!!!!!  SSSBA is celebrating its Annual Holiday Party  !!!!!

Please join SSSBA as we celebrate the season at our annual luncheon holiday party. You and your guests will enjoy a lovely lunch and stimulating conversation. Invite your significant other, clients and office staff to ring in the season with SSSBA!
 
MAKE THIS YOUR BUSINESS HOLIDAY PARTY!

Date: Friday December 16, 2011
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Place: Glenwood Oaks Restaurant
106 North Main Street, Glenwood, Il

Cost: $15 per person
R.S.V.P.: By December 7, 2011

Registration: Click on the link below or
Call 708-596-2000 ext. 2568 or contact Carmen Garcia (info@sssba.org) or
Mail: make checks payable to SSSBA and include your Name, Business Name, Address,
Phone number, email address, number of tickets and check and mail to:
SSSBA, c/o BCI
58 West 162nd Street
South Holland, Il 60473

Please bring children’s hats, mittens, gloves, scarves to help make this a warm season for area children.

REGISTRATION FOR HOLIDAY PARTY: Please click here.

SSSBA invites you to attend this Business Before Hours Event

Presenter: Jessie Jury
Independent Communications Professional

Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Time: 7:45 a.m. networking & coffee
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. program

Place: Heritage Room, South Suburban College
15800 S. State Street, South Holland, IL

R.S.V.P.: 708.596.2000 ext. 2568
Cost: Free to paid SSSBA members; $5 guests

Do you need help making sense of the social media puzzle? An updated web site is crucial for gaining community support and engagement. But that’s just one piece of the puzzle. Is your business on Facebook & other social media? What are you waiting for?

In this session, you will learn why social media should be an integral part of your business marketing plan. We’ll address fears about jumping into social media and discuss how to create a Facebook page for business, create a LinkedIn business profile, and more!

Jessie Jury is an independent communications professional with experience working in many industries with clients including Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, professional membership associations, non-profit organizations, and universities. She enjoys helping her clients promote a positive image with comprehensive marketing strategies that are fun to implement!

Her background includes serving as marketing manager for an IT consulting and training company, webmaster for several organizations, writer and editor for online and print newsletters, and editor of a national consumer magazine. She creates and develops plans with clients to best market their businesses and themselves.

Plan your day around this event. Come gain insights, tips, and strategies to increase your business know-how. Bring your business cards and information about your business and make sure to arrive in time to network.

OUR 14TH ANNUAL FALL MEETING AND LUNCHEON will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday October 12, 2011 at the Odyssey Country Club, 19100 South Ridgeland Ave, Tinley Park, Illinois.  This annual luncheon is held for a twofold purpose:  to educate attendees on a topic of current economic importance to them and to provide networking opportunities.

Held in conjunction with the Annual Luncheon is an Exhibitor’s Fair where companies will showcase their businesses.  Exhibits will be open from 11:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and from 1:30 to 2:30 PM.  Attendees are encouraged to come early and visit the Exhibitor’s booths.  There will be raffles and free gifts for those visiting the booths.

Keynote Speaker: 

Jack A. Ablin

Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Harris Private Bank

Keynote Presentation:  Current Economy and Insightful Projections into the future

Mr Ablin is a well known and respected speaker Jack A. Ablin, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer at Harris Private Bank.  He is responsible for establishing investment policy and strategy within the Personal Investment Management Group of Harris Private Bank. Mr. Ablin also chairs the Harris Private Bank Asset Allocation Committee, which determines the strategy for investment portfolios for Harris Private Bank. Mr. Ablin joined Harris in 2001 and has more than 25 years of experience in money management.  Mr. Ablin earned a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College, New York, where he graduated with honors with an AB in Mathematics and Computer Science. Mr. Ablin received an MBA with honors and graduated cum laude from Boston University, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Beta Kappa Sigma Honors Society. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago and a CFA Institute Charter holder.  Highlights of Mr. Ablin’s career:

• Author of Reading Minds and Markets: Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Returns in a Volatile Global Marketplace, published in July 2009 by F.T. Press; Wall Street Journal’s best-seller list, 2009
• Written on a variety of topics, including investor psychology and financial markets outlook
• Frequent contributor to CNBC, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal and Barron’s
• Served as a Professor of Finance at Boston University, Graduate School of Management
• Spent five years as a Money and Markets correspondent for WTLV, the NBC affiliate in Jacksonville, Florida
• Named one of the top 100 Wealth Advisors in North America, by CityWealth Magazine in 2006 and 2010

MEMBERS, REGISTER HERE.

NON-MEMBERS, REGISTER HERE. You will save $5.00 per ticket if you become a member first. To apply for membership, please click here.
 

SPONSOR INFORMATION
We welcome sponsors for this event.  Each sponsor will receive program recognition and two luncheon tickets.
Sponsorship Fee: $300 per sponsorship. Remit to SSSBA or complete online registration and payment below.

SPONSOR REGISTRATION: Please click here.

ADDITIONAL TICKETS FOR SPONSORS:  Additional luncheon tickets are available at $35 each. Please click here to purchase additional tickets.

ATTENTION EXHIBITORS
This year again you will have a special opportunity to promote your business and interact with attendees at the
South Suburban Small Business Association
1th Annual Meeting & Luncheon
October 12, 2011
11:00AM to 2:30PM
Odyssey Country Club
Tinley Park, IL

TO VIEW OUR EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS: Please click here.

HURRY NOW, to reserve your Table!  Space is filling up quickly!

EXHIBITOR INFORMATION
Each exhibitor will be provided an 8-foot table. Set-up for exhibitors will be between 10:00AM and 10:45AM. Exhibits will be open for attendees from 11:00AM to 12:00Noon and 1:30PM to 2:30PM.
Exhibitor Fee: $125 (includes 1 ticket for the luncheon & program) Remit to SSSBA or complete online registration and payment below.

EXHIBITOR REGISTRATION: Please click here.

ADDITIONAL TICKETS FOR EXHIBITORS:  Additional luncheon tickets are available at $35 each. Please click here to purchase additional tickets.

Exhibitors may direct questions to Lynette Nunn (lynette.nunn@harrisbank.com) at 708-557-0615 or Angela Wiggins (awigginscpa@sbcglobal.net) at 708-351-6726.

Our 9th Annual Summit Awards was a huge success with a standing room only crowd at the Doubletree eager to learn this year’s awardees.  They were:

Click on an Awardee for more information and picture.

- Small Business of the Year:    Sweet Annie’s Bakery of Flossmoor, Il 

- Training Excellence:    Free-Flow Packaging of Thornton Il

- Economic Development Leader of the year:    Mayor Ed Zabrocki of Tinley Park, Il.

- Creative Arts Organization of the Year:    The South Suburban Chorale, Albert M. Jackson Director

TO VIEW ALL PICTURES FROM OUR EVENT: Please click here.

EVENT INFORMATION

When: February 16th, 2011
            7:45 – 8:00 a.m.  Registration and Networking
            8:00 – 9:30 a.m.  Breakfast and Awards Event
Where: Doubletree Hotel
Address: 5000 West 127th St, Alsip, Il

Speaker:  Dr. Michael S. Miller, Ph.D.
                DePaul University                                                                
                Associate Professor, Department of Economics

These annual awards honor leading business people and organizations who have contributed to the economic and cultural growth of the region.  Four awards are given:  The Small Business of the Year Award, The Training Excellence of the Year Award, The Economic Development Leader of the Year Award, and Creative Arts Organization of the Year.  Each of the awardees is carefully selected from the many businesses and organizations in the region for their outstanding performance and excellence in their qualifying category.

For additional information or questions, our contact information is on this page at the upper left.  You can contact us online by clicking on the ‘contact us’ link at the upper right.

To read about last year’s Awardees: Please click here.

SSSBA is having a Holiday Party for our Friends

The Holidays are a good time to pause and appreciate the things that mean the most in life – the beauty around us, the joy that comes from giving and, most of all…getting together with good friends.

Date:                  Wednesday December 8, 2010
Time:                 11:30 a.m.  to  1:30 p.m.
Place:                 Flossmoor Station Restaurant and Brewery
                          1035 Sterling Ave, Flossmoor, Il

Cost:                  $15 per person
R.S.V.P.:             By December 1, 2010

Registration:   Click on the link below or
                       Call 708-596-2000 ext. 2568 or contact Nancy Burrows (info@sssba.org) or
                       Mail:  make checks payable to SSSBA and include your Name, Business Name, Address,
                       Phone number, email address, number of tickets and check and mail to:
                                SSSBA, c/o BCI
                                58 West 162nd Street
                                South Holland, Il 60473

We are collecting gifts for a local children’s charity.  Please bring a pair of gloves, scarf or hat when you come to the party.

REGISTRATION FOR HOLIDAY PARTY: Please click here.

OUR 13TH ANNUAL LUNCHEON WAS A HUGE SUCCCESS. FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ADDED EXHIBITOR TABLES AND OUR EXHIBITORS WERE VERY PLEASED WITH THE NEW CONTACTS THEY MADE FOR THEIR BUSINESSES.
TO VIEW PICTURES FROM OUR EVENT: Please click here.

TO VIEW OUR EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS: Please click here.

Keynote Speaker: 

Morton J. Marcus
Economist
Author/Columnist
Speaker/Consultant

Keynote Presentation:
“Fiscal Follies of 2011”

Morton Marcus, an internationally recognized authority on regional economies, taught economics for 33 years at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and is the former Director of the Indiana Business Research Center. He retired from the University in 2003 but continues to write a weekly newspaper column and speak frequently to civic and business groups. He has been an advisor on matters of public policy to six Indiana governors, consulted with businesses across America and lectured at universities in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

MEMBERS, REGISTER HERE.

NON-MEMBERS, REGISTER HERE. You will save $5.00 per ticket if you become a member first. To apply for membership, please click here.

SPONSOR INFORMATION
We welcome sponsors for this event.  Each sponsor will receive program recognition and two luncheon tickets.
Sponsorship Fee: $300 per sponsorship. Remit to SSSBA or complete online registration and payment below.

SPONSOR REGISTRATION: Please click here.

ADDITIONAL TICKETS FOR SPONSORS:  Additional luncheon tickets are available at $35 each. Please click here to purchase additional tickets.

ATTENTION EXHIBITORS
For the first time ever, you will have a special opportunity to promote your business and interact with attendees at the
South Suburban Small Business Association
13th Annual Meeting & Luncheon
October 20, 2010
11:00AM to 2:30PM
Odyssey Country Club
Tinley Park, IL

TO VIEW OUR EXHIBITORS AND SPONSORS: Please click here.

HURRY NOW, to reserve your Table!  Space is filling up quickly!
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It’s All about Your Image

Presenter:           Larry Burrows, Photography by Larry Burrows
Date:                   Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Time:                   7:45 a.m.  networking & coffee;  8:00 – 9:30 a.m. program

Place:                   Heritage Room, South Suburban College  
                            15800 S. State Street, South Holland, IL
R.S.V.P.:              708.596.2000 ext. 2568
Cost:                    Free to paid SSSBA members; $5 guests

                    Join us for an educational and helpful event along with a “light” breakfast.

We have all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words, but do all pictures have worth?

Most of us can take pictures with our cell phones and own digital cameras, making it easy to take and share or download pictures.  The question is, are these good enough for all situations and occasions?

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