BNC "After Hours"

Online Registration is Closed

However, we still want you to come on Tuesday night. Even as a walk-in on Tuesday night, you can take advantage of the following activities and features:

• Some seats are available for Dean DeLisle's 2 presentation sessions
• Open Networking room where you can sit down and chat with people
  
• Fantastic Appetizers (for both meat lovers & veggie lovers)
• Cash Bar in the lounge area
• Meet Amberlee Mucha - the casting director for a new reality show on ABC "Catch Me Chicago".  She is looking for teams of 2 who want to audition for and appear on the pilot. 

As always, it will be a fabulous night of networking.  So even though you missed the online registration deadline, bring your $20 CASH and register at the door.  We always like to see new people and repeat attenders.

See you there!

BNC “After Hours”

‘Where Master Networkers Go To Network’

Business Network Chicago (BNC) has introduced an exciting new networking format to the Chicago business community which includes top-notch speakers, targeted speed networking, and unstructured open networking. This new format has received rave reviews.  People love the speakers, speed networking, venue, food, and, as always, the friendly and helpful crowd of Chicago's top business professionals. 

The mission of BNC is to teach Chicago’s premier business professionals to become “Master Networkers,” facilitate the development of their personal networks through our diverse groups, and promote the growth of business in Chicago.  We want our members to excel in both face-to-face and online networking via social medial tools and make it easy for them to get in front of the ‘right’ people who can make the biggest difference in their careers and lives.

Speaker:  Frequently featured in the media and a regular columnist, Dean DeLisle is an expert in social media marketing.  His company, Forward Progress (www.forwardprogress .net), has helped more than 1200 clients (including Allstate, Baird & Warner, BDO Seidman, Blue Cross, Cardinal Health, CBOE, CME, Con Agra, General Growth Properties, MBNA, Merrill Lynch, Mitsubishi, Sears, State Farm) connect with over 25 million leads and generate in excess of a billion dollars in sales.  Dean will provide an entertaining overview of social media and explain how savvy business professionals are using LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to make meaningful connections and drive business.  Dean will share his top 5 tips on how to monetize your personal network.       

You must register online to reserve a spot to attend one of Dean's two presentations.    

Speed networking:  The purpose of these sessions is to meet as many people as you can in as short a period of time and to get you in front of your target audience to build your personal network.  These sessions fill up very quickly so, if you want to participate, sign up for one of these 2 sessions immediately.  To facilitate our matchmaking process, please complete the online questionnaire.

Online registration is required to reserve a ticket to one of Dean DeLisle's presentations and/or one of the speed networking sessions.  Otherwise, we cannot guarantee you a spot.  Open networking will continue throughout the evening.

You will receive a copy of the attendee list by 9 a.m. on the morning of the event if you register online before midnight on Saturday, April 24.  We will include attendee numbers on the nametags to make it easy for you to identify the people that you targeted from the attendee list.

The Details:

Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Time: 6:00 to 9:30 pm

Place: Texas de Brazil, 51 E Ohio (corner of Rush & Ohio), Chicago, IL, 60611

Online Registration: http://april2010afterhours.eventbrite.com
Online registration closes promptly at midnight on Saturday, April 24, 2010.

Admission Price: $10 plus online registration fees ($20 at the door)

Event Schedule:

• 5:45 - Registration Opens
  
  
• 6:30 - Session 1 of Presentation & Speed Networking
  
  
• 7:30 - Break
  
  
• 8:00 - Session 2 of Presentation & Speed Networking
  
  
• 9:30 - End of Event

Texas de Brazil is providing us with:

• A Cash Bar with a selection of beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks (pitchers of water will be placed liberally around the rooms)
• Lots and lots of delicious appetizers (chicken, sausage, vegetables, etc.)

Parking & Transportation:

• Lot Parking: Right across the street, $11 for 3 hours with validation from the restaurant
• Valet Parking: $12 for 3 hours
• Buses: Take any of the Michigan Ave buses North to Ohio and walk West 1 block or take the 36 bus North to Ohio and walk East 2 blocks
• Train: Take the Red Line North to Grand, walk East 2 blocks and North 1 block.
  

If you need help connecting with other attendees, let us know and we will be happy to introduce you.  We also have several BNC ambassadors who regularly attend these events and are wonderful at facilitating introductions.

We are always looking for volunteers to help with the registration desk, greet and direct people and manage the activity rooms.  If interested, please contact Jean Pickering.  Volunteers receive a special price discount. 

BNC is one of the premiere professional business networking organizations proudly serving the Greater Chicago area since 2001.  "After Hours" is open to the public so please feel free to invite friends to come and connect, reconnect, network and make new friends.

As always, please:

• Visit our website: www.bnchicago.org
• Send an email to: BNC_Chicago-subscribe@yahoogroups.com to join our Yahoo Group and receive invitations to all BNC events
• Participate in discussions by joining our LinkedIn group and one or more of our LinkedIn subgroups
• Become a Fan: www.facebook.com/BusinessNetworkChicago
• Join our Meetup group: www.meetup.com/BNChicago
• Follow us on Twitter: @BNChicago

Hope to see you there!!!    AND... stayed tuned for more innovative changes coming to BNC in 2010.

For more information contact:

• David Carman, BNC President & CEO, at dcarman@BNChicago.org or C-312-203-3122.
• Jean Pickering, BNC Director of Social Media, at jpickering@BNChicago.org or Skype 773-770-8969.