Rockford Sun

The Rockford Chamber of Commerce warmly invites you, our members, to join us in celebration and appreciation at our Annual Dinner.

Spend your evening hobknobbing among the best of the best - the leaders, visionaries, and get-it-doners of the Rockford region. Immerse yourself in an evening that will encourage you, connect you, and fill you up - with good food catered by Greenfire and good ideas.

5:00pm - Network | 6:00pm - Dinner | 7:00pm - Program | 8:00pm - Farewell

Chamber Champion | $500

Do you believe a strong business community builds a strong community at large?

Are you an expert in your field?

A leader in your industry?

The best at what you do?

Lend your name & your logo.

Tell the business community: You Are a Chamber Champion.

Chamber Champions receive a logo placement in the Annual Dinner program as well as displayed on multiple screens throughout the room during networking & dinner at the Annual Dinner. Champions will also receive recognition in the post-event thank-you email as well as social media exposure. 

Champions will also signal to the business community and community at large that they believe in, support and advocate for the work of the Rockford Chamber.

WONDER: THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF WONDER IN LEADERSHIP

Keynote Speaker: Harris III

What if everything you’ve been taught about leadership is true and helpful, but there was one single secret that the world’s best leaders knew that could take everything you know to a new level you’ve yet to imagine is possible. Harris has the unique ability to reawaken wonder in others through his communication and his craft, and will help you discover that the ultimate role of a great leader is to awaken the wonder within and stir the imagination of the organization and people you lead.

About Harris III:

While hundreds of thousands of people around the globe know Harris "the Third" as an award-winning illusionist, in the last few years his career has exploded into becoming a sought-out keynote speaker, storyteller, and event curator. His endeavors expanded as an entrepreneur as he founded the Istoria Collective, an event and production company that creates and executes meaningful and transformative experiences for people and brands through both live events and a variety of other mediums.

Harris's greatest strength as a communicator is often found in his unique form of storytelling.  His excellence and uniqueness in doing so has taken him to thousands of stages in 49 states across America, and in almost 40 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and even the Middle East. He has presented to more than 2 million people worldwide, live in person, not including multiple film and television appearances.

He has been called upon by Elvis Presley Enterprises to create custom presentations for Graceland and asked to deliver creative and inspirational messages at fundraising events at venues like the Southwest Airlines Corporate Headquarters. He is invited to present at exclusive, members-only clubs like Manhattan's Soho House, the headquarters of tech giants like Pinterest, to TEDx events and arenas packed with tens of thousands at a time, like Catalyst Leadership Conference. Catalyst went on to add Harris to their prestigious and highly-respected Young Influencers List, naming him one of America's most influential young people.

In 2016, he began a new season by relaunching STORY, the nation's premier conference for creators and storytellers. What began as a simple two-day annual conference has exploded into a prolific movement of culture-shaping storytelling. Under Harris' leadership, STORY events have partnered with storytellers who create for companies like Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, Nike, YouTube, NatGeo, and even NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratories and more. 

Harris is awakening child-like wonder, imagination, and curiosity in a way that only someone who believes in real magic can.

If you need a reasonable accomodation to participate in this event, please contact Carmen Kellerman (ckellerman@rockfordchamber.com) by September 1. 

Start: Sep 16th 6:00 AM

End: Sep 16th 9:00 AM

Tebala Event Center

7910 Newburg Rd

Rockford IL 61108

Original source can be found here.