 Networking events provide great opportunities to meet interesting people, develop new connections, stay current on industry trends, share business experiences and build public speaking confidence.
If it's your first event or your weekly outing, here are 5 easy steps to help you have fun and maximize your efforts at the next networking event. 1. Pitch, Prepare, Set Goals Prepare to introduce yourself, have a person pitch ready. Who are you, your business and why are you at the event? A ten second elevator pitch will make a lasting impression. Prepare simple answers to possible questions and set a few goals for the event. Consider how long you will stay, maybe introduce yourself to 3-5 new people. Are you interested in joining the organization or want to build your network in a specific industry? Draft questions for the featured speaker, in case there is only a small window of opportunity to chat. Do you want to work on your causal conversation skills or promote a new business venture? Plan ahead. 2. Ask Questions, Be Creative The most common icebreaker question at networking mixers: What do you do? Good questions will lead to good conversations. Let people know you are an excellent person to connect with. Mix it up. How did you get started in your industry? What do you find challenging about your position? What are you working on at the moment? Why did you get involved with this networking organization? Is this the only networking event you attend? Be creative with your questions and answers, have fun. Everyone has a good story. If you meet someone outside of your target network, they might know someone in their network that could help you. 3. Start Conversations Remember, you are there to be social. Once you have set down your coat, don't look for a place to dig in for the entire evening. Engage. Maybe start near the bar. If you are drinking or having soda, conversations often take place near the bar. Avoid hovering around the sign-in table, bathroom or food table; feel free to insert yourself into conversations. Always try to meet the organizers, board members and staff, they will know most attendees and will always make introductions. Avoid the "work the room" approach. Have a few quality conversations, instead of trying to meet everyone with little interaction and discussion. 4. Be Professional, Stay Professional Professional or business causal, dress for comfort and interaction. Sure, wear the suit, being overdressed will only work to your advantage! You certainly deserve a drink at the end of a long day, just set a limit. Be professional, you can always meet friends after the mixer for more drinks. In summary, just be yourself, have fun and remember to engage! If you have questions or comments, we would love to hear from you! Please let us know if this post was helpful. Your feedback is always welcome! Join our mailing list and sign up for the next YFPA event!
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 Have you ever wondered why your favorite specialty retail shop coffee always tastes better than ? YFPA offers quick tips for brewing retail coffee flavor at home! 1. Coffee Quality and Freshness Start with good coffee. No judgment here, you like what you like. However, brewing Folgers hoping it will taste like Blue Bottle, Verve or Weaver's retail coffee is a waste of time. Specialty coffee roasters source high quality Arabica beans, roast in small batches and serve fresh coffee daily. Coffee sealed in packages or cans is not fresh and typically a blend of low quality Robusta beans. Not fresh implies the coffee could have been sealed for years stored in a warehouse. Fresh roasted coffee slowly releases gas trapped inside from the roasting process. A good way to tell if your coffee is fresh, does it have a rich brown crema, when you pour hot water over the grounds? Fresh degassing or blooming coffee smells fresh and has rich brown color. Coffee that is not fresh smells stale and looks more pale brown when blooming. Coffee packages that have a valve to allow the beans or grounds inside to slowly release gas, are most likely to contain fresh coffee. Packaged and can coffee without valves, is not degassing and therefore not fresh. 2. Correct Water Temperature The correct water temperature is essential to extract the true flavor from coffee grounds. For brewing coffee, 200-205 degrees Fahrenheit or 93-96 degrees Celsius is the ideal range. Boiling water, 212 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees Celsius is too hot and scalds the coffee grounds, giving the coffee a burnt flavor. To get water to 200 F or 93 C, without a thermometer, just remove the water kettle from the heat and let sit about 30 seconds after the boil. 3. Auto Drip Brewer vs. Pour Over Common in many homes is the auto drip brewer. With only 120 volts, the auto drip brewer does not have enough power to heat water to the correct brewing temperature of 200-205 degrees Fahrenheit or 93-96 degrees Celsius. Usually an auto drip's maximum temperature is around 180 F or 82 C. Brewing at lower temperatures will not bring out the true coffee flavor. Think of trying to make Earl Grey tea with just warm water. If you want to recreate the in-store coffee flavor with an auto drip brewer, it will be difficult. Though not as flashy, try an inexpensive, simple one-cup cone with paper filter, also known as a pour-over. You can adjust the amount of grounds with a pour-over and use correct water temperature to get the desired flavor profile. The one-cup pour-over might be the best option to reproduce the retail coffee flavor profile at home. 4. Pre-Heat Mugs and Containers Don’t forget to pre-heat coffee mugs or thermal containers! Pouring or brewing hot coffee into a cold mug or thermal container will immediately cool your coffee. The drop in temperature changes the flavor and results in warm coffee. Use hot water from the stove kettle or even hot water from the faucet to pre-heat coffee cups. Pre-heating only takes 5-10 seconds to ensure your coffee will taste better and is hot. Happy home brewing! If you have questions, we would love to hear from you! Please let us know if this post was helpful. Your feedback is always welcome! Join our mailing list and attend the next YFPA event! Join us for the Filipino American History Month Celebration October 19, 2018 at SF City Hall10/11/2018  San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed
Cordially invites you to attend THE 2018 FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH "Celebrating our History, Creating our Legacy" Friday, October 19, 2018 5:30pm - 7:30pm Seating is limited and will be begin at 5:00pm City Hall Rotunda 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco Program includes a special Proclamation presented by Mayor London N. Breed. ~~~ Featuring ~~~ Students from Bessie Carmichael Elementary School Westbay Pilipino Multiservice Center Likha Pilipino Folk Ensemble Attire: Traditional Filipino / Business Casual RSVP: https://e.sparxo.com/FilAmHistoryMonth  The Oakland Athletics held its annual Filipino Heritage Night at the Oakland Coliseum Friday, August 3. Filipino pride was recognized with dance performances, food trucks serving traditional Filipino cuisine, cultural activities and community engagement in Champions Plaza. "The Filipino community is such an important part of the Bay Area," said Troy Smith, Vice President of the Oakland Athletics. "It's important to celebrate heritage, we just want the ballpark to be a welcoming place for everybody." Long time A's fan and filmmaker Dante Basco threw out the first pitch and the celebration included a bobblehead giveaway of the A's mascot Stomper wearing a Barong Tagalog. The A's beat the Seattle Mariners 7-5 with 17, 942 in attendance. Go A's! A list of the featured food trucks: – Antonik’s BBQ – Carinderia Food Truck – Frozen Kushterd – It’s All Gravy – Jeepsilog – Magnolia Ice Cream – maSarap Truck – Yummy BBQ  On Saturday, August 11th, 2018, YFPA hosted a panel discussion with two of our past scholarship award winners as part of the Leadership Pavilion at Pistahan 2018 Parade and Festival, held at the Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Joining the YFPA panel were 2016 & 2017 scholarship award winners, Krystal and Alyanna. Krystal is now a third-year sociology major with a minor in race and resistance at San Francisco State University. She is from the East Bay and graduated from Encinal High School in Alameda, CA. Alyanna is now a second-year physiology science major at UCLA. She is from the East Bay and graduated from Hercules High School in Hercules, CA. Panelists shared their experiences on selecting colleges, majors, first year college life and their favorite college experiences to date. Below is a short excerpt from the panel discussion: YFPA Host: How did you select the college you wanted to attend? And what were the factors you were considering in making this choice? Krystal: So, for me, I currently attend San Francisco State University. My process for selecting a school is considering how good a program is. I’m a sociology major and heard the sociology program at SFSU is really good. I also took into consideration that SFSU is the first and only college with ethnic studies in the nation. Alyanna: I lived in the Bay Area my whole life. I really wanted to go to college somewhere different and a little bit further away from home, so I decided on UCLA. It’s a pretty great school and it’s close enough to home where I can drive or just a plane ride away. I also visited UCLA before I applied to colleges and I really liked the majors offered. They also have a pretty large Filipino community there, so it feels like a home away from home. Thank you to both Krystal and Alyanna for coming back to share their college experiences with us. We are so proud of our scholarship winners and are looking forward to hearing more on their progress through college and beyond. The Pistahan Parade and Festival celebrated its 25th year in San Francisco August 11 -12 in the Yerba Buena Center in the South of Market district. Pistahan SF is every second weekend of August, thousands of people get to celebrate, learn, eat and experience Filipino culture. The South of Market District has been officially commissioned as the Pilipinas Cultural District by the city of San Francisco. If you are interested in learning about the YFPA scholarship, eligibility requirements and application, please visit our website at www.YFPASF.com/scholarship. |
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