Meetings

Three Secrets to Start Earning Money Quickly
by Landing Great Freelance and Consulting Clients

Diana Schneidman

Tuesday November 29th 2011 at 7:00pm
Wheaton, Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus, Room 103

Abstract

Are you frustrated with your job search? Do you desire freelance or consulting assignments to keep you active in your field, bring variety to your workday and earn respectable-to-great income?

Diana Schneidman will discuss the benefits of freelancing and consulting while conducting a job search, how to know if this is right for you, and her three-step system to start earning money quickly.

Once we have finished, we will adjourn to nearby Cozymel's Mexican restaurant for food and drinks.

Bio

Diana Schneidman helps people in career transition who want to start earning money quickly as a freelancer or consultant. She has been a freelancer and consultant since 1991, with some concurrent periods of corporate employment as well.

She calls her advice and coaching practice 'Stand Up 8 Times' after a Japanese proverb, 'Fall down 7 times, stand up 8', because resilience is so important in achieving career success.

Her website is at http://www.StandUp8Times.com and her blog is at http://StandUp8Times.com/blog.

Getting to the meeting

The next general meeting of UniForum Chicago will be:

        IIT Rice Campus
        Room 103
        201 East Loop Road
        Wheaton, IL 60187-8489
Directions to IIT - Rice Campus in Wheaton
The 19-acre campus is located just northeast of the intersection of Naperville and Butterfield roads in sou th Wheaton's Danada development. The campus is three miles west of the Butterfield Road interchange of the N orth-South Tollway (I-355) and two miles north of the Naperville Road interchange of the East-West Tollway ( I-88).

From the North or South: From I-355 (North-South Tollway), exit westbound at Rt.56/Butterfield Road and proceed west 3 1/2 miles on B utterfield Road to East Loop Road. Turn right onto East Loop Road (Phillip's 66 Gas Station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. Park in the Student parking lot behind the building. Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.

From the I-294 (Tri-State Tollway), take the I-88 (East-West Tollway) westbound and follow directions "From the East or West" below.

From the East or West: From I-88 (East-West Tollway), take the Naperville Road exit. At the traffic light, turn north (right when exiting westbound, left when exiting eastbound) to Warrenville Road. After the short distance, turn right at the traffic light to get to Naperville Road and turn left (north) for 1-2 miles to Rt. 56/Butterfield Road. Turn right onto Rt. 56/Butterfield Road and proceed 1/4 mile to the first traffic light (East Loop Road). Turn left on to East Loop Road, ( Phillip's 66 Gas station on the corner); the campus will be on your right about a block north of Butterfield Road, behind Cozymel's. If you arrive late, we suggest that you park and enter at the main doors at the south end of the building. IIT has started locking the other doors at 7pm, so the north doors by room 103 might be locked once we've started the meeting.

Room 103 is the first room inside the north enterance.


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