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• CTPA Holiday Party Potluck

  • When
    2 Dec 2025
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    130 E Oak Street, 10th floor party room

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  CTPA Holiday Party Potluck
  Tuesday, December 2 from 5:00-7:00 pm
  130 E Oak Street, 10th floor party room

  Joel Freedman's condo building party room

  
  

  The Chicago Tour Guide Professionals Association (CTPA) is celebrating the holiday season with an in-person party! This is a great opportunity to get to know your fellow members better and celebrate the year. There will be an array of activities:

  • Potluck: We are hosting a coordinated potluck where hopefully everyone will bring food or drink to share. If you need to use it, the party room has a full kitchen with a microwave,  stove, oven, refrigerator, and freezer in case you need to use it. When you decide what you would like to contribute, please add it to this Google Doc. If you cannot access this Google Doc, please email CTPAofficers@googlegroups.com and we will update the spreadsheet with your potluck contribution.

  • Book Swap: You can also participate in a book swap. You are welcome to bring a book you are ready to pass along and exchange it for one that is new to you. Please focus on books you think would interest Chicago tour guides.

  • Winter Clothing Drive: Do you have any extra coats, gloves, hats, scarves, boots, or other winter clothes? Please bring them for our winter clothing collection drive. They will all be donated to an organization who can get them to those in need.

  • 2025 Tour Highlights: What were your most special tour experiences of the year? Be ready to share them with your fellow CTPA members as we get to know each other better.

  Parking is available inside the building (entrance on Oak Street) and you can get a validation sticker if you request it from Joel Freedman bringing the price down to $11.

  We hope to see you soon for holiday celebration!

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• NFTGA Education Program - Partnering with Bloomberg Connects

  • When
    18 Dec 2025
  •  
    7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Zoom (register to get the link)

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  NFTGA Education Program - Partnering with Bloomberg Connects
  

  Thursday, December 18

  Starting at 8:30 pm EST / 7:30 pm CST / 6:30 pm MST / 5:30 pm PST

  Register to get the Zoom instructions for this virtual event

  
  

  
  

  
  

  For the NFTGA's next educational program, we welcome Alex Costas from Bloomberg Connects who will describe how this free app can get integrated into your tour experiences. You can also download the app from their website in advance to follow along during the program.

  
  

  This virtual meeting is open to all NFTGA member organizations, and if you are an officer for your local tour guide association, please forward the registration email invitation to all of your members. If you get an email about login information for the CTPA website, you can ignore it (unfortunately there is no way to disable these automatically generated messages).

  
  

  If you are unable to attend the live-stream, the recording will be available to watch for the following 30 days. If you have any feedback, including changing the contact information for future NFTGA Education Programs, please email Mike McMains (mike@tourswithmike.com) from the Chicago Tour Guide Professionals Association.

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