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Women in Business - 2021: A year to Reflect. Reset. Reconnect. 

After a complicated and challenging year, we believe these are the goals that will help us move forward. We will continue highlighting equality, community and supporting one another in generating business growth and small business advocacy.

JOIN US for our first virtual event of the year!
Thursday, January 21^st 10 – 11:30a

From private catering company to culinary incubator. How to get what you want by learning to think differently.

Inspiration and ideas from an entrepreneur who’s parlayed personal success into community business development and a business coach who will share strategies to help move forward and grow our businesses.

We’re excited to start our 2021 series with a successful entrepreneur who managed to kickstart a new business in 2020 and a business coach who uses neuroscience to show us that we have the power to move forward in success.

COME LEARN HOW to boost your business in a COVID-impacted world.

• · Defining your business for 2021. How to address the impacts of COVID in a “head on” way.
• · How to recover from a setback.
• · Repositioning your businesses to succeed in a year that will still be in flux until at least the middle of 2021.
• · How to set priorities in this strange new world.
• · Reassessing budget and financial concerns.

….and lots more.

Our Speakers

Fershawnda Green, Owner/Operator of Poppin Plates incubator Kitchen LLC

Poppin Plates Culinary Incubator is a licensed commercial shared kitchen in Park Forest created to provide support and services for minority-owned food and beverage entrepreneurs. They provide the tools needed to establish and grow a food service business including Hospitality Business classes taught by Licensed Chefs, Restaurant Managers and Restaurant Owners around the Chicagoland area. The recipient of a Chicago Southland Economic Development Corp. grant for food manufacturing to establish a coprocessing space, Fershawnda’s story is one of inspiration for aspiring business owners.

Doreen Petty, PCC, CPC, ELI-MP, Doreen Petty Coaching

Prior to opening her practice 11 years ago, Doreen worked in HR and coached and trained leaders in corporate America. Highly credentialed, she coaches, trains and consults with clients who are creating change in their lives -- professional or personal -- and companies seeking enhanced employee engagement. Her approach employs a foundation of neuroscience to teach you how to increase your control over the outcomes you desire and create your ideal future.