City September 17, 2012 8:39 PM

Young Professionals Will Convene at Hotel Lafayette for Networking Launch

Young Professionals Will Convene at Hotel Lafayette for Networking Launch
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By Kelsey Hanks:

Buffalo Niagara 360 (BN360), the Buffalo Niagara Partnership's young professionals program, will launch a new year of programming with its annual Kickoff Celebration at Pearl @ The Lafayette, on September 26.

"We're very excited to launch our fifth year of young professional programming" said Christina Lopez, Manager of Workforce Development. "This year's calendar is filled with essential enrichment programming, including programs like The Young Professionals Leadership Certificate Program, presented by Canisius College Center for Professional Development and underwritten by Synacor, that is vital to the leadership development of of our region's best and brightest young talent.."

This year's Kickoff Celebration will feature the naming of ten Spotlight Professionals, a hand-selected group of young leaders who are anticipated to positively impact the community in the coming year and have been chosen as the "ones to watch." This year's Spotlight Professionals have all relocated to Buffalo Niagara to further their careers.

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Buffalo Niagara 360 provides our region's young professionals with opportunities for leadership development, professional enrichment and regional engagement. Entering its fifth year, BN360 continues to connect the region's young leaders through a wide variety of business development programs.

The Kickoff Celebration is the launch of BN360's 2012-2013 programming year. Some of BN360's most popular programming includes:

• Young Professionals Leadership Certificate Program - Leadership skills training tailored to meet the professional development needs of today's young professionals. Presented by Canisius College Center for Professional Development and underwritten by Synacor.

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• Game Changers - Featuring the area's most dynamic young entrepreneurs. Presented by Alliance Advisory Group

• Government Unplugged - A program designed to give young professionals direct access to our region's most prominent young elected officials

• Mentoring Matters - An opportunity for young professionals to get engaged by giving back to at-risk youth

• Know the Score - A classically informal concert and business networking series

• Happy Hour For-A-Cause - The region's only young professionals networking experience with a conscience.

Buffalo Niagara 360 is a program of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership, and is run through the support of sponsors including Alliance Advisory Group, The Buffalo News, Canisius College Center for Professional Development, Citibank, Independent Health, Hodgson Russ, National Grid and Niagara University.

Food tastings will be provided by local restaurants, as well as a cash bar and door prizes.

To learn more about BN360 or to register for the 2013 Kickoff Celebration visit www.buffalobiagara360.org. 

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WNYwin
September 17, 2012 10:13 PM
WNYwin

Cool! 360 shows it's still possible to launch good careers in Buffalo. I remember when they started, how minimal the optimism was and how it seemed like they were making a statement just by being downtown - now it seems like there are groups all over the place and everyone wants to be in the city.

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paulsobo
September 17, 2012 10:34 PM
paulsobo

Since Boys are now statistically the minority gender in High School Graduation, Associates, Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate degrees granted.

Its nice to see that the pictures have roughly equal numbers of both genders.

However, I am waiting for the female gender to relinquish their affirmative action quotas for placements into high schools and colleges and universities. No one likes it when a minority remains silent where they have the advantage and cries descrimination where they dont. Thats just manipulating to your advantage...and that should be called what it is and stopped.

If you truly believe in gender equality then give up your minority status where you are the majority and dont whine/cry about it.

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jag
September 17, 2012 11:22 PM
jag

You don't know what you're talking about. For most universities the entrance requirements are lower (commonly MUCH lower) for men than for women, not the other way around.

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paulsobo
September 18, 2012 10:31 AM
paulsobo

In 1960, 60% of High School, College & University Degrees (Assoc, Bachelor, Master and Doctorate) went to men.

In 2000, it was reversed. 60% of High School, College & University Degrees (Assoc, Bachelor, Master and Doctorate) went to women and it was still rising. Putting men at 40%

In 2010 it had risen for women to 65%women/35%men

And if one is a liberal and believes in affirmative action then the entrance requirements for women should be rising and the entrance placements for women should be dropping.

We cannot have a stable society of educated working women and unskilled unemployed men....and still call it fair and gender neutral

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jag
September 18, 2012 1:43 PM
jag

You're still not getting it. There is no "affirmative action" to help women enter colleges. It is 100% the other way around. Most colleges have lower entry requirements for men than for women. As you note, fewer men attend college than women and colleges go very far out of their way to accept lower caliber men just for the sake of trying to reach that 60/40 number instead of it being 70/30 or worse. Men are the ones being given an advantage akin to affirmative action. I can't tell if you're typo-ing or what, but you've got it completely backwards.

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506Washington
September 18, 2012 11:15 AM
506Washington

please fix the hyperlink for the buffaloniagara360 site...it's mispelled. Thank you!

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