Why support a Young Professionals Organization?
Young Professionals (YP) organizations are a critical strategy to attract and retain talent to communities because:
1. Young professionals organizations help connect YP’s to each other. One of the key questions young people ask when moving to a community is, “Will I fit? Who in that community shares my interests? Who looks like me, and how will I meet them?”
2. Young professionals organizations help connect YP’s to their community. Generally, when YP’s feel they can make a difference in their community, they are 2-3 times as likely to stay.
Here are more benefits…
Benefits to Businesses
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Which of these five realities is facing your region?
1. The traditional industries, i.e. manufacturing, on which our cities have relied
for jobs, economic security, and corporate and community leadership are downsizing, offshoring, outsourcing, relocating and in some cases, shutting their doors.
2. While manufacturing has declined, the “innovation economy” – including high tech manufacturing and business services including software development, computer programming, and engineering – are expanding. These knowledge-based industries – where people make their living by solving problems, not pressing widgets – are the cornerstone of the U.S.’s innovation economy.
3. The “innovation economy” rests largely with
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2007 YP SUMMIT RFP NOW AVAILABLE!
Its already time to start planning for the 2007 YP International Summit. Is your YPO interested in hosting the 2007 Summit in your community?
Download the RFP at http://www.nextgenerationconsulting.com/clients/ypsummit
Note deadlines: Letter of Intent due February 9, 2007. Proposal due March 16, 2007.
2006 YP SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS AVAILABLE
Couldn’t make it to the 2006 International YP Summit in Madison, WI on Sept. 29-30, 2006? No worries. Everything you need is at
http://www.nextgenerationconsulting.com/clients/ypsummit
Welcome to YPCOMMONS.ORG. Here you’ll find most everything you need to start and grow a YP organization:
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