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Please join me in Waterloo for networking with local business owners. Andrew Wetzler from PNC in Waterloo will be speaking about credit card security at the May meeting of People in Business.  Andrew is a Customer Service Associate at the Waterloo branch and can be reached at (618) 939-7393. PIB membership is free and meetings are held once per month. There is a $4 meeting fee for a light breakfast. Please RSVP online at …See More

The People in Business (PIB) networking group invites the business community to their monthly meeting in Waterloo on Monday, February 18.  This meeting will be held at 8:30AM at the Garden Place Senior Living Center, 735 Columbia Ave., Waterloo, IL 62298, http://gardenplaceseniorliving.com/communities/waterloo-ill/PIB is designed to help build a support system and outreach connection for businesses.  It provides an…See More

This meeting will be held at 8:30AM at the Waterloo City Hall, 100 W 4th St, Waterloo, IL 62298.  www.waterloo.il.usBecky Bodenstab from Get a Clue!will be speaking about financial and insurance issues.  As a former school teacher, Becky Bodenstab, enjoys giving people a fresh way to look at their own finances and the crazy financial world around them.  The world is changing fast and we all need to be constantly reviewing where we are headed.After 17…See More

The O'Fallon - Shiloh chapter of People in Business is pleased to welcome Dr. Joe Craig, a Workshop Leader for On Purpose Institute (OPI) and a Personal Enrichment Coach with On Purpose Hypnotherapy (OPH), as our speaker on Tuesday December 4th. The Holidays are a time of joy and happiness.  Unfortunately, for many people the holidays are also a time of over-stressing and/or overeating, followed by dieting.  Often the individual is left with remorse, with guilt, and with pounds that stay.For 10…See More

Come join us for a unique after hours networking experience to meet a comunity of like minded business people. The cost is $10.00 per person and includes coffee, iced tea, and hordorves.  You may bring wine of your choice, a $2.00 corking fee applies.  Sponsored by People in Business.Bring a friend and come join us!See More

Group coordinator for this meeting is Monica Wessel, Midwest Project Management. Nora Feuquay from the University of Illinois Extension. Nora is the Extension Educator, Community and Economic Development Serving Madison, Monroe and St. Clair Counties. She works closely with the economic development organizations to bring programming that benefits the organizations and their clients. Areas she works in include entrepreneurship, social networking/marketing, strategic planning, community…See More

The O'Fallon - Shiloh chapter of People in Business is pleased to welcome Kathleen Hammock, of Hammock Law LLC, as our guest speaker on Tuesday September 4th. Kathy will speak to us about “Communication Strategies for Small Business”. Kathleen Hammock is an attorney and mediator. After 35 years in “big business” she started her own mediation practice in Highland, Illinois two years ago where she helps businesses and families resolve conflict without costly litigation. She uses a collaborative…See More

Group coordinator for this meeting is Monica Wessel, Midwest Project Management.  Our speaker will be Donna Langsdorf, Marketing Coordinator at ENT & SLEEP Medicine Associates, LLC and Coordinator of Marketing and Director of Business Development at       Vigilant Anesthesia Care & Pain Management, LTD. PIB membership is free and meetings are held once per month. There is a $4 meeting fee for a light breakfast.  Please RSVP online at …See More

Kyle Mertens from the Small Business Development Center will be presenting. The Small Business Development Center provides training services and confidential counseling at little or no cost.Services include, but are not limited to, providing financial, marketing, production and business plan assistance. The center also provides procurement technical assistance to small businesses including small firms owned by disadvantaged persons, women, minorities, veterans, to obtain access to government…See More

The People in Business (PIB) networking group invites the business community to their monthly meeting in Columbia on Monday, March 26.  This meeting will be held at 8:30AM at the Hampton Inn, 165 Admiral Trost Rd. Columbia, IL 62236, www.StLouisColumbia.HamptonInn.com. PIB is designed to help build a support system and outreach connection for businesses.  It provides an informal networking format and a convenient information exchange…See More

Business blogging can yield serious results: a 2011 HubSpot study found that 69% of surveyed businesses attributed their increase in new leads to blogging. In a presentation aimed at taking the stress out of blogging for small businesses, Shelby Blanchard Stogner of SBS Copywriting offers tips for getting your blog off the ground. Learn how to create the content that your customers want, educate prospects on the value of your services, and make sure that people actually read what you've…See More

This is the monthly meeting for the Highland Chapter of PIB. The program for this month will be a roundtable discussion on referrals--getting, tracking, and making--to improve your business.See More

Stephen Flick will be presenting - "Who are you Accountable to?"  Take a look at his newest post (http://q-nine-c.com).Stephen will relate the Costa Concordia story to small businesses.The People in Business (PIB) networking group invites the business community to their monthly meeting in Columbia on Monday, January 23.  This meeting will be held at 8:30AM at the Hampton Inn, 165 Admiral Trost Rd. Columbia, IL 62236,…See More