Alliance of Emerging Professionals (AEP)

[metro]

Thanks Patrick.

[metro]

don't know what happened to the sticky but here you go:

February General Meeting




Host: Alliance of Emerging Professionals
Location: Downtown Library
Friend's Room, 4th Floor, OK
When: Monday, February 6, 7:00pm
Who: Dick and Kris Rush, Oklahoma Prosperity Project, Oklahoma State Chamber
What: 2006 Legislative Session: Top 5 Issues and Elections and Jobs - What the Future Holds

The 2006 elections couldn't be more important to Oklahoma's business climate and economic growth. Learn the top 5 issues facing the legislature this session. Also, with term limits creating at least eight State House and Senate open seats in the Greater Oklahoma City commuting area, our area's voters will play an important part in determining which new legislators will represent us.

Kris Rush will tell us how, through the Oklahoma Prosperity Project, The State Chamber will provide area employers and employees with free tools to help them make informed decisions at the polls on the election decisions affecting our companies, our jobs, and our future.

The Prosperity Project is free, nonpartisan and does not endorse candidates.

Learn how the Prosperity Project helped Oklahomans in 2004 elect more pro-jobs Democrat and Republican State Legislators than ever before -- and how you can help your workforce "vote smart" in 2006.

[metro]

Join the Alliance of Emerging Professionals for our February social at the UCO Jazz Lab. A great time to network, catch up with friends and listen to live jazz; we hope to see you there.

Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m.
UCO Jazz Lab
100 E. 5th Street, Edmond
COST: $5 per person
Guests are welcome and encouraged!

The Jazz Lab is a world-class entertainment venue featuring a relaxed atmosphere styled after jazz clubs in New Orleans. Food and beverages provided by Hideaway Pizza will be available for purchase.

Please RSVP to this e-mail or reply to the E-vite sent to you last week.

Mark your calendars for the March General Meeting - March 6, 7 to 8 p.m., OKC Downtown Library.

Thanks!
Eileen Price & Elizabeth Taylor
AEP Activities Committee Co-Chairs

* If you are interested in more information about AEP and how you can be a member, send an e-mail to info@aepoklahoma.com.

[keving]

That's good to know, their website only has the November information.

[metro]

kevin, yes and I apologize, we're currently getting ready to submit an RFP for our new website, the old one was donated, this time we will pay to have it done professionally. in the meantime, i've been posting the updates on here.

[metro]

from the Oklahoman

Business group hires executive director

The Alliance for Emerging Professionals, an Oklahoma City-based organization for young professionals, recently hired Belinda Bentley as its first executive director.
Bentley has more than 15 years of experience in fund development, membership development, marketing and nonprofit management, including marketing director for the South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce.

Joshua Fahrenbruck, the alliance's chairman, said hiring a director was identified as the organization's next crucial step. The alliance began in 2004 with a core group of "twenty-somethings" working in Oklahoma City who sought an outlet for networking and community service.

"We are enthusiastic about Belinda's experience and determination and look forward to working with her to grow the organization," Fahrenbruck said.

Alliance members participate in a monthly business meeting featuring key community leaders speaking on topics relevant to young professionals. The alliance also offers monthly social events at various area venues, along with several opportunities for community service throughout the year.

Bentley, who started on March 20, said her first mission will be to coordinate fund raising.

For more information, e-mail Bentley at bbentley@aepoklahoma.com.

[metro]

Host: Alliance of Emerging Professionals
Location: Downtown Library
Auditorium (new room), 4th Floor, OK View Map
When: Monday, May 1, 7:00pm
Speaker: Victoria Hoge, World Neighbors.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK World Neighbors inspires people and strengthens communities to find lasting solutions to hunger, poverty, and disease and to promote a healthy environment. Since 1951, World Neighbors has helped more than 25 million people in 45 nations improve their lives and the communities where they live

[metro]

Hope to see some new faces at tonight's meeting.

[escan]

Sorry...I'm over the hill now at 30.

[metro]

All twenty-somethings are invited to our next social:

25th ~ Social Event 7 pm or join some earlier (hours 5-9pm) @ Oklahoma City Museum of Art -- Join us at our May mixer with open galleries and Cocktails on the Skyline. Admission is $7. Social events occur the third Thursday of every month at different Oklahoma City venues. This event will feature open galleries and cocktails on the Skyline.

Feel free to go to www.aepoklahoma.com for more info.

[orionsnu]

Looks like your making progress in the community!!

http://newsok.com/nwokc/article/1688/

http://newsok.com/downtownokc/article/1687/

[metro]

orionsnu, thanks for posting the links to those articles. I hope to take the organization to new levels, and further it's benefit to the community!

[metro]

For all those twentysomething young professionals don't forget to join us at the OKC Museum of Art for our monthly social next Thursday night! Details are above or on our website at www.aepoklahoma.com .

Here is the info for our upcoming general meeting:

Come joing the metro's hottest young professionals group, the Alliance of Emerging Professionals, for our monthly general meeting. We will be meeting at the Downtown OKC library on the 4th floor in the Friends Event Room. Guest speaker will be OKC's own nationally known architect Anthony McDermid from TAP architecture. Anthony will speak on the downtown housing market and more. You won't want to miss this event!! For more information go to www.aepoklahoma.com or email snewlon@aepoklahoma.com

[imafish]

cant wait to meet the new executive director in person..

[metro]

Feel free to stop by my office anytime imafish or see you at one of our meetings.

[metro]

Just a reminder to all twentysomethings, tonight is our monthly social event if you can make it:

25th ~ Social Event 7 pm or join some earlier (hours 5-9pm) @ Oklahoma City Museum of Art -- Join us at our May mixer with open galleries and Cocktails on the Skyline. Admission is $7. Social events occur the third Thursday of every month at different Oklahoma City venues. This event will feature open galleries and cocktails on the Skyline.

[metro]

Host: Alliance of Emerging Professionals
Location: OKC downtown library - 4th floor
300 Park Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK View Map
When: Monday, June 5, 7:00pm
Phone: 405-231-8650
General Meeting , 7:00pm at downtown OKC library. Speaker will be prominent OKC architect and developer, Anthony McDermid from TAP architecture.. Mr. McDermid will talk about the new progess downtown and where we go from here. How to plan for the future and actively get involved in shaping it. Free admission.

[metro]

Here is the info for July and August's general meetings:

July 10th ~ General Meeting. Guest speaker will be Sheila Lawrence from Express Recruiting. She will be speaking on the topic of the generation gap in the workplace. We will also have a short 5 minute presentation from Big Brothers Big Sisters. Meeting was moved this month from the first Monday to the second Monday due to the 4th of July holiday.

August 7th ~ AEP general meeting. 7:00pm at the downtown OKC library on the 4th floor. Speaker will be Kevin Perry owner of O'City Source and general manager for Perry Publishing and Broadcasting. The topic will be the benefits of diversity in Oklahoma City.

For more info visit: www.aepoklahoma.com

[metro]

From the Oklahoman:

Local Young Professionals Group clean up forgotten part of city

This past weekend, the Alliance of Emerging Professionals (AEP) helped clean up an often neglected part of the city; Oklahoma City's east side.

Early on Saturday morning at the intersection of N.E. 23rd and I-35, AEP members and guests gathered trash throughout the intersection and the vacated gas station/ Burger King that once occupied the NE corner of this intersection. Group members picked up trash ranging from cigarette butts, to broken glass and liquor bottles, tires, plastic bottles, baby diapers and more. "It is astonishing what people throw out their windows in their own community" said civic committee chair Jeff Bezdek, who was in charge of this monthly event. Committee members and any interested parties come out to this site once a month and pick up litter. We have partnered with OKC Beautiful and adopted this space. "It is amazing how much litter accumulates in just one month" he went on.

AEP hopes to encourage community pride in this long-neglected area. "The I-35 and NE 23rd St. cooridor is often a visitors first impression of OKC, this is often the first exit visitors from Tulsa and the North see when visiting the state Capitol" stated AEP's Executive Director, Steven Newlon. "I encourage every citizen in this part of the city and beyond to do their part in cleaning up OKC and making it a better place to live" he added.

For more information or to get involved with the Alliance of Emerging Professionals you may visit their website at www.aepoklahoma.com .

[metro]

Tonight, August 7th is our AEP general meeting. 7:00pm at the downtown OKC library on the 4th floor. Speaker will be Kevin Perry owner of O'City Source and general manager for Perry Publishing and Broadcasting. The topic will be the benefits of diversity in Oklahoma City.

[metro]

17th ~ AEP monthly social. 7pm @ Cafe do Brasil at 440 NW 11th in Midtown. There will be free appetizers and drink specials.

[metro]

All young professionals under age 30 are welcome to come out and join us tomorrow night at Cafe do Brasil. See details above or on our website. www.aepoklahoma.com

[BlakeM]

Ahh, this is exactly the kind of organization I'm looking for. I just moved to the city about a month ago to take a job as an analyst at a private equity firm, but I stay busy enough with work that I haven't had a ton of time to branch out socially. Your website hasn't been updated in a little while, but assuming you're still having events regularly, when and where is the next one?

[metro]

Actually I resigned as Executive Director back at the end of August. I no longer choose to affiliate with the organization. You may want to contact them directly.

[micahalcorn]

Thanks again to metro for promoting our group so much over the years.

For those of you who may not have heard, aep has gone in a new direction and has formed a partnership with the greater Chamber. Our new website has been launched at AEP Â* Oklahoma City's Young Professionals Network Â* aepokc.com which includes a calendar of upcoming events at the bottom of the home page. Next week we are throwing a party at Bricktown Brewery to celebrate the completion of this year's Greater Grads program, which will allow us an an opportunity to speak directly to upcoming graduates that have an interest in staying in Oklahoma City. As many of you know, graduates migrating to Dallas, Denver, and other big cities has plagued Oklahoma for a long time. By partnering with the Greater Grads program, we are attempting to show many of them what Oklahoma City has to offer, and how they can get involved.

Check out the website and email me or the Chamber if you have any questions.