NorthSide Networking was created to bring expanded business networking to the Northside Chicago neighborhoods of Edgewater, Rogers Park, Lakeview/Roscoe Village, Uptown, and West Ridge. Events are held 5 times per year and the host rotates between the five areas. The success of these events is due to the participation of community businesses and word-of-mouth of past participants sharing within their networks.

While the pandemic prevents us from safely meeting in large groups, it certainly doesn't mean that we can't still network! We'll be mimicking the in-person event as much as possible by splitting it into several rounds of small facilitator-led breakout rooms where you can give your pitch. Then we'll shuffle everyone up and do it again several more times.

Event format:

• 11:00 to 11:10 - Instructions

• 11:10 to noon - Speed Networking (we break into small breakout rooms and give elevator pitches one-by-one, then we switch rooms a few more times and do it all again in front of fresh faces)

• Noon to ??? - Open Networking (feel free to stick around to open network)