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1-Day Chicago Connect, Learn & Thrive Professional Women's Event

  • 09/26/2018
  • 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM (CDT)
  • Summit Executive Centre - 205 N Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60601-5922

Wednesday, September 26, 2018
8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Members: $99 - Join Membership
Non-Members: $495

Ask about special group rates for 5 or more women! Call 877.566.9441.
To bring this event onsite to your company location, call 877.880.0264.

Location: Chicago Summit Executive Center

To register as a WLC member and claim your $99 registration, log into your WLC member account and redeem your discount code. (During the checkout process, you will be redirected to the AMA learning site to log in or create a My AMA account to complete checkout.)

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To register as a WLC member and claim your $99 registration, log into your WLC member account and use discount code LKHH at checkout. (During the checkout process, you will be redirected to the AMA learning site to log in or create a My AMA account to complete checkout.)

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Experience what women are describing as “the best workshop I’ve ever taken” with “so many tactics that I will use for my lifetime.”

Keynote Presentation:
Dr. Cortney Baker
Founder and CEO, KidsCare Home Health
Entrepreneur, Trainer, Podcast and Talk Show Host
Author, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling

Event Facilitator and Afternoon Workshop Presenter:
Laura Katen
Author, Keynote Speaker, Consultant, and Executive Coach
President, KATEN CONSULTING, LLC

This dynamic and diverse event can make a profound impact on your future. Here’s what you can expect during the course of this 1-day experience:

Invaluable career advice from successful women leaders—Hear life and livelihood successes and failures from prominent women leaders from diverse backgrounds. Get answers to your most pressing career questions, and gain their insights on how to effectively navigate your workplace.

Skill building to enhance your executive presence—Immerse yourself in the Executive Presence for Women: Communicating with Confidence afternoon session, and exchange ideas and practice proven skills. Take away helpful tips and tools that will increase your credibility, trust level, confidence and more.

Interactive networking—Be part of an energizing, conversation-starting networking activity where you will have the opportunity to build new relationships as you gain insights and ideas from women going through similar challenges.

Filled with stimulating discussion and empowering exercises, we urge you not to miss out on this 1-day event women are calling a "life-changing experience" and "the best workshop I have ever taken".

Dr. Cortney Baker will present Conquering Confidence for Workplace Success. Dr. Baker is a CEO, trainer, talk show host and author of the best-selling book The Ten Do’s and Don’ts for Business Leadership: Lessons to Lead Effectively and her most recent book, Unlimited: Conquering the Myth of the Glass Ceiling.

What You Will Cover

  • Explore current issues affecting women in the workplace
  • Recognize how small changes can improve your ability to be perceived as powerful
  • Identify skills and positions that are increasingly important for women in business
  • Consider diverse work environments and organizational structures to help you determine the best fit for your work and lifestyle
  • Take stock of the key elements you need to consider when carving out your path to success

More About Our Keynote Speaker

DR. CORTNEY BAKER is an award-winning entrepreneur, host of the talk show Conquering the Glass Ceiling with Dr. Cortney, podcast host, researcher, author, trainer, TEDx speaker, and a nationally recognized authority on women’s leadership. Dr. Cortney was named the 2016/2017 Texas Business Woman of the Year and is the founder and CEO of KidsCare Home Health. She holds an Ed.D. in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University, where she concentrated on understanding and advancing women at the highest levels of leadership.

More About Our Event Facilitator

Laura Katen is the President of KATEN CONSULTING, a NY-based professional development training company which conducts workshops in Executive Presence, Individual and Team Presentations, Communication, and Business/Social Etiquette. Ms. Katen is a licensed Business & Dining Etiquette specialist, having attended the Protocol School of Washington in Washington, DC. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with extensive training in Voice and Speech from Carnegie Mellon University, graduating Cum Laude, and she attended Chatham College. Prior to co-founding KATEN CONSULTING in 2002, Ms. Katen began her corporate career in the financial services industry at Merrill Lynch, helping to manage $100 million dollars in client assets and training new hires in customer service and communication techniques.

Ms. Katen is the author of the strategies handbook, How to Communicate with Confidence, Clarity, and Credibility: For Organizational and Individual Success!, and works as adjunct faculty in the Communications Department at Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY.

Who Should Attend

Businesswomen at any point in their careers looking for career-enhancing and advancing skills, as well as those considering a new career.

Special Feature

Breakfast and lunch will be served during this workshop.

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Wednesday, September 26, 2018
8:30 am – 4:00 pm

Members: $99 - Join Membership
Non-Members: $495

Ask about special group rates for 5 or more women! Call 877.566.9441.
To bring this event onsite to your company location, call 877.880.0264.

Location: Chicago Summit Executive Center

To register as a WLC member and claim your $99 registration, log into your WLC member account and redeem your discount code. (During the checkout process, you will be redirected to the AMA learning site to log in or create a My AMA account to complete checkout.)

LEARN MORE

To register as a WLC member and claim your $99 registration, log into your WLC member account and use discount code LKHH at checkout. (During the checkout process, you will be redirected to the AMA learning site to log in or create a My AMA account to complete checkout.)

REGISTER NOW

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