Sip + Social

It’s time to sip & social(ize)

Cheers, Nashville!

Join Play Like a Girl’s Young Professionals Network for a fun and casual happy hour. Learn more about our mission, become a member, and enjoy a cocktail or two – with the city’s hottest people. 6 – 8 p.m., second Wednesdays of each month.

About this month's event

Snap a new professional headshot & mingle with Nashville's young professionals.

FREE only if you RSVP!

Summer is for new beginnings and new professional headshots!

The Play Like a Girl Young Professionals Network brings you a networking and social event with a live photographer to snap your new profile pic.

6-8pm Networking & Professional Headshots

Photography sessions are first come, first served. Registering gets you in the door. Your name will be put on a list when you arrive. We recommend you show up by 7:30pm to ensure you get your free headshot photo!

Photographer James Isaac Jones @jonesjamesisaac

Don't need a new headshot but still want to hang out with YPs? Please join us at any time to socialize. Remember to mention Play Like a Girl YPN at the bar check-in for your drink ticket.

RSVP today, bring a friend and remember to drink responsibly.

Hosted by Virgin Hotels Nashville

1 Music Square W, Nashville

 


Sip + Social

It’s time to sip & social(ize)

Cheers, Nashville!

Join Play Like a Girl’s Young Professionals Network for a fun and casual happy hour. Learn more about our mission, become a member, and enjoy a cocktail or two – with the city’s hottest people. 6 – 8 p.m., second Wednesdays of each month.

RSVP today, bring a friend and remember to drink responsibly.

Hosted by Virgin Hotels Nashville

1 Music Square W, Nashville

 


Sip + Social

It’s time to sip & social(ize)

Cheers, Nashville!

Join Play Like a Girl’s Young Professionals Network for a fun and casual happy hour. Learn more about our mission, become a member, and enjoy a cocktail or two – with the city’s hottest people. 6 – 8 p.m., second Wednesdays of each month.

RSVP today, bring a friend and remember to drink responsibly.

Hosted by Morton's The Steakhouse

618 Church St, Nashville, TN 37219

 


Mentor Meet Up

Cheers to YOU — our SQUAD of mentors, donors, members, and volunteers. 

Join us for an afternoon of networking, and laughs. We want to give back to you! 

Do not miss out on this fun! It’s FREE - and we have giveaways. Details and a shopping list for activities will be emailed to you after you RSVP. 


Mentor Meet Up

Cheers to YOU — our SQUAD of mentors, donors, members, and volunteers. 

Join us for an afternoon of networking, and laughs. We want to give back to you! 

Do not miss out on this fun! It’s FREE - and we have giveaways. Details and a shopping list for activities will be emailed to you after you RSVP. 


Women’s Leadership Summit

CALLING ALL CAREER WOMEN

Join us for an inspiring (and super fun) afternoon of chats, workshops, mentoring, and more devoted to championing women professionals - at all ages and stages of your career. We will tackle the hard-hitting conversations about the future of work from pivoting to digital to remote leadership, reimagining life in our new reality and so much more! It’s time for some big-picture strategy, so let’s plan for what’s next, together. And, check out our fun workshops and the FREE mentorship opportunity for girls too.

Proceeds benefit Play Like a Girl’s Meet + Mentoring virtual mentoring program for middle school girls.

Secure your spot HERE


Play Like a Girl On the Green

Tournament host Play Like a Girl and an elevated field of women and men of all skill levels compete at The Grove while having tons of fun raising funds to level the playing field for girls in STEM and sports. This elevated experience culminates with a one-of-a-kind Women in the Round songwriters concert.

When: June 14th, 2021

Where: Greg Norman Signature Golf Course at The Grove

Secure your spot at HERE

 


What’s All The Talk About Young Professionals?

Play Like a Girl’s Young Professionals Network began as a way to build connections with early career professionals who want to serve and make an impact but haven’t had board experience.

What started as a simple idea at a board retreat several years ago has become the work of a handful of people including our newest Young Professionals Network Co-Chairs, Channing Moreland and Aqiyla Reed. 

Since starting this project, however, we’ve unearthed a world of research that points to a very big opportunity: Young professionals are looking for meaningful ways to build their networks while engaging in social good. 

So we’ve designed a community that aims to help young professionals in Nashville accomplish just that.

Connect. Do Good. Have Fun!

We’re working with our team of emerging young leaders, STEM professionals and passionate sports enthusiasts to understand how we can build a network uniquely designed to enhance connections while advancing our mission. 

We know from first-hand experience that virtual meetups, professional development opportunities, speed networking events and engagements that connect volunteers with the girls we serve can be magical experiences where you really connect with our mission and the people around you. 

In order to deliver more of these experiences, we officially launched the new Young Professionals Network last September. Our goal is to help young women and men across Nashville connect and build their networks. 

Whether you connect with someone over a shared skill or professional interest, a hobby, volunteer activity or a favorite TV show like The Bachelor or Game of Thrones, we want you to know that our network is the perfect way to meet up, network and make a difference!

We’re confident that the connections you build at Play Like a Girl can strengthen and expand your network - and will help you with your professional goals. 

We’re also pretty sure that a lot of the feelings of isolation and disconnectedness being felt in the middle of the pandemic and in the modern workplace can be solved with a supportive network of new friends and colleagues connected by a shared commitment to do good in their community. 

We want to strengthen networks and build this kind of social capital!

If you are interested in helping us leverage social networks to deliver on our mission, please consider joining our Young Professionals Network

We’d love to have you join us!

What’s In It for You?

Our new Young Professionals Network offers various networking opportunities and socializing incentives as part of the program. 

One of the methods we are implementing to facilitate social interaction is virtual speed networking - a networking session where young professionals swap conversational partners every 15 minutes with the aim to meet as many people as possible and exchange information to help enhance their careers, address work challenges and develop new skills and connections. 

Event Series Format

Young Professionals Network speed networking events will take place over Zoom. Each event will begin with a 15-minute introductory discussion led by a guest speaker(s). Then, networking participants will be broken into groups of approximately 3-5 young professionals who will rotate through breakout rooms in 15-minute increments. 

Each breakout will be facilitated by a senior executive who will provide career advice, answer questions and connect young professionals with people in their network who might be able to help them reach specific professional goals. 

After three rotations, all event attendees will reconvene in the main meeting room for closing remarks and announcements. 

YP Network Steering Committee members will facilitate breakout rotations so that participants can focus on engaging with one another. 

We encourage the exchange of contact information, either during or following the events, to facilitate one-on-one networking afterwards. 

What should you talk about during speed networking? 

15 minutes doesn't seem like a long time so it is important that you focus on the essentials. Start by introducing yourself then go into more detail. Are you looking for collaborators? Or maybe a new job or a training/education opportunity?

How can you do that in just 15 minutes?

  • Prepare a 30-second blurb about yourself
  • Stick to the vitals and exchange contact information
  • Take notes of important points so that you can go back to them
  • Most importantly, have fun and relax! 
  • Stay aware of the time - a countdown will appear on your screen 3 minutes before it's time to rotate again

What if you don't finish your conversation within the allocated time slot?

  • Before the time is up, make sure you suggest the next step
  • Message your connections directly with a suggested time for a follow-up meeting
  • After the meeting, be sure to exchange emails to schedule future check-ins as appropriate

 

We hope to see you at our first virtual speed networking event on November 17 at 5:30 pm CDT. To register for this and future Young Professionals events, visit iplaylikeagirl.org/events.