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September 30, 2015

Nov. 12: This One’s for You: 4 Steps to Jumpstart Your Career

As communications professionals, we are dedicated to formulating inspiring and user-friendly ways to help others feel connected with their roles in an organization — to be engaged employees.

Isn’t it time you stopped and looked at yourself? Join IABC/Chicago on November 12 for an information-filled and motivational session focusing on your own, personal engagement with your career path and professional development with executive coach Peter Diamond and Mary Hills, ABC, facilitator of IABC’s Career Competency Assessment and the Global Standard of the Communication Profession.

You will learn 4 specific actions you can take to assess your career engagement and plan your development path:

  1. Assessing where you’ve been
  2. Being proactive about the future
  3. Staying on course with specific behaviors
  4. Taking IABC’s Career Competency Assessment – a limited-time opportunity

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Date:                           November 12, 2015

Time:                          11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
(11:30 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. networking; 11:50 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. program)

Location:                    Maggiano’s Little Italy
516 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
Valet parking available; directions and more information

Price:

Member:                            $35

Nonmember:                   $55

Student:                              $15

Members at the Door:  $40

RSVP:                        Register now!

About the Presenters

Peter_Diamond_085-for-3.12.15Peter C. Diamond, Diamond | Executive Coach + Leadership Development

Peter C. Diamond, “The Amplify Guy” is a professionally trained, certified coach and author of Amplify Your Career and Life. He works with hundreds of senior level executives and teams including Leo Burnett, United Airlines, National Association of Realtors, Razorfish, mcgarrybowen, World Wildlife Fund, Saatchi & Saatchi, Fresenius Kabi, PVS Chemicals and Human Rights Watch.

Peter is a contributor for Entrepreneur, CEO Magazine and The Good Men Project. His articles have also appeared in Inc., Investor’s Business Daily, CMS Wire, Forbes, Yahoo Business and Fortune as well appearances on WBEZ, WGN and Windy City Live.

 

Mary M. Hills, ABC, MComm, Six Sigma, Principal, HeimannHills Marketing Group Office_9376_pp-640x427

As Principal of HeimannHills Marketing Group, Mary works with companies undergoing evolution and change.  HeimannHills provides strategic planning in marketing and communication including research, product and market development, merger and acquisition stakeholder communication. In addition to HeimannHills, Mary serves as Visiting Professor at Keller Graduate School of Management and Adjunct for Loyola’s recently launched MS Communication program .

She is a six sigma green belt and an IABC Accredited Business Communicator. Mary has won the 2012 IABC Chairman Award for her work in advancing global standards in organizational communication. For her tireless service to IABC/Chicago, Mary was named the 2015 Karen Utterback Award recipient. She speaks globally on marketing, communication and women’s leadership topics.

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