Personal & Professional

Young Professionals of Minneapolis is both a personal and professional development organization connecting Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and its surrounding communities.

Business Development

YPM is a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to engaging young professionals with partnering businesses and organizations in the Greater MSP community.

Events

With over 30 social networking, community service, and professional development events each year, YPM is committed to elevating the experiences of young professionals who live, work, and thrive in Minneapolis-Saint Paul.

Shape Your Future

Our members don’t come just to exchange business cards, they come to be a part of an organization that will cultivate the Twin Cities’ future business & community leaders.

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Socialize Professionally

Our events offer a comfortable environment to establish personal and professional connections, allowing members to interact socially, exchange ideas and share common interests. Business leaders, public officials and industry experts frequently speak at events, providing members with tips on how to succeed in business, as well as in life.

Whether your overall goal is to develop your professional network, increase your philanthropic activities, or meet new friends – we have activities geared just for you!

Our Team

Meet the faces behind our organization

VacantDirector of Business Development

Events

Our events offer a comfortable environment to establish personal and professional connections, allowing members to interact socially, exchange ideas and share common interests. Business leaders, public officials and industry experts frequently speak at events, providing members with tips on how to succeed in business, as well as in life.

Whether your overall goal is to develop your professional network, increase your philanthropic activities, or meet new friends – we have activities geared just for you!

	December 2019
1	2	3	4	5	6	7 Goods for Good Holiday Market and Pitchfest Goods for Good Holiday Market and Pitchfest Starts: 11:00 am Ends: December 7, 2019 - 5:00 pm Location: Impact Hub Minneapolis - St. Paul, 825 Washington Ave SE Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA Description: Impact Hub is hosting a Goods for Good Market and Pitchfest to highlight amazing local businesses in our community. Impact Hub will be hosting our grand opening event "Goods for Goods Market and Pitch Fest". We are excited about our new location in Stadium Village, and we want to celebrate by showcasing wonderful entrepreneurs and makers in our community. The event will consist of a small market for holiday shopping, fun activities for any age, a pitch competition with three different prize categories for the participating businesses and a voter prize, and we'll end the evening with a celebration happy hour (non-alcoholic drinks will also be served). AGENDA Saturday, December 7, 11am-5pm 11am-4pm Goods for Good Holiday Market 1-2:30pm Pitchfest 2:30-3pm Network with Pitch Presenters 3-5pm Happy Hour This is a free event, but please feel free to bring a donated item! We are partnering with Walk with a Purpose to help meet immediate needs of people who live outdoors without safe and secure housing, while working to radically transform the paradigm of chronic homelessness. Walking With A Purpose - Minnesota List of needed donations: Any used clothing including jeans, sweatshirts, long-sleeve tops and pants for all, coats, socks (even those mismatch ones you don't know what to do with), underwear for all, women tampons/pads, hats, gloves, dollar store items ($3 total: cupcake pan, 3 inch Pillar candles & a flower pot)- used for heating a small tent, warming their hands. MEET OUR VENDORS Diva Fair Trade @divasfairtrade Coffee and Crumbs @Ubebakes Sebesta Apothecary Sebestaapothecary Twiggy Fresh TwiggyFresh Vintage Pooleboy VintagePooleboy Greater Goods Greater Goods Hippy Feet Hippy Feet Buttermilk Ceramics Buttermilk Ceramics Moonlit Forest Art Moonlit Forest Art Clip Different ClipDifferent Lovejoys Bloody Mary Mix Lovejoy's Bloody Mary Mix West Indies Soul Food West Indies Soul Food TiAngy Designs TiAngy Tina Dionne Fashion Tina Dionne Fashion Body Love Products Body Love Products Kind Lips Kind Lips MEET OUR PITCHFEST BUSINESSES Caroline Karaja - Hack the Gap Molly Fuller- Molly Fuller Design Molly Fuller Design Sensory Friendly Clothing Bella Lam - Coconut Whisk Coconut Whisk Baking Co. Elaine Tymchak - @cultivateintl Stacy Barnes -Speakeasy Speakeasy Care THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS GoodCarts Community Reinvestment Fund, USA Global Shapers Minneapolis More details... •
8	9	10	11	12	13	14 YPM 2019 Gala YPM 2019 Gala Starts: 5:30 pm Ends: December 14, 2019 - 11:00 pm Location: Guthrie Theater, 818 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55415, USA Description: This event is not only open to, but we encourage all members in the community to come see what YPM is all about. Fire and ice. While the Minnesota winters are certainly that cold, YPM is creating a spark! We want to celebrate our accomplishments with the community that made it possible, share more about the flames we're making, and announce our business partner of the year through our YPM Awards. The night will include... - Social Hour - VIP Cocktail Hour (with open bar) optional - Photo Booth - Silent Auction - Raffle - Networking - Full Cash Bar - Dinner - The Future of YPM Reveal - 10 Years in Review - Featured Programming and Speakers - Three Course Meal - Entertainment - Live Band - Dancing Ticket options: - Early bird YPM member*: $50 - Early bird non-YPM member: $75 - Early bird* YPM member** VIP Cocktail hour: $75 - Early bird* non-YPM member VIP Cocktail hour: $90 Table: sponsorship options available here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Jh8248IgrumXLUg7TU8C24QdUjwGe4bn Please note this is early bird pricing and that space is limited for both the VIP cocktail hour and the gala, so buy your tickets now! *Also, YPM members, please note that your special member price will be reflected when purchasing through your memberplanet account. If you have any questions, please reach out to our Director of Social Networking, Katy Wilson, at social@ypminneapolis.org. ----- The Young Professionals of Minneapolis is a non-profit networking organization dedicated to helping young professionals in the MSP region meet new people and participate in engaging events with each other. Our mission to to foster genuine relationships, accelerate careers, and cultivate a thriving community. Every month, we organize multiple events including our Member Mixers, New Member Socials, professional development, community service, and more. Becoming a member of YPM gives you access to most of our events at no charge or a discounted rate. If you are interested in joining the YPM community and doing exciting new things with cool people, get your #YPM Membership, it saves you money (Only $4.95/month). You will get access to most of our exclusive events for free or at a discount. Just follow these three simple steps: 1. Go to our website: https://www.ypminneapolis.org/ 2. Click "Become a member" 3. Create a Memberplanet account 4. Purchase your membership More details... •
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Community Partners

Membership

Shape the future of the Twin Cities

Help shape the future of the Twin Cities by joining Young Professionals of Minneapolis as a 2019 member.

With a YPM membership, you receive:

Entrance to most YPM events at no charge
(happy hours, professional development events, social events, Executive leadership coffees, etc)
Invitation to Join YPM Committees to plan and execute events and programming
Access to a network of hundreds of Young Professionals in the Twin Cities
Exclusive discounts or offers with YPM community partners

Become A Member

Socialize Professionally

Our Team

Meet the faces behind our organization

Events

December 2019

Community Partners

Membership

Shape the future of the Twin Cities

Help shape the future of the Twin Cities by joining Young Professionals of Minneapolis as a 2019 member.

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