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SUMMARY:Venus Genius: Book Launch and Mini-Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst Ranch welcomes the “Venus Genius” author to explore how ‘Your Feminine traits are the Magic of Innovation’ \nVenus Genius: Book Celebration and Mini-Workshop with Fabienne Jacquet\n\nIn this lunchtime workshop\, Catalyst Ranch invites you to meet Fabienne Jacquet\, author of Venus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovation\, newly published in December 2020 and recognized as the Kindle #1 New Release in 8 categories\, including Business Consulting\, Strategic Management and Organizational Change. \nFabienne will lead a short interactive workshop exploring the different feminine traits that produce successful innovation. \nFrom Fabienne: \nIn my 30+ years of experience in innovation and through research\, I observed that creating from our emotions and heart is absolutely critical to design meaningful and sustainable innovation. \nIn this interactive session\, I will demystify innovation and demonstrate how women are naturally equipped to innovate with specific feminine traits like empathy\, nurturing\, inclusivity\, intuition\, gratitude and collaboration. We will discuss the masculine and feminine aspects (including the brain and its plasticity) as both are necessary for successful innovation. \nThose feminine skills are also critical to explore solutions that could better serve women in their specific needs and lifestyles while avoiding the “pink it and shrink it” syndrome. We will explore some examples in health\, finance\, apparel\,…There are clear business opportunities to capture\, by emotionally connecting with women. \n\n\nFor a more in-depth exchange during this webinar\, attendees are encouraged to purchase the ebook or the paperback in advance of the session. \n \nVenus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovation explores innovation from different perspectives: historical\, scientific\, sociological\, cultural and practical — all through the feminine lens. It addresses the shortage of women in innovation and how important it is to address this as a first step to inclusion. This book reveals that any innovator can acquire the necessary skills to create meaningful innovation. ‘Venus Genius’ is about celebrating the duality of the feminine and the masculine in all human beings and dares us to activate both energies to create innovation that brings true value to our world. \n  \n\nVenus Genius is available via these booksellers (Click to purchase): Amazon\, Rakuten Kobo\, and Barnes & Noble.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nFABIENNE JACQUET: While she was by no means predestined for the sciences\, Fabienne Jacquet\, a natural born rebel\, graduated as Docteur d’Etat (PhD) in Organic Chemistry from Institut National Polytechnique in Toulouse\, France. Fabienne has a successful career as a scientist and innovator who has worked with prestigious companies including Colgate-Palmolive. She brings her fearlessness and resilience to all that she sets her mind to\, including her own company\, INNOVEVE®\, dedicated to bringing feminine DNA to the progression of innovation. She is always dreaming up fresh\, fun and dynamic ideas in the name of celebrating female empowerment and the evolution of innovative thought. \n  \n\n\n\nABOUT THE HOST\nCATALYST RANCH is the authority on Creative Meetings and Events\, providing solutions for your in-person and virtual meeting needs. Since 2002\, we’ve been activating creativity and innovation for clients worldwide\, and we’re dedicated to making all your meeting goals a reality. We’re your trusted partner\, taking the stress out of meeting planning and delivery. \nA woman-owned business and pioneers of Chicago’s prolific West Loop neighborhood\, our brick-and-mortar venue is located at 648 West Randolph Street. For a truly revitalizing experience\, visit us in person and immerse yourself in our stimulating\, unexpected environment! Until then\, get a peek at www.catalystranch.com .
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/venus-genius-book-launch-mini-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Professional Development,Talk,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Resilience Rodeo: A Learning-Community Webinar Series\, February 11
DESCRIPTION:A monthly learning-community circle\, to support using daily life to build resilience\, greater well-being and happiness. \nFebruary 11 Resilience Rodeo\nIt’s been a rough and tumble time! Many of us could benefit from a little more support\, community and well-being as we navigate and create what’s next for ourselves and our organizations. Join us for Resilience Rodeo\, a three-month webinar series. In these highly interactive sessions\, learn how you can build your resilience as you go about your daily life. \nWe’ll share useful information\, practices\, exercises and tools\, and learn from other participants.\n\nResilience Rodeo is a series intended to increase learning with scaffolded sessions.\nRegistration for Feb 11 is available with a single session ticket\, or a Three-Session Package at a reduced rate (Feb 11 + Mar 11 + Apr 8). See both options by clicking the Tickets button on this page.\nTo register for any other session by itself\, click here: [March 11] or [April 8].\n\nEach session\, we’ll explore topics—like how mindful “savoring” of experiences and moments can have lasting impact on well-being—and learn techniques to build new habits into your busy day. \nWe’ll invite you to share your experiences and to take on a small project that brings you happiness. You’ll be invited to connect with a group member in between sessions to support you in cultivating new practices\, greater well-being and community. \nOver the series\, discussions will include:\n\nAspects of resilience\nVarious ways we cultivate resilience\nWhat is savoring? Simple practices to increase mindful enjoyment that energizes you\nWhat studies show about the lasting impact of simple practices\nCultivating aliveness as a resilience strategy\nBreaking unproductive narratives\n\nSessions in the series:\n\nFebruary 11\, 12:30-1:30 pm\nMarch 11\, 12:30-1:30 pm\nApril 8\, 12:30-1:30pm\n\nTuition:\n\n$25 Earlybird registration available through Feb 5\n$30 Regular registration\nCommit to all three sessions for only $60\n\nTuition includes handout with links to additional resources and tools. \nSessions will be recorded so if you miss one\, you can listen to the recording. \nRecommended prework:\nTo get the most out of your participation in the session\, please reflect on: \n\nWhat energizes you?\nWhat depletes you?\nWhat’s challenging you about resilience right now?\n\nYou may be invited to share what you noticed doing these reflections. \n\n  \nAbout the organizers\n\n\n\n\nJACKIE SLOANE\, MCC\, is an executive coach\, organizational change and communication consultant\, and leadership retreat facilitator. Her clients have often been surprised at how a stronger focus on well-being\, a change in mindset and new practices can have profound\, life-altering impact. Over 25 years\, she has worked with many professionals and manager to C-suite leaders in organizations of all sizes and types. She participated in Yale’s Science of Well-Being course\, has been trained to use the Resilience at Work Assessment and is certified in the Genos Emotional Intelligence assessment and The Center for Creative Leadership’s assessment tools. Her clients have included Abbott\, Accenture\, American Society of Anesthesiologists\, Bank of America\, Comcast\, Deloitte\, Exelon\, Garrett Theological Seminary\, Grant Thornton\, Hollister\, International Truck and Engine\, Legal Marketing Association\, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District\, PepsiCo\, Plante Moran\, Purdue University Northwest\, Wintrust and many others. \n  \n\n\n\n\nCATALYST RANCH is the authority on Creative Meetings and Events\, providing solutions for your in-person and virtual meeting needs. Since 2002\, we’ve been activating creativity and innovation for clients worldwide\, and we’re dedicated to making all your meeting goals a reality. We’re your trusted partner\, taking the stress out of meeting planning and delivery. \nA woman-owned business and pioneers of Chicago’s prolific West Loop neighborhood\, our brick-and-mortar venue is located at 656 West Randolph Street. For a truly revitalizing experience\, visit us in person and immerse yourself in our stimulating\, unexpected environment! Until then\, get a peek at www.catalystranch.com . \n\n 
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/resilience-rodeo-a-learning-community-webinar-series/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Professional Development,Webinar,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Social Media Strategy with Sue Koch
DESCRIPTION:Social Media maven Sue Koch offers tools and tips for launching and leveling-up your successful social media strategy. \nSocial Media Strategy with Sue Koch\n\nMany small business owners did a masterful pivot to adapt their business to working virtually in 2020. Now\, many are finding these new skills will actually help them do even better business in 2021\, addressing new audiences\, customer service demands\, and incorporating a hybrid model of online and offline business. \nWhether you navigated 2020 with a solid plan\, or never developed a social media strategy\, no doubt\, today’s world has turned not only your business model on its head but the demands on your social media savvy as well. \nA new year is a perfect time to revamp that plan! \nGet hands-on with a strategy workbook in this webinar so that you can continue to grow\, adapt\, and build.\nThis session offers tools and tips that will help you either launch a successful social media strategy or advance your existing strategy through a proven step-by-step process. \nYou’ll leave this session with the clarity you need to avoid those dreaded Unsuccessful Random Acts of Social Media Marketing! \nTakeaways:\n\nA workbook that we will begin to work through in the session\, and that you can continue to build & grow.\nTemplates for content distribution that you can reuse and repurpose.\nA channel roadmap to help understand the differences across social media channels and how your strategy can be implemented to one\, or several of your choosing.\n\n  \n\n\n\nAfter a unique career that spanned Technical Project Director and Senior VP of Ops\, Sue Koch found her passion and success at her private Social Media education firm\, that she founded in 2009. Sue guides companies of all sizes through the complexities of social media marketing and aids them in developing the strategies needed to thrive in an intensely competitive business environment. \nLearn more at www.suekoch.com. \n  \n\n\n\nCATALYST RANCH is the authority on Creative Meetings and Events\, providing solutions for your in-person and virtual meeting needs. Since 2002\, we’ve been activating creativity and innovation for clients worldwide\, and we’re dedicated to making all your meeting goals a reality. We’re your trusted partner\, taking the stress out of meeting planning and delivery. \nA woman-owned business and pioneers of Chicago’s prolific West Loop neighborhood\, our brick-and-mortar venue is located at 656 West Randolph Street. For a truly revitalizing experience\, visit us in person and immerse yourself in our stimulating\, unexpected environment! Until then\, get a peek at www.catalystranch.com.
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/social-media-strategy-with-sue-koch/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Class,Marketing,Professional Development,Webinar,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Travel Destinations and What They Can Teach You - A Virtual Panel
DESCRIPTION:Catalyst Ranch welcomes Color and Curiosity’s Megan Zink\, who’ll trade stories and inspiration with a panel of fellow travel enthusiasts.\nTravel Destinations and What They Can Teach You: A Virtual Panel with Megan Zink\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe’re swapping workshop sessions for storytime\, and you’re not going to want to miss it! Sit back\, relax and soak up the #InspirationThroughInterviews as four Chicago travel lovers share stories of their favorite memories and the most important things they’ve learned from travel as an experiential learning tool. \n2020 may have majorly disrupted travel plans\, but there’s no harm in reminiscing or even beginning to think about future getaways – in fact\, studies and articles from publications such as National Geographic\, the New York Times and Travel & Leisure share that the anticipation of travel can be a huge mood booster! \nTune in and be taken away as you \n\nConnect with other curious travel lovers\nGet inspired through interviews\nCome away with ideas for experiential learning while traveling\n\nAll proceeds from the event will benefit Code Your Dreams\, a Chicago-based nonprofit focused on experiential learning\, bridging the tech gap in Chicago and creating grassroots change in communities. For more information\, visit www.codeyourdreams.org. \n  \n\n\nMeet the Storytellers\n\n\n\n  \nBrianne Caplan is the executive director and founder of Code Your Dreams\, a Chicago-based nonprofit that empowers underserved youth to innovate community solutions through code. Bri is also the founder of CoderHeroes\, a company that makes coding imaginative\, impactful and personal for children through individual and group virtual sessions. As a former data scientist and program director for Careers in Computer Science at the University of Chicago\, Bri strives to make the technology sector accessible to all. \nCourtney Vondran is a LGBTQ+ travel content creator from Chicago\, USA. Her mission is to help explorers travel cheaply and live authentically. When she’s not blogging\, she enjoys salsa dancing\, listening to a good podcast\, and exploring local street art. \nFlo Lawnicki is a senior paralegal as well as a lifestyle & travel blogger at Flo’s Favorites\, musician\, wife\, and mother from the Midwest – her entire life has been within Michigan\, Indiana\, and Illinois. Her blog\, Flo’s Favorites\, details her lifestyle and travels throughout the Midwest. On any given day you can find Flo somewhere along the lakefront or biking through one of Chicago’s fascinating neighborhoods searching for hidden gems. \nMaggie O’Reilly is a native of the South Side of Chicago and is an entrepreneur\, travel junkie and mother of two. In addition to owning a meeting and event planning company\, she is the founder and designer of MAYTA Collection\, an ethical fashion label fueled by a love of travel\, culture and tradition and inspired by the colors\, textures and materials she’s encountered and relationships she’s developed with artisans worldwide. Every piece is handcrafted in small batches using up-cycled or found textiles and raw materials – and no two are alike! \n\nAbout the hosts\n\n\nMEGAN ZINK\nMegan Zink is a content/demand gen marketer and creative mind passionate about ongoing education\, data-supported storytelling and visual communication. As a marketing manager at Chicago SaaS company ReviewTrackers\, she manages a team responsible for content\, conversion and lead gen initiatives as well as creative implementation and how content impacts the customer journey. She is also a published photographer and writer + public speaker (and Second City program alum). \nShe has been fortunate to travel since she was young and believes it is one of the best teachers for lifelong learning there is. You can usually find her learning something new (like astrophotography) or outdoors\, hiking\, rollerblading\, running or doing yoga\, and she loves exploring different cultures through food and art. \nCOLOR & CURIOSITY\nColor & Curiosity helps others better tap into travel as a lifelong learning tool\, amplifies community-based content and elevates the stories of localized womxn entrepreneurs and educators. Have a story to tell? Connect with us @color.and.curiosity or www.colorandcuriosity.com. Contact us for more information on educational events and workshops\, consulting on editorial strategy\, case ‘stories’ and other services! \n\n\n\nCATALYST RANCH\, Chicago’s Creative Meeting and Event Solution\nCatalyst Ranch is Chicago’s authority on creative meetings and events\, both in-person and virtually. Since 2002\, we’ve been activating creativity and innovation for clients worldwide\, and we’re dedicated to making all your meeting goals a reality. We’re your trusted partner\, taking the stress out of meeting planning and delivery. \nA woman-owned business and pioneers of Chicago’s prolific West Loop neighborhood\, our brick-and-mortar venue is located at 648 West Randolph Street. For a truly revitalizing experience\, visit us in person and immerse yourself in our stimulating\, unexpected environment! Until then\, get a peek at www.catalystranch.com.
URL:https://playground.catalystranch.com/event/travel-destinations-and-what-they-can-teach-you-a-virtual-panel/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Panel Discussion,Recreational
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