{"id":191,"date":"2018-08-28T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2019-01-24T20:07:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T02:07:34","slug":"desmond-clark-power-networking-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/desmond-clark-power-networking-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Desmond Clark, Power Networking Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"191\" class=\"elementor elementor-191 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53c347a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53c347a1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c975a66\" data-id=\"4c975a66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd3b511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd3b511\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"498\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Roy-w-Desmond-Clark-PNC-498x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Roy-w-Desmond-Clark-PNC-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Roy-w-Desmond-Clark-PNC-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Roy-w-Desmond-Clark-PNC-373x768.jpg 373w, https:\/\/roykessel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Roy-w-Desmond-Clark-PNC.jpg 1470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f3986fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f3986fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16.0016px;\">Great networking event today at Granite City in Naperville.\u00a0 Organized by Tom Jikomes, the Power Networking Club does a fantastic job getting entrepreneurs and small business owners a chance to meet each other and learn from the others in the group.<\/span><\/p><p>Today&#8217;s speaker was former Chicago Bear football player Desmond Clark. I have known Dez since approximately 2010 and he was a our celebrity host of a 2011 Sports Philanthropy golf outing.<\/p><p>Dez does fantastic work in the community and keeps as busy as anyone that I have seen.\u00a0 In addition to his financial planning work at\u00a0 Dez has created a course call Total Success Solutions through which he helps entrepreneurs maintain accountability and improve their business performance.\u00a0 He also created the Desmond Clark Foundation which has launched the Pink Tuesday initiative.\u00a0 So next Tuesday, throw on your Pink and post a picture and tag it to Dez so that he sees the momentum that is gathering over social media.\u00a0 He is now collaborating with the American Cancer Society and that partnership should be a terrific way for him to continue to give back to the community.<\/p><p>If you are interested in learning more about Dez and his activities, you can also attend &#8220;Breakfast With a Bear&#8221;\u00a0 for a more intimate setting with him and the opportunity to get a behind the scenes tour of Soldier Field and the parts that are not typically accessible to the public!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Great networking event today at Granite City in Naperville. Organized by Tom Jikomes, the Power Networking Club does a fantastic job getting entrepreneurs and small business owners a chance to meet each other and learn from the others in the group. Today&#8217;s speaker was former Chicago Bear football player Desmond Clark. 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