Enhance your online learning experience by joining me at  CMF’s annual conference in Chicago this June. While the nonprofit could have tried to execute the program themselves and collected 100% of the dollars raised, my team and I know these programs cold and how to squeeze every dime out of the partnership. Look within.

While my hospital’s relationship with Staples several years back was B-to-B–they were my hospital’s office products supplier–our lead account manager introduced me to the Staples retail marketing team and we struck a cause marketing deal, from which we raised over $200,00o. The doctor is in! Nationally, St. Sick women.

know, for a fact that the Chicago Bears beat the Seattle Seahawks last Sunday 25-19.  0160; Both teams are trying to do the same thing, win the Super Bowl.  h/t to Thomas Cott for bringing it to people's attention.). Part of what sports offer to us is a clear outcome. 0160; This is our starting point. 

This week I am joining us 150 Millennials in Chicago and thousands more on the Web will gather to discuss, debate and act on timely topics and ideas on civic engagement and public policy at the Mobilize.org Democracy 2.0 Award Summit Exploring the Millennial Generation’s ROI. 15 AM: Welcome Keynote - David Walker, Peter G.

how come Chicago doesn't have any African American theatres that are part of the League of Regional Theatres (LORT). 0160; It speaks directly on how I believe a strong, healthy theatre that focuses on African-American work could be built in Chicago.  0160; You need a team. 0160; That changes now. 

You might remember that last week I posted the first part of an interview with Lauri Apple , one half of the team that produced Twitter Island , a participatory performance piece at the Chicago Art Department. We've arranged for the next Twitter Island to take place on May 16 at CAD (Chicago Art Department, 1837 S. On paper.

SEO is a team effort, and your marketing department, not your web programmers, should take the reigns. Build and Share an SEO Dashboard There are some basic reports your web team should be able to provide. Search engine optimization is a mysterious world of algorithms and techie-speak, but the goal is simple. What do you think?

0160; If you came to my hometown of Chicago and wanted a good artistic experience I could point you in 50 different directions.  0160; This is about building true teams where everybody (artists/admin/Board) feels valued are in an environment where they can there best. 0160; I see a lack of great arts organizations. great one. 

Liz is a founder of the highly successful business bloggers conference SOBCon — that gained the attention of BusinessWeek, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Innovation Initiative of the Kellogg School of Business. Diva Marketing Talks is a live, internet radio (BlogTalkRadio) show.  30-minutes. 2-guests. That’s it.

go root for their favorite team.  I'm thinking about doing this in Chicago around the last week of May (maybe May 29). If it works, I'm going to find a way to do it for people who have the e-Book but don't live in Chicago.  Read the whole thing, but I have to add a little bit to one of his six signs.