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PULSE 2024 Calendar Reveal | It’s here! Take a look at what PULSE has in store for 2024; these are monthly opportunities to network, learn and grow with PULSE. Mark your calendars and register for some of our upcoming opportunities. |
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Coffee and Conversation
Join us for a Coffee and Conversation networking event on January 18! This event will be held each odd month of the year (January, March, etc.), and we will work our way around to various coffee shops in the Fox Cities. Come for the entire time, or just stop by briefly to say hello! We only ask you register ahead of time so we can give Lawlss a heads up; register here.
January 18 | 7:30 - 9 AM | Lawlss in Appleton
Axe Throwing
PULSE is headed to Appleton Axe for a fun night of axe throwing! This FREE event will be one to kick the year off right. 12 lanes of axe throwing will be available along with a tournament to be held in the back half of the event. Not into throwing? No problem! You’re invited to come and spend some time with your peers regardless of your enthusiasm for tossing tools at targets. Pizza will be provided, and drinks can be purchased on site. We hope to see you out at our first big event of the year! Register here.
January 24 | 4:30 - 7 PM | Appleton Axe
Interested in sponsoring a lane? For only $100 you can have your logo displayed on a lane, putting your business in front of our YPs. Email Eric Broten at ebroten@foxcc.net for more information.
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Holiday Happy Hour
This event was the perfect way to end the year! Thank you Xe54 for hosting PULSE as we had fun playing trivia, trying cookies, and celebrating with friends and new acquaintances. Congratulations again to the winners of our cookie contest! Take a look at the photos of the event here.
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Semester with Dale Carnegie
Our semester with Dale Carnegie came to an end in December. Thank you to Zack and Steve Bobowski for offering these sessions FREE to our PULSE members. The takeaways were numerous and the opportunity to learn and implement new skills was invaluable. We look forward to hosting another semester next fall, so be on the lookout for information on how to get involved and take advantage of this great opportunity.
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Think Hallmark Real Estate becomes newest PULSE Champion | |
Think Hallmark Real Estate has been named a PULSE Champion of Young Professionals! Think Hallmark Real Estate offers a robust educational program designed to equip agents with the skills and knowledge necessary for success in real estate. The company’s comprehensive business building curriculum prepares agents to provide exceptional service and excel in their careers.
“We welcome and encourage aspiring young professionals to join us,” said Kevin Dieck, Founder and CEO of Think Hallmark Real Estate. “Our business building program ensures agents are well-prepared for a fulfilling career in real estate. We invest in their success by providing ongoing support and a strong educational foundation.”
Beyond its focus on ethical practices and education, Think Hallmark remains dedicated to community engagement. The company organizes various initiatives, including private appreciation events, a community recycling program, and continuous support for nonprofit organizations and charitable causes, reflecting its commitment to giving back. Read the full news release here.
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PULSE Champion January Renewals
Miller Electric, Insight Eye Care, and Lawrence University have all renewed their PULSE Championship! These companies are dedicated to providing support and a positive work environment for YPs within their company.
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Stay Connected
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Join our LinkedIn Group! No fluff, no frills, just facts and quick reference points on what’s happening with PULSE.
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Add your information to our PULSE Directory and connect with other YPs in our network. Fill out the form and start networking!
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Young Professionals Poll: |
| What is your favorite winter activity? | | |
Last Month's Young Professionals Poll Results:
What time of day works best for you to attend events?
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| At the start of the year, do you set any goals for yourself? | | |
Last Month's Just for Fun Poll Results:
When do you start listening to holiday music?
- After Thanksgiving - 62.5%
- The week of Christmas - 12.5%
- I don't listen to holiday music - 12.5%
- November 1st - 6.3%
- Year round! - 6.3%
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Meet Michael Shaw
Attorney
Amundsen Davis
Meet Michael Shaw! He’s an Appleton native who currently works for Amundsen Davis as an attorney with a focus on estate planning along with corporate law and intellectual property. He attended Marquette University to earn his BA and JD, and he loves being in the Fox Cities because there is always something to do while avoiding the large drawbacks of living in a large metropolitan area. Michael appreciates the breweries and restaurants in the area, and after living in Milwaukee for seven years, he finds the aspects of driving here much easier. His favorite travel location was his honeymoon to St. Croix, and he loves sports; he wanted to be a professional athlete, primarily baseball, when he was a kid.
What is your favorite way to spend a day off?
“In the summer, I love spending my time on the golf course. During football season, I will spend my Sundays on the couch for 10 hours (or more, when there are NFL games in Europe.) Otherwise, I spend my time binging TV shows (Brooklyn Nine-Nine at the time of this writing) and movies with my wife and our cavapoo.”
What has been your favorite PULSE event?
“The Timber Rattlers game was the perfect blend for me of entertainment and networking (and great food.)”
Connect with Michael on LinkedIn.
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Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros
Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general—also known as her tough-as-talons mother—has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.
But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away...because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them. She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.
Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda—because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.
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Mean Girls
In this new film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical, new student Cady Heron gets welcomed into the top of the social food chain by an elite group of popular girls called the Plastics, ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina's ex-boyfriend, she soon finds herself caught in their crosshairs.
Movie is being released in theatres on January 12, 2024.
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Good Social Media Podcast with Todd Austin
It’s connecting people around the world, sharing stories, news and events, informing, enlightening and enriching our relationships. Good social media is the kind that makes you smile, makes you think, breaks down a wall, it can make you happy and sad or inspire you to make a change, it can bring you closer to a loved one or introduce you to a new friend across the globe.
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PULSE Volunteer Opportunities
PULSE will be collecting items for the Community Clothes Closet in conjunction with Coffee and Conversation in March. Donate your gently used business attire to help those in need of business clothes as they interview or just start out in their new career. Monetary donations will also be accepted. Items that can be donated include business tops, bottoms, dresses, scrubs, jewelry, and steel toed boots. They are currently in need of men’s khaki and black pants along with polo shirts. Clean out your closet and get ready for spring all while donating to a good cause serving our community. For more information on what to donate, visit the Community Clothes Closet website.
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PULSE Member Exclusive Offer from the P.A.C.! | |
Don’t miss Mile of Music artist Kal Schimmers at your Fox Cities P.A.C.! Special offer for PULSE members: Buy a ticket to see Kal Schimmers & Joe the Drummer along with opener PEGASIS at the Fox Cities P.A.C. and get a FREE specialty drink* at the performance! Click this link, choose your seating type, then click “unlock” in the upper right corner and enter code PULSE. *Free specialty drink offer will be sent to you via a push notification in the Fox Cities P.A.C. mobile app. Don’t forget to download the app (you’ll use it to scan your ticket to get in) and enable push notifications; you’ll receive your free specialty drink offer at 3 p.m. on the day of the show. Click here to download the app! | | |
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