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SUMMARY:WBB monthly meeting: What Do You Want to Be Known For? LinkedIn Visibility & Opportunity
DESCRIPTION:MEETING AGENDA:\n\n 7:30 a | Check-in & Networking\; Visit with member display tables!\n\n 7:45 a | Delicious Breakfast Buffet and Coffee included \n\n8:00 a | Greetings & Welcome\n\n8:05 a | Announcements from WBB Steering Committee\n\n8:10 a | Member Spotlight: Kim Zahradka\, Norwex\n\n8:15 a | Individual Introductions\n\n8:30-9:30 a | Featured Speaker: Jolee Lilja\, van den Boom & Associates\n\n9:30 a | Networking\; Visit with member display tables!\n\n \nAt the Friday\, April 10th WBB monthly meeting\, we welcome Jolee Lilja\, sharing about What Do You Want to Be Known For? LinkedIn Visibility & Opportunity\n\nLinkedIn is more than an online r sum - it's a strategic platform for visibility\, business growth\, recruiting\, and career opportunity. Yet many professionals aren't leveraging it to its full potential.\n\nIn this session\, Jolee Lilja\, People Operations professional and recruiter at van den Boom & Associates\, will share how to build a LinkedIn presence that actively works for you.\n\nWith experience in leadership development\, marketing\, and a perspective shaped by ongoing learning and reading\, Jolee will guide attendees through practical strategies to: \n\n\n Optimize their profile for searchability and impact\n Create content that builds credibility and connection\n Use networking intentionally to grow influence and opportunity\n Understand how recruiters search for candidates\n Leverage keywords and positioning to improve job search visibility\n\n\nWhether you are a business owner\, professional\, job seeker\, or community leader\, this session will provide actionable insights to help you use LinkedIn thoughtfully - not passively.\n\n\n\nNote: You are encouraged to bring your laptop or phone with YOUR LinkedIn profile pulled up for hands-on learning during the session!\n\n\n\nWe look forward to seeing you!\n\n Register here and join us! Invite a friend! \n\nWBB members attend FREE\, if currently an active member\n\nAdditional member of your business\, $30 meeting fee\n\nNon-WBB members\, $30 meeting fee\n\nFirst time Guest\, $30 meeting fee\n\nWBB Member display table = $25\n\nMeet our Speaker: Jolee Lilja\n\n\n\nJolee Lilja is a People Operations professional with a strong background in talent development\, recruitment\, and career success within both higher education and the private sector. She currently serves at van den Boom & Associates in recruitment and onboarding initiatives\, helping attract\, develop\, and retain top talent within the organization. \n\nPrior to her work in People Operations\, Jolee held multiple roles at Concordia College\, including Director of the Anderson Office of Career Success and Academic Success Advisor\, Associate Director of Admission\, and Assistant Director of Recruitment. Throughout her career in higher education\, she advised and coached students\, led career development initiatives\, supported enrollment strategy\, and partnered across departments to strengthen student and institutional success. \n\n \n\nJolee holds certifications as an Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitator\, Career Coach\, IOPT Facilitator\, and Yoga & Meditation Instructor. She is passionate about leadership development\, community engagement\, and creating environments where individuals can thrive. She earned a B.A. in Communications from Concordia College and an M.A. in Leadership from Augsburg University.\n\n\nTHANK YOU to this month's Speaker Sponsor: \n\nLaura Farley\, Anchor Websites\n\nLaura Farley is Owner and Web Strategy Consultant at Anchor Websites\, where she helps small businesses build clear\, effective websites that support real growth. She works closely with clients to understand their goals\, guide content and structure\, and ensure each project stays organized from start to launch. \n\n \n\n\n\nAbout Women's Business Bridge (WBB):\n\nWomen's Business Bridge is a networking group for women in business\, providing professional development and education for women of the St. Croix Valley and surrounding areas. WBB is a program of the Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce and was created to give female business professionals an avenue to focus on their business\, network with other women in business and to receive personal & professional development.\n\n\n\n\n\nWomen's Business Bridge (WBB) offers an environment where\n\nwomen in business can connect with and learn from others who have similar business objectives in an informal networking atmosphere\, to ultimately grow their business.\n\n\n\nWomen's Business Bridge is the largest gathering of women in the St. Croix Valley!
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MEETING AGENDA:
\n\;7:30 a | Check-in &\; Networking\; Visit with member display tables!
\n\;7:45 \;a | Delicious Breakfast Buffet and Coffee included \;
\n8:00 a | Greetings &\; Welcome
\n8:05 a | Announcements from WBB Steering Committee
\n8:10 a | \;Member Spotlight: Kim Zahradka\, Norwex
\n8:15 a | \;Individual Introductions
\n8:30-9:30 a | Featured Speaker: Jolee Lilja\, \;van den Boom &\; Associates
\n9:30 a | Networking\; \;Visit with \;member display tables!\n\n
\; \;\nAt the Friday\, April 10th WBB monthly meeting\, \;we welcome Jolee Lilja\, sharing about What Do You Want to Be Known For? LinkedIn Visibility &\; Opportunity
\n\nLinkedIn is more than an online ré\;sumé\; - \;it'\;s a strategic platform for visibility\, business growth\, recruiting\, and career opportunity. Yet many professionals aren'\;t leveraging it to its full potential.
\n\nIn this session\, Jolee Lilja\, People Operations professional and recruiter at van den Boom &\; Associates\, will share how to build a LinkedIn presence that actively works for you.
\n\nWith experience in leadership development\, marketing\, and a perspective shaped by ongoing learning and reading\, Jolee will guide attendees through practical strategies to: \; \;
\n\n\n - Optimize their profile for searchability and impact
\n - Create content that builds credibility and connection
\n - Use networking intentionally to grow influence and opportunity
\n - Understand how recruiters search for candidates
\n - Leverage keywords and positioning to improve job search visibility
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\n\nWhether you are a business owner\, professional\, job seeker\, or community leader\, this session will provide actionable insights to help you use LinkedIn thoughtfully - \;not passively.
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\nNote: \; \;You are encouraged to bring your laptop or phone with YOUR LinkedIn profile pulled up for hands-on learning during the session!
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\nWe look forward to seeing you!
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Register here \;and join us! Invite a friend! \;
\nWBB members attend FREE\, if currently an active member
\nAdditional member of your business\, $30 \;meeting fee
\nNon-WBB members\, $30 \;meeting fee
\nFirst time Guest\, \;$30 \;meeting fee
\nWBB Member display table = $25\n\n
Meet our Speaker: Jolee Lilja\n\n
\n\nJolee Lilja is a People Operations professional with a strong background in talent development\, recruitment\, and career success within both higher education and the private sector. She currently serves at van den Boom &\; Associates in recruitment and onboarding initiatives\, helping attract\, develop\, and retain top talent within the organization. \;
\nPrior to her work in People Operations\, Jolee held multiple roles at Concordia College\, including Director of the Anderson Office of Career Success and Academic Success Advisor\, Associate Director of Admission\, and Assistant Director of Recruitment. Throughout her career in higher education\, she advised and coached students\, led career development initiatives\, supported enrollment strategy\, and partnered across departments to strengthen student and institutional success. \;
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\n\nJolee holds certifications as an Entrepreneurial Mindset Facilitator\, Career Coach\, IOPT Facilitator\, and Yoga &\; Meditation Instructor. She is passionate about leadership development\, community engagement\, and creating environments where individuals can thrive. She earned a B.A. in Communications from Concordia College and an M.A. in Leadership from Augsburg University.
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THANK YOU to this month'\;s Speaker Sponsor: \;
\nLaura Farley\, Anchor Websites
\n\nLaura Farley is Owner and Web Strategy Consultant at Anchor Websites\, where she helps small businesses build clear\, effective websites that support real growth. She works closely with clients to understand their goals\, guide content and structure\, and ensure each project stays organized from start to launch. \;
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About Women'\;s Business Bridge (WBB):
\nWomen'\;s Business Bridge is a networking group for women in business\, providing professional development and education for women of the St. Croix Valley and surrounding areas. WBB is a program of the Greater Stillwater Chamber of Commerce and was created to give female business professionals an avenue to focus on their business\, network with other women in business and to receive personal &\; professional development.
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Women'\;s Business Bridge (WBB) offers an environment where
\nwomen in business \; can \;connect \;with and \;learn \;from others who have similar business objectives in an informal networking atmosphere\, to ultimately \;grow \;their business.
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\nWomen'\;s Business Bridge is the largest gathering of women in the St. Croix Valley!
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LOCATION:We meet at The Lowell Inn Banquet Center\, 102 2nd Street N.\, downtown Stillwater\, MN 55082 There is a parking ramp connected to the Lowell Inn Banquet Center - PARKING IS FREE BEFORE 10 am and $1/hour after 10 am *Street parking available.
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