Saturday, May 19, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Looking for a casual networking experience close to home? Join YNPN Twin Cities for Scattershot Café: Networking in Your Neighborhood. Gather with fellow young nonprofit professionals in coffee shops throughout Minneapolis and St. Paul to discuss what’s on your mind. Pick a location close to home, or select the topic that most interests you, and get networking! Most locations will facilitate a group of about ten, so register early.

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Minneapolis

Transplanted to the Twin Cities – South Side Café

Leader: Alison Griffin – Most recently AmeriCorps Program Coordinator with Rise, Inc., originally from Illinois.

Description: Meet other transplants and share stories and ideas about getting connected to your new home. (including how to volunteer for professional development)

Location: Modern Times Café – 3405 Chicago Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55413

Tweeting for Professional Development – Urban Bean

Leaders: Chris Oien – Web Communications Associate for the Minnesota Council on Foundations

Jamie Millard - Communications Specialist, Charities Review Council

Description: Live tweeting your favorite TV show and connecting with your friends is great, but have you wondered how else you can tap the power of Twitter to advance your career? Join us for a conversation and opportunity to not only share how you’re utilizing Twitter for networking, but also find out tips and tricks for targeting/segmenting your followers and utilizing third party apps for increased effectiveness. This will be a hands-on, lab-like discussion, so please feel encouraged to bring laptops and smartphones!

Location: Urban Bean – 3255 Bryant Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55408

Nonprofit Book Club – Alm Corner Café

Leader: Kelly Rowan – Fund Development Consultant with the Excelsior Bay Group

Description: Love nonprofits AND books? Let's get together over a cup-o-joe and talk! Whether it's a practical guide that has changed the way you work in your nonprofit role, or you have a favorite book that you know your fellow nonprofit peers would love, join us at Alm Corner Cafe. You could even bring the book itself if you're interested in swapping.

Location: Alm Corner Café – 3302 Central Ave. Northeast, Minneapolis, MN 55418

Corralling Conversations 2.0 – Longfellow Turtle Bread

Leader: Leah Lundquist – Pursuing a Masters in Public Policy at the U of M’s Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs

Description: If you didn't get enough of a crash course at our event in April, come hang out with Leah to talk and get resources about the different techniques needed to facilitate dialogue about divisive issues, conversation to problem solve, and conversations to help a group reach consensus.

Location: Longfellow Turtle Bread - 4205 East 34th St., Minneapolis, MN 55406

Foundational Financial Sanity for Young Nonprofit Professionals - The Beat Coffeehouse

Leader: Jared Rendell - Coach: STAGES Initiative at Thrivent Financial

Description: A real-life conversation about money and what its like to be a young nonprofit pro and still live with wisdom, freedom, and sanity when it comes to the financial part of life. The STAGES Initiative is on a mission to help 1 million people worry less about money. This will not be a sales talk. Bring stories, ideas, and favorite tools to share with others and hear from an expert on some key things to know and do.

Location: The Beat Coffeehouse, 1414 West 28th St., Minneapolis MN 55408

Conversations about Youth Development: Highlights, Challenges, Collaboration – Peace Coffee Shop

Leader: Nick Cross – Associate Educator at Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis

Description: Let's get together to share highlights of our year, challenges we are facing in current or future programming, and brainstorm ways that we can collaborate on projects!

Location: Peace Coffee Shop - 3262 Minnehaha Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55406

Nonprofit Law 101 – Victory 44

Leaders: Rinal Ray – Staff Attorney at Minnesota Justice Foundation

Emily Robertson - Attorney with Robertson Law Office serving the legal needs of the nonprofit/tax-exempt community

Description: Rinal and Emily love the nuance and intricacies of nonprofit law. Join them for conversation on the laws and regulations that govern nonprofits, considerations in starting an organization, and resources available to you and your organization.

Location: Victory 44 - 2201 North 44th Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55412

Networking for Jobs – East Lake Dunn Bros

Leader: Virginia Brown – Director of Volunteer Services at the Animal Humane Society

Description: Some of us are better at it than others, let’s be honest. But we should all be capitalizing on our connections in order to find our next opportunity. Let’s talk about how to set up those meetings, what to discuss and how to follow-through so you’re not just a distant latte memory in your connections’ mind.

Location: East Lake Dunn Bros - 4648 E. Lake St., Minneapolis MN 55406

St. Paul

Nonprofit Consulting: Getting Started – Nina’s Coffee Café

Leaders: Krysten Lynn Ryba – Research Associate at Wilder Research

Cary Walski - Owner of Social Good and Technology Education & Outreach Coordinator at MAP for Nonprofits

Description: Ready to strike out on your own? Do you dream of a thriving social entrepreneur venture or freelance/consulting career? Then grab a cup of joe (and a delicious cardamon cookie!) at Nina's, where we will discuss getting started, issues to consider, and other practical advice. Guests from SCORE Minneapolis and Perch Consulting will join us to share personal experience and expertise!

Location: Nina’s Coffee Café – 165 Western Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55102

Navigating Your Many Hats: Nonprofit Generalists – Coffee Grounds

Leader: Lisa Joyslin – Volunteer Resources Director for the American Red Cross, Northern Minnesota Region

Description: Many of us in the nonprofit world are tasked with a wide variety of duties that may span from posting on Twitter to building collaborations to planning events. Let's get together and talk about what we like, and don't like, about being nonprofit generalist, and offer one another support on how to deal with the challenges.

Location: Coffee Grounds – 1579 Hamline Avenue North, St. Paul, MN 55108

How to Be a Former AmeriCorps Member – University Ave. Dunn Bros

Leaders: Josh Lambrecht – Program Manager at Minnesota Education Corps

Lauren Van Schepen – Nonprofit Services Assistant at the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

Description: Description: In the first hour, we'll talk Living Lessons Learned. Civic engagement is an underlying theme in national service programs. How can you continue living the values that brought you to service in the first place?

After 10:30, we'll focus on Spinning Your Service: How do you convey what your service was, and what you've learned, in a meaningful way? How do you adjust this message based on your goals and audience?

Location: Dunn Bros – 2650 University Avenue W., St. Paul, MN 55114