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One of the main ways FGPM brings value to our first generation members is by acting as a resource for common questions and experiences. We invite you to explore our library of short articles - written by the FGPM Board of Directors or Milwaukee’s community leaders, links to our partner organizations, and ways to get involved with the FGPM mission.
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Leading with Compassion and Focusing on Joy: An Interview with Kelsey Rice
FGPM is thrilled to announce our most recent Community Leader Interview with Kelsey Rice, Corporate & Events Manager for Make-A-Wish Wisconsin. Philanthropic event aficionado Kelsey Rice embodies the mission of Make A Wish Wisconsin: leading with compassion, sincerity, and value-centric thinking. Her dedication to the organization has resulted in the resounding (and repeated!) success of MAW’s flagship philanthropic events, leading to granting of hundreds of wishes by the MAW team. In this Community Leader Interview, Kelsey shares with us her best advice for young professionals and encourages us to find new opportunities for connection and happiness.
Know Your Objectives and Go with Your Gut: 6 Tips to Improve Your Decision-Making
Making decisions can be a difficult skill for any corporate professional, regardless of years in corporate life. Developing this skill can be especially challenging for new managers or those without experience developing their own decision making approach. In many cases, you will also combine your own approach with your employer’s best practices or needs of the business, which can meaningfully impact your process. Between the perception (or reality) of high stakes, the consideration of all aspects of the issue, and quick timing, there are many factors that contribute to a decision’s difficulty and the pressure to make the correct choice. In this Article, we discuss six tactics to help you make your best decisions.
Living and Learning: What Can Failure Teach Us About Success?
Let’s be honest: everyone fails. Did you use incorrect data on a team presentation? Did you sell an idea that didnt work out? Were you passed over for a promotion? Guess what? Its OKAY to fail and here are four reasons why.
DE&I Expert and Professional Connector: An Interview with Diamond Herring-Rodgers
FGPM is thrilled to announce our most recent community leader Interview with Diamond Herring-Rodgers, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Engagement Manager for United Way of Greater Milwaukee Waukesha County. Diamond’s visionary leadership is focused on cultivating groundbreaking networking opportunities and spearheading key initiatives that will elevate diverse communities. In this Community Leader Interview, Diamond shares her best advice for young professionals, tips to improve your networking, and what she loves about being a first generation professional.
Confidence and Eye Contact: Six Tips to Improve Your Public Speaking
Public speaking can be terrifying, especially as a first generation professional. It can take many years of experience to become comfortable on a stage or behind a podium. However, once you perfect this valuable skill, you can leverage it in a variety of challenging situations, from delivering valuable information during a work meeting to holding attention during networking events. Here are six of our favorite tips to improve your public speaking skills and convey your message with confidence.
Building A Reputation of “Yes”: An Interview with Christina Hamati
FGPM is thrilled to announce our most recent community leader Interview with Christina Hamati, certified financial planners and Assistant General Counsel for Northwestern Mutual. Christina has over 10 years of experience practicing law in the financial services industry, including consulting, training, and writing on issues related to financial planning, insurance, planning for business owners, trusts and estates, retirement planning, charitable giving, and tax planning. She currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and serves as a Big Sister for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Milwaukee. FGPM is thrilled to share Christina’s best advice for young professionals in this week’s Community Leader Interview!
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Join the Mentorship conversation
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Join an FGPM Committee
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In an effort to make FGPM as accessible to young professionals as possible, we have decided to forego membership dues for both general membership and participation in the Mentorship Program. For this reason, we are seeking public support through donations to continue to further our mission. FGPM is a 501(3)(c) non-profit organization and all donations are tax-deductible.
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