Highlights from the Raleigh Chamber Young Professionals Network Meeting

This morning, our Community Program Officer Robyn Fehrman was invited to speak with the Triangle Young Professionals Network on Centennial Campus of NC State.  Her keynote entitled "Building a Culture of Giving Back" explored information about how the Triangle stacks up with compatible communities nation-wide and what we can do as professionals to engage our community's most worth-while organizations.

About the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce's Young Professionals Network

The Chamber’s Young Professionals Network provides events every other month designed to engage young professionals, ages 23 – 39 of member firms to help them become more competitive in the business arena. The program also helps young professionals establish a network of business contacts, and grow both personally and professionally through a variety of programs.  Find out more at the Greater Raleigh Chamber's website.

Highlights

You can a slide show of Robyn's full presentation at SlideShare, but here are few highlights if you are "crunched" for time. (From @TriangleGives Live "Twitter-Coverage")

• "I truly believe that through giving, we can make our community better for all of us."
• "We are lagging behind our peer cities in charitable giving." 
• "We have the means and the power to change that."
• "TriangleGivesBack.org is a great way for us to address the current culture of giving in the triangle."
• "Strategic giving: Determine what is important to you and develop a plan to give to make a difference."
• "I challenge you to give strategically in the next 6 mo. Find an organization that does work that you care about."