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By: Doug Campbell, a communication consultant in Greenville, SC, helping with everything from public speaking to social skills.
The networking event scene in Greenville in the last five years or so has been booming. Other than the pause that happened in 2020, you could easily find multiple events to go to per week, often per day.
Many of the events that took a break last year are now back, along with some new ones.
Being the serial networker that I am, people often ask me about the best events in town. So, instead of emailing everyone individually, I decided to give you a list of my top 10 networking events in the Upstate.
I hope you find it useful. See you at a future event, which if you go to any of these events, you can count on that.
The list:
- Biz Fuel — A networking group that hosts 3 events: an after hours event, morning event, and cigar night.
- Business After Hours | Coffee and Connections — Always well attended and well run with the Greenville Chamber.
- Business & Brews — General networking usually including a 10-15 minute presentation by a local community leader.
- Business on Tap — General networking hosted by Upstate Business Journal.
- Cigars and Business Cards — A monthly event at Boda Pipes in Greenville.
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ForKids
- Let’s Go Fly A Kite | Thurs., July 22 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Legacy Park, 336 Rocky Slope Rd. | Free | Have a picnic and launch flying colors into the sky.
Biz
- How to Build a Solid Digital Marketing Foundation | Thurs., July 22 | 1 p.m. | Virtual | Free | Join national speaker Bryan Caplan as he guides you through the tips, tricks, and strategies used by million dollar marketers every day to grow their brands.
WaterCooler
Watch
- Moonlight Movies | Thurs., July 22 | 7 p.m. | Greer City Park | Free entry | Grab a blanket + watch How to Train Your Dragon 3 in the park with the family. 🎞️
TryThis
- Genealogy Drop In | Thurs., July 22 | 4-5 p.m. | Virtual | Free | Join a live virtual genealogy class via Zoom if you’re interested in learning more about tracing your family tree.
PlanAhead
- Purchase a CauseBar at Gather GVL | Sun., July 25 | 11 a.m.-6 p.m. | Gather GVL | Free | Meals on Wheels of Greenville Young Professionals will be selling their delicious CauseBars for $10 a bar to raise money for Meals on Wheels of Greenville’s emergency meal kits, which provide their clients with shelf-stable meals to use when an emergency prevents standard delivery. Ⓟ
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Weather
- 92º | Mostly sunny | 10% chance of rain
WaterCooler
- Tomorrow, Fluor Field will be hosting the Greenville Drive's first ever Aerospace night. Bring the whole family to experience education about the latest exciting Aerospace technologies + advancements. Be sure to get there early for the pregame Fly-Over + stay late for post game fireworks. 🚀
Greenvillian
- Greenville High grad Sandi Morris has returned to the Olympics. #FunFact: If you’ve never seen anyone practice pole-vaulting, be sure to check out this video from Morris.
- Maggie Rawlins — a SC native, supermodel, and registered nurse — has been featured in Sports Illustrated's 2021 Swimsuit Issue, which officially hits stands today. (New York Post)
Outdoors
- Greenville County Council has voted on a decision to provide $2 million in funding during the next two years to the Greenville County Historic and Natural Resources Trust. The money will come from the county's $55 million savings account. 💰 (Greenville News)
Volunteer
Biz
- VentureSouth — an early-stage venture firm in Greenville — has reported record results for the first half of 2021, including adding over 100 members to its network in the first six months of the year. See the numbers. 📈
Gallery
- A picture is worth a thousand words. Take a look at this gallery of glimpses of Greenville from the 1920s-1930s. 📸 (Greenville Journal)
Listen
- The local, finance-focused podcast The Community Vault: Unlocking Financial Equity with CommunityWorks shares conversations surrounding financial equity and opportunity within our community — amplifying voices that are creating solutions + speaking truth within their sphere, as well as sharing the resources offered through CommunityWorks. Ⓟ
Finance
- Greenville Federal Credit Union announced Tuesday the addition of Phil Barnhill as Chief Financial Officer to lead the credit union’s financial and accounting team and join the executive team. Barnhill is a licensed Certified Public Accountant with a career in leadership positions, including as Assistant Controller at Southern First Bank. Ⓟ
Dish
- Breakfast meal prep can be tricky. Enter: This simple recipe for handheld, savory + satisfying frittata muffins. 🥚Ⓟ
FeaturedDig
The Greenville Drive is now committed to “B United.”
The Drive has teamed up with their parent club, the Boston Red Sox, to announce their new “B United” initiative which was created to “shine a spotlight on injustice and use our voice to advocate change.”
Drive owner + President Craig Brown says, “Fluor Field has served as a place to bring people together. About recognizing that we’re all neighbors, that we all matter, that we all add to the vibrancy and humanity of this Community.”
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