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VOICE! Women in Business Lunch Series

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Name: VOICE! Women in Business Lunch Series
Date: April 11, 2023
Time: 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM CDT
Registration: Register Now
Event Description:

Women in business and owners have unique challenges. This new chamber workshop series will address topics that can propel your business forward and help you grow. You need a VOICE!
 
Join us for Understanding the Challenges Women Face in Business.  
April 11th 11:45 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Lunch served

Let’s start at the very beginning - even if you are not there in your journey! We will touch on the financial side of your business plan and delve into a 90-day planning concept that can help reenergize you or get you on track, or back on track!
 
Developing a (financial) Business Plan:
MENTOR: Amy Kahhat, VP, Multi Market Manager, First Bank Chicago
• Comingling finances - and why you should stop now. Discover the fundamentals of creating a comprehensive (financial) business plan that can help you get or stay on track.
• Find a bank and banker that works for you and your business.
• What kind of accounts can help your business?
 
Not Your Typical 90-Day Planning Workshop:
SPEAKER: Karen Cox, KLICKThinking, LLC
• Identify the absolute must-dos for you and your team for the next 90 days. Why 90 days? Year-long goals drag on and on, and often don’t actually get completed!
• How to find potential clients and get customers to find you!
• Methods for getting them to know and trust you so they buy from you
• Focus on 90-days to get big wins throughout the year;
• Test out a new idea (think product or service offerings, ad campaigns) without committing to a full year or abandoning an idea too early.
• Pro-actively review your outcomes in real-time so you can make more informed and purposeful decisions.
• Outlines the goals, strategies, marketing plans, financial projections, and other critical aspects of starting or expanding a business.
 
You have VISION, see OPPORTUNITY, are INCLUSIVE and COLLABORATIVE -- you are EMPOWERED! 
 
Attend individual lunch sessions or sign up for the series and save! 
The new in our group to engage with a support group that offers a range of information, education, and camaraderie to help you excel in the world of (women in) business.

Earn a Certificate of Empowerment at the close of the six sessions 
 
 VOICE! group for women in business is focused on empowering the group who own a business, a book-of-business, or have a side-gig they are interested in growing and having an edge.  
April 11:    Session 1: Understanding the Challenges Women Face in Business  

June 27:   Session 2: Negotiation Skills for Women

July 18:  Session 3: Leadership Skills & Work-Life Balance for Women 

August 22:Session 4: Networking and Building Relationships

October 17: Session 5: Tech & Cyber Security  

November 28:  Session 6: Developing a Strong Personal Brand  


Please download our program application and return to Membership & Programs Director Gail Eisenberg, gail@northbrookchamber.org if  you are taking the series. Here are program details
 
Event Sponsors:
Location:
First Bank Chicago
633 Skokie Blvd.
4th Floor, Conference Room
Date/Time Information:
April 11, 2023
11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Check-in starts at 11:45 a.m.
Contact Information:
Fees/Admission:
$30 for members
$40 for guests
$150 for the Series of 6 / Member
$220 for the Series of 6 /Non-members
if you are a First Bank Chicago Business Client please call for your registration options. 

 
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