hYPe

, Gwinnett’s leading Young Professionals organization, is a high impact, savvy group of diverse young professionals working together to showcase Gwinnett as a unique, fun, and cool place to work and live. hYPe provides its members with opportunities for building relationships with local and regional community and business leaders as well as cultivate an atmosphere for building personal relationships and a sense of purpose within the community.

Gwinnett offers the convenience of practical living with the excitement of urban lifestyle. Gwinnett is home to a family of communities and cities that provide a mixed-use living environment with trendy restaurants, happening nightlife and the luxury of a short commute between work and home, all within the Metro Atlanta region.

With hYPe, you’ll have opportunities for career development through heightened exposure to Gwinnett’s existing business leaders. You’ll have opportunities for community involvement as you get to know community leaders and learn about local organizations working to give back to Gwinnett. And finally, you’ll have opportunities for personal fulfillment, developing relationships with other young professionals of like interests!

A community’s greatest asset is its talented, qualified workforce of young professionals. Gwinnett is already home to one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing clusters of young professionals (college-educated workers in their 20s and 30s) and hYPe’s goal is to keep it that way.

To achieve this, hYPe will be providing several key opportunities for young professionals to take an active role in its success. Put your involvement in hYPerdrive and email us if you are interested in participating in any one of our future work crews and make your mark on Gwinnett. Your information will be collected, and as the organization continues to evolve, communication for upcoming meetings and gatherings for these groups will be sent to you:

• Rush Chairs

  — To actively identify and generate membership to grow the organization and attending events to meet-n-greet those new members and welcome them to the organization.

• Movers and Shakers

  — To identify, register and manage young professional involvement in community-related and charitable events and functions.

• College Corps

  — To develop strategies to promote hYPe and Gwinnett to local college and university students.

• Deal Makers

  — To plan, schedule and execute events for hYPe including working with local establishments to generate “young professional special deals” on certain nights or weekends.

hYPe is seeking Annual Benefactors to support its mission to cultivate a strong organized Young Professional presence in Gwinnett and the surrounding region. If you are interested in sponsoring our organization to support the events, along with communication collateral (including print materials, online development, meeting expenses, the purchase of any necessary support tools and the maintenance of these elements)

$10,000 hYPerPremier* Sponsor (1 available)

• Logo with link to website posted on facebook group page & website.
• Recognition in Press Release on coverage of event to be distributed by Chamber to over 500 media editors, managers and representatives in the Metro Atlanta area, including national & global publications.
• Logo recognition in the “benefactors” section of the hYPe printed promotional piece being produced.
• Signage at the event, recognizing your organization as the host & sponsor for the evening’s festivities.
• Invitation to events to welcome guests & deliver a brief (2-3 minute) overview of your organization.
• Visibility to a target audience of over 120 young professionals between the ages of 21-39 living and working in the Metro Atlanta area.

$7,500 – hYPerPlus* Sponsor (2 available)

• Logo with link to website posted on facebook group page & website.
• Logo recognition in the “benefactors” section of the hYPe printed promotional piece being produced.
• Signage at the event, recognizing your organization as the host & sponsor for the evening’s festivities.
• Invitation to events.
• Visibility to a target audience of over 120 young professionals between the ages of 21-39 living and working in the Metro Atlanta area.

$5,000 – hYPerPro* Sponsor (2 available)

• Logo with link to website posted on facebook group page & website.
• Invitation to events.
• Visibility to a target audience of over 120 young professionals between the ages of 21-39 living and working in the Metro Atlanta area.

$2,500 – hYPerEvent Sponsor (Multiple available; max. 6 per event)

• Logo with link to website posted on website events page until event completion.
• Invitation to the specific event sponsored.
• Visibility to a target audience of over 120 young professionals between the ages of 21-39 living and working in the Metro Atlanta area.

Don’t miss the opportunity to reach a target audience of over 120 young professionals between the ages of 21-39 living and working in the Metro Atlanta area. These bright, young people are the next generation of responsible business leaders, most having obtained post-secondary level education or higher. In addition these young people are creative, witty and smart, boldly putting their own stamp on business, motivated to make a difference, and willing to take risks. In short, they are becoming a significant economic and social force.

To inquire about sponsorship, please email hype@gwinnettchamber.org or call 770-232-3000.

hYPe names new PR chair position and unveils updated online presence

hYPe Young Professionals announced Nicole Love, Gwinnett Coalition, and Akilah Lowery, Slingshot Product Development Group, as the new public relations co-chairs for 2010-2011. The chair position is a direct response to the surge in membership growth from 2008-2009...

hYPe is a unique and rapidly-expanding group of young professionals, ages 21-39, with strong educational backgrounds, a dedicated work ethic and now, a highly organized strategy for development to live and work in Gwinnett. If you are 21-39 years of age and want to join hYPe, membership is FREE!

Simply click HERE to register and sign up for your official hYPe membership card.

You will automatically start receiving communication on upcoming events, opportunities for involvement, and connect with other young professionals in the metro Atlanta area.