Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Planning our events for this year - need your input!

Planning Your Events: 20 Ideas to Get You Started

It's time to get young real estate professionals excited and engaged in the real estate industry and community. Here are some activities that were suggested from NAR. I would like everyone's input as to what activities you would like to see us do for this year. Comment here or comment on the facebook group wall .

1. Organize a Habitat for Humanity volunteer project.
2. Host monthly or quarterly happy hour networking events.
3. Sponsor a real estate workshop or seminar on a topic that would interest your members. Topics may include: Rookie Survival Guide, How to Create a Referral Network, Building a Personal Marketing Plan. Invite interesting speakers and mentors to cover the topics.
4. Host a Webinar. Topics may include those listed above.
5. Sponsor and help plan an education session for the local or state REALTOR® association convention.
6. Host a speed networking event: Provide conversation-starter cue cards at every table, then partner people up to talk for 1-3 minutes at a time. Ring a bell, and one of the partners switches to a new table.
7. Hold a potluck BBQ. Ask members to bring their favorite dish. Reserve a spot at a public park, use the local REALTOR® association’s facilities or ask brokerages to be "host" by letting YPN use their outdoor grounds. Include games like beanbag toss and horseshoes—keep it fun and casual.
8. Wine tasting.
9. Form a YPN book club that meets once a month to talk about the latest real estate books. Each member can be assigned to read a different book, and then share the main tips from that book in 5 minutes or less. It's a time-saver that will benefit everyone! (Not sure what to read? Get ideas from REALTOR® magazine’s Weekly Book Scan blog: www.realtor.org/weeklybookscan.)
10. Host open house tours. Band together to do an open house caravan tour of the area.
11. Host a charity event for a community cause.
12. Tourney time: Organize a golf tournament, bowling tournament, softball tournament, etc. Invite local REALTOR® association leadership, as well as other community leaders.
13. Plan a mentor meet-up event, in which you invite people who are willing to mentor and people who would like a mentor.
14. Host a luncheon with a motivational speaker or real estate coach. Hold the lunch at different members’ offices. Topics can include negotiation skills, life balance, beating burnout, marketing ideas, and more.
15. Conduct an e-mail survey of your members to determine their main interests, which will provide your group direction.
16. Create a sponsorship or awards program, such as a competitive scholarship to attend a REALTOR® conference.
17. Host job fairs for new licensees or college students considering a career in real estate. Visit local high schools to encourage younger generations to pursue a career in real estate and serve as mentors.
18. Attend a sporting event in your community. Seek out group rates.
19. Start a Facebook page for your group and reach out online.
20. Plan a joint event with other industries’ young professional groups.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Why get involved with YPN?

YPN is a member driven group and it has been that w

Why should REALTORS® participate in YPN?

Invitations to NAR-sponsored YPN events. YPN events are a fun way for members to meet other real estate professionals from around the country, build a referral network, and learn about new and free resources from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.

Stay abreast of industry happenings. Through a lively blog, an information-packed Web site, and networking events, members stay in the loop on hot issues facing the real estate industry. YPN also has special educational sessions at REALTOR® conferences that address strategies for success in real estate.

Have your own sounding board. Young professionals have unique challenges in real estate—and they also face challenges shared by all practitioners. By belonging to a network of peers who face similar issues, they can bounce ideas off of one another and provide support to each other.

Get involved. Many people who are new to the industry want to get involved with their local, state, or national association of REALTORS®, but they either don't know how to go about it or they find it too intimidating. YPN encourages them to explore leadership opportunities across the board.

New generation of leaders. Cultivate the next generation of your REALTOR® association’s leaders.

Represent all members. Ensure your association's industry interests are well-represented among all age groups and experience levels.

Tap new ideas and fresh perspectives. The real estate industry continues to evolve. Younger generations can offer unique perspectives to meet the changing demand in the business.

First meeting

Thanks to everyone who came out to Hester's this morning for our first meeting of the 2012 year. We had a good turnout with lots of suggestions for this year.

Our next meeting with be a lunch networking event on Monday February 20th at noon sharp. Once we decide on a location I will let you know. This meeting will be a BNI style meeting with a topic of choice to chat about.

In the meantime, if you haven't all ready, join the YPN FB group for Corpus Christi and follow us on twitter @ccypn. If you have a twitter handle please put it on the wall so that we can all connect.

Jordan from Bay Area did let us know that there is an event tonight that is being hosted by the CC Bar Association and the Young Lawyers Association. It is a Poker Tourney being held at Area sky Terrace downtown. It is open to the public at starts at 7 PM. It is a great way to network with some fabulous young professionals in our great city!

Monday, October 3, 2011

YPN Kick Off Mixer

Our South Texas REALTOR Convention is Thursday October 20 from 9 to 5:30. We will be having a co-hosted YPN, CC 40 under 40, and Young Business Professionals mixer from 4:30 to 6:30 at the Solomon P. Ortiz Center followed up by continuing the networking at Brewster Street Icehouse. We would love to see you out there to help kick off our up and coming YPN Chapter and meet the fellow memebers of  YBP which with whom we will be pairing up with to promote our Corpus Christi Young Professionals.

You don't have to just be young, young at heart works too!

See you Thursday October 20 at 4:30!