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DESCRIPTION:The January 27th event will be a dual-purpose meeting first sta
 rting with our annual business meeting which will then be immediately foll
 owed by a presentation for our members and guests. Please RSVP for this ev
 ent.\n\n1. Board of Directors Elections and Final Results: The annual busi
 ness meeting of our local consultants' network will collect any final vote
  submissions for the selection of our board of directors. Note: A separate
  email will be sent to the membership with the candidates' profiles along 
 with a link for submitting an electronic ballot. This system will allow th
 ose unable to attend this meeting to still directly participate in the ele
 ctions electronically.\n\n2. We will have a presentation on the very impor
 tant topic of "Selling for Technology Consultants". As independent technol
 ogy consultants\, whether we want to admit it or not\, there is a very rea
 l aspect of sales that is a part of the business of consulting. Pat Helmer
 s\, an international business consultant and coach who specializes in tech
 nology startups\, will provide some valuable selling tips to help you in e
 ngaging with new prospective clients in 2020. You won't want to miss it!\n
 \nSpeaker(s): Pat Helmers\, \n\nAgenda: \n6:30pm – Networking\n\n6:45pm 
 – Elections Final Voting and Results\n\n7:00pm - Presentation\n\nRoom: H
 130\, Bldg: H\, Makerspace and Entrepreneur Center at Harper College\, 120
 0 Algonquin Road\, Palatine\, Illinois\, United States\, 60067
LOCATION:Room: H130\, Bldg: H\, Makerspace and Entrepreneur Center at Harpe
 r College\, 1200 Algonquin Road\, Palatine\, Illinois\, United States\, 60
 067
ORGANIZER:ieee.chicago.rockford.aicn@gmail.com
SEQUENCE:19
SUMMARY:IEEE Chicago/Rockford Consultants' Network\; "Annual Elections" w/ 
 Presentation "Selling for Technology Consultants"\; Hosted at Makerspace a
 nd Entrepreneur Center at Harper College
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/215910
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The January 27th event will be a dual-purp
 ose meeting first starting with our annual business meeting which will the
 n be immediately followed by a presentation for our members and guests. Pl
 ease RSVP for this event.</p>\n<p>1. Board of Directors Elections and Fina
 l Results: The annual business meeting of our local consultants' network w
 ill collect any final vote submissions for the selection of our board of d
 irectors. Note: A separate email will be sent to the membership with the c
 andidates' profiles along with a link for submitting an electronic ballot.
  This system will allow those unable to attend this meeting to still direc
 tly participate in the elections electronically.</p>\n<p>2. We will have a
  presentation on the very important&nbsp\;topic of "Selling for Technology
  Consultants". As independent technology consultants\, whether we want to 
 admit it or not\, there is a very real aspect of sales that is a part of t
 he business of consulting. Pat Helmers\, an international business consult
 ant and coach who specializes in technology startups\, will provide some v
 aluable selling tips to help you in engaging with new prospective clients 
 in 2020. You won't want to miss it!</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>6:30pm
  &ndash\; Networking</p>\n<p>6:45pm &ndash\; Elections Final Voting and Re
 sults</p>\n<p>7:00pm - Presentation</p>
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