Great Plains Young Professionals Summit

Mark your calendars for the first Great Plains Young Professionals Summit!

The summit will be held June 3-5, 2010, at the National Energy Center of Excellence on the campus of Bismarck State College in Bismarck, ND. The Bismarck-Mandan Young Professionals are planning and hosting the event with assistance from the North Dakota Young Professionals. This event will bring together young professionals from across the state and region for networking and educational sessions focusing on social networking, sharing best practices, community development, personal development, professional development, and leadership for the future.

More information on this event will be published in the upcoming months, so watch for more information!

Kim Goldsmith
Web & Social Media Manager & Dickinson Young Professionals Recruitment Chair

2010 Youth Leadership Summit

The Community Development Project and North Dakota Business Challenge are hosting the 2010 Youth Leadership Summit. The Youth Leadership Summit is an opportunity to provide high school students with the chance to grow their leadership skills, open their eyes to future opportunities and set them up on the road to success! This conference is an event that will confront the most common excuses that derail student achievement, decision making and self-esteem and teach them how to take responsibility for their actions and attitude.

The Youth Leadership Summit will be held at Dickinson State University, Student Center Ballroom, on Tuesday, April 13, 2010 from 10:00am-2:00pm. There will be a morning & an afternoon session with lunch provided. All North Dakota high school (9-12) students are invited to attend.

The morning session of the Youth Leadership Summit will feature bestselling author, Jason Ryan Dorsey, as the keynote speaker. Jason has keynoted over 1,000 Gen Y/youth events around the world. His inspiring message has earned him standing ovations from audiences and led to his appearances on 60 Minutes, 20/20, The Today Show, and The View. Currently, Jason’s acclaimed books are used as required reading in over 1,650 secondary schools and colleges.

The afternoon session will feature a panel discussion called “Stepping Up – YP High School Career Conversations”. This thought-provoking panel discussion, consisting of members from the local Dickinson Young Professionals (DYP), will jump-start your students into thinking about career planning and how to match job experience with education. The DYP members will discuss how they chose their university and degrees. They will share their journey through college, which lead to their current career paths.

Please check the Strom Center’s Youth Leadership Summit webpage for updated information, bios of the speakers, and registration form.

For more information contact:
Amanda Moser
Community Development Project Coordinator
Amanda.Moser@dickinsonstate.edu
701-483-2830

Katie Mehrer
North Dakota Business Challenge
Katherine.Mehrer@dickinsonstate.edu
701-483-2515