1. Event Sponsors:
Sustaining Partners:

2. Welcome
Chad Heath
Steering committee chair
Alliance Insurance Centers, LLC

3. Event Sponsors:
Sustaining Partners:

4. Opening Remarks
Laurie Radke
President/CEO
Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

6. Program Updates
Brian Johnson
Current program manager
Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce

7. Engaging Young Professionals
What is a young professionals group?
The fundamental difference.
Economic and community impact.
This is an employer issue, really.
10 surprising facts about Current.
What you can do.

8. Fact #1
That WAS a recent photograph of me and I AM
still eligible to be a member.

9. Fact #2
Current is 10 years young.

10. What is Current?
Mission Statement
The purpose of Current is
to attract, engage, develop
and retain young talent in
Greater Green Bay.

11. What is Current?
Vision Statement
Current shall showcase the
advantages of living and
working in the Greater Green
Bay area so that it is
appealing to prospective
residents, attractive to new
arrivals, and revitalizing for
long-term residents.

12. Who are our members?

13. Fact #3
Current has 1,250 individual members.

14. Fact #4
Current has exceeded 3,000% membership
growth over the past five years.

15. Who are our members?

16. Fact #5
Current has 80 corporate members.

17. Who are our customers?
1.
Chamber Members
2.
Community
3.
Chamber of Commerce
4.
Young Professionals
Who are the beneficiaries?
1.
Young Professionals
2.
Chamber of Commerce
3.
Community
4.
Chamber Members

18. It’s a new way of thinking…
…a paradigm shift…
…and a new way of serving
our primary customers.

19. Programming
The fundamental difference.

20. Fact #6
Current hosts 36 structured events per year.

21. Group Activities
Arts & Entertainment
Business & Industry Tours
Café Current
Dining & Nightlife
Make a Difference
Read to Lead
Sports & Recreation
Sustainability

22. Fact #7
Current has experienced a 202% increase in
event attendance when compared to the same
period last year.

23. Membership Programs
Future 15 & Young Professional Awards

24. Fact #8
Current has had 214 applicants to its Future 15
awards program during the first three years.
•54 in 2010
•71 in 2011
•89 in 2012

25. County Executive Troy Streckenbach
2007 Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Green Bay Alderman Brian Lee Danzinger
2010 Young Professional of the Year &
2010 Future 15 Recipient
Representative Chad Weininger
2011 Future 15 Recipient

26. Membership Programs - Tactical
•Transition Program
•Mentoring Program
•Member Engagement Guide
•New Member Orientation Program

27. Membership Programs – Strategic
•Young Professionals Guide to Green Bay
•Workplace Engagement Survey
•Webinars & Online Library
•Current College
•Internship Programming
•Affinity Program
•Friends of Current Membership

28. Strategic Direction/Priorities
1.Streamline Operations and Engage Volunteers

29. Fact #9
Current has 110 active committee volunteers.

30. Strategic Direction/Priorities
1.Streamline Operations and Engage Volunteers
2.Improve Communications

31. Fact #10
Current maintains a presence in nearly 30
different communication outlets.

32. Strategic Direction/Priorities
1.Streamline Operations and Engage Volunteers
2.Improve Communications
3.Sustainable Fiscal Structure

33. Fact #11
Current’s annual economic retention impact is
$17,300,000.00.

34. Fact #12
I can’t count.

35. Call to Action
1.Become a corporate member.
2.Become a sustaining partner.
3.Join a committee.
4.Nominate an individual or employer for the
Future 15 & Young Professional Awards.
5.Advocate.

36. Recognition of Outgoing Chairs & Officers
Chad Heath
Steering committee chair
Alliance Insurance Centers, LLC

37. Guest Speaker
Troy Streckenbach
County Executive
Brown County Government

38. Presentation of Spirit of Current
Brian Johnson
Current program manager
Green Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Chad Heath
Steering committee chair
Alliance Insurance Centers, LLC

39. Presentation of Spirit of Current
WLUK FOX 11 / WCWF CW14

40. Presentation of Spirit of Current
Jackie Oliver

41. Presentation of Spirit of Current
Jeanne Agneessens

42. Closing Remarks
Chad Heath
Steering committee chair
Alliance Insurance Centers, LLC

43. Event Sponsors:
Sustaining Partners: