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The Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce Women-2-Women Leads Referral Group invites you to its business leads referral event on March 11, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. at the DG Chamber offices, 2001 Butterfield Road, Suite 105, Downers Grove. Connect . . . To Your Brand Through Business Awards. Bring yourself and a guest, but RSVP by March 10, 2009 to Ann Hattan at ahattan@downersgrove.org or by phone (630) 968-4050.
7:30 am – 8:00 am – Networking
8:00 am – 8:30 am – Attendee Introductions and Passing of Business Cards
8:30 am – 9:00 am - Key Note Speaker: Diane Valletta of Valletta Associates.
9:00 am – 9:15 am – Q&A
9:15 am – 9:30 am – Conclusion and Adjournment
Connect . . . To Your Brand Through Business Awards. Learn reliable tips for creating a winning award nomination package and the PR exposure awards can bring to your business. Clients of Valletta Associates have won some 200 awards at local, regional, national and international levels. Since 1983, Valletta Associates has developed its market niche of helping clients gain visibility through
the pursuit of awards. A handout of 2009 upcoming awards will be given.
Diane Valletta founded Valletta Associates
to help client companies crystallize the marketing impact of their
written communications. Long active in the National Association of Women
Business Owners, she served for 10 years on the Chicago Area NAWBO board
of directors and for 6 years on the organization’s national board. An
elected delegate to the 1995 White House Conference on Small Business,
she has also earned numerous awards for women’s business advocacy.
Before becoming an entrepreneur, Valletta had a corporate communications
career in the financial services industry that culminated with service
as Director of Sales Promotion for All American Life in Chicago. She
holds an MBA in Marketing Management and a B.S. in English Literature,
both from Chicago’s Loyola University.