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SUMMARY:Nonprofit Affinity Group / Storytelling for Impact
DESCRIPTION:The Chamber's Nonprofit Affinity Group gathers the first Thursday of most months (this month\, second Tuesday!) to connect with each other and benefit from some professional development.  We start at 12:30 with time to network\, then have our presenter begin at 1 pm.  We welcome you to join us!  \n\n \n\nThis month: Small Stories\, Big Impact\n\n\nIn a data-drenched world\, it's easy to overlook the everyday moments that quietly and powerfully shape us. Small Stories\, Big Impact equips attendees to rediscover those moments and transform them into stories that inspire trust\, spark creativity\, and galvanize performance across their organizations.\n\nIn this session\, participants will:\n\n\n	\n	Recognize the abundance of meaningful\, everyday stories they already live - and why these are the stories that matter most.\n	\n	\n	Explore the science of storytelling: how stories stick\, persuade\, and ignite change in ways facts and data alone cannot.\n	\n	\n	Practice simple\, actionable techniques for crafting memorable stories that strengthen high-performance culture in meetings\, presentations\, and daily interactions\n	\n\n\n\nPlease join us to learn about storytelling to strengthen your nonprofit!\n\n\n\nWHO IS OUR PRESENTER?\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nBobby Hulme-Lippert is principal of BHL Coaching\, and a recent transplant to Oak Park.  He spent years in nonprofit leadership as a pastor\, also serving as a US Army chaplain.  In recent years he has served as a consultant and coach for individual leaders and with nonprofits and corporations\, and has published his first book\, Small Stories About Big Things.  \n\n\n\n\nLocation and Parking:\n\nLocation: \n\nSelf-Help Federal Credit Union\n\n6011 W North Avenue\n\nOak Park\, IL\n\n\nParking: Self-Help FCU has its own parking lot
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p dir="auto"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">The Chamber&#39\;s Nonprofit Affinity Group gathers the first Thursday of most months (this month\, second Tuesday!) to connect with each other and benefit from some professional development.&nbsp\; We&nbsp\;start at 12:30 with&nbsp\;time to network\, then have our presenter begin at 1 pm.&nbsp\; We welcome you to join us!&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<h2 dir="auto"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>This month: Small Stories\, Big Impact</strong></span></span></h2>\n\n<div dir="auto">\n<p class="sqsrte-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1rem\; line-height: 36px\; font-size: 24px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">In a data-drenched world\, it&rsquo\;s easy to overlook the everyday moments that quietly and powerfully shape us. <em style="overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Small Stories\, Big Impact</em> equips attendees to rediscover those moments and transform them into stories that inspire trust\, spark creativity\, and galvanize performance across their organizations.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="sqsrte-large" style="margin: 1rem 0px\; line-height: 36px\; font-size: 24px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">In this session\, participants will:</span></span></p>\n\n<ol data-rte-list="default" style="overflow-wrap: break-word\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro\; font-size: 19.2px\;">\n	<li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1\; list-style-type: none\; counter-reset: rte-list 0\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">\n	<p class="sqsrte-large" style="margin: 0.5em 0px\; line-height: 36px\; font-size: 24px\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-weight: 700\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Recognize</span> the abundance of meaningful\, everyday stories they already live - and why these are the stories that matter most.</span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1\; list-style-type: none\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">\n	<p class="sqsrte-large" style="margin: 0.5em 0px\; line-height: 36px\; font-size: 24px\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-weight: 700\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Explore</span> the science of storytelling: how stories stick\, persuade\, and ignite change in ways facts and data alone cannot.</span></span></p>\n	</li>\n	<li style="counter-increment: rte-list 1\; list-style-type: none\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">\n	<p class="sqsrte-large" style="margin: 0.5em 0px\; line-height: 36px\; font-size: 24px\; overflow-wrap: break-word\; white-space-collapse: preserve\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-weight: 700\; overflow-wrap: break-word\;">Practice</span> simple\, actionable techniques for crafting memorable stories that strengthen high-performance culture in meetings\, presentations\, and daily</span></span> <span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">interactions</span></span></p>\n	</li>\n</ol>\n</div>\n\n<p dir="auto"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Please join us to learn about storytelling to strengthen your nonprofit!</span></span></span></p>\n\n<p dir="auto"><br />\n<strong><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">WHO IS&nbsp\;OUR PRESENTER?</span></span></strong><br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="400" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1821/Image/BobbyHulme-Lippertbook.jpg" style="width: 400px\; height: 400px\;" width="400" /><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<div style="box-sizing: border-box\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 17px\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: Montserrat\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; margin: 0px\; margin-block-end: 20px\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; border: 0px\; outline: 0px\; font-variant: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; vertical-align: baseline\; font-style: inherit\; margin-block-end: 0px\;">Bobby Hulme-Lippert is principal of BHL Coaching\, and a recent transplant to Oak Park.&nbsp\; He spent years in nonprofit leadership as a pastor\, also serving as a US Army chaplain.&nbsp\; In recent years he has served as a consultant and coach for individual leaders and with nonprofits and corporations\, and has published his first book\, <u>Small Stories About Big Things</u>.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</span></span></div>\n\n<div dir="auto">\n<p><br />\n<strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="color: rgba(0\, 0\, 0\, 0.9)\; white-space-collapse: preserve-breaks\;">Location and Parking:</span></span></span></strong></p>\n\n<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Location: </span></span>\n\n<div dir="ltr"><font color="#222222" face="verdana\, sans-serif" size="2">Self-Help Federal Credit Union<br />\n6011 W North Avenue<br />\nOak Park\, IL</font></div>\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: small\; color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\; font-family: verdana\, sans-serif\;">Parking: Self-Help FCU has its own parking lot</span></div>\n<br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="515" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1821/Image/Footer_for_event_pages/event-footer-Premium-Members.png" style="width: 500px\; height: 515px\;" width="500" /></div>\n\n<div dir="auto">&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div>&nbsp\;</div>\n
LOCATION:Self-Help Federal Credit Union 6011 W. North Avenue Oak Park\, IL Parking: Self-Help FCU has its own parking lot
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