About this Chat: Put a Twi$t On It!
Connect with some of the best and brightest Chicago intelligentsia and enhance your network with fabulous new resources!
No matter what your business is—a bakery, a marketing firm, an online boutique—we bet that there’s a plethora of add-on sales you could be doing right now to increase your profits and make your customers happy. Use your imagination—what kind of package deals could you offer? What little twist could you put on your services? You already have a target market… what more can you offer them that you know they’ll buy?
About CRAVEchats
Do you CRAVE more opportunities to network with each other as well as spend more time with our entrepreness intelligentsia? CRAVE Chicago offers a community of intuitive, resourceful, passionate, business-savvy, adventuresome mavens! CRAVE hosts intimate, informal discussions which take place at a different coffee shop or casual venue each month, and will be initially focused on our monthly business topic; however we will boldly go wherever the conversation takes us.
The Speakers
Sylvia Jones
WLS-TV/ABC 7, Special Projects Producer
“How to Get Press/Not Get Press”
Sylvia Jones is Special Projects Producer at WLS-TV/ABC 7 Chicago. She joined ABC 7 in January 2006 after serving in the same capacity for nearly five years at WGN-TV. Sylvia returned home to Chicago after having been Executive Producer of Special Projects at WKBD-TV and WWJ-TV — the UPN/CBS duopoly in Detroit. Prior to that position, she worked as a reporter and show producer at WTOL-TV in Toledo, Ohio. Sylvia got her start in the industry working as a news writer and management trainee at WFLD-TV and WLS-TV in Chicago respectively.
Sylvia most enjoys producing stories that directly relate to women, children and culture. Throughout her career, she has received numerous professional awards for her efforts including two Emmys, an Edward R. Murrow, and a Peter Lisagor Award for Exemplary Journalism.
Sylvia earned her master’s degree in journalism with a specialization in broadcasting at Northwestern University after earning dual bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Communications from Stanford University. A native Chicagoan, Sylvia was motivated to vigorously pursue higher education while attending high school at Providence St. Mel on the city’s West Side.
Kirsten Zoub
Director of Sales, The Wright Institute
“Secrets to Building a Powerful Daily Routine”
– Track Sales Activity to Generate Success
– Time Management and What’s Your Excuse
– Play the Success Game of Accountability and Support”
Kirsten Zoub sees potential everywhere she goes. As Director of Sales and a Coach & Group Facilitator at the Wright Leadership Institute, Kirsten empowers people to live their dreams, daring them to think bigger than they ever thought possible. She is a master at holding visions for her clients and supporting them to play outside of their traditional boundaries to design a life that inspires them.
Kirsten is a serial entrepreneur whose wealth of experience allows her to serve a diverse population of business owners and sales executives. She successfully started and ran businesses in a variety of fields such as freight brokering, art publishing, real estate, and health and wellness. Additionally, she has been professionally trained and certified as an Herbalist, Reiki Master, Massage Therapist, and Effective/Reflective Facilitator.
Specialties:
Sales, Networking, Leadership Development, Lifestyle Coaching
