Evento emPower

Chicago EmPower Breakfast

May 8 at 9:00 AM

25 years of bringing people together!

Why We Are Different

Focused on You: From Featured Speakers to table conversations, many people have a chance to speak at an emPower Breakfast. Experts, Sponsors, regular attendees ... and You! We try to give everyone a chance to share their stories...

An Intimate Event: We aren’t looking for hundreds to attend - our events feel like you could meet everyone if you tried.

Non-commercial: The emPower Breakfast does not promote any specific product, the presentations are not sales pitches. Our monthly event is non-membership and public; focused on fun and relationship building.

We finish on time: We pace our event quickly, so there’s never a dull moment!

Register now for the May emPower Breakfast! Featuring Zahara Bassett - CEO and President of Life Is Work Resource Center

Featured Speaker

Zahara Bassett

Everything with Intention: A powerful exploration of what it looks like to lead with care, dignity, and purpose. How mutual aid becomes truly transformative when it's rooted in relationship rather than transaction. Reimagine community support — shifting from scarcity to abundance, from charity to solidarity — and leave you with a new understanding of what's possible when intention leads the way.

Zahara Bassett (she/her) is the CEO and President of Life Is Work Resource Center, a Chicago organization built on the belief that intentional, relationship-centered mutual aid doesn't just support communities — it transforms them.
Zahara Bassett
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Sponsors

Chicago Area Director

Heather

Heather Vickery

Area Director of the Chicago EmPower Breakfast

Heather Vickery is a transformational success coach and public speaker with 20+ years of entrepreneurial and leadership experience. She works with conscious leaders and executives to lead from a place of joy and self-awareness. Heather's coaching focuses on mastering the "Trifecta of Self"—self-knowledge, self-acceptance, and self-trust—to inspire authentic action. As an author, Broadway producer, and global podcast host, Heather champions self-empowerment and joy as a set point worldwide. She is the executive producer and co-host of the award-nominated podcast "Was it Chance?", exploring intentional risk-taking for creative success. Heather helps clients integrate principles with practical business strategies, leading to more fulfilling lives and careers.

Venue

Grill on 21

208 S LaSalle St, Chicago, IL 60604
Chicago, IL

Breakfast Schedule

09:00 AM to 09:15 AM
Networking
09:15 AM to 09:30 AM
Featured Sponsors
09:30 AM to 09:45 AM
Lightning Talks
09:45 AM to 09:55 AM
Table Introductions
09:55 AM to 10:20 AM
Featured Speaker
10:20 AM to 10:30 AM
Door Prizes
10:30 AM to 11:00 AM
Networking

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emPower Breakfast

Your Local Small Business Networking Event

The emPower Breakfast is a down-to-earth, convenient way for small business owners and operators to network with each other and connect with larger businesses and agencies in the community.

Interested in being a sponsor?

SPONSOR

Sponsor your local emPower breakfast

Promote Your Business to a Wider Audience

Your business can benefit by becoming a sponsor. In return for your investment, your business will be promoted on this website, in emails, and at the breakfast itself. Plus, training for you and your team!

Benefits to You
  • Showcase presentation for your company at one breakfast per year
  • Multiple Marketing Impressions on our website, newsletter, Breakfast Day slider, Breakfast agenda handout, Shout Outs on Breakfast Day
  • Access to database of attendees
  • You have industry exclusivity for Sponsorships
  • Attendees are encouraged to call you first for services/products
  • Business Builder Online: Over 130 online training lessons in 30+ courses for you and your team
  • Monthly National Sponsor Webinars
  • Quarterly Local Sponsor Soirees

On the month you are assigned to showcase (present) your company:

  • You will meet each attendee as they check in
  • You can bring flyers, business cards, or advertising material
  • A representative from your company will have 5 minutes at the podium
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SPEAKER

Speak at the emPower breakfast

Promote Your Business to a Wider Audience

There are two options for speaking at an emPower Breakfast event:

Featured Speakers

Being a featured speaker provided the business or individual to shine for 15 minutes. You want to follow similar guidelines as a 3-minute speaker. You need to make sure you provide good information that is relevant to most attendees on a topic that you are a thought leader on. Here you can bring a presentation and use the A/V system.

NOTE: Filling out the form places you into the queue to be a speaker. You will be notified of the month and day when you will be assigned. Use the Message field to make any special requests: Month, AV, etc.

Share Your Business With a 3-Minute Presentation At No Cost

Each month, there are opportunities to tell the group a little more about yourself by doing a 3-minute presentation on you and your business.

This is more than just an elevator speech – it’s an opportunity to share more information about who you are, what you do, and how you can help any of the people attending the emPower Breakfast.

Be a speaker!

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