® Conductor’s Kit and supporting materials in your bag\, lunch in your tummy\, CEUs to your name\, and the uplift and zap to the imagination that a day at Catalyst Ranch provides. \nDiscount for early registrants and for practitioners from the same organization who wish to share a single Conductor’s Kit. \n\nTHE HUMAN JOURNEY® training provides unforgettable consulting and learning and growth experiences across the professions and for mission-driven organizations.\nMore at http://The-Human-Journey.com and http://sarakschneider.com.  Books at Amazon.com. \nVideo and more information: \nhttp://The-Human-Journey.com \n\n \nSara K. Schneider\, Ph.D.\nFounder & CEO\, THE HUMAN JOURNEY\nSara K. Schneider\, Ph.D. is a Yale- and NYU-educated book author\, organizational consultant\, workshop leader\, and theatre-maker who analyzes  groups from a social-science perspective. From data-derived insights\, she creates experiences for service enhancement in healthcare and the deepening of the web of service provider and family relationships.   \nSara has been a tenured education professor in leadership studies\, guiding working professionals in education\, healthcare\, the clergy\, and law enforcement in accessing and growing their own and their colleagues’ wisdom and resources. Her deep experience across the social sciences and applied performing arts\, along with her practical role as a learning and retreat design consultant\, make her workshops an experience of rich insight for professionals striving to enrich what they already do so well. \n\n*Sara is one of the five pioneering women entrepreneurs whom Catalyst Ranch is celebrating at its 17th Anniversary Party on Monday\, November 4. The gathering recognized inspired small Chicagoland businesses and the amazing women behind them!\n\n 
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/the-human-journey-training-for-therapists-nov-8/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn: Improve Your Public Speaking Skills
DESCRIPTION:We are the authority on everything Meetings-related. Our lunch-hour workshops focus on the ins and outs of this industry to grow and share knowledge with our peers. We invite Facilitators\, Meeting Planners\, Retreat Programming Coordinators\, Administrative Assistants and everyone in between to get insider insight with a delectable meal! \nJoin us as Brendan Sullivan shows us proven techniques to tackle Public Speaking in Meetings and beyond!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nLunch & Learn: Improve Your Public Speaking Skills\n \nWhat’s at stake when you speak to an audience? Your project? Your credibility? Your company’s reputation? A promotion? Your job?  \nUnfortunately\, whether you are speaking to two people or two thousand\, your audience judges you on how you present your ideas\, as well as the ideas themselves. There are simple physical adjustments you can make to appear more confident\, knowledgeable\, relaxed\, engaging\, approachable and professional.  \nIn this interactive session\, Brendan will share some of these techniques which you will then be able to apply immediately in order to become a more effective speaker and presenter\, no matter what communication situation you face. \n\nAdmission price of $10 includes a mouth-watering meal from our catering partner Big Delicious Planet.\n\nPurchase your admission by Thursday\, October 24.\nPlease email bryan@catalystranch.com with any dietary restrictions.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Our Presenter for Lunch & Learn: Improve Your Public Speaking Skills:\nBrendan Sullivan is an experienced presentation skills\, public speaking and communication skills coach. He has coached and trained thousands of professionals to be more effective speakers and presenters over the last 15 years. Find more at www.bpscommunicationskills.com.  \nBrendan has coached and trained presentation skills directly on his own\, as well as through a number of presentation skills providers\, including Communispond\, Vautier Communications\, IMPAX\, Hit Your Stride\, Corporate Learning Institute and other training companies. \nBrendan has taught and coached presentation and public speaking skills as a corporate class\, as an open enrollment course\, to project teams before “the big one”\, and as private coaching for senior leaders. He has also spoken on the topic of presentation skills in keynote addresses and as breakout sessions at business conferences. \nBrendan has taught these skills to employees of many large and small organizations\, including GE\, Lockheed Martin\, Kimberly-Clark\, AT&T\, Aetna\, Whirlpool\, Walmart\, Bristol-Myers Squibb\, Sherwin Williams\, US Steel\, Verizon\, Charles Schwab\, Abbott Labs and many others. Brendan has also taught presentation skills as an adjunct professor at DePaul University. \nBrendan’s training style is influenced by his early career as an advertising sales manager for the New York Times Magazine Group. There he delivered many sales presentations to Fortune 500 consumer products companies and their advertising agencies. \nBrendan’s style is also impacted by his lifetime of experience as a professional improvisational actor\, teacher and coach\, trained at the world famous Second City Conservatory. Brendan still performs in Chicago on Monday evenings when he’s not traveling. \nBrendan is also a creativity coach\, helping individuals and teams to create a culture of collaborative creativity and innovation (see www.creativitycoach.net)\, as well as a published novelist\, and commercial/film actor. Brendan and his wife Susan are the parents of four children. \n\n\nLearn more about Chicago’s Most Creative Meeting and Event Space Catalyst Ranch!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/lunch-learn-improve-your-public-speaking-skills/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Building Better Leaders - Professional Development
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to cultivate the best leadership in your organization from J.K. Egerton\, author of Business on the Board. \nBuilding Better Leaders\, from Business on the Board®\nDo you need a new and creative way to develop the talent in your organization? Do your leaders need a place to practice and improve their strategic thinking and decision-making? Give your team the opportunity to learn strategy skills in an innovative learning series drawn from a surprising source: the chessboard. \nBusiness on the Board® takes the centuries-old and still timelessly relevant tactics of chess and wields them to impart vital thinking skills in a unique game-driven format sure to engage. This creative afternoon workshop will help you begin to build the leaders who will run your company using the mindset and skills of a chess master. \n \nWhat You Will Learn:\n\nHow to think like a CEO\nThree powerful leadership styles and when to use them\nUsing the power of visualization\nGenerate the strategies and tactics a winning team needs\nHow problem solving drives better bottom line results\nHow to delegate\, evaluate\, eliminate\, manage risk\, & generate a profit\n\nIt’s not another case study. It’s not the same old role-playing routine. It’s a dynamic learning experience designed to give you the strategic edge your competitors can’t duplicate and won’t see coming. \nWhat you get:\n\n3 hours of hands-on\, interactive business related training\nThe #1 Best Selling Book\nAll training materials\nChessboard & set\nSnacks provided\n\n  \n\nAbout the Presenter:\nJim Egerton is the CEO and founder of Business on the Board®. He is a corporate talent developer\, speaker\, Best-Selling author\, teacher\, coach\, manager\, leader\, and entrepreneur. \nFor more information\, visit www.businessontheboard.com.
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/building-better-leaders/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Professional Development,Seminar
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SUMMARY:AMA Chicago's Connex: Marketing Networking in September
DESCRIPTION:AMA Chicago’s Connex marketing networking events are the place to be! You’ll meet up with colleagues\, friends\, entrepreneurs\, and creative professionals from the best companies in the Midwest. Mix\, mingle\, make connections\, reconnect with friends\, and build your network at the premiere marketing networking event in Chicago. \n \n\n\nAMA Chicago brings together colleagues\, friends\, entrepreneurs and creative professionals from the best companies in the Midwest. Meet your Chicago Chapter Board and learn about what we’ve got planned for you. Mingle with current and prospective AMA members or chat up the leadership team over drinks in a casual setting. Simply bring yourself\, your charm and your business cards. \nLight supper will be served. \n\n\nNew: Round Robin Discussion Tables\n\n\nAMA Chicago makes networking easier and focused on sharing your marketing skills. This event features four round robin discussion tables\, each dedicated to a popular marketing topic and hosted by a thought leader. Join this small group discussion to share your knowledge and gain new insights from your peers. Rotate tables every 20 minutes\, stick with one\, or opt out – traditional networking is always an option. More details to come on table hosts at this event. \n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information and tickets\, click here!\n \n\n  \n\nLearn more about Chicago’s Most Creative Meeting and Event Space Catalyst Ranch!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/ama-chicago-connex-networking-september-2019/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking,Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190802T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190802T130000
DTSTAMP:20260422T123903
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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn: Improv Techniques for Better Communication and Listening Skills
DESCRIPTION:We are the authority on everything Meetings-related. Our lunch-hour workshops focus on the ins and outs of this industry. We invite Facilitators\, Meeting Planners\, Retreat Programming Coordinators\, Administrative Assistants and everyone in between to get insider insight with a delectable meal! \nJoin us as Julie Ostrow shares the fundamental rules of improv and how to apply them to diverse business settings\, leading to improved communication and connection. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nLunch & Learn: Improv Techniques for Better Communication and Listening Skills\n \nHave you ever walked away (or hung up) from a conversation wondering\, “What did we just agree to?” Or how about\, “Hmmm…I really don’t think that vendor truly understands our organization’s needs.”? \nAnd\, later at your meeting you find out that your instinct was right…they didn’t use the specifications you thought you agreed to? These are just a few examples of what can happen if there is a gap in communication and listening. \nIn this interactive and fun presentation\, you will learn skills that you can use in your business to make sure you say it right and get it right. Effective communication skills—especially listening—lay the groundwork for cohesive business relationships…and successful events! \nLearn how to use improvisation skills to connect\, collaborate\, and truly listen to your association’s members\, vendors\, and clients. Improv skills allow us to be in the present moment to practice reflective listening\, while encouraging others to do the same. When we’re listening to each other\, we are tuned into each other’s needs and expectations. Listening as a skill means not having our own agendas to drive conversations that will lead to deeper connections. Join the fun and learn the skills and tools that can be applied to your professional\, business\, and personal interactions. \n\nLearn the fundamental rules of improv and apply them to diverse business settings—internally and externally.\nApply reflective listening (also known as “Yes\, and”) to practice empathy and eliminate—or at least reduce—assumptions.\nAcquire the art of being in the moment through improv skills.\nLearn to have fun while collaborating in a fun and interactive way.\n\nAdmission price of $10 includes:\n\nEngaging content with Julie Ostrow.\nA mouth-watering meal from our catering partner Big Delicious Planet.\nAll ticket surcharges.\n\nPlease purchase your admission by Wednesday\, July 24!\n*Please email bryan@catalystranch.com with any dietary restrictions\nClick here for tickets!\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Our Presenter:\nAs the Humorous Speaker and Communication Coach\, The Second City-trained and First-Ever American Laughing Champion Julie Ostrow teaches organizations and corporate teams to use improv skills to improve Creativity\, Communication\, Team Building\, Problem Solving\, and Productivity with their clients and within their organizations. She teaches the benefits of using humor\, laughter\, and improv in all aspects of our lives. \nHaving more than 20 years of corporate marketing communications experience including five years with SmithBucklin\, the world’s largest association management firm\, Julie is able to identify the trigger points of miscommunication and low morale in the corporate culture and among team members. By infusing her corporate experience with her humor\, laughter\, and improv tools\, she is able to guide organizations to communication\, connection\, and creativity. Resulting in re-inspired teams and increased productivity. \nJulie conducts her interactive and transformative workshops for corporations\, conferences\, and professional organizations. Julie’s enthusiasm and passionate spirit\, combined with her comedic insight\, help to make her a warm and engaging presenter and workshop facilitator. Her personal motto\, “find the funny\,” helps her to find humor in everyday moments and in life’s seemingly most difficult situations…and she’ll help your teams do the same! \n\nWebsite: www.JulieOstrow.com\nEmail: Julie@GoFindTheFunny.com\nCall or text: (815) 893-9255\nTwitter: @JulieOstrow\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/julieostrow/\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/gofindthefunny/\n\n\n\nLearn more about Chicago’s Most Creative Meeting and Event Space Catalyst Ranch!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/lunch-learn-improv-techniques-for-better-communication-and-listening-skills/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn,Networking,Professional Development,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Hacking HR Meetup: Collab Lab
DESCRIPTION:The Hacking HR Chicago chapter convenes at Catalyst Ranch for their Collab Lab meetup event! \n \nIn this VUCA environment\, the old adage rings true: The only constant is change. Our ability to effectively navigate it\, depends largely on asking meaningful questions. \nBut how can that be? As children\, many of us learned that the answers are what’s important. So\, not surprisingly as professionals\, we often shy away from asking or being witness to uncomfortable questions. Regrettably\, this nearly universally acquired discomfort with uncomfortable questions creates an answer-centric world rattled with blind spots for all of us. \nThis session explores how to escape the dangerous blind spot of “not knowing what we don’t know” by learning to unlock our innate curiosity and push past the discomfort that will help us craft better solutions for our most challenging problems. Join this workshop to learn and practice how to become a better questioner at both work and in life. \nFacilitators\nChris Broderick Founder & President\, B.near Global \nDafna Aaronson\, Founder\, Be Sports Minded \nHeidi Glickman\, Consultant and Executive Coach
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/hacking-hr-meetup-collab-lab/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup,Networking,Professional Development,Workshop
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SUMMARY:AMA Chicago's Connex: Marketing Networking\, Morning Session
DESCRIPTION:AMA Chicago’s Connex marketing networking events are the place to be! You’ll meet up with colleagues\, friends\, entrepreneurs\, and creative professionals from the best companies in the Midwest. Mix\, mingle\, make connections\, reconnect with friends\, and build your network at the premiere marketing networking event in Chicago. \n \n\n\nAMA Chicago brings together colleagues\, friends\, entrepreneurs and creative professionals from the best companies in the Midwest. Meet your Chicago Chapter Board and learn about what we’ve got planned for you. Mingle with current and prospective AMA members or chat up the leadership team over drinks in a casual setting. Simply bring yourself\, your charm and your business cards. Continental breakfast will be served. \n\n\nNew: Round Robin Discussion Tables\n\n\nAMA Chicago makes networking easier and focused on sharing your marketing skills. This event features four round robin discussion tables\, each dedicated to a popular marketing topic and hosted by a thought leader. Join this small group discussion to share your knowledge and gain new insights from your peers. Rotate tables every 20 minutes\, stick with one\, or opt out – traditional networking is always an option. \n\n\n\n\n\nTable Discussion Topics planned: Connection Through Social Data\, The New Model for Brand Building\, Disruption and Relevancy of Marketing Insights \nMore details to come on table hosts at this event. \nFor more information and tickets\, click here!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/ama-chicago-connex-networking/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking,Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190702T180000
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SUMMARY:INTRAPRENEURSHIP: Leveraging Team Creativity for Innovation & Growth
DESCRIPTION:General Assembly Chicago brings a FREE event to Catalyst Ranch – INTRAPRENEURSHIP: Leveraging Team Creativity for Innovation & Growth. \nThe landscape of economic\, social and environmental issues in the world calls for new\, creative and innovative approaches to business. Markets are shifting as people and technology are driving trends that leave behind the traditional model of profit-maximizing businesses. Creatives now possess an important competitive advantage that they can put to action at their organizations\, not only for their own success\, but also for profit and social impact. \nWe can leverage creativity by nurturing entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship\, or simply developing our own creative leadership skills to benefit career advancement or bring innovative approaches to our organizations. \nThis event seeks to inspire creative leaders through the success stories of real people and companies that are using creativity as a catalyst for innovation and growth.\nLearn about:\n\nMultidisciplinary collaboration that leads to innovation\nThe integration by design of sustainability in business\nSocial responsibility beyond checking a corporate box\nUsing culture as differentiation and competitive advantage\nAdapting new technologies to local realities\nCreative thinking to build talent\, consumer base and new markets\n\n\nGeneral Assembly is a pioneer in education and career transformation\, specializing in today’s most in-demand skills. The leading source for training\, staffing\, and career transitions\, we foster a flourishing community of professionals pursuing careers they love. \n\n\nLearn more about Chicago’s Most Creative Meeting and Event Space Catalyst Ranch!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/intrapreneurship-leveraging-team-creativity-for-innovation-growth/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Meetup,Networking,Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190503T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190503T130000
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SUMMARY:Lunch & Learn: How to Activate Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst Ranch continues its series of lunch-hour workshops focused on the ins and outs of Meeting Planning with Lunch & Learn: How to Activate Leadership! \nWe are the authority on everything Meetings-related\,\nand we invite Facilitators\, Meeting Planners\, Retreat Programming Coordinators\, Administrative Assistants and everyone in between to get insider insight over a delectable meal. \n \nLunch & Learn: How to Activate Leadership Through Planning and Facilitating Your Meeting\nA meeting can be a powerful leadership tool driving change in your culture\, bringing out the best in people\, expanding what’s possible. Yet\, often people don’t like them or know how to use them strategically. How you think about and approach them makes all the difference. When your meeting really\, really needs to make a difference\, what can you do to shift how people think and act? \nJoin us to explore:\n\nCreating an environment in which others are engaged and own the meeting outcome you seek to produce\nActivating ownership\, leadership through how you plan and conduct meetings\nA model for using a meeting as a focal point for a process to shift mindsets and have conversations you have not had before together\n10 common meeting traps to avoid\n\nThis session is ideal for anyone involved in planning a meeting – meeting planners\, administrative assistants\, office managers\, department or firm managers or leaders\, facilitators. \n\nAdmission price of $10 includes:\n\na two-page handout summarizing key points;\na mouth-watering meal from our catering partner Big Delicious Planet!\nall ticket surcharges.\n\nPlease purchase your admission by Wednesday\, April 24!\n*Please email bryan@catalystranch.com with any dietary restrictions\nClick here to purchase admission!\n\nAbout the Facilitator: Jackie Sloane\, MCC  \n Jackie Sloane loves working with people to cultivate leadership around them and expand what’s possible through how they use meetings\, and engage others. She is a seasoned executive coach and consultant\, specializing in enhancing ability to achieve greater well-being and significant results through how clients communicate\, cultivate relationships\, and lead key initiatives. Jackie has over 25 years’ experience in executive coaching\, leadership development\, communication and organizational engagement consulting. \nThe Transformational Leadership Retreats she co-created\, based on a 6-question coaching model\, have provided leaders a powerful way to utilize the focal point of an event to lead a process to “change the conversation\,” set a new tone\, and co-create new behaviors and practices\, launching culture change in their organizations. She has a background in marketing and has served clients at privately-held\, nonprofit\, public sector and Fortune 100 firms\, in most industries. She has served clients at Abbott\, Accenture\, American Society of Anesthesiology\, Bank of America\, Comcast\, Deloitte\, Exelon\, Grant Thornton\, Hollister\, Navistar/International Truck and Engine\, PepsiCo\, Plante & Moran and Purdue University Northwest among others. \nShe has two coach certifications\, including Master Certified Coach. She completed the graduate-level Mastering the Art of Professional Coaching in 1994\, and many leadership\, communication and coach training programs\, and is a member of the International Coach Federation. Jackie has a B.A. in political science and completed graduate work at Columbia College. She is a mentor for Chicago Innovation’s Women’s Co-op. \n\n\nLearn more about Chicago’s Most Creative Meeting and Event Space Catalyst Ranch!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/lunch-learn-how-to-activate-leadership/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lunch & Learn,Meetup,Networking,Professional Development
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SUMMARY:HACK YOUR BRAND: Leveling Up your Online & Offline Presence
DESCRIPTION:We live in a society of instant gratification. And in the lightning fast-paced world of business\, opportunistic professionals are looking for any shortcut\, trick\, or workaround that will give them a competitive advantage. Often\, that means going outside the lines of best practices and experimenting with new methodologies. But can these so-called growth hacking techniques be applied to personal branding?  \nJD Gershbein understands that a personal brand is not built in a day. In today’s hyper-distracted world\, achieving a recognizable brand identity takes time and the faithful execution of a strategic plan. This powerful and transformational program will expose you to powerful strategies\, techniques\, and exercises that will accelerate your personal branding process and help you immediately capture the interest of potential buyers. \nAFTER ATTENDING THIS PROGRAM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:\n♦ Capture the mindset of excellence in attaining your professional goals \n♦ Create a high-impact personal vision statement \n♦ Apply personal brand archetypes to promote positive first and lasting impressions \n♦ Understand the role of LinkedIn as a personal branding hub \n♦ Master a sequence of strategies for authentic online engagement \n♦ Increase your brand value through customer-centric video \n♦ Initiate conversations that will quickly build trust and convert into business wins \n\nHACK YOUR BRAND: Leveling Up your Online & Offline Presence\nSchedule of Events\nNETWORKING – 6:00 PM \nPROGRAM – 6:30 PM-8:00 PM \nMORE NETWORKING – 8:00 PM-8:30 PM \n\nREFRESHMENTS (BEVERAGES & LIGHT HORS d’OEUVRES) WILL BE SERVED.\nREGISTER NOW & SECURE YOUR SPOT!\n \n\nAbout the Presenter\nSince 2006\, JD Gershbein has been instrumental in advancing the ideals of the digital world\, inspiring opportunity-oriented individuals and companies to harness the power of the online media to elevate their profiles\, engage their communities\, and win new business. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s top LinkedIn strategists and a thought leader in the areas of personal branding\, social networking\, and social entrepreneurship. Dubbed A SPEAKER FOR THE DIGITAL AGE\, JD educates audiences all over the globe on how to create a competitive advantage through the use of the social channels. He has been featured on FOX TV News\, WGN TV News\, NBC TV News\, CBS TV News\, and WGN Radio\, and contributed written work to The Huffington Post\, SUCCESS Online\, NBC\, and Forbes. \n\nSee more public offerings at Catalyst Ranch by clicking the logo below.
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/hack-your-brand-leveling-up-your-online-offline-presence/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Class,Marketing,Networking,Professional Development,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20190404T180000
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SUMMARY:AMA Chicago: Career Smart
DESCRIPTION:Of all the roles in an organization\, marketers make a real impact not only on the business but on the world at large. We are drawn to the industry for both the professional and personal challenges that are meaningful\, fulfilling and inspiring. At Career Smart\, you will find ways to earn more emotional and financial rewards in your career – whether you’re 26 or 62\, and whether you’re looking to develop yourself or develop your teams. \n\n\nKey Takeaways\n\n\n\n\nStrategies\, tools and techniques you can use to find more inspiring career opportunities\, and how you can implement them as a hiring manager to provide inspiring roles and environments for your teams.\nRich discussions in small groups of hiring managers and employees to share ideas and plans to implement these new ideas in their careers and organizations.\nOpportunities to learn from professionals\, career coaches\, and others regarding practical aspects of job hunting such as resume building\, LinkedIn profiles and more.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWho should attend: \n\nNew or prospective managers looking to enhance their leadership\nHiring decision-makers who want to find and attract Chicago’s best marketing talent\nExperienced and new marketers who want to move their career forward\n\nFor more information\, including speakers and agenda\, click here!\n \n\n\nThis event is sponsored by the following donors:
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/ama-chicago-career-smart/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Marketing,Networking,Professional Development
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190321T200000
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SUMMARY:Technology for Social Good Panel
DESCRIPTION:On March 21st\, Net Impact Chicago (NIC) is partnering up with Catalyst Ranch to host a Technology for Social Good panel discussion that will explore how various people in non-profits and for-profit organizations work to leverage technology in order to increase social good for communities and society  from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. \nPanelists that work in non-profit\, consulting\, and for-profit will share their wide ranging perspectives and experiences and answer any questions the audience may have. \nSpeakers include:\nDanny Scott (Cara) – Since 2012\, Danny has worked closely with local non-Profit Cara Chicago\, an organization dedicated to shifting the trajectory of joblessness (and many of the issues surrounding it) in Chicago. Both in his role as the Associate President and as a broader advocate of Cara\, Danny has been able to bring additional insight\, perspective\, and resources to Cara\, most recently fostering a connection between his employer\, Slalom\, directly to the work and mission Cara looks to accomplish. \nCameron Croft (All A-Board Alliance and asenda) – Cameron Croft is an active social entrepreneur who believes technology is a powerful force for good. He is the founder of asenda.org and president of the All A-Board Alliance\, where he promotes nonprofit service as essential to developing future leaders. A natural connector and lifelong learner\, Croft’s experience in engineering\, finance\, and education has helped companies like Eventbrite\, SoFi\, Shiftgig and Youtopia launch and expand into new markets. \nCaleb Catalano (Slalom Consulting and University of Chicago’s Urban Education Institute) – Caleb is a passionate analytics thought leader focused on bringing new technology to market in creative and interesting ways. He continues to look for opportunities to partner with non-profit and educational entities to help increase analytics capability and capacity. He is currently a Solution Architect in Slalom Consulting’s Data & Analytics Practice. \nLizzy Engele (LinkedIn) – Lizzy is an activist\, creative\, and life-long learner in the corporate and social impact communities. She is the co-founder and executive director of MakerGirl\, a 501c3 that has educated over 3\,000 girls in STEM\, and she uses her nonprofit knowledge at LinkedIn as a Nonprofit Account Executive. She is a member of Park Community Church where she serves in the children’s ministry\, and she also enjoys staying active and biking. Her passion for technology stems from how she’s witnessed its capability to bring people together for economic opportunity as well as building and supporting visionary companies. \nThe panel will be moderated by Ben Hwang\, a member of the Net Impact Chicago Leadership Team. \nFood and drinks will be provided. \nReach out to info@netimpactchicago.org if you have any additional questions.  \n \n  \nNet Impact is an international community of more than 30\,000 changemakers who are using our jobs to tackle the world’s toughest problems. We put our business skills to work for good in every sector\, showing the world that it’s possible to make a net impact that benefits not just the bottom line\, but people and planet too. \n  \nFor more opportunities to visit Catalyst Ranch\, click here to see our upcoming Public Events!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/technology-for-social-good-panel/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetup,Panel Discussion,Professional Development
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