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Wednesday, October 24, 2018 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm 100 South State Street #400 Chicago, IL 60603


Are you looking for ideas to improve your finances? Curious to learn more about Financial Planning? Join Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Kit Lancaster to learn about the financial planning process. Learn about the five key areas of the financial planning process. Learn about financial strategies, behaviors and processes to meet the financial challenges facing emerging professionals today.

  • Asking the right questions

  • How to pick a financial services professional (Suitability vs. Fiduciary)

  • What is financial planning?

  • What is wealth management?

  • What is risk management?

  • Student loan repayment strategies

Getting the most out of your finances isn’t about products and solutions, it is about a process. Understanding and finding a course of action that creates value for your financial goals and a means to accomplish your goals.


The presentation will be approximately 25 -35 minutes, with 30 minutes for questions. Food and drink will be provided. There is no-obligation or cost to attend. RSVP is required. Space is limited.

Register here.

Parking available at 55 E Monroe Street for $15 (12 hours) or $25 (24 hours)

Use the following access codes:

  • 12 hour -  398547

  • 24 hour -  568336

 
 
 

Anyone up for an onigiri party?

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World Food Day is celebrated every year on October 16th to commemorate the 1945 founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization by the United Nations.

This year, we honor World Food Day from October 10th - November 20th by making and enjoying “Onigiri (Rice Ball)”


Participating is easy:

  1. Acquire onigiri.

  2. Photograph making it, eating it, yourself dressed up as it, or just the onigiri itself!

  3. Post it here and on social media.

  4. Tag your post with #onigiriaction

For every onigiri photo, 5 school meals will be provided.


More details can be found at https://onigiri-action.com/en/


Let's change the world with onigiri!

 
 
 

October 16, 2018

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Courtyard Chicago Arlington Heights/South - Marriott 100 West Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005


There will be a professional seminar October 16th in Arlington Heights on effective strategies and practices when doing business with the Japanese.


Interested in more details and joining? Check out the event here.

 
 
 

JETAA CHICAGO

Japan Exchange & Teaching (JET) Alumni Association of Chicago
Connecting JET alumni in the Midwest - Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana
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