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SUMMARY:REALAPALOOZA Homebuyer-Realtor "Speed-Dating"
DESCRIPTION:Professionals from KoenigRubloff Realty Group and Berkshire Hathaway Home Services host home-buyers in an info session and an introduction to a variety of real estate agents to meet.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRealapalooza\nHow to Buy a Home and LOVE IT\nHomebuyers: Learn how to buy a home\, get pre-approved on the spot\, AND find the perfect real estate agent (speed-dating style) !\n\nWin prizes and enjoy apps and drinks on us!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/realapalooza-homebuyer-realtor-speed-dating/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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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:Women and Wealth: How to Preserve What You Treasure
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst Ranch is happy to welcome the women of the Kellogg Executive Women’s Network (KEWN) for their March seminar: Women and Wealth: How to Preserve What You Treasure. \n \n  \nIn honor of Women’s History Month\, KEWN wishes to recognize and honor the great strides that women have made in the past few decades. Women build businesses\, lead nations\, contribute to their communities and have a powerful voice in local and global issues. Representing more than half of the U.S. population\, American women are better educated\, paid more and live longer than ever before. As a result\, they have become one of the world’s most powerful economic forces\, not only in terms of what they spend\, but also in terms of their increasing wealth. \nJoin KEWN for an Important Discussion on Women and Wealth: How to Preserve What You Treasure\nAt every stage in life\, you are faced with financial challenges – investing in a home\, contributing to a college fund\, caring for family members and saving for retirement. Making the right financial decisions can be life-changing for you and your family. Managing wealth is about your life and the things you treasure most as well as the relationships\, interests and goals that bring you joy. Putting all of these elements at the heart of your long-term wealth management strategy helps ensure that you achieve the personal goals and financial outcomes you envision. And there is no time like the present to identify goals and priorities and the financial strategies needed to achieve them. \n  \nJoin us for an informative and interactive session led by Gwen Cohen\, First Vice President\, Wealth Adviser\, Morgan Stanley\, and Kellogg alumna\, designed to help you identify and prioritize your goals at every life stage and then begin to build a personalized plan that helps maximize your probability of achieving the goals you have for yourself and those you treasure\, however life unfolds. \nWe hope you can join us and bring your questions! \n\nAbout our Guest Speaker\nGwen Cohen has dedicated her 30 year career to serving the financial needs of individuals\, multi-generational families and small business owners in the Chicago area and throughout the country. Gwen was deeply influenced by the values of her great grandmother\, Ida Satisfield\, who strongly encouraged every person – especially women – to be financially confident and responsible in their financial decisions. With Ida as her inspiration\, Gwen set out to follow a profession where she could educate her clients about important financial concepts and strategies\, helping to make a significant and profound impact on the quality of their lives. \nHer passion for helping her clients is equaled only by her dedication to family and community. A strong believer in “giving back\,” Gwen currently services as a Board Chair of Roosevelt University’s College of Performing Arts\, WTTW’s Advisory Council and the Goodman Theatre Spotlight Society Advisory. She is a former board member of the Chicago Foundation for Women\, the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana and Camp CEO (Girl Scouts)\, as well as Morgan Stanley’s Diversity Council and the Kellogg Alumni Council. She enjoys volunteering her time with Taylor Street Farms\, Breakthrough Ministries Gardening Team and Unity in Chicago’s Platform Team. \nGwen earned her undergraduate degree in Business from Tuskegee University and her M.B.A. from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. Gwen has received numerous distinctions and professional accolades from the Chicago Foundation for Women\, the Department of the Army and Morgan Stanley. Most recently\, she was recognized as a 2016 MAKER at Morgan Stanley\, an award that honors game-changing women leaders within the firm and the industry. Throughout her career\, Gwen has been profiled in a variety of media outlets\, including the Chicago Sun-Times\, N’Digo\, Chicago Defender\, Chicago Metro News\, Black Enterprise\, Ebony magazine and WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight”. \n \nThis event is for Kellogg women alumnae interested in connecting\, staying in touch and sharing information that will help us grow\, learn and support each other professionally and personally. \n\nSee all of Catalyst Ranch’s Public Events here!
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/women-and-wealth-how-to-preserve-what-you-treasure/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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SUMMARY:First Time Home Buyers FREE Seminar
DESCRIPTION:First Time Home Buyers FREE Seminar\nSo you are done renting…now what?! What are the first steps to buying a home? From mortgage approval to showings to the home inspection to the closing process\, Heather Bragg and her mortgage team will explain the home-buying process in this interactive seminar. Bring your questions and be ready to walk away informed and empowered! \n Presenters:\n\nHeather Bragg (Realtor\, John Greene Realtor)\nVictoria Vann (Illinois Housing Development Authority)\nJennifer Zuithoff (Mortgage broker)\n\n\n  \n \n Heather Bragg is a seasoned broker\, education specialist\, published author\, Huffington Post contributor\, triathlete\, marathoner and accomplished equestrian. Heather merged her desire to help others\, honed after 19 years of serving her community as a special education teacher\, with her sense of entrepreneurship by transitioning her career to real estate several years ago. She used the innate ambitious personality – that served her well in earlier endeavors – to launch and grow her real estate business. Heather is a self-proclaimed “mastery addict” and continuously strives to serve her clients with effectiveness\, efficiency\, positivity and thorough communication. In her free time\, Heather enjoys spending time with her husband\, two sons and one Cavalier King Charles spaniel. \n \nVictoria Vann has been Civil Servant and leader for nearly two decades. Having worked within the higher education\, governmental and public sectors in a variety of roles for a significant portion of her professional career.  Victoria is determined to see that people from all backgrounds and communities are provided equitable education\, access to information and fair housing. Victoria is a licensed Real Estate Broker who has been converting renters into homeowners for over 10 years.  Victoria is the Creative Founder of the Eugene Baker-Joy Vann Scholarship Foundation and she holds a B.A. in Industrial Organization Psychology from DePaul University\, Project Management Certification for Loyola University Executive Business administration program and is currently pursuing her Masters in Communications at Northwestern University. \n \nWith more than 10 years of experience as a residential mortgage loan officer\, Jennifer Zuithoff has a heart for helping her clients navigate the mortgage process.  She has experience working with clients in all stages of life\, from first time home-buyers to investors\, to families moving into bigger homes\, and empty-nesters who are downsizing. Her company offers the widest variety of loan programs: down payment assistance giving buyers up to $10k in funds to close; loans for people who are one day out of a bankruptcy\, short sale or foreclosure; jumbo loans; programs specific to physicians; investment loans; and more. Jennifer draws joy from simplifying the mortgage process for her clients so that they feel informed and comfortable with each step until the day of the closing. \n 
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/first-time-home-buyers-free-seminar/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
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SUMMARY:Doctors Without Borders Recruitment Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst Ranch hosts this regional Doctors Without Borders Recruitment Info Session. \n \nEvery day\, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières aid workers from around the world provide assistance to people whose survival is threatened by violence\, neglect\, or catastrophe—treating those most in need regardless of political\, religious\, or economic interest. Whether an emergency involves armed conflicts or epidemics\, malnutrition or natural disasters\, Doctors Without Borders is committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis.\n \nOn Tuesday\, October 2nd\, medical and non-medical professionals are invited to join us for an evening presentation to learn more about how you can join Doctors Without Borders’ pool of dedicated aid workers.\nAn aid worker and Field Human Resources Officer will discuss requirements and the application process\, and you’ll meet experienced Doctors Without Borders aid workers from the area and hear their firsthand stories of “life in the field.” \nThe FREE presentation will last 90 minutes\, including Q&A.\n\n\nDoctors Without Borders recruits: \nMedical Personnel: \n\nphysicians\nnurses\nmidwives\n\nOperating Room Personnel: \n\nsurgeons\nOBGYNs\nanesthesiologists\nnurse anesthetists\noperating room nurses\n\nPara-Medical Personnel: \n\nepidemiologists\nmental health specialists\npharmacists\nlaboratory technicians\nhealth promoters\n\nNon-Medical Personnel: \n\ntechnical logisticians\nwater sanitation specialists\nsupply logisticians\nfinancial administrators\nhuman resources administrators
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/doctors-without-borders-recruitment-info-session/
LOCATION:Catalyst Ranch\,  656 W Randolph St\, Chicago\, IL\, 60661\, United States
CATEGORIES:Seminar
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