by Kaylee Conrad | Jun 1, 2016 | Our Blog
You’ve been there before. Your presentation is tomorrow. Your palms are sweaty, your computer is roaring, and you’ve been assembling data points and pie charts all week. The only thing that stands between you and dazzling your audience is making your slide deck. So...
by Maxx Parcell | May 25, 2016 | Our Blog
FOUR. $4 HAPPY HOUR. EVERY HOUR! If this makes immediate sense to you, you’re a more gifted mind reader than I. To my fellow Chicagoans, this might be a familiar sight: the beloved Cheesie’s Pub & Grub on Belmont Avenue in the Northside’s Lakeview neighborhood....
by Kaylee Conrad | May 18, 2016 | Our Blog
We believe deeply that fortune favors the bold. This means that when delivering a presentation, of any kind, it’s important that you make yourself stand out. One kind of presentation we watch people bomb over and over is applying for a job. It’s important to remember...
by Maria Ranahan | May 11, 2016 | Our Blog
If you haven’t watched FX’s true crime series The People v. O.J. Simpson, you’re missing out. The cast is stellar (Sarah Paulson, Cuba Gooding Jr., John Travolta, Courtney B. Vance — to name a few). The season finale aired last month and It....
by Maria Ranahan | May 3, 2016 | Our Blog
Smoking. Biting your nails. Overspending. We all have a bad habit or two, and some are harder to kick than others. But before you can break these habits, you have to identify exactly what they are. Half of the time, we do these things without even thinking: mindlessly...
by Tim Coonan | Apr 27, 2016 | Our Blog
When Tim Coonan decided to shift his culinary focus in Chicago, his talent was not lost. With a career dating back to his roles as Sous Chef at Gordon, Chef-de-Cuisine at Spiaggia, and most recently as Chef Instructor at the Washburne Culinary Institute, Tim decided...