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YPN Event Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Di Bruno Brothers Join YPN for an evening of networking at Di Bruno Brothers. Speaking at the event will be Bill Mignucci, Jr., Owner of Di Bruno Brothers. Mr. Mignucci will be speaking about how his family owned business has thrived since 1939, the planned expansion of Di Bruno Brothers into the new Comcast Center, and the steps the company is taking to be environmentally friendly.
YPN Members: Free Registration ends Tuesday, February 26, 2008 Click here to register for this event YPN would like to recognize last month’s new members. Welcome. Mr. Mitchell Chaine |
This month YPN encourages you to:
- Get Excited About YPN in 2008.
- Recap YPN’s Networking Event at Tangerine Restaurant
- Recap YPN’s Professional Development Program on Career Advancement.
- Read About New YPN Event Policies.
- Read About Success in the City, YPN’s Signature Event.
Get Excited About YPN in 2008
2008 has started out with a bang for YPN. The January networking event at Stephen Starr's Tangerine restaurant had a sell out crowd, with many business cards exchanged that night. YPN's Professional Development program on Career Advancement with Sara Canuso provided members with useful career tips that they could put into play right away! We have a lot more great events, programs and volunteer projects in store for the rest of 2008, so keep your eye out for future emails from YPN.
Submitted by Peter Shrier, SSH Real Estate
Recap YPN’s Event at Tangerine Restaurant
Another full house at Tangerine for YPN’s January event!! It was great to see such a large crowd out on a Wednesday night and furthermore, still networking well past eight o’clock.
Recap of YPN’s Professional Development Program on Career Advancement
The Young Professionals Network hosted its third Professional Development Program in January. Speaking was Sara Canuso, President of A Suitable Solution and columnist for the Legal Intelligencer and Philadelphia Maven. Sara gave YPN members a myriad of tips on how to present his or herself confidently. She let the group know that it is the little things that can make everything better or worse in business. For instance, did you know that you are never supposed to wear red when visiting a disgruntled client? How about that a white shirt or blouse gives the impression that you mean business? All of the tips Sara gave were things that members could put to use immediately.
The next Professional Development Program will be held on March 24, 2008. This event will focus on Citywide and Regional Issues.
New YPN Event Policies
The Young Professionals Network has seen some serious growth through this fiscal year and we can not be more pleased about it (YPN has been averaging 12 – 15 new members a week!). With this growth, however, YPN has had some growing pains. As many of you have noticed, several of our last events have sold out very early and we have implemented a waiting list. Thank you to those that have successfully dealt with that process!
Success in the City, YPN’s Signature Event
YPN is hosting the 2nd Annual Success in the City forum at the Pyramid Club in May, 2008. This event will focus on the national reach of Philadelphia’s residents and the companies started right in our backyard. This forum will feature the key players that have helped create today’s Philadelphia. Come see what has worked in the past and what ideas are on the way that will continue to make Philadelphia "America's Next Great City".
Are you a new member of YPN?
Want to meet other new members and get an overview of the organization? Join YPN Board members Amy Gorman and Allison Bean this month at the Chamber for YPN New Member Orientation. Allison Bean is currently a Business Development Manager at AIG where she is responsible for the management of a select group of independent brokers in the greater Philadelphia region. A native of Buffalo, NY, Allison attended Boston College as a Political Science and History major and St. Joseph's University where she completed her MBA in May of 2007. Prior to AIG, Allison worked in business development at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen along with The Chubb Group of Insurance companies. Amy Gorman is a private event sales manager at the Moshulu Restaurant docked along Penn’s Landing. She handles sales and planning for large scale corporate events, wedding ceremonies and receptions and even private social gatherings. Prior to her tenure at the Moshulu, Gorman worked for Aramark Harrison Lodging’s Villanova Conference Center where she served as conference sales manager. In addition to sitting on the YPN board, Amy is a member of the International Special Events Society (ISES) board of directors.
The next YPN New Member Orientation will be on Monday, March 24, 2008, at 5:30PM. The orientations will be held at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce located at 200 S. Broad Street (Broad & Walnut) on the 7th floor. Please confirm your attendance by emailing your contact information to Jacob Rozran at ypn@greaterphilachamber.com.
