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Past Events

Viewmasters Meeting

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ViewMasters is a fast-paced and fun Toastmasters club that meets the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Fridays of each month, 11:30 AM-1:00 PM CDT/4:30 pm GMT

We welcome anyone interested in improving their communication and leadership skills.

Beginning on Sep 17, 2021, the meeting in person will be held at Mid-America Club.

Thanks and we look forward to seeing you.

Date: November 17, 2021
Time: 11:30-01:00 p.m.
Event: Viewmasters Meeting
Sponsor: The Franklin Center
Venue: Mid-America Club
Location: 200 East Randolph Drive, 80th Floor, Aon Center
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
2020 SAC Annual Meeting

Here’s what we have in store for you this year:

  • Insights from Million Dollar Consulting guru Alan Weiss and a Q&A Ask Alan session
  • Top speakers from across the globe on each of our three focus area
  • Presentation of the 2nd annual Corrie Shanahan Memorial Advancing Consulting Award
  • Sessions scheduled at convenient times for all three geographies: Europe, North America, and Pacific Rim
  • All sessions archived for viewing at your convenience, as often as you’d like
  • Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions on topics of interest, including promoting a book, coaching, speaking, and creating online courses
  • Sessions targeted to those new to the profession or new to SAC
  • What Clients Are Thinking: Three sessions, featuring European, North American, and Pacific Rim clients.
  • Virtual wine down/ wake up networking sessions to connect with your peers
Date: October 21, 2020
Event: 2020 SAC Annual Meeting
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
Rich Brain Poor Brain

The Acre Business Conference takes place on 20/21 October and the Acre Education Conference on 22 October. 2020 forced most people and organizations to dig deeper than ever before— to find possibilities that will only appear if you have the fresh eyes to see the multitude of possibilities all around us. Roger Firestien’s words ring very true once again: “It is your personal and organizational creativity that will make you thrive in good and bad times.”

We believe that our theme is the right one for our current challenging times. We all need to move away from ‘poor brain’ thinking with regards to wealth, leadership, relationships, education — everything. We all have a rich brain and it is time that we rediscover the rich brain that we all possess. And all your amazing Creativity experts are back to unlock the magic of the rich brain.

Date: October 20, 2020
Event: Rich Brain Poor Brain
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
NSA-IL Speakers Academy

Each session contains essential information, ranging from improving platform skills to marketing and running your business. Participants will get the tools they need to succeed as professional speakers.

Sessions are held VIRTUALLY on Saturday mornings from 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Date: October 17, 2020
Time: 09:00-01:00 p.m.
Event: NSA-IL Speakers Academy
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
Fascin8: Eight Minute Insights for Interesting Times

A FREE Online Virtual Showcase

Featuring 8 Professional Speakers

JOIN US!

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central

REGISTER NOW to Reserve Your Seat

Meeting Professionals and Company Execs Welcome

When was the last time you attended a virtual event and said:

· “It was filled with interesting and useful ideas to lift my career”

· “The experts were entertaining and engaging”

· “I wish it could have lasted longer”

We hear your pain.

You’re attending lots of digital conferences and meetings. But too often presenters haven’t evolved with the technology. So you suffer through the experience, trying to feign interest when you’d rather be doing something more productive. What a waste for everyone.

Let’s change that. Come to an experience designed to FASCIN8 you!

Spend time with 8 professional speakers—who know how to keep you engaged online. Each has 8 minutes to deliver a unique message designed to improve your work-life today, including:

· Know when to control and when to let go

· Silence the negative voices in your head

· Be more engaging when you lead virtual meetings

· Start creating rapport faster

· Bridge the generational divide

SIGN UP TODAY for this FREE program on September 23.

Walk away with new ideas—and new energy—to make the most of your new situation at work.

***By ordering a ticket to this event you are agreeing to have your attendance recorded and be used in any commercial usage by each of the speakers***

Date: September 23, 2020
Time: 02:00-04:00 p.m.
Event: Fascin8: Eight Minute Insights for Interesting Times
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
NSA-IL Educational Program

WATERTIGHT SELLING: THE PROVEN BLUEPRINT TO BOOK 30+ FULL-FEE GIGS PER YEAR

Presented by TAYLORR PAYNE, CEO and Co-Founder of SpeakerFlow

Let’s face it – there’s a ton of noise out there about selling.

“Post on social more”…”Write more content”…”Ask for the sale more”…”You need funnels”

Or the awful amount of time spent on figuring out sales cadence.

All that time. All those different strategies. Nothing worked.

We’ve all been trying too many different things looking for a magic wand to make money. Multiple great strategies are out there. It’s focus that’s missing for many of us.

Let expert Taylorr Payne show you a solution. You’ll walk away with;

A Watertight Selling blueprint to focus in your sales effort.
A documented sales cadence, email templates, call templates, LinkedIn templates.
Practices needed to book 30+ full-fee gigs per year.

Date: September 11, 2020
Time: 08:30-11:30 a.m.
Event: NSA-IL Educational Program
Sponsor: NSA-IL
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
Best Practices Webinar – Deb Zahn

Deb Zahn: How to Get Consulting Business Webinar

In this webinar, Deb Zahn will share on overview of her successful process and techniques for getting and keeping consulting clients. She will share techniques for:

  • Establishing the right consulting business mindset
  • Describing what you offer to win more clients
  • Creating awareness among prospects
  • Identifying quality prospects
  • Cultivating clients and getting to a proposal
  • Writing a winning proposal
  • Closing the deal
  • Get repeat and referred business
Date: July 21, 2020
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Event: Best Practices Webinar – Deb Zahn
Sponsor: The Society for the Advancement of Consulting®
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
Embrace Turbulence based on a TEDx Talk

How are you dealing with the turbulence?
Life is naturally full of turbulence. What if we embrace it, as both a metaphor & mindset?

Last December, I delivered my 2nd TED Talk on the topic of “Turbulence.” Based on my experiences as an engineer, artist, and business consultant, I provided what I thought was a different perspective.

Only six month months later, our world is truly upside down with turbulence.

On June 24, The Women’s Committee of the Mid-America Club is hosting a session to view my Talk, with a discussion on the application, and Q&A. I hope you can join us.

Please register now for a complimentary ticket and receive the zoom link.
One ticket per person.

Date: June 24, 2020
Time: 05:30-06:30 p.m.
Event: Embrace Turbulence based on a TEDx Talk
Sponsor: Women’s Committee of the Mid-America Club
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
SAC Bus Accelerator Lab: Linda Popky

This is an interactive hands-on Zoom workshop that will be limited to no more than 10 participants.

Have your laptop ready. This is a working session!

Want to learn how to write a press release, a blog post, or an op-ed that gets read and gets you known? Would you like to be able to create multiple types of content based on the same concept, quickly and easily? In this SAC Learning Accelerator Lab, Linda Popky will take us step by step from idea to writing a strategic press release, blog post or an op-ed that will get read by our target markets.

Join us for this hands-on session that will help take out the stress and anxiety about creating content for your business. You’ll create at least one piece of content during the session, and you’ll learn how to get your piece published. So come with a topic idea you’d like to see published. You’ll leave with a finished piece, guidelines for creating additional pieces, and a plan for what to do next to get your work published.

Linda will also share her formula for leveraging intellectual property across multiple media, rather than reinventing the wheel every time you try to create content. You will never look at content creation the same way again.

Date: June 11, 2020
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Event: SAC Bus Accelerator Lab: Linda Popky
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.
SAC Best Practices Webinar: Cindy McGovern

The days of “sales” being assigned to just one individual or team are GONE—in today’s market, literally every member of your team may come into contact with a client or prospect. And every one of those moments is a selling opportunity…making EVERY job a sales job!

Dr. Cindy McGovern will show you how to take the “ick” out of selling and empower you and your team with a new and energized sales mentality. She will provide simple and actionable steps to establish a culture of sales within your organization, and get even your most reluctant team members on board. Successful organizations know that EVERY job is a sales job, and you will come away with new tools and ideas to raise your team’s performance to new heights!

Date: March 11, 2020
Time: 11:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Event: SAC Best Practices Webinar: Cindy McGovern
Registration: Click here to register.
More Info: Click here for more information.