genYP Annual Kick-Off - January 2023

This annual kick-off event is held as a membership drive for the year for professionals between the ages of 21-40.

This social event will be held on January (Date to be determined), 2023 from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. for young professionals to gather and learn more about how genYP can help them achieve their personal and professional goals.

Covid Format Policy:

Event hosts will enjoy a hybrid event (both in person and virtual attendees as long as the positivity rate is between 5-14%.  Below 5%, we consider a Normal environment where the host can select in person only. 

Attendance for in-person events may have their maximum number of attendees limited if the positivity rate is between 10-15%. 

If the positivity rates in Polk County exceed 15%, we will move the event to Virtual Only.  

Please note, if the Urbandale Chamber Board Policy dictates that events must be held virtually, the event will be taken virtual and registered guests will be notified. At that time, the event host will receive a choice of the Extra Virtual Event Perks. 

Virtual Event Extra Perks: If you  required to take the event virtually due to Urbandale Chamber Board of Directors policy, please choose one of the following benefits. Virtual events are defined as events that are held using an online platform with no in-person components. 

1.   genYP Chat ($100 value): Share your organization's story, promotions, and upcoming events during a pre-recorded genYP with a member of genYP's leadership team. This interview-style video will be posted on genYP's Facebook page to potentially reach our over 750 Facebook followers.

2.  genYP E-Newsletter Article ($125 value): Provide an educational article for genYP's  e-newsletter to share your expertise with potentially 100 genYP young professionals. This article would be a great way to share news about your organization or other information that only your business can provide. On average, the genYP e-newsletter has an average open rate of 37.9% and an average click rate of 5.4%.

3. "Get to Know Our Members" Facebook Post ($150 value): Share your business with the over 750 followers of the genYP Facebook page with a post highlighting your business, a promotion, or an event of your choosing. You will need to provide the content, copy, and any hashtags you would like to promote. Your Facebook page will be tagged to encourage our followers to interact with your page. In addition, we will pay to boost the post to reach an additional 750 people, for a total reach of potentially 1,500 people.

• Country Financial: Gold Sponsor - 2023
• Midland Credit Union: Presenting Sponsor - 2023