How E-Networking Benefits Your Business: Women's Business Council Breakfast

How E-Networking Benefits Your Business

Women’s Business Council Breakfast

Wednesday, March 18

7:30 am

Marriott Suites Downers Grove

1500 Opus Place, Downers Grove

Join us for a follow-up discussion on social networking and Web 2.0!  Our panelists will focus on how online tools have benefitted their business.  John Page, Vistage International, Melna Langham, ScotPress, and Jody Birnbaum, Caterconsult, Inc. for a lively panel discussion.

Learn how these fellow Chamber Members used Facebook, LinkedIn, and more to generate leads and clients.

John Page is a CEO and business advisor with a passion for creating successful business andleadership transformations exclusively with owners of small to mid-sized companies. He has served as President / CEO with SEI Financial Associates, Inc. / Advocacy Associates Inc., CEO / Executive Director with Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Inc. (HIMSS), and as President / CEO with Us TOO International, Inc.  John holds a MSHS in Health Systems / Industrial & Systems Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and is a certified Business Mediation Specialist.  He has served as an adjunct professor at the Uniformed Services University School of Medicine - Center for Informatics in Medicine; University of Illinois at Chicago - Graduate Program in Business Administration/Bioengineering & Health Informatics Program; and Program Advisor at University of Alabama - Graduate Program in Health Information Management. John has extensive experience on several boards in the area including DiveHeart Foundation, College of DuPage, Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration, as well as the Collaborative Health Informatics Centre – Queensland, Australia

Melna Langham is the General Manager at ScotPress Printing in Downers Grove, IL.  ScotPress is a sister company to Maclyn Group where Melna spent the last 8 years as Senior Creative Director.  Her new duties at ScotPress include managing the daily operations of the company and new business development.  As Senior Creative Director, she developed numerous brands, marketing campaigns and print collateral for a variety of local and national clients. Melna finds great satisfaction in her work by using her creative vision to articulate the client’s idea into a functioning brand, promotion or collateral piece.  These tangible results motivate Melna and her clients to push the creative envelope and inspire fresh concepts.

Jody Birnbaum, is the President of Caterconsult, Inc., a Business Management Consultancy, providing core strategies, methods, resources, training and support to entrepreneurs, with a focus on the hospitality industry. Caterconsult, Inc. helps business owners with strategic planning; email and print marketing; website development, search engine optimization; social networking; contact management; software integration; leadership, communication, sales training; staff development, financial management and a host of additional services. As an adjunct faculty member at the Culinary School of Kendall College, Jody teaches Introduction to Foodservice Business Planning. Jody has been quoted in North Shore Magazine, The Chicago Sun Times, Catering Magazine, Chef Magazine, The Daily Herald and Catersource Magazine. Jody has also written articles for various industry trade magazines and a local dining guide.

Members: $15

Non-Members: Please contact Jane Abe at jabe@downersgrove.org or 630-968-4050 x11.