Canright Calendar

In AI 2019, we will dive deep with a panel of expert venture capitalists and entrepreneurs as they discuss the changing uses of the technology in 2019 and where they see white space for entrepreneurial opportunity.Additionally, the event will include the opportunity for networking and time for a limited number of 1-minute pitches from AI-based startups before this engaged audience.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2UTuIfc

Join the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce as we take the challenge and jump in Lake Michigan for Special Olympics Chicago at the 19th Annual Chicago Polar Plunge! All Chamber members are welcome to join our team, whether you go knee deep, waist high, or take the full plunge.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2Xtp9WC

Use 4 best practices to build a solid, strategic framework of best practices for your content marketing. During this hands-on workshop, you’ll create a framework to make your content marketing even more strategic and effective. This workshop is an excerpt of the ANA SOM full day workshop “Fast Forward your Content Marketing.”

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2IC9qBm

Despite decades of progress in diversifying the modern workforce, the growth of movements such as #metoo highlight the need for leaders and boards to do more to build an inclusive workplace. Moderator Christie Hefner and our panel will explore the ways a new generation of leaders are pioneering organizational changes that are building a welcoming and inclusive workplace culture across industries.

DETAILS AND REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2DaMi7a

Join Leadership and the Kids of Off the Street Club for our first event of the year – Happy Hour Tuesday, March 5th, 2019.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the Club’s 2019 activities and festivities – purchase some unique OTSC items – and get to know others who dedicate time helping the Club and the thousands of children it serves.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2IFgduh

Do you currently have or hope to gain people management experience? If yes, are you looking to refine your approach to delegation and creating a culture of accountability within your team? If the answer is yes, you should be at our New Manager Series: Delegation, Accountability & Managing Up program. This program will give you the key knowledge to help delegate effectively and appropriately to your team members.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2HaifAf

Join us for our next Business Luncheon on Wednesday, March 6th, at Maggiano’s Schaumburg location! Steffen Kampeter, CEO of the Confederation of German Employer's Associations (BDA) and former member of the Bundestag, will provide a special welcome at our Business Luncheon.

DETAILS AND REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2mVSgkV

Leadership supporters at the President's Club level or higher and their guests are invited to join Raghuram Rajan for a dinner following the public program, The Third Pillar: Are Communities Being Left Behind? Dinner registration includes admission to the public program.

DETAILS AND REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2BWAMfE

Join this discussion with industry experts as they explore what access means for patients and employers in today’s healthcare landscape. What barriers prevent people from getting the best care? What factors drive the costs employers pay? What options, such as direct-to-employer contracting, are available to self-funded businesses seeking to offer more effective, efficient care?

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2GMXkn8

Today’s interactive session is an opportunity to experience emotional intelligence by reflecting on your own experiences with high and low EI leaders. Tips for demonstrating EI when working with teams and individuals will also be shared.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2SrKyvW

At this SIG: Nonprofit, three marketing consultants will share case studies, tips and insights that you can take back to your team to drive results. You’ll hear from and discuss challenges with panelists that include a senior market research consultant, a design agency principal and the CEO of a content marketing consultancy, all focused on increasing your organization’s success.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://amachicago.org/sigs/#030719

Steven Polansky is a Senior Director in FINRA's Office of Shared Services and leads the Special Initiatives Group. The Group develops FINRA’s annual priorities letter as well as the Examination Findings Report and was responsible for, among other things, preparing FINRA’s digital investment advice and earlier cybersecurity and conflicts of interest reports.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: http://bit.ly/2SO0XQ7

Join the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce at STK Chicago for March's Business After Business networking event on Thursday, March 7th from 5:30-7:30PM! STK Chicago is a unique concept that artfully blends the modern steakhouse and chic lounge into one, offering a dynamic, fine dining experience with the superior quality of a traditional steakhouse.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2VjEes4

Your enterprise mobility strategy that you set in 2013 is no longer useful in 2019. First came BYOD, after which, companies started realizing the importance of MDM and MAM. However, technology keeps evolving. It’s 2019 and most enterprises have already adopted some form of mobile strategy in their organization.New technologies bring new opportunities and with it new threats. App and cloud security, GDPR, software bloat, and modern UI/UX standards are just some of the challenges that companies have to deal with. In our webinar, we will be talking about all this and much more to ensure that you are on the right path for your enterprise mobility strategy in 2019.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2Stc7Vu

Join us for our 2019 Annual Members Meeting!

DETAILS AND REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2BbcPRz

The United States government and tech giants like Facebook and Google, possess previously unimaginable troves of information on the public’s activities and interests. How can democratic societies prevent this mass collection of data from being misused in ways that undermine rights and freedoms, or leave public opinion open to manipulation? Where do we draw the line between privacy and transparency in the digital age?

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2EcMzXE

Please join us for an evening of speaking with women lawyers who serve and have served in various governmental agencies. Our panelists will include State's Attorney Kimberly Foxx, Public Defender Amy Campanelli, Honorable Judith Rice, Honorable Melissa Durkin and April Preyar.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2IGdnVC

The FACC-Chicago Monthly Luncheon is a prime networking opportunity within the French-American business community.

DETIALS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2NwPZbZ

Join us for an informal cocktail reception and dinner, where you can network with other CEOs and participate in a lively discussion. You will have the opportunity to discuss with your peers the challenges, successes and futures of your business. We encourage you to come ready to share and learn from those going through similar experiences!

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2XqCMWL

During this workshop, attendees will be introduced to the five distinctive competencies that professionals need to possess to drive higher levels of value creation across the stakeholder spectrum. We will explore how cognitive flexibility, communications agility, embracing a client champion mentality, and adopting a business accelerator and indispensable partner mindset will create future distinction.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2VmT69i

Join PCC for our latest luncheon. Panelists will present developments in new/digital media and marketing practices and how it continues to influence the way PR pros can increase audience engagement. Participants will learn about the key trends and best practices to use new media platforms and digital channels as tools to improve media pitches, digital publishing, and more. Trends for 2019 and beyond will be discussed as well as insights on how to use digital platforms for organizations, networking, and personal branding

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2BY8ZeV

Remedy helps health-focused organizations solve complex brand, marketing, and communications challenges. On any given day, you’ll find her launching game-changing medical devices, refreshing global brands, or inspiring consumers to take small steps toward better health. Every project is unique. All lead to the same destination: a healthier world.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2IETv5r

In this presentation, Joe Pulizzi, author of the new book Content Inc., will detail how many of today's most successful businesses started, and how they have become some of the fastest growing businesses on the planet. Better yet, this presentation will break down what you can learn from these companies, and how you can use these strategies to grow your client base within your own law firm.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2BRFf3m

We’re bringing together colleagues, friends, entrepreneurs and creative professionals from the best companies in the Midwest. Meet your AMA Chicago Chapter Board and learn about what we’ve got planned for you. Mingle with current and prospective AMA members or chat up the leadership team over drinks in a casual setting. Simply bring yourself, your charm and your business cards.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2SnETM8

5 Common Mistakes to Avoid With Your Intellectual Property What if you woke up one morning only to realize that your employees or your ex-business partner owned your company's innovations . . .?

DETIALS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2EcJfvE

Speakers: Saurabh Sharma (Jump Capital), Douglas McConnell (Vissant Capital Corporation), Dan Patterson (Polynexus Capital), and moderator Nicole Kalajian (Stradley Ronon).

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2Vqu0pJ

Join us for our HR Executives Leadership Exchange exclusively for Executives in HR from growth-stage technology companies. This is a casual event where executives can discuss current issues, network, debate and get inspired by others.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2TbUDS7

Eric Hansen will explore the trends and events that are shaping the direction of the accounting profession, both public and Business and Industry, and how they will impact our services, our people and our business models in the future.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2XmDcNQ

Help public school students build skills for a career in STEM.

DETAILS AND REGISTRATION: https://lumity.org/dinner/

While the US tech titans face little oversight and report primarily to shareholders, the Chinese government closely supervises the work of its tech companies, guiding research and investment in ways that are beneficial to the state. With competition between these superpowers intensifying, will China’s centralized, top-down approach give it the edge in the race for technological supremacy? How can the White House, Pentagon, and Silicon Valley craft a shared national strategy for AI?

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2GMlnTi

Join the Chicago Cultivate Team as we kick off the first Cultivate Your Success event of the year. In this half-day skill development session, our business advisors will break down the little tweaks you can make to your sales process to see higher conversions. Connect with your Chicago local community of dedicated business owners in this client-exclusive event.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2FbWcGE

The Crime Lab is, among other ongoing projects, working with the Chicago Police Department to reduce gun violence and strengthen police-community relations in the city’s most impacted neighborhoods, partnering with the Heartland Alliance and other social service providers to identify and serve those young men in the city at highest risk for gun violence, and helping the Mayor’s Office in New York City with their ambitious effort to close the Rikers Island jail. Previous Crime Lab projects have been featured in national news outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR and PBS News Hour.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2T11EpE

Join us on the third Wednesday of each month for European Business Networking, held in collaboration with the main European Chambers of Commerce and business organizations in Chicago and the Midwest.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2Tm27BS

Join us at a Steak House located in the River North neighborhood. Come to RNBA's next Business After Hours to find out more about Ruth's Chirs Steak House as you network with business professionals and enjoy great food and beverages! Don't forget to bring your business cards!

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2EzCzsX

All companies, especially fast-growing ones, have a critical, ongoing need for capital. It’s their life blood! And, today’s changing economic environment is causing CFO’s to raise an array of perplexing questions when it comes to capital raising. Specifically, they are asking: how should I consider the uncertainty of rising interest rates and a possible slowing economy on my capital raising needs, and a possible change in available capital sources?

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2TEWkUY

As marketers in the legal industry, we are on a constant hunt for inspiration. Too often, we take it from the “guys across the street”: our competitors and/or peer firms. While looking at other law firms is a great way to benchmark the performance and position of your firm, it’s not a good source of new or differentiating ideas. In this session, Kalev will discuss a mixture of emerging digital trends and ideas that can serve as inspiration for your marketing firms. Some are lare and transformative, while others are quick and easy wins. Though all are sourced from outside the industry, they are all applicable to the legal marketing strategies you already have in place.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2XpWgec

Yes, content is king in professional services and B2B marketing. But content only rules if it is shared in an engaging way that earns busy people’s attention. Delivering content is one thing; delivering persuasive, useful, brand-building content is another. In this presentation, Joe will share the principles of user-focused, courteous, attention-earning content for any medium—websites, blogs, e-alerts, brochures, white papers, proposals, even conversations. This presentation will share a sampling of best of breed content, and you’ll leave with ideas to make everyday marketing communications more compelling.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2NvIxxR

Learn how financial industry professionals use content marketing, automation, and CRM sales tools to generate leads and earn customers.Enjoy a panel session moderated by Michael Cavanaugh of FinTex Chicago, with guest members of the financial industry, to discuss key marketing challenges.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2H4w5np

PAABC/GCSI CyberSecurity Meetup brings together those with experience in the field and those that want to become a part of it. A wide range of topics are discussed from how to prevent breaches to what to do once they have been found in a system. The format is interactive with a focus on learning.

DETAILS & REGISTRATION: https://bit.ly/2HECYfJ