From the time fur traders first settled here in the 18th Century, Chicago has been a place where people come together for business. Our unique advantages, business history and built-in attendance base make Chicago a destination attendees and exhibitors alike can sink their teeth into. Why does Chicago rule over other cities?

• In recent years, many events that relocate to Chicago have enjoyed record-breaking attendance increases
• More than 8.5 million people live in the metropolitan area.
• Approximately 46 million people live within a one-day drive.
• More people travel to Chicago for overnight business trips than any other destination in the country.
• Chicago has more than 300,000 business establishments, including 30 Fortune 500 headquarters.

Globalization and internationalization are concepts that have become common place in today’s world. As the business world gets seemingly smaller and travel across continents is now expected by companies to foster healthy and lucrative contracts, we find ourselves having to act and react according to different cultural styles and their respective language. Therefore, the English language and American business culture is now more important then ever. We here in Europe are working more and more with countries around the world; and with knowledge of Americans business strategies, your chances of a successful business partnership are greatly increased.

Loyola University of Chicago and Let’s Speak International School of Business (Germany) are proud to offer a new event  LIVING LANGUAGE INTENSIVE.

Upon completion of this 7 day workshop, the participants will receive an official Management Certificate from Loyola University of Chicago’s Executive Education Department. This certificate is awarded by Loyola University and sets the standard in higher education. Only a select few who complete the training are given this certificate.

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The cost for the 7 day workshop / 9 days in Chicago is $5250,-. Listed below are details of what this cost includes.

Included in the Living language Intensive:

• 7 professionally tailored, custom designed days of individual workshop
• 3 half day excursions
• Educational materials
• Evaluative summary report
• Management Certificate from Loyola University of Chicago Executive education
• Lunch and refreshments on workshop days
• 9 day hotel costs (breakfast included)
• 5 special dinners at Chicago’s Premier Restaurants
• 5 entertainment events
• Airport pickup and all ground transportation to and from events
• CTA 6 day bus/train pass
• Entrance fees to all venues and highlighted cultural and sports events during the workshop

About Speak Chicago:

Chicago, a main artery in the financial hub; Chicago is home to 12 Fortune 500 Companies.  Since 1914, Chicago has grown to be a major financial center.  It is the largest city on the Great Lakes, and its major contributions to the city’s economy are Manufacturing, Printing, Publishing, and Food Processing.
The Windy City houses one of the Federal Reserve Banks, and some of the other financial giants are: Home Loan Bank of Chicago, JP Morgan Chase, LaSalle Bank, Hanna Thornsburg, and Northern Trust.  The largest banks headquartered in Chicago are: Northern Trust,Harris Bank, Corus Bank, and First Midwest Bank.
Chicago has three major financial exchanges, including the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), and the CME Group (Merc). While the city of Chicago houses most of the major brokerage firms, many insurance companies are in the city or suburbs, such asAllstate Corporation.

 

The following companies have their headquarters in the Chicago region:

• Accenture - Accounting and Consulting
• Allstate - Insurance
• Baker & McKenzie - Law Firm
• Boeing - Aerospace and government contractor
• CHASE Commercial and Retail Banking HQ - Division of New York based JPMC #2 Bank in the US
• Citadel Investment Group - Investments
• Discover Financial Services - Credit Cards / Online Banking
• Equity Residential -Real Estate
• Exelon - Energy
• GATX Corporation - Transportation / Railcars
• Hospira - Health care
• Hyatt Hotels - Hotels
• IOCOM - Video conferencing and visual communications
• Jenner & Block - Law Firm
• Kraft Foods - Second Largest Food Manufacturer/Distributor in The World
• Leo Burnett - Advertising
• McDermott Will & Emery - Law Firm
• McDonald's - Fast Food Restaurants/ Real Estate
• Motorola - Telecommunications
• Navistar - Trucks
• Navteq - Digital Maps - Owned by Nokia
• Office Max - Retailer
• Sara Lee - Foods and Diversified Manufacturing
• Sears Holdings Corporation - Retailer
• US Cellular - Cellular Phone Service
• Verizon Wireless Midwestern Regional HQ - Cellular Phone Service
• Walgreens – Retailer

Outside companies with a major presence

• Bank of America
• National City
• Southwest Airlines
• Amtrak
• American Airlines
• Harris Bank
• Lucent
• AT&T
• Verizon
• US Steel
• Ford Motor Company
• Microsoft
• Google
• NBC Universal
• BP North America
• Peoples Gas
• Qwest Communications
• UBS
• Abn Amro

Be sure to check out SpeakChicago.com to find news and updates about Chicago’s Financial Industry.