1st NDCYO Forum
The Network of DC Youth Organizations (NDCYO) is pleased to invite you to its 1st yearly NDCYO Forum. Get your business cards ready and join us for a night of mingling and networking with young professionals from over 16 organizations from the District of Columbia.
Date: Thursday May 14th
Time: 6:30PM
Place: Preston Auditorium of the World Bank Group Headquarters,
RSVP: sacc@sacc-dc.org (Make sure you rsvp since I need to provide the World Bank with all SACC-DC names in order to get security passes issued for everyone)
Network of DC Youth Organizations
NDCYO was created in the summer of 2008 with the purpose of convening and connecting young professionals that are involved in youth development activities across the DC region and internationally. The Network strives to serve as a forum for discussion and information exchange, and its ultimate goal is to catalyze new partnerships and raise mutual awareness between its member organizations.
Event Format
The purpose of the event is to bring together the boards and steering committees of the 16 member organizations for the first time, raise awareness of NDCYO, learn about the activities and initiatives of other members, and further cement our relationships in order to enable future partnership opportunities.
Keynote Speaker Sam Schwartz, Director of Business Networking International: an inspirational speaker will kick-off the Forum and elaborate on the importance of collaboration and partnerships
Raffle/Competition: a ‘business-card-collection’ competition will be the main feature of the evening; 3 finalists will be selected for awards including:
Refreshments: wine, cheese and refreshments will be available throughout the evening
Network Members
Ø Americans for Informed Democracy (AID) Young Professionals
Ø Ashoka’s Youth Venture
Ø Asia Society Young Professionals Program
Ø Center of Argentine Students and Alumni in the US (CEGA)
Ø DC Alliance of Youth Advocates (DCAYA)
Ø Ecuador Mi País
Ø Forum for Youth Investment (FYI)
Ø Junior Professional Associates (JPA) Community Association (World Bank)
Ø Society for International Development (SID)
Ø Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce of Washington, DC (SACC-DC) Young Professionals
Ø Young Americas Business Trust (Organization of American States)
Ø Young Connection (Inter-American Development Bank)
Ø Young Professionals for International Cooperation (YPIC) of the United Nations
Ø Association- National Capitol Area (UNA-NCA)
Ø Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP)
Ø Youth to Youth Y2Y Community (World Bank)
Keynote Bio
Sam Schwartz, is the Director of training BNI Europe (Business Networking International), National Director of BNI-Israel, BNI-Hungary, BNI-Romania, BNI-Bulgaria and the Executive Director for BNI-Northern Virginia.
He is a Certified Networking Professional trainer and has been a motivational business speaker for associations and corporations. Sam has also had several guest appearances on TV and local radio shows, contributed articles to numerous periodicals, and is a contributing author to ?Masters of Success?, a Wall Street Journal number one bestseller list, and ‘Masters of Sales’, #1 on Wall St.
Journal, #1 on Amazon.com, New York Times Bestseller, USA Today Bestseller, Business Week Bestseller!
Sam served as an officer in the Special Forces of the Israeli Army and taught at the Officer’s Training School. Sam has lived and has businesses on three continents thus far.
He is currently in the process of writing a book ‘The Business Networking Etiquette Guide’