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YP SPOTLIGHT
Kelli Collins
Kelli is the newest member of the YPN Advisory Council and also
serves as a team leader for the Large Events Work Team.
Employer
Century Center
Job Title
Sales Manager
Hometown
Rockford,
Illinois. Kelli has lived in Michiana for the past 10 years.
Hobbies/Interests
Spending time
with friends and family, knitting, shopping and church activities.
Something most people don't know about Kelli
“I am a volunteer
for Junior Achievement and also serve on the advisory council for
Catholic Charities' Retired Senior Volunteers Program. This gives me
the opportunity to work with two of my favorite demographics of people-
children and the elderly.”
How did you get involved
in YPN?
“My director told
me about it and I thought it would be a great opportunity to network
and learn. It was something I definitely wanted to be a part of.”
What do you hope to achieve in your new role with YPN?
“I hope to help
produce quality events that YPs can enjoy and learn from. I would
also like to be a resource for my community while learning more
about what South Bend has to offer YPs.” |
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 Assess Your Job Fit
The March Lunch
‘N Learn
featured a presentation by
JoAnn Wittenbach on assessing your job fit. JoAnn explained
how Job Fit = Career Satisfaction, which is a combination of
Ability + Aspiration
+ Engagement.
To improve job
fit, JoAnn suggests a two-step process:
1.
Assess your ability, aspiration and engagement
2. Define a development plan
In assessing your
current skills, it’s important to be honest in defining your
strengths and weaknesses. Once you’ve determined what they are, you
can then define a personal development plan that helps to fill in
the areas where you may need to grow professionally or personally. JoAnn recommends the following Web sites to help your personal
assessment:
·
Kolbe A Index,
www.Kolbe.com
·
Emotional
Intelligence Assessment,
www.myskillsprofile.com
·
Myers Briggs Type
Inventory,
www.discoveryourpersonality.com
 Click
here
to download a copy
of one of the handouts from
this event.
 Be Heard – Vote
in 2008!
Indiana’s Primary Election
will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Polling locations and other
voting information for St. Joseph County can be found on the
county’s Web site
www.stjosephcountyindiana.com. For
candidates and other helpful information, visit the state’s Web site
at
www.in.gov/sos/elections/.
You can register to vote any time of the year, however, to vote in a
primary or general election, you must be registered at least 29 days
in advance of that election. If you did not register to vote before
Monday, April 7, you will be unable to vote in the May 6 Primary,
however,
make sure you do so in time to vote in the General Election on
Tuesday, November 4, 2008.
Register by applying at your county voter
registration office, any license branch or online through the links
provided above.
COMMUNITY CORNER
Support the
Homeward Bound Walk
Join thousands of Hoosiers in raising hundreds of thousands of
dollars to provide housing and fight homelessness in Indiana by
participating in the 5th Annual Homeward Bound Walk. The
event will take place at the College Football Hall of Fame on
Sunday, April 27.
Homeward Bound benefits nine local not-for-profit agencies which
focus on providing support and services to the homeless.
Registration begins at Noon and the walk will begin at 2 p.m. To
create or join a walk team, or to make a donation, go to
www.homewardboundindiana.org
and select North Central Indiana as your walk location. You may also
contact Sarah Greenawalt at
sgreenawalt@hopesb.org for more information.
 RSVP Now to Honor
Young Professionals
at Forty
Under 40 Luncheon
Regional chambers of commerce, in
partnership with the
South Bend Tribune,
Elkhart Truth, Bethel
College and YPN, will recognize 40 area business and professional
leaders who have achieved success before the age of 40 at the second
annual Michiana Forty Under 40 Recognition Luncheon. The luncheon
will take place on Friday, May 23
from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Bethel College. Tickets are $27 per person
or $25 per person for groups of eight or more. To reserve your seat,
call Becky Aldridge at
574.257.3299 or e-mail
aldridr@bethelcollege.edu. No payments or reservations
will be taken at the door.
You’re Invited to the Signature Event of
Make
a Difference Michiana
The Philanthropy
Summit and Non-Profit Expo is an event for businesses, non-profits
and people who are “Making a Difference” in Michiana! This year's
event will be held on Tuesday,
May 6 at the Century Center and will bring together the
non-profit and for-profit sectors of Michiana to explore emerging
trends in corporate volunteerism, particularly skills-based
volunteering. Attendees will get a chance to hear from a national
leading expert in corporate volunteerism programs, followed by a
local panel discussion on philanthropic efforts right here in
Michiana. Registration cost is $40 and includes lunch.
Call
574.232.3660, ext. 214 to register. For more information log on to:
www.makeadifferencemichiana.com.
READING CORNER
 How
to Think Big and Kick Ass
By Donald Trump &
Bill Zanker
In light of the
March Lunch ‘N Learn on Job Fit, and in the spirit of the upcoming
May event on entrepreneurs, your Newsletter Team chose to spotlight
Donald Trump’s latest book.
This book is not
a cheesy, how to get rich quick recipe. Rather, it’s an honest call
for self-assessment in order to determine your potential for
happiness and financial success - in that order!
At the core of
the book’s message is the need for each of us to find our passion in
doing something useful for people and then acting on it. The Donald
says it best: “Find a higher ground beyond the greedy exclusiveness
of people who only care about money.”
It’s almost
impossible to “bullet” the important points in this book, but we’ll
give it our best shot:
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Never focus on
the problem, always focus on the solution
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Never, never give
up
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Never do anything
just for the money
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You must have
passion in everything you do
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Based on your
experience, go with your gut, then make a
decision and stick with it
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The harder you
work, the luckier you get
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Value loyalty
above everything else, and watch your back
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When someone
attacks you publicly, always strike back
-
Challenging
yourself builds momentum, which attracts people
to you
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Focus, but not
too much…be adaptable
-
Always think big
Do you have a book you would like to spotlight in the YPN
E-Newsletter? Let us know! E-mail Lindahl Wiegand at
wiegandl@sjrmc.com.
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Thursday,
April 24
Lunch ‘N Learn:
Dealing With Difficult & Defensive Behavior
in the Workplace
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Gibson Insurance Group
Do you grind your teeth in frustration each
time you have to work closely with someone who drives you crazy? Do
you feel your job would be more productive and more enjoyable if
everyone would just get along? If you answered “yes” to either of
these questions, then you should attend April’s Lunch ‘N Learn.
REGISTER/LEARN MORE
Thursday, May 8
The Showcase of Entrepreneurship
Panel Discussion & Networking
5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Holy Cross College
Driscoll Auditorium
Learn from the experience of entrepreneurs at
various stages of their business. What were their
inspirations/motivations, how did they come up with the vision? What
were and are their challenges, lessons learned, mistakes made along
the way? The panelists will explain how
to be creative and innovative
in order to be unique
and successful.
REGISTER/LEARN MORE
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