Below are the networking events for the week of December 3-9 in the Kansas City area. As always, if you know about other career fairs, meetings or events that would benefit job seekers, please send a note to markvanbaale@gmail.com. Thank you.
It is my hope that the information provided on this blog will help you to find a new job or make connections with people at the various networking events. Remember, there is also a Marketing/Social Media Job Leads page where new jobs are posted every day or every other day.
You can also follow @kcjobseekers or @markvanbaale to get the latest updates.
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Watch or Listen to New Landings Job Chat Interviews brought to you each week by Hector Silva and the rest of the New Landings Job Chat Team. Five most recent podcasts are “Unemployment Job Search Tax Information,” “Social Security Concerns if Filing Early,” “Social Security Basics,” “Networking, Leveraging Your Network,” and “Networking, Mindset Matters.”
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Monday, December 3
Christian Business Connections Network Meeting
Location:
Country Club Cafe
21911 West 66th St.
Shawnee, KS
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Time: 9:00am – 10:30am
Join us! It is an all-inclusive and non-denominational group and our focus is networking/friendship/outreach.
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TEDxCrossroads Weekly Meeting
Location:
AIA Kansas City
1801 McGee St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Free to attend.
TEDxCrossroads is a weekly, hour long TEDx salon hosted Mondays at AIA Kansas City – 1801 McGee. Our focus is conversation, the community exchange that happens after watching a TEDtalk. Our format is simple: watch one 20 min recorded talk, have a 40 minute conversation.
Please RSVP to chel@curiousoptimist.com. We are ‘free and open to the public’ (but please RSVP), and do feel free to share this invitation forward and bring your friends and colleagues (but please RSVP).
More Information about TEDxCrossroads on Facebook
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Monday Geek Night
Location:
Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen
1526 Walnut St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00pm – 8:30pm
What is Monday Geek Night? It is a weekly Monday night gathering of geeks who enjoy topics including, but not limited to, application and web development (code of all kinds), entrepreneurship, gaming, marketing, design, movies, the current state of all things tech, and usually beer and other cocktails. This Meetup is very much unstructured – feel free to come and geek out on just about ANYTHING. Laptops more than welcome.
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Networking for Professional Success Workshop presented by New Landings
Location:
Central Resource Library
Carmack Community Room
9875 W. 87th St.
Overland Park, KS
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Free to attend.
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Networking should be one of the most important focal points of your professional career whether you’re looking for a job or not. Unfortunately, most people don’t network regularly or optimally, and only realize this when it’s too late.
Professional development consultant Efren Mojica, of “All About You Consulting,” will share insights and strategies on effective networking. Hear real life examples provided by business professionals who network well and learn some tips on how to modernize your networking strategy, including using LinkedIn and Facebook so that they can work for you.
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KCStartUp City Welcome Event
Location:
Snow & Company
1815 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:00pm
Join us and share your entrepreneurial experience with leaders from around the globe!
Hosted by LaunchKC, Snow & Company, The Kauffman Foundation, Neighbor.ly, and CityAge.
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Career Wake Up Call Teleseminar
Free to attend. Hosted by Abby Kohut from Absolutely Abby.
Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm CST
Your career needs a wake up call! Join the lively twice monthly teleseminars for answers to your job search and career development questions.
If you are in job search mode or in anything less than your perfect career, you can’t afford to miss these call.
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#JobHuntChat on Twitter
Time: 9:00pm CST
Job Hunt Chat is a community where job seekers, recruiters, human resource professionals, career coaches, and hiring managers can connect. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #JobHuntChat.
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Search for hashtag #JobHuntChat on Twitter when the chat starts at 9pm CST.
2. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
3. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate!
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Tuesday, December 4
KC Chamber Small Business Networking Event
Location:
The Board Room at Union Station (next to Pierpont’s)
30 West Pershing Rd.
Kansas City, MO
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Parking passes will be provided for the four story Union Station Parking Garage located off Pershing Road and Broadway on the west side of Union Station.
Time: 7:15am – 10:00am
Cost for Members, Non-members, and Guests: $18.00
The Kansas City Small Business Monthly Networking Breakfast after session will be dedicated to social media and how you as business owners use it to grow your business.
Featured Speakers:
Moderator: John Addessi, Johnson County Community College
Panelist: Shelly Kramer, V3
Panelist: Jerry Nevins, Snow & Company
Panelist: Nicholas Segura, Somos Agency
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Business Solution Series: Maximizing Your Networking Ability Class
Location:
Kansas City KS Community College
Jewell Building, Room 2325
7250 State Ave.
Kansas City, KS
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Time: 7:30am – 9:00am
Cost: $10.00 (breakfast is included)
This series explores the fundamentals of networking from a perspective that makes it easy and natural. We explore some basic questions: What is a network? What is networking? And how do you find the time? We answer with some innovative ideas that simplify the process of networking while building powerful personal and professional connections.
We will put the ideas learned into action through face-to-face “speed networking” encounters. Come prepared with business cards and a 30-second “elevator speech” that describes who you are as a professional and your aspirations for your career. You will leave with a newfound zeal for networking and several active network connections.
RSVP to jmatlack@kckcc.edu or call 913-288-7210.
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OMNI Employment Job Seeker Roundtable Meeting
Location:
OMNI Employment Management Services
7201 W. 110th St. (Suite 225)
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 8:00am – 9:00am
Free to attend.
This is a very informal meeting and offers a great chance to network with other professionals and meet with Mike Tracy, Principal of OMNI Employment Management Services, LLC. This group is ideally geared to middle to upper management level candidates. Mike has been involved in the recruitment field for a number of years and has a multitude of helpful tips and suggestions to offer.
Please call us at 913.653.8078 or email Casey Jones to register.
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Meetings
First Tuesday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Edward Jones Office
5725 Nieman Rd., Suite D
Shawnee, KS
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North of Johnson Drive on the East side of the street. If using the North parking lot, park on the East side of the lot only. More parking available across the street to the West and to the North.
Time: 8:00am – 9:00am
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free. Coffee and hot tea is provided.
Second Tuesday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
11106 Antioch Road
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
More Information about the Group
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How to Build Social Networks Fast with Martin Yate Webinar
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm CST
The fastest, easiest, way to find a job is with networking, the only problem is that your networks don’t work, you have always been too busy doing your job to build networks. You joined LinkedIn and Facebook but they don’t seem to be delivering much. What can you do?
You get: 60 mins of cutting-edge networking tactics plus 30 mins of Q&A with Martin Yate CPC, world-renowned networking expert, NY Times bestseller of the world famous Knock Em Dead books, author of 14 career books in 62 foreign language editions. There is no one in career management today with deeper knowledge, or better credentials.
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American Club Association Kansas City Holiday Social
Location:
The Cheesecake Factory
4701 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Free to attend.
Join us for the ACA Kansas City Holiday Social on Tuesday, December 4th! We have reserved the 2nd floor of The Cheesecake Factory for the Social. Complimentary appetizers and super drink specials will be available at this 4:00 pm – Happy Hour. You’ll also have an opportunity to hear from the leaders of ACA Clubs throughout the city about their exciting plans for 2013.
Please register even though the cost of the event is FREE thanks to our sponsors.
The American Club Association (ACA) Business Development Club is a professional organization dedicated to building businesses through the power of relationships.
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Kansas Feet Up Network Meeting
Location:
Sharks Billards
10320 Shawnee MIssion Pkwy
Shawnee, KS
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Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Feet-Up Network is a group of business professionals who like to get together, kick their feet-up and have a drink together.
There usually is around 15-25 people at these meetings. Members say that it helps them build relationships. Come on out and have a drink, meet some new friends and forge some great partnerships.
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Employment Through Community Program: LinkedIn Profiles and Job Search
Location:
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
(Student Center on the lower level)
7740 Lackman Road
Lenexa, KS
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Time: 7:30pm
Free to attend.
The group will discuss LinkedIn profiles and review navigation and job search/networking techniques.
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Wednesday, December 5
Linking Sales Professionals Networking Breakfast Event
Location:
Embassy Suites
10601 Metcalf Ave.
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 7:00am – 8:30am
Cost: $25.00 in advance (includes breakfast buffet). Registration is required.
The same amazing networking opportunities you know, with emphasis on speakers and hands on learning that will specifically benefit savvy SALES Professionals! This event is designed to add even MORE value to your networking ROI by creating a comfortable environment where SALES PROFESSIONALS excel.
Networking Breakfast Agenda:
6:45: Check in, network, breakfast
7:30: Organized program/speaker/activity
8:20: Questions, announcements, networking
8:30: Event close
More Information and Registration
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1 Million Cups Program for Entrepreneurs
Location:
Kauffman Labs
4801 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 9:00am – 10:00am
Kauffman Labs for Enterprise Creation created 1 Million Cups (1MC) as a simple way to engage entrepreneurs in the Kansas City community. Each week, the 1MC program offers two local upstarts an opportunity to present their companies to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors, and entrepreneurs.
The program takes place every Wednesday morning from 9:00-10:00am in Kauffman Labs. So if you’re interested in being involved with the 1 Million Cups program sign up, show up, help someone startup by offering your thoughts, questions, and advice.
Kauffman Foundation goes national with 1 Million Cups pitch event
Meet 1 Million Cups, the biggest startup event in Kansas City that’s about to hit 18 more cities.
This week, Stand Up for Good and Board Jupiter will present.
More Information about December 5 Program
Watch the Program Live starting at 8:50 am CST.
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Market Immersion Meeting
This incredible group of business owners/entrepreneurs come together weekly to discuss everything social.
Location:
Granite City Brewery
15085 W. 119th St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
Cost: $10.00 for visitors in advance, $15.00 at the door
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Why Your Elevator Pitch is Stuck: The Zen of Personal Branding Webinar
Time: 10:00am – 11:00am CST
Join Jason Alba and Jon Sosa about branding, communicating, etc. for job search and career management. Will be applicable for business owners and marketers, also.
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Get Hired Fast with LinkedIN Insider Secrets Webinar
Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm CST
In this FREE 90 minute Webinar Training You’ll Discover:
- Why you MUST be on LinkedIn to get hired fast in 2012
- The 3 Proven Strategies to use on LinkedIn to Get Hired…Fast
- How to avoid positioning yourself as a Desperate Job Seeker who no one wants to hire
- The Single Most Important thing you can do to overcome gaps in your employment
- Stop collecting worthless connections and get your phone ringing on LinkedIn
- How to get & use LinkedIn’s newest secret weapon — LinkedIn SIGNAL
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How to Get More Job Interviews Webinar – Hosted by Martin Yate
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm CST
Need more job interviews? Of course, but the old tactics don’t work anymore. You need job search tactics that will get you more interviews.
Learning how to get job interviews is crucial to your financial survival and to your long-term career success. Face facts: no interviews, no job offers.
You get: 60 minutes of personal resume coaching plus 30 mins of Q & A with Martin Yate CPC, world-renowned resume expert, NY Times bestseller of the world famous Knock Em Dead books, author of 14 career books in 62 foreign language editions.
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Meeting
Wednesday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Scooter’s Coffeehouse
11106 Antioch Road
Overland Park, KS
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Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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Outmaneuvering The Online Job Application System Webinar
Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm CST
Ever feel like you are sending your resume into a pit of no return when you apply for a job on an online site?
This free workshop can help you outmaneuver the online process by influencing the hiring decision through other means.
In this fast paced FREE 60 minute webinar, you will discover:
- Get external big wigs to vouch for you to the right people.
- Enlist internal candidates to influence the hiring decision.
- Contact and impress the hiring manager.
- Really “work” your messaging to prove you’re the best candidate and much, much more.
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Power Chics & Power Guys Holiday Party
Location:
Manhattan Condos
700 E. 8th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Cost:
Individual: $25.00
2 people (same registration): $40.00
Mix and mingle with Power Chics & Power Guys members and prospective members. Heavy appetizers, wine and beer provided.
Power Chics is a personal growth organization, developed by women and for women. Power Chics is dedicated to helping “chics” from all professional arenas grow and develop, both personally and professionally. Come see what we are about.
Power Guys is a personal and professional development organization for men. It is dedicated to helping “guys” from all professional arenas grow and succeed; exchange thoughts and ideas with other businessmen; while providing information, tips, tools and techniques to assist each of us in attaining our dreams, goals and desires.
Please do register for this event so we have an idea of how many to expect.
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SEO Peep Show Part 2: Blog & Tweet Your Way to the Top Class Presented by Freelancers University
Location:
Bizperc
1800 Baltimore Ave., 4th Floor
(Enter on south side of building)
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Cost: $30.00
Sure, you may know how to blog and tweet. But do you really know how to best utilize SEO to ensure you get on the first page of Google? Join us for this one-time-only special engagement!
In this class, you’ll take away the best SEO strategies for blogging and tweeting.
• Blogging for measurable SEO value
• What/When/How to blog for SEO
• How to track & measure your Blogging for SEO successPlus:
• Tweeting for SEO success
• What/When/How to use Twitter for SEO value
• How to track & measure your Tweeting for SEO success
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Thursday, December 6
KC Roundtable Breakfast Meeting
Location:
First Watch
1022 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:30am – 9:00am
This breakfast we have a Special Edition KC Roundtable – KC TechPanel. Local tech entrepreneurs Joe Tierney, John Thomason and Todd Smith will be answering questions about what it takes to start, grow and sustain a tech-based business in the KC market.
Our mission is to:
- Focus on relationship building; not lead generating.
- Facilitate collaboration, openness, transparency, learning and teaching.
- Establish an entrepreneurial network.
- Fill the void of not having the water cooler.
We meet on the 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month at our favorite location at First Watch in Westport. In addition to our morning meetings, KC Roundtable provides other opportunities to network with young entrepreneurs such as events like Just For Starters & After Hour events. Prospective members are self-motivated, curious, and open to learning and teaching.
More Information about KC Roundtable
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Meeting
Thursday Morning Meeting Info:
Location:
Fig Tree Cafe
817 NE Rice Rd.
Lee’s Summit, MO
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(East outer Rd of 291 Hwy between 50 Hwy & I-470 across from Office Max & next to the BP gas station)
Time: 8:30am – 9:30am
$5.00 entry. Job seekers and Non-profit staff can come for free.
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Olathe Chamber Coffee meeting
Location this week:
Feeney’s Hallmark Shop
16150 West 135th St.
Olathe, KS
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Time: 9:00am – 11:00am
Open to job seekers to attend free of charge.
Opportunity to mingle with Olathe area business owners and network to your next job. Expect to meet 150-250 people. There is a special sign-up area so job hunters and employers can meet.
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Mazimize Your Calling Webinar
Time: 11:00am – Noon CST
Cost: $25.00 (includes FIRE in the Workplace Online Course)
If you wonder if you are in the right job, if you are experiencing a time of transition, or want to increase your impact and please God, this webinar will give you encouragement and direction for the journey.
The Maximize Your Calling webinar will help you discover your God-given purpose and His plan for your work. Learn about four steps to unpack your skills, abilities, and knowledge, and maximize your calling for God’s pleasure and your enjoyment.
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How to Turn Interviews into Offers with Martin Yate Webinar
Time: 11:00am – 12:30pm CST
You need interviews to get job offers. And then you need to out perform all of your competition at the interviews to win the job offer.
This ability to turn job interviews into job offers is the most important professional skill you can develop. However, you have less experience going to job interviews and successfully turning them into job offers, than anything else you do in life.
You get: 60 minutes of personal resume coaching plus 30 mins of Q & A with Martin Yate CPC, world-renowned resume expert, NY Times bestseller of the world famous Knock Em Dead books, author of 14 career books in 62 foreign language editions.
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The Essay Expert’s Top 10 Ways to Make Resume Writing Fun! Webinar
Time: 11:30am – 1:00pm CST
Resume writing does not have to be a drag. In this webinar, Brenda Bernstein, Certified Advanced Resume Writer, will give you her Top 10 Ways to Make Resume Writing FUN!
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The Resume Reboot Workshop presented by New Landings
Location:
New Landings HQ
11320 W. 79th St.
Lenexa, KS
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Free to attend.
Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
In the current job market, with unemployment hovering at around 9%, and the “broad unemployment rate” nearly 18%, it is absolutely essential that your resume make you irresistible to hiring managers. It needs to highlight the skills you can bring to any position, and minimize any liabilities that would keep you from getting an interview. You need a resume that really tells an employer what you bring to a position that separates you from the crowd. You need to communicate YOUR STORY.
If you are getting no response from your current resume, you owe it to your career and yourself to attend this free workshop.
In this two-hour workshop, Tammy Kabell will teach you step-by-step how to put together the components of a successful resume. She will help you identify your skills that can be transferred to multiple industries, as well as resume strategies to overcome obstacles in your search, such as long unemployement or advanced experience / age. Most importantly, Tammy will show you how to craft a resume that truly defines your strengths and achievements, and shows your next employer what you are capable of.
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An Introduction to WikiKC Event
Location:
Central Library
14 W. 10th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Organizers for WikiKC – a collaborative, community-driven effort to share local knowledge about Kansas City – will be on hand at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St. on Thursday, December 6, 2012 to show interested users how they can contribute to the effort.
The event will take place in Helzberg Auditorium. Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptop computers or tablets.
Anyone can edit the WikiKC.org website, which organizers hope will become a central access point for information about all things Kansas City.
The event is co-sponsored by the Kansas City Public Library and the City of Kansas City.
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Overland Park Chamber Young Professionals Holiday Party
Location:
Aloft Leawood’s XYZ Bar
11620 Ash St.
Leawood, KS
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Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Free to attend.
Join us for the 3rd Annual Young Professionals Holiday Party! This year is going to be a totally rad 80’s party! Awesome 80’s attire is welcome (prize for best costume) and dancing like Molly Ringwald in the Breakfast Club to some of your favorite 80’s music is encouraged! Guests can enjoy holiday drink specials, complimentary appetizers from Sugo’s Spaghetteria, and a chance to win some rockin’ door prizes.
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Smart Companies to Watch Party Presented by Thinking Bigger Business Media
Location:
Kansas City Marriott Downtown
Muehlebach Tower
200 W. 12th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Cost: $28.00 (includes Networking, buffet, drinks and copy of 2012 KC Smart Companies to Watch)
Short program begins at 6:15 p.m.
Join us in celebrating the 2012 Smart Companies to Watch Party and network with Kansas City’s innovative and forward-looking entrepreneurs. Attendees meet and network with 100-200 business owners and leaders.
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Ad 2 of American Advertising Federation Kansas City Presents Art of the Call: A Bingo Benefit for reStart
Location:
Vox Theatre
1405 Southwest Blvd.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 5:30pm – 10:00pm
Cost:
$20.00 in advance for members, $25.00 at the door
$45.00 in advance for non-members, $50.00 at the door
Grab your bingo cards and chips and get ready to make your mark at this year’s Art of the Call. Enjoy bingo, a silent auction and free food and drink until nothing is left. Proceeds will benefit our Virtual Agency client partner, reStart Inc. No need to dress up, just come as you are.
Schedule
5:30 pm: Networking and silent auction
6:30 pm: BINGO!
More Information and to Register
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SocialHeart Holiday Happy Hour Event
Location:
Snow & Company
1815 Wyandotte St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 7:00pm
Snow & Co. is making us a specialty peppermint (hot) drink in our honor! 10% of the drink proceeds sold the entire month of December will go to SocialHeart. Join us at Snow & Co. starting at 7pm to kick off this delicious drink! We will have a raffle to win 2 tickets to Power & Light’s New Year’s Eve party! So stop in and say hello!
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Lawrence Young Professionals Network Holiday Party
Location:
Van-Go
715 New Jersey St.
Lawrence, KS
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Time: 7:00pm
Free to attend.
Join LYPN for its annual Holiday Party! Van-Go has graciously offered to host us and will be open for Christmas shopping! We will have plenty of food and drink along with a free live acoustic performance by Matt Clothier!
If you’re in the giving spirit, bring non-perishable food items as LYPN will be making a BIG donation to Just Food! This event is also a great opportunity to bring new faces and spread the LYPN cheer.
Check out Lawrence Young Professionals Network on Facebook
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Friday, December 7
Smart Connect KC Coffee Connections Meeting
Location
Polsinelli Shughart
700 W. 47th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 8:30am – 9:45am
Cost: $10.00
Luann Feehan, the Business Mixologist for SmartConnectKC, provides a morning business social hour “Wake up at meet over coffee” — a mix and mingle in the morning with 60 to 70 KC area businessmen and women.
Whether you’re a networking pro or new to the game, you can trust that you’ll walk away from this lively event with a number of new contacts and budding relationships. Expect to make connections, expect to gather new resources, expect the unexpected, but mostly, expect to have fun.
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Biz2Biz Connect Networking Meeting
Location:
City Union Mission (Executive Offices Chamber Room)
1100 E. 11th St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 8:30am – 10:00am
No cost to attend.
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Social Media Networking – Using the Internet in Your Job Search Webinar Presented by CareerBuilder
Time: 10:00am – 11:00am CST
Free to attend.
In this webinar, you can follow the story of Scott, a job seeker looking for the next career step. With a Careerbuilder Career Coach leading the training, you’ll be able to ask questions and easily apply the skills Scott learns to your own job search. This hour long training focuses on the “how-to” details for using social media outlets such as Facebook, Google, Linkedin and Twitter. This webinar gives a very step-by-step plan on how to make social media and the Internet work for you in your job search.
More Information and to Register
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#HFChat (#HireFriday Chat) on Twitter
Time: 11:00 am – Noon CST
#HireFriday is the only stream on twitter that focuses solely on job seekers strengths, knowledge and abilities. Discussion/questions shared on Twitter.com using the hashtag #HFChat
Here is how you can participate in this chat:
1. Sign up for Twitter if you are not already on Twitter.
2. Search for hashtag #HFChat when the chat starts at 11am CST.
3. Introduce yourself when the chat begins.
4. Read, ask questions, comment, re-tweet. Participate!
More information on #HFChat and Hire Friday
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Wise Women Connect Luncheon
Location:
Hereford House
5001 Town Center Drive
Leawood, KS
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Time: 11:00am – 1:00pm
Cost: $21.00 (includes lunch)
Come be a part of our final Wise Women Connect luncheon for 2012 and meet many of the women who will be opening up Wise Women Connect groups across America. Don’t forget the theme is tacky sweater day so wear the sweater you received as a white elephant gift last year.
Who is Wise Women Connect? We are a professional organization of women with the established purpose of support and encouragement of women in business. If you know a lady who wants to be CONNECTED to other women in a certain profession, Wise Women Connect could be just what she needs.
We meet on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month from 11:00am-1pm with open networking and registration to begin at 11am.
You may attend 2 events before joining the organization.
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Re-THINK! The Brand Called You with Donna Fedor Webinar
Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm CST
It’s crucial when you interview for a job to be able to distinguish yourself from every other candidate. Your part on the interview is to articulate why they should hire you. Who are they hiring? What is your character, track record, and reputation? What can they count on? Through a series of questions, they hope to get to know you. Bottom line, they hope you are the one.
When you’re unclear and have difficulty talking about yourself, it’s actually uncomfortable, and you’re less likely to share yourself with others. You have a brand whether you’re aware of it or not. The brand called YOU is one of the most important parts of the whole job search process.
You will learn:
- To polish the diamond. (That diamond is you!)
- How to change the way you think about YOU
- How to boost your self-confidence
- Your “ME” file including accomplishments, strengths value statements and elevator pitch
- What relationships are absolutely necessary to drive you forward toward the fulfillment of your ultimate life
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KC Roundtable Happy Hour
Location:
The Well
7421 Broadway St.
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Come enjoy other drinks (besides coffee) with fellow KC Roundtable members. Our monthly happy hour will be at the Well in Waldo. Invite anyone you would like.
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WordPress KC Holiday Party and The Nerdery Open House
Location:
The Nerdery
208 W 19th St
Kansas City, MO
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Time: 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Free to attend.
We’re invited to an open house in The Nerdery’s new-ish Kansas City office! Brush up on your nerd-knowledge and join us for an evening of drinks, appetizers and DJ led music. Learn about their quest to hire 100 nerds in 100 days, as well as plans to expand our Kansas City presence over the next six months.
We also want to meet anyone interested in helping us bring The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge to Kansas City as soon as this spring. So far at this 24-hour community service event, volunteers have freely-given about $3 million in web development services to 98 needy nonprofits – let’s hit the century mark in KC, huh?
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