GRYP’s first event in the Personal Growth Breakfast Series held on January 19th was a great success! More than 50 young professionals arrived at Eastern Floral at 7:30 am to listen to Kim Bode, owner of 834 Baba Design & Marketing, speak on ‘Building Your Personal Brand.’ Kim is a very energetic speaker and generated great audience participation. Questions were asked about using social media and Kim spoke about how there’s no differentiation between your personal and professional life, you are who you are. She referenced books in her presentation called “Me 2.0” by Dan Schawbel, and “Smart Networking” by Liz Lynch and she recommends them to any young professional wanting to learn more about building your personal brand.

You can access Kim’s blog through www.834design.com .

Social media links are as follows:
Kim’s website: www.834baba.com
Kim on Twitter: @834baba
Kim and GRYP on Facebook: 834 Baba and Grand Rapids Young Professionals
Join Kim on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kimbode and GRYP at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=665687

Thanks again to Kim Bode for volunteering her time to come speak to our members and to Eastern Floral for letting us use their beautiful space to host the event!

New in 2010, GRYP presents the Personal Growth Breakfast Series! All events will be at the new Eastern Floral location at 818 Butterworth SW, from 7:30-8:30 a.m.

Watch for more details about these upcoming events:
March 23: Public Speaking with Jennifer Maxson from Varnum Consulting
April 22: Dress for Success Fashion Event at Younkers in Grandville
July: Networking for Beginners
September: Resume Building and Interviewing Skills via Social Media
November: New Ideas for Budgets and Personal Finance