BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180726T210000Z DTEND:20180726T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Leadership Dubuque Alumni DESCRIPTION:Be Bright. Be Brief. Be Gone.\nThe Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce invites all Leadership Dubuque Alumni (LDA) to join us on Thursday\, July 26 from 4 - 5 p.m. at Diamond Jo Casino\n\n \n\nHave you ever tried to get your point across and feel like you failed? Ever stood in front of a decision maker who told you "no"\, even though it was a good idea?\n\n \n\nOn Thursday\, July 26 learn the 3 keys to effective communication from a speaker who has earned his chops by spending his career in government innovation.\n\n \n\nYou'll walk away understanding:\n\n\n How to use energy to engage your audience\n Effective ways to highlight your key points\n When to stop talking and walk away with a 'yes'\n\n\n \n\n\nMeet Nick Kittle\n\nGovernment Performance and Innovation Coach | Cartegraph\n\nAn award-winning civic innovator\, Nick mentors local governments along their journey to high performance. In his last 13 years as a public servant\, Nick founded one of the first five government innovation offices in the country\, directed 15 separate divisions\, and implemented nearly 70 unique pilot projects. Today\, he works with Cartegraph to spread the word on high-performance government through coaching\, presentations\, and workshops. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Be Bright. Be Brief. Be Gone.\n