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CHESS Update: Keynote and Speakers Announced – Step Out of Your Comfort Zone…COME TO CHESS—Chief Housewares Executive SuperSession!

July 14, 2011

By Judy Colitz, Manager of Special Events & Executive Services

chess bwsmallIHA’s Strategic & Networking Event of the Year
October 4 & 5, 2011
InterContinental Chicago O’Hare, Rosemont

Learn from home and housewares industry experts and each other.  We’re finalizing an amazing line-up of guest speakers, including…

KEYNOTES:

  • PETER SIMS, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur…Little Bets—Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Creativity & Design

GENERAL SESSIONS:

  • Global Sourcing…Berk Fernandez, Managing Director, UNA Worldwide
  • A Global Economic Forecast…Sandy Lincoln, Sr. VP + Investment Strategist, M&I Management Corporation
  • Social Marketing & Social Networking…Sima Dahl, Founder, Parlay Communications—Marketing Consultant, Social Media Strategist, Personal Branding Expert
  • Protecting Your Assets (IP)…Commissioner Stoll, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
  • Retail Update…Ragu Karki, Principal, AT Kearney Tonorto

BREAKOUTS:

  • Building Your Business from Both Sides of the Table…Frank Brady, President, Brady Marketing
  • Market Entry Strategies for India…Berk Fernandez, Managing Director, UNA Worldwide
  • Selling Has Nothing to Do with Selling…Rick Farrell, President, Tangent Knowledge Systems
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission Update…Nancy Nord, Commissioner, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Networking continues at Breakfast & Lunch with Table Topics…and at the Cocktail Reception/Dinner at Capital Grille at the end of Day 1!

MAKE THE RIGHT MOVE…SIGN UP TODAY!

Filed Under: All Posts, CHESS Conference, Executive Networking Tagged With: CHESS, Chicago, housewares, International Home + Housewares Show, International Housewares Association

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