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Young Professionals of Brevard's Interests
General
I. Cultural Events & Performing Arts
A. The goal of the Arts Committee is to educate our membership about the cultural and performing arts that already exist in Brevard County, as well as to produce or present events involving and illustrating culture and the arts.
II. Membership
A. The goal of the Membership Committee is to conduct and monitor membership building programs and efforts.
B. Responsibilities include: develop strategies for membership recruitment, create new member welcome package, monitor membership application process, greet new members and follow-up with potential members.
III. Professional Development
A. The goal of the Professional Development Committee is to uphold the guiding principle of encouraging professional development by way of hosting activities and events that empower ypB members with confidence, new ideas, teamwork and critical-thinking skills necessary to attain their career objectives.
IV. Volunteerism & Community Service
A. The goal of the Volunteer Committee is to connect those ypB members with different volunteer activities and programs throughout Brevard County.
B. Responsibilities include: Help coordinate and facilitate community involvement activities for ypB; assist with fundraising activities to benefit community organizations.
V. Social & Recreational Events
A. The goal of the Social Committee is to arrange social events for ypB members. This includes a variety of members-only events (i.e. social, sporting, cultural and recreational), as well as the ypB monthly networking socials, which provide opportunities for peer-to-peer social and professional networking.
VI. Marketing & Public Relations
A. The goal is to develop and maintain effective marketing and community awareness programs for the benefit of ypB’s vision and growth.
Interested in participating on one of the sub-committees? Send an email to info@ypBrevard.com for details on meeting dates and how to get involved.
About me:
•ypB is a program of LEAD Brevard, which began in 2004 to address our county’s need to better attract and retain the YP demographic. It was the first of its kind and is the largest YP program on the Space Coast.
•The program is comprised of over 200 young adults between the ages of 21 and 40 from throughout Brevard, representing a wide variety of both the public and private business sectors.
•ypB provides opportunities for YPs to engage in peer-to-peer social networking, community service, cultural enrichment and professional development opportunities.
•We host monthly social networking events at venues throughout Brevard that attract over 100 YPs.
•We participate in community service projects with a variety of nonprofit organizations and have recently partnered with Hubbs Sea World Research Institute to support them in building a new research campus in southern Brevard County and help them promote their work on behalf of ocean and waterways conservation.
•We work with our cultural and arts community to develop events and programs that call attention to Brevard’s many cultural venues, art galleries, theatres and places of interest with the intent of encouraging YPs to find places within the county for their entertainment.
•We provide educational seminars, forums and programs that help YPs develop their leadership and career skills and gain a better understanding of what it takes to reach their goals.
•We also work with the other YP programs in Brevard to offer events and programs that give you even more opportunities to meet people and get involved in the community.
•Brevard County, like many regions and cities throughout the U.S. is competing to attract young, talented individuals. As more baby-boomers begin to retire and there are less people of the next generation to take their place in the workforce, the need to attract the YP demographic is more important than ever to our economic and social landscape.
•We found through some pretty thorough research with a company called Next Generation Consulting that Brevard needed a program that could not only create the atmosphere that was attractive to YPs, but also help employers, organizations and governments understand the value that having a welcoming community, with plenty to do and a great quality of life has to those looking for jobs and deciding where they want to live.
•YPs pick a place to live first, and then decide on where they want to work.
•Not in the least! While ypB does have a lot of members who are single, by virtue of the demographic we serve, the program is meant to help YPs connect on social and professional levels. Being a county that’s 72 miles long with no clear metropolitan center it’s often difficult for YPs to meet like-minded friends by just going out to bars, nightclubs or other places. We provide the venues for our members to meet and get to know each other.
•We also have several husband and wife couples who are members. If you’re young and looking to meet people your age that are career-minded and enjoy getting out in their community, then ypB is for you!
•We have people from all walks and professions in our membership. They include those in their first career job and those who have established their careers. We have teachers, public safety personnel, lawyers, and professors. Members are people working in finance, real estate, insurance and professional services, retail, the high tech industries, Kennedy Space Center, our local governments and nonprofit organizations.
•Membership is open to any young adult living or working in Brevard County. The fee is $35.00 per year and that includes free admission to our monthly networking events, which costs nonmembers $5.00. Just being a member saves you $20.00 in the course of a year on your admission fee to our networking events.
•Membership also entitles you to attend members-only events that we host throughout the year and member rates for our leadership and development programs.
•Plus, you can get discounts and special offers through local merchants through our ypBuy! program.
•We have a Web site, a page on MySpace, and our own blog. We also produce monthly e-newsletters to let you know what’s going on in the community that may be of interest to you.
•Plus, you’re connected not only to our membership of over 300 YPs from throughout Brevard, but you also have access to LEAD Brevard’s membership directory, with listings of over 1,000 business and community leaders. If you’re looking to get connected in the community, this is the program that you want to belong to.
You can visit our Web site at www.ypBrevard.com or call 321-632-8222.
Young Professionals of Brevard will inspire and empower career-minded individuals to engage in the pursuit of professional, civic and social development.
ypB is a membership program of Brevard Tomorrow, the community initiative that is helping to shape Brevard County's "preferred future".
ypB works to provide a sense of 'place' by offering the social and professional networking opportunities, professional development programs, community service projects and cultural arts enrichment that Young Professionals are seeking.
ypB is built on the foundation of individuals coming together for professional, civic and social development.
Terms of Service:
LEAD Brevard/ypB is pleased to be able to offer its users the opportunity to make comments and hold conversations online via the ypB MySpace page. However, the interactive nature of the internet makes it impracticable for our staff to monitor each and every posting. Because LEAD Brevard/ypB does not control reader submitted comments, photos, etc., users may occasionally find offensive or inaccurate comments posted on this profile. Anyone making online comments bears the full responsibility for their statements.
LEAD Brevard/ypB reserves the right at all times to disclose any information we believe necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, or to refuse to post or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that in our sole discretion are objectionable or in violation (of these Terms of Service). We also reserve the right to deny access to the Site or any features of the Site to anyone who violates these (Terms of Service) or who, in our sole judgment, interferes with the ability of others to enjoy our website or infringes the rights of others.
Who I'd like to meet:
Membership is open to any career-minded individual, between the ages of 21 and 40 (and those "young at heart"). Annual membership is $35.00 per person. That one time fee includes complimentary admission to our monthly networking socials – alone a $55.00 value! Plus, you receive invitations to exclusive members-only events, member pricing for special ypB programs and events and an opportunity to lend your voice and leadership to ypB planning and outcomes.
Young Professionals of Brevard's Friend Space (Top 40)
What's up?!! TONIGHT...you will see the most boring concert you have ever witnessed in your life. Spike Reiter goes on at 9:00 p.m. followed by me and my boy Jared on electric violin until 12:30. We'll put you right to sleep! Hope to see you there! It's ladies night tonight, so come on out!!
Cheers!
Scott Tyler
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