2020 CCNBMBAA Business Leadership Institute

The 2020 CCNBMBAA Business Leadership Institute Presents:

An New Era Defined: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

The Business Leadership Institute is a single day, power-packed conference filled with seminars and workshops geared toward industry best practices in leadership, career advancement, and entrepreneurship. The 2020 BLI virtual conference will continue these offerings as we tackle Diversity, EQUITY, and Inclusion in the marketplace. As we redefine Diversity & Inclusion, we begin to understand that these initiatives are not enough. We must now define equity and add it to the equation. You don’t want to miss this free business professional event!

SCHEDULE:

• 9a-10a – Career Advancement: Turning the Climate of Today in Your Favor  for Tomorrow. (Learn how to use opportunities available during the current state of the environment which encourages a need for innovation and presents opportunity for you to set the stage for your own career growth.)
• 10:15a – 11:15a – Entrepreneurship: An EQUITABLE Movement. Start-Up. Scale-Up. Level-Up. (Learn how to get your business started, ways to finance it, and how to leverage marketing, networking, and systems.)
• 11:30a – 12:30p – Executive Town Hall: Achieving Corporate Equity; The Road to Equality. (Explore how business leaders can champion the cause of Diversity & Inclusion by incorporating Equity initiatives that will challenge systemic infrastructures that discourages equality within the workplace.) Sponsored by Walgreens
• 12:30p – 1:30p – Networking Mixer featuring DJ Kid Clay.
• 1p – 3:30p – Speed Networking and Diversity Career Fair. (Meet representatives from Beam Suntory, BMO Harris, CBRE, HSBC, Northwestern Mutual, Relativity, Walgreens, and Wintrust Financial Institution.)

**Link for the virtual platform will be revealed after registration.