People Who Thrive | February
Join People Who Thrive, a monthly gathering for ambitious New Yorkers to tap into community and support as they go after their goals.
At each meeting, a speaker talks for 10 minutes about a time in their life or their career when they asked for help, and receiving that help had a transformative impact. Then, everyone has one minute to address the group and share their elevator pitch, their “ask” (something they need help with), and an “offer” (a way they can be of service to others). When the floor is open for networking, it’s easy to walk right up to someone you can help or someone who can help you and strike up a conversation.
Hyper-independence is overrated; interdependence is how we make things happen.
This month's speaker is Liz Entin. Liz is the founder of Why Get Wasted, a sustainability agency which helps events, commercials, films, conferences and more reduce waste and be sustainable. Why Get Wasted has come up with creative solutions to eliminate single use, such as food donations of excess food using only a reusable box system and a trash and recycling plan that doesn’t require plastic bags.
As a single founder and an extrovert, building community is very important to her. Along with being active in the entrepreneurship and climate communities, Liz runs a cowork group where members work out of different cafes, supporting one another’s companies and careers. On the side, she has a company WTF Just Happened?! About science and spirituality.
Come ready with your elevator pitch, your "ask," and an "offer" with the group, and quickly connect with people you can help and people who want to help you. Enjoy a self-serve cocktail and mocktail bar while meeting other go-getters who know they can't do it alone.
After the event, you can join the private People Who Thrive slack channel, where everyone can re-state their elevator pitch, ask, and offer after the event, making it easy to follow-up on new relationships and opportunities.
If the event ticket cost prevents you from being able to register, email event organizer Liz Winston at lizwinston2@gmail.com; three tickets are reserved for anyone who does not have the ability to pay at this time.
People who thrive ask for things.
People who thrive support others whenever they can.
People who thrive have support networks.
People who thrive belong to communities.
About event organizer Liz Winston: Liz Winston is a Brooklyn-based personal chef by day and an organizer in the disability justice movement by night. She believes strongly that having a community is the difference between whether people thrive (or struggle in isolation), so she's launching People Who Thrive as a monthly event series to create a community for New Yorkers building lives of their own design.