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Shared experiences. Attending a NET-organized function is the best
way to get the most out of the organization.
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SAVE THE DATE: YP Summit 2008 (September 25-28)
The YP Summit is the only forum in the world dedicated to dialogue, experimentation, and best practice sharing from in — and outside — the YP movement focusing on the critical issue of attracting, retaining, and engaging the next generation.
This year's Summit is again brought to you by Next Generation Consulting (NGC), in partnership with our 2008 YP Summit host YPO, the Young Professionals of Brevard (ypB).
A two and a half day conference, the summit will provide YPO leaders a peer-to peer opportunity to learn YPO best practices, including how to build strong organizations and effective member-benefit programs, increase their individual leadership effectiveness, and gain insight into building better communities for YPs to live and work. The event will also feature nationally recognized speakers and local leaders, several evening receptions hosted throughout Brevard, and optional pre and post summit visitor packages.
Watch www.ypsummit.org for more information in May!
May 2008
Ultimate Frisbee - Every Tuesday (Tue, May 6)
Get out and enjoy the nice weather with a pick up game of Ultimate Frisbee at Lehigh Parkway. We will start playing at 6:30pm.
If you are interested in playing, but have never played before and would like a crash course, show up at 6pm and we will go over the basics before starting to play.
Ultimate Frisbee is an exciting, non-contact team sport, played by thousands the world over. It mixes the best features of sports such as Soccer, Basketball, American Football and Netball into an elegantly simple yet fascinating and demanding game.
Directions: From 78: Take the Lehigh Street exit and follow Lehigh St. north towards Allentown. Bear Left onto S Jefferson St. Then turn left onto Park Dr.
From 22: Take the 15th St. Exit and follow 15th St. south through Allentown. Cross over the bridge at which point the road becomes S Jefferson St. Then turn right onto Park Dr.
Once in the park follow Park Dr. until you can't go any further. (Be sure NOT to turn at the first bridge and parking lot) Once at the end, there is a parking lot there next to the Iron Bridge (now closed to traffic). We will be in the lawn adjacent to the parking lot near the orange cones. You may also want to mention for a reference that Park Dr. is the road where Lights in the Parkway is held.
Organizational Meeting (Weds., May 14)
Our monthly organizational meeting will be held at Wired Cafe. All members and guests are welcome (and encouraged) to attend. This gathering is when we discuss the "business side" of the NET... Please come and share your ideas and skills.
The meeting will begin at 7pm.
May Dine-Out (Fri., May 16)
Disc Golf (Sat, May 17)
Disc Golf Hike at Little Lehigh Park
We'll fling frisbees as we hike through Little Lehigh Park. This will be a leisurely hike on hiking trails and gentle rolling hills for a total of 3 miles. No experience required. Bring a frisbee or disk if you have one. Optional lunch afterwards.
(I-78 to Lehigh St. Go north towards Allentown. Left on 15th St./Jefferson St., 1 mile to a wide open 5 way intersection. Left into park. Right across 1st bridge into parking lot.)
- Little Lehigh Park (Allentown, PA)
- Sat, May 17
- 11:00a
- FREE
- Jeff
NET Game Night (Mon., May 19)
Join NET members at Game Night for some friendly board and card game competition at a local coffee shop. Examples of games that might be played include Uno and Scrabble. Grab a friend, and your favorite game!
Volunteer: I-Exchange (Tues., May 20)
Join more than 600 business and community leaders at the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania's 2008 i xchange. This premier business technology networking event will be held on Tuesday eveing, May 20th.
The i xchange includes a keynote by a world-class presenter, executive networking sessions, and the fourteenth annual Northeastern Pennsylvania Innovation Awards ceremony. The Innovation Awards honor eight individuals and companies that exemplify achievement and innovation in the region's technology economy.
In return for your assistance in taking tickets and handing out programs, we offer you the opportunity to participate in what has become the premier business networking opportunity in northeastern Pennsylvania. Last year, more than 600 technology entrepreneurs, business people, venture capitalists, educators, students, bankers, lawyers, and accountants from Ben Franklin’s 19- county service area attended, and even more are expected this year.
The i xchange begins at 5:30 pm with lots of hors d’ouerves and a cash bar (for wine and beer); soda and water is on the house. We need volunteers to take tickets from 6:30 pm to 7:00 pm. You are then able to join the audience for the presentation of Ben Franklin’s annual Innovation Awards followed by the keynote address to be delivered this year by Mark Thompson.
Business attire is required and you must be able to report to Zoellner for a brief (10 minute) orientation by 6:00 pm.
Third Tuesday in Allentown (Tues., May 20)
NET brings its ever-popular social event to Allentown.
Come alone, bring your friends, introduce someone new to the NET, introduce yourself to someone new. Expand your network...
Connect.
May's Third Tuesday will be at Johnny Mananas. Refreshments will be provided.
NET Book Club: What is the What by David Eggers (Thr, May 22)
In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life as he's driven from his home as a boy and walks, with thousands of orphans, to Ethiopia, where he finds safety—for a time. Valentino's travels, truly Biblical in scope, bring him in contact with government soldiers, janjaweed-like militias, liberation rebels, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation—and a string of unexpected romances. Ultimately, Valentino finds safety in Kenya and, just after the millennium, is finally resettled in the United States, from where this novel is narrated. In this book, written with expansive humanity and surprising humor, we come to understand the nature of the conflicts in Sudan, the refugee experience in America, the dreams of the Dinka people, and the challenge one indomitable man faces in a world collapsing around him.”
Hava Java is located at 526 N. 19th Street in Allentown (across from the theater).
- Hava Java Coffee Shop (526 N 19th St, Allentown, PA)
- Thr, May 22
- 7:00p
- FREE
- Tara Cheesman
Road Map to High Tech Entrepreneurship (Thurs. May 29)
Have you thought of a new product or new application for an existing technology that is the next best thing to sliced bread? Have you ever thought of striking out on your own and starting a business? Do you have an idea for a better mousetrap?
Our program on May 29 will provide a roadmap of the various resources available to help budding entrepreneurs move toward their goals, including the benefits of locating in a “Knowledge Neighborhood” like the Southside Bethlehem Keystone Innovation Zone.
With our technology focus, the Southside Bethlehem KIZ has helped advance the concept of an urban workplace for the 21st century and beyond. Our panel of experts will briefly introduce you to some of the challenges and rewards of becoming an entrepreneur. Topics will include: technology transfer from colleges & universities, intellectual property rights and patent protections, research funding and technical assistance and KIZ Tax Credits.
Dress is business casual – Questions are mandatory.
Refreshments will be served.
A Network of Young Professional partnership event. The following KIZ members have collaborated in this program: The Lehigh University SBDC/PTAC, the Lehigh Valley MRC, Lehigh University, the City of Bethlehem, and the Ben Franklin Technology Partnership.
- Originate Ventures, Victory Fire House (205 Webster Street, Bethlehem, PA 18015)
- Thurs. May 29
- 5:30p - 8:00p
- Free for Members
- Margaret McConnell
(RSVP Now!)
June 2008
FYI: Upper Bucks YP's - Meet the Brewer at the Spinnerstown Hotel (Wed, Jun 4)
Join us on June 4th at the Spinnerstown Hotel with Arcadia Brewing Co., Battlecreek, MI. The cost of this event is $35 per person which includes four different beers that will be paired with hors d 'oeuvres, then you will get a fifth beer choosing your favorite of the four that you sampled.
TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED IN ADVANCE. To purchase your tickets call the Spinnerstown Hotel at 215-536-7242.
- Spinnerstown Hotel (2195 Spinnerstown Road, Spinnerstown, PA 18968 )
- Wed, Jun 4
- 7:00p-9:00p
- Dave Galliguez
NET Running Club: LVRR Summer Series 5k (Weds., June 4 )
Join Lehigh Valley Road Runners and NET for a 5k. Bring a covered dish and stay for the party afterwards.
June First Thursday (Thurs., June 5)
Come alone, bring your friends, introduce someone new to the NET, introduce yourself to someone new. Expand your network...
Connect.
May's First Thursday will be at Starters Riverport in the upstairs lounge.
SAVE THE DATE: ATHENA Young Professional Award (Fri., Jun 6)
NET along with the Women's Leadership Council of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, and TRACC will present the first ATHENA Young Professional Award.
The recipient:
~is an emerging leader who demonstrates excellence, creativity and initiative in their business or profession
~provides valuable service by contributing time and energy to improve the quality of life for others in the community
~clearly serves as a role model for young women personally and professionally.
Entries are no longer being accepted.
American Cancer Society Relay for Life (June 7th & 8th)
Each year, across the nation, one event brings together entire communities to take part in the fight against cancer. That event is the American Cancer Society Relay For Life®. It’s a time and place where people come to celebrate those who have survived cancer, remember those we’ve lost, and fight back against a disease that touches too many lives.
Join the NET Team this year and be a part of Relay.
It’s not just an opportunity to celebrate, remember, and fight back your involvement will help the American Cancer Society work toward a mission of eliminating cancer as major health issue and will support much-needed services in your community. Thanks in part to the donations from Relay For Life and other events, the Society is saving lives, helping those touched by cancer, and empowering people to fight this disease all over the world.
The NET Team is forming now. Contact for details.
Website: http://relay.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RelayForLifePennsylvaniaDivision?fr_id=7061&pg=entry
- Scotty Wood Stadium, Muhlenberg College, Allentown
- June 7th & 8th
- TBD
- Meredith Kim
Walk for a Healthy Community (Sat., June 14)
The walk benefits 13 local health and human service organizations.
www.walkforahealthycommunity.org
This year's participating organizations include:
*American Diabetes Association
888-342-2383 x4625
*Dream Come True
610-865-3475
*Equi-librium, Inc. Equine Assisted Service
570-992-7722
*Family Connection of Easton
610-829-5819 x35075
*Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley, Inc.
610-776-7737
*LifePath
610-264-5724
*Meals on Wheels of Northampton County
610-691-1030
*Project of Easton
610-258-4361
*South Bethlehem Neighborhood Center
610-865-2791
*The Arc of Lehigh and Northampton Counties
610-849-8076
*Valley Search and Rescue
484-515-7735
*Visual Impairment and Blindness Services
610-866-8049
*Volunteer Center of the Lehigh Valley
610-807-0336
A NET team is forming now please contact Meredith for more details.
Third Tuesday in Allentown (Tues., June 17)
NET brings its ever-popular social event to Allentown.
Come alone, bring your friends, introduce someone new to the NET, introduce yourself to someone new. Expand your network...
Connect.
June's Third Tuesday will be at Johnny Mananas. Refreshments will be provided.
Go to: Picnic and Theater (Weds., June 18)
Join NET members for a night of Shakespearian comedy at this year's Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival featuring Twelfth Night.
Wit, music, romance and revelry are the food of love at this comedic feast of lovers and fools. Viola and her twin brother are shipwrecked in the magical land of Illyria, each believing the other drowned. Disguised as a young man, an entering the service of the lovesick Duke Orsino, Viola woos the wistful lady Olivia for her new master and finds herself in a most unusual and hilarious love triangle. Merry deceptions and mistaken identities abound in this lilting comedy until true love finds its way.
Pack a picnic (BYOB) and enjoy the free green show at 7 p.m.
July 2008
NET Running Club: LVRR Summer Series 5k (Weds., July 2)
Join Lehigh Valley Road Runners and NET for a 5k. Bring a covered dish and stay for the party afterwards.
July First Thursday (Thurs., July 3)
Come alone, bring your friends, introduce someone new to the NET, introduce yourself to someone new. Expand your network...
Connect.
May's First Thursday will be at Starters Riverport in the upstairs lounge.
FYI: Upper Bucks YP's Mixer at The Brick Tavern (Wed, Jul 9)
August 2008
NET Running Club: LVRR Summer Series 5k (Weds., Aug. 6)
Join Lehigh Valley Road Runners and NET for a 5k. Bring a covered dish and stay for the party afterwards.
September 2008
NET Running Club: VIA River Relay Marathon (Sun., Sept. 7)
Last year, One hundred and thirty three teams and 153 marathon runners hit the streets running to help raise almost $30,000 for Via of the Lehigh Valley’s programs for children and adults with disabilities.
NET Team is forming now. Contact for details.
Website: http://www.vianet.org/marathon/
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