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Valuing Your Volunteers

Laura Trouille, PhD, has been leading the Adler Planetarium’s Citizen Science efforts, including Zooniverse. In this video she talks about how she used her growing expertise to bridge her research experience with volunteers. One of the challenges that came up was the moment the Zooniverse program became an important project builder throughout the world.  A […]

Leading by Example in Real Estate

Nick Libert Founder and CEO Exit Strategy Realty discusses the Real Estate workforce and as a leader how he helps his workforce be successful in the midst of a career that can be filled with financial pitfalls. Libert describes the industry that is filled with independent contractors that often live commission paycheck to paycheck without […]

Sean Mulroney

Sean is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he studied music performance as a classically trained bass player. Sean moved to Chicago in 1985 to attend Loyola of Chicago School of Law.  As soon as he arrived, he joined an all original rock band that played extensively all over Chicago and toured nationally. […]

Create a cohesive workplace

Phyllis Lee is the CMO at Joibit and she takes her leadership role very seriously as the steward of the Joibit brand. She sets the tone for the voice, internally and externally for the company, leading all communications and actions with the company mission statement with its values at the core of all messaging and […]

Driving hard work through leadership

Greg Tepas, Founder and CEO of CarAdvise is an experienced executive who is now running a growing startup.  The challenges that his company is facing are exciting as they work in the new world of online consumerism. One of their major tasks is  to change consumer behavior from the status quo consumer behavior when it […]

Solving hunger through innovations

Jennifer Nau, Communications Director at Northern Illinois Food Bank is a seasoned corporate communications specialist focused on one of the largest food banks in the nation. She shares her leadership philosophies along with challenges faced and solved by the organization. Ms. Nau talks about how the food bank is solving hunger through innovations, using technology […]

BrandTroops Inc

Brand Troops is a Chicago based direct sales and marketing agency that boost brand awareness with sales consulting, sales training and face to face marketing solutions. Our goal is to provide a superior experience and tremendous value for our clients. Our Team has over 50 collective years of experience in marketing and sales and is […]

Focus On The Critical Success Factors

Ernie Watts, President at TRC, a global management consulting firm shares what sets his company apart from other management consulting firms when it comes to services. From providing critical business strategies for a specific business and their industry all the way through expert implementation and many times, running certain aspects of a client’s business, Mr. […]

Utilizing Human Capital Is Critical For Success

Brian Polatsek, CEO EcoBrite Linen shares the big challenges his company has faced when it comes to human capital after losing their entire staff overnight due to illegal workers being revealed through a homeland security audit. He talks about recovering from that experience and how they moved forward. Mr. Polatsek also shares the challenges they […]

JDGershbein.com

OFFICIAL HASHTAG: #jdspeaks Since 2006, JD Gershbein has been instrumental in advancing the ideals of the digital world, inspiring opportunity-oriented individuals and companies to harness the power of the online media to elevate their profiles, engage their communities, and win new business. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s top LinkedIn strategists and […]