All posts in category Professional Development

Connect YP Announces 2012 Strategic Planning

Chamber and community members are invited to help plan the 2012 structure and calendar of events for Connect YP on December 7, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at the Cancer Center Conference room at Self Regional Healthcare. Connect YP is Greenwood’s premier young professionals organization, building Greenwood’s future business and civic leaders through events and [...]

Staying at the Top of Your Game

Don’t miss our next professional development lunch, “Staying at the Top of Your Game: Keeping Skills Fresh & Options for Growth” with Lisa Bartanus of PTC! Delicious sandwich lunch provided by Greenwood Sandwich Co. See the event on Facebook. This is a Connect Young Professionals event but everyone is welcome! Thursday May 19. 12pm-1pm. Cost [...]

This Friday at PTC! Chick-fil-A Leadercast: Voices of Change

“Your voice is a voice of change, and change creates new possibilities. ” This event takes place at the Piedmont Technical College James C. Self Conference Center. Attend the Chick-fil-A® Leadercast on May 6, 2011 and learn from the world’s most influential leadership voices. For more information about the Leadercast, visit the website. To register, see this [...]

Greenwood Chamber of Commerce Presents a Special Lunch: The 8 M’s of Marketing

Greenwood Chamber of Commerce and Connect Young Professionals are pleased to present a joint professional development lunch, “The 8 M’s of Marketing: Facebook for Business,” featuring Jay Handler of The Marketing Department. Jay will help you make use of the latest Facebook Applications, Customized Facebook Tabs and teach you his “8 M’s of Marketing” that [...]

Young Professionals Learn Personal Finance Tips, Bowl for a Cause, and Go Dancing at Tango in the Tropics

Our highlight event for May was Tango in the Tropics, a semi-formal evening of music and dancing upstairs at the beautifully-renovated Greenwood Museum in Uptown Greenwood. Door prizes, good music, themed décor and lots of photos helped make this a great event, one we will consider again for the future. More than 70 people came [...]

Spring Formal & Upcoming Events!

The next not-to-miss ConnectYP community-wide event is the Spring Semi-Formal “Tango in the Tropics” on Saturday, May 1, a.k.a “The Prom.” It’s already getting a lot of excitement and support, and it’s taking place in a great space: the newly renovated Greenwood Museum. There will be dance music, photos, drawings, and a cash bar. Formal [...]