MBYP May 2010 Newsletter

MANHATTAN BEACH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

Monthly Newsletter

May
2010

Greetings!

Welcome back to the May issue of our monthly newsletters from the Manhattan Beach Young Professionals.

The MBYP is a synergy of entrepreneurs and envisioneers created to shake and stir your business juices! We are here to help you network, fuse and mingle with other movers and shakers in the business community. Grow your business, make new friends, build relationships and learn how to energize your future by getting involved, participating and being active in MBYP.

Please read on to learn about our exciting upcoming events and about what we've got going on in the community.

In This Issue

Recent Events

Looking Ahead

Member Spotlight

Next Event: Spring Concert

Recent Events

April Happy Hour Mixer

Our April Mixer held at 12+Highland in Manhattan Beach was an event you would not have wanted to miss! Well over 100 guests attended the event, in the high energy atmosphere of 12+Highland! Not to be outdone by the Lakers playoff game, NFL draft, and Dodgers game on the multiple plasmas, those in attendance were definitely mixing things up with many different networking ideas and marketing strategies to help promote, and grow their business.

The seemingly never ending trays of passed hor d'oeuvres, featured caprese, chicken tenders, and shrimp cocktail, were a nice compliment to keep the energy high as people made their way from connection to connection. A big thank you to Frank & Nick Dellone of 12+Highland, for not only hosting the event, and sponsoring the passed hor d'oeuvres, but also for donating a $100 gift certificate for dinner at their restaurant. Also an additional thank you to Beach Massage for donating a 55 minute Swedish Massage for our raffle!

Click here to view photos from the event.

Community Day with the Seniors

One of the wonderful aspects of the Manhattan Beach Young Professionals is the opportunity to be able to give time to our community. On Saturday April 17, 2010, several of our MBYP members volunteered for the MBYP computer training day with the seniors at the Manhattan Beach Joslyn Center. The Young Professionals were paired up with seniors to give them one-on-one computer training from surfing the web to working with formulas on excel. It was a wonderful experience for the seniors and MBYPs. We look forward to making this an annual MBYP Community service event.

Click here to view a video from the event.

Looking Ahead

Big Wig Luncheon

The 3rd Annual Big Wig Luncheon will be held on June 10 at The Belamar Hotel and will feature Leonard Armato as our guest speaker. Armato is the former chairman, chief executive and commissioner of the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP), and has recently joined Skechers as chief marketing officer and president of the company's Fitness Group. Armato was formerly a sports agent for basketball stars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaquille O'Neal and boxer Oscar De La Hoya.

Tickets are $30 for chamber members and $40 for non members. Tickets can be purchased by going to www.manhattanbeachchamber.net or by calling the chamber at (310) 545-5313. Seating is limited so register now before this event sells out.

Member Spotlight: Michelle Sexton

The Manhattan Beach Young Professionals are proud to announce Michelle Sexton of South Bay Brokers as MBYP's Honorary Member of the Month for May. The group recognizes a Member of the Month that has contributed above and beyond the call of duty for the Manhattan Beach Young Professionals.

Michelle Sexton is a Realtor with South Bay Brokers, Inc. and an active and dedicated citizen of the South Bay. Currently a board member of YPC a young professional committee apart of the South Bay Association of Realtors, the Ambassador for MBYP and in June will be a board member for the Manhattan Beach Chamber of Commerce. Also, she is the Co-Lead of Leadership Manhattan Beach Class of 2010's Signs of the Sea class project and has been nominated to be on the board of Leadership Manhattan Beach as the Program Director starting June 2010.

Michelle and her husband Shaun have two incredible children, Tyler 4 and Madison 2, a rescue cat and rescue dog (Weimaraner Chiwawa mix). They also plan on celebrating their 10 year wedding anniversary this July. Shaun and Michelle bought their first home in 2002 when Michelle was only 21; Michelle loved the experience so much that she chose to make it her profession. She learned early that buying and selling a home is a very personal and emotional process. Michelle's goal as a Realtor is to make the experience for people enjoyable and as seamless as possible. She takes pride in being very knowledgeable, understanding and consistent with all her clients. Michelle's favorite quote is "Life is not measured by the breaths you take but by the moments that take your breath away".