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LLN Reports on Greg Cox of Dale Carnegie - Chicago. Greg is the President & COO for Dale Carnegie - Chicago. Throughout his career, Greg has been recognized as an outstanding salesperson and leader of people.  

Before joining Dale Carnegie - Chicago, Greg spent 14 years with Canon Business Solutions.  It was here that he learned to thrive in an ultra-competitive, fast-paced environment.
 
An experienced coach and facilitator, Greg is known for his relevance, humor and insightful ability to understand a variety of business cultures.  He has a passion for coaching leaders and their people to greater performance. Because of his strengths, Greg has regularly led the Dale Carnegie – Chicago team to be ranked in the top 3 worldwide.
 
In addition, Michele will share more information for small businesses during the Social Media Minute. 
 
Mike will announce upcoming Linked Local Network events which can also be found at www.linkedlocalnetwork.com

LLN Reports on Greg Cox of Dale Carnegie

Jim Treleaven discusses Perspectives on Technology Workforce Challenges in  21st Century. 
 
Perhaps the biggest challenge facing the US economy in the 21st century will be the persistent shortage of STEM (Science, Technology Engineering and Math) graduates.  As the US economy becomes increasingly dependent on innovation, technology and services, a highly skilled workforce is essential.  Even in this period of high unemployment, there is a persistent shortage of workers skilled in the STEM fields.  There are two primary causes of this shortfall.  The first is the lack of US students entering these fields in college.  The root cause of this phenomenon can be traced to issues within the K-12 educational system.  Much of this shortfall is addressed with foreign students, which leads to the 2nd cause of the shortfall.  Over 25% of the US tech workforce is foreign-born.  Well over half of the graduate degrees awarded in technology fields by US colleges & universities go to foreign nationals.  Current immigration law discourages at best and more often than not prohibits these graduates from staying in the US upon graduation.
 
To look at the K-12 challenge, we will talk with Matt Hancock, the Exec. Director of the Chicago Technology Academy.  The Chicago Tech Academy is a Chicago Public High School focused solely on technology & the sciences.  

To discuss the immigration policy issues we will talk with Dan Varroney, the acting CEO of TechAmerica, the leading Association advocating on behalf of the tech industry. 
 
Jim's blog is at http://viastrategygroup.net/perspectives/
 


Perspectives on Tech Workforce Challenges in 21st Century

LLN Reports on The Coffee Cake Lady, Christine Welch. Christine Welch is the founder and owner of The Coffeecake Connection company, which was officially launched on November 1st, 2011 after after months of life changing events that catapulted a dream into becoming a reality.

Christine was part of Corporate America for over 25 years, and her most recent position was managing a team of account executives in HR/PR technology solutions.  For eight of those years, she baked her infamous buttermilk coffee cakes.  Her cakes often were conversation openers during the various meetings she attended or coordinated.  
In 2011, life changed drastically for Christine, and all of the events of that year pushed her toward realizing her dream of baking coffeecakes full-time and opening her own business. 
 
Christine Welch is the mother/stepmother of five young adults. She lives in the suburbs of Chicago and strives to build a company that will contribute to charity, create new jobs and be guided by her faith to live the life that fulfills her purpose. 
 
Sponsored by 
Mediavine Marketing - www.mediavinemarketing.com
Chicagoland Signs - www.chicagolandsigns.com
I Am 4 Kids - www.iam4kids.com
ViaStrategy Group - www.viastrategygroup.com
Engaging Speakers - www.engagingspeakers.com

LLN Reports on The Coffee Cake Lady, Christine Welch

LLN Reports on the Undercover Angel, Lisa Lockwood. Lisa Lockwood, author of Undercover Angel: From Beauty Queen to SWAT Team is now a Reinvention Expert, speaker & success coach.  Lisa teaches people, quickly and easily, how to make successful business and personal transformations. 

Millions of people have seen Lisa on ABC, NBC, FOX News, CNN and CNBC. Lisa’s expertise has been featured on Donny Deutsch and Nancy Grace. She has been profiled in Forbes.com, More.com, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune Red-Eye and Today’s Chicago Woman Magazine. She’s been interviewed on more than a 100 radio shows across North America.
 
Lisa Lockwood inspires, educates and gets results for her clients. Lisa’s enigmatic path serves as an inspirational example of how she combined optimism and reinvention to reach unparalleled heights. ( Lisa’s hobbies include activities such as NASCAR driving, marathon running, scuba diving, skydiving and snowboarding, high flying trapeze!)
Mike and Michele will also discuss upcoming Linked Local events as well as the Social Media Minute.  
 
Sponsored by 
Mediavine Marketing - www.mediavinemarketing.com
Chicagoland Signs - www.chicagolandsigns.com
I Am 4 Kids - www.iam4kids.com
ViaStrategy Group - www.viastrategygroup.com
Engaging Speakers - www.engagingspeakers.com

LLN Reports on the Undercover Angel, Lisa Lockwood

Hello and thanks for visiting my profile. To hear more great LLN content please visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/LinkedLocalNetwork

I am the CTO of Mediavine Marketing, where we simplify social media for successful businesses and professionals through training, consulting and management. We minimize your efforts and maximize your results.

In addition to Mediavine, I’m also the CTO and co-founder of the Linked Local Network (LLN). LLN is a networking organization for professionals who utilize social media to promote their businesses and accomplish their goals. The Linked Local Network has developed an international following. 

One of my most valuable skills is “people connector”. I enjoy helping people make beneficial connections and use the insight and business acumen I’ve developed over the years to form many successful partnerships, both for myself and for others. 

Fred McMurray