BYP chooses its 2011 leaders; Graime named team chair
POSTED: Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 12:33 PM PTBY: IBR Staff
Tags: Boise Young Professionals, Scott Graime
Boise Young Professionals (BYP) has selected new leaders for the year. Scott Graime, branch manager of Apria Healthcare, will chair the BYP Leadership Team in 2011. Michelle Ross, St. Luke’s Boise and Meridian, will serve as the group’s chair-elect. In addition to Graime and Ross, the 2011 BYP Leadership Team includes: immediate past chair, Brett [...]
Idaho needs more young leaders – work to become one
POSTED: Friday, January 21, 2011 at 11:30 AM PTBY: Ben Quintana
Tags: Ben Quintana, Boise Young Professionals, leadership
In our communities and in our businesses, leadership is required to blaze new trails and create a better future. We need more leaders of all ages, but for the purpose of this column, I am focusing on an underrepresented population in our state – young leaders under the age of 40. These pioneers of our [...]
Boise faces talent crunch 
POSTED: Thursday, January 6, 2011 at 09:15 AM PTBY: Simon Shifrin
Tags: Balihoo Inc., Boise Young Professionals, City of Boise, CLM Marketing & Advertising, Dell Inc., EMSI, Hewlett-Packard, Idaho Department of Labor, WhiteCloud Analytics
Jon Carter hated to leave Boise, but he didn’t feel like he could risk staying around. Carter, who moved to the city in 2000 to take a job with the mobile software company Extended Systems and later worked as a product manager for Hewlett Packard, had too many friends who lost their six-figure-salary jobs and [...]
BYP: Entering our 5th year stronger than ever!
POSTED: Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at 02:50 PM PTBY: IBR Contributor
Tags: Boise Young Professionals
Scott Graime With the New Year just around the corner, it’s important for the Boise Young Professionals (BYP) to reflect on our accomplishments of the past with an eye towards making an even greater impact on the Boise Valley in 2011. As the incoming Chair of this vibrant, active and important organization, I’m honored to [...]
Still curious about JUMP? Now’s your chance to learn more
POSTED: Friday, November 26, 2010 at 04:59 PM PTBY: Jennifer Gonzalez
Tags: Boise, Boise Chamber of Commerce, Boise Young Professionals, Design Review, Simplot
There’s been a lot of buzz about the Simplot Foundation’s JUMP project, but if you’re still unclear about what it’s all about, or would like to learn more about the proposed multi-million development in downtown Boise, now’s your chance. As part of Boise Young Professional’s Lounging Series Dec. 1, Jack’s Urban Meeting Place project manager, [...]
A word to the wise: Avoid being ‘leapfrogged’
POSTED: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 at 07:27 AM PTBY: IBR Contributor
Tags: Boise Young Professionals, Brett Adler, Leapfrogged
Remember the days when you had to drive to the library and manually search through Encyclopaedia Britannica’s set of A-Z books to find information? Today you type a term into your phone and instantly receive the answers you need from Google and Wikipedia. How about the days when you took photos on Kodak or Fuji [...]
The arts and volunteerism – a win-win
POSTED: Friday, September 17, 2010 at 08:16 AM PTBY: IBR Contributor
Tags: Amber Grubb, Boise Young Professionals
If I had a nickel for every time someone said they didn’t have a creative bone in their body, I would be…not a starving artist, but a fat and happy one. The truth is, every person is equipped with a brain that, when stimulated, is capable of inspiration, innovation, and production. Associating and volunteering with [...]
How ‘sticky’ is the Boise Valley?
POSTED: Friday, May 14, 2010 at 06:44 AM PTBY: Ben Quintana
Tags: Ben Quintana, Boise Young Professionals
Consider which of the following statements are true about the Boise Valley: a) many technology companies can’t seem to find enough local talent to hire; b) an aging workforce in multiple industries is projected to leave a shortage of talent in the coming years; c) arts, nonprofit, charitable, service and civic organizations are scrambling to [...]
Otter: Young professionals should stay in Idaho
POSTED: Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 07:22 AM PTBY: Robb Hicken
Tags: Boise Young Professionals, Butch Otter, Employment
Look at the future with an open mind and be ready for that next opportunity, growth option or career move. That’s advice from Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, addressing more than 150 people at the State Capitol on March 23 answering, “Why Should Young Professionals Stay in Idaho?” “Focus on what you do have, instead [...]
Taking advantage of technology, not vice versa
POSTED: Monday, March 15, 2010 at 07:21 AM PTBY: Eric Shaver
Tags: Boise Young Professionals, Eric Shaver
Last month, PBS aired the Frontline episode, “Digital Nation,” which investigated the influence of the Internet and digital media on 21st century life. The correspondents and those interviewed highlighted several good and bad illustrative examples – many of which readily resonate in our daily lives. Earlier this year, Edge posed the following question for thought [...]
