Programs:

Young Professionals

 

FOR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS:

THE SOCIETY FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN













SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES

Objective:

  1. Organize a group of young professionals who exhibit and promote the qualities of ladies and gentlemen.

Since January 2008:

  1. Gathered seven representatives, who contributed to editing, graphic design, acting, and advice for the Foundation.

For the Rest of the 2008:

  1. Develop rules and guidelines for The Society.

  2. Set bi-annual meeting times.

  3. Host Acoustic Night.

In the Next 3 Years:

  1. Have a society with

    1. oMembership guidelines.

    2. oA code of ethics.

    3. oAn extensive outreach program.

    4. oAn awards banquet for professionals in the community who exhibit qualities of ladies and gentlemen. 


  2. INTERNET

Objectives:

  1. Construct a website for young professional organizations

    1. oTo know about each other.

    2. oTo have access to each others’ events.

    3. oTo give these organizations an effective way to promote their events.

  2. Post information on ways to be a Lady or Gentleman

    1. oPost information on simple subjects like “how to set a table.”

    2. oPost information on  more complicated  issues like “ethical investing.”

  3. Since January 2008: 

  4. Began construction of a website to unify young professional organizations.

  5. For the Rest of 2008:

  6. Contact the young professional organizations in Birmingham.

  7. Unify these organizations through a website providing information

    1. oOn young professional events.

    2. oOn young professional organizations.

  8. In the Next 3 Years:

  9. Feature and promote the latest information on cultured events for young professionals.

  10. Create a virtual encyclopedia with information on how to behave like a lady and a gentleman.



TELEVISION/FILM/PUBLICATION

Objective:

  1. Provide films, television, and publications that encourage lady-like and gentlemanly behavior.

Since January 2008:

  1. Created the first Ladies and Gentlemen of History exhibit, presented at The Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Ball

  2. Began drafting the booklets For the Lady and For the Gentlemen, the first in a series of booklets about propriety and etiquette.

  3. A Dream Worth Living: The Film.

For the Rest of 2008:

  1. Publish For the Lady and For the Gentleman.

In the Next 3 Years:

  1. Extend the For the Lady and For the Gentleman series to discuss more subjects that concern lady-like and gentlemanly behavior.

  2. Produce webTV that entertains and encourages lady-like and gentlemanly behavior.


LIVE EVENTS

Objectives:

  1. Select a group of  young professionals to serve as representatives to promote the qualities of ladies and gentlemen in culture.

  2. Have a society that effectively instructs on the qualities of lady-like and gentlemanly behavior.

Since January 2008:

  1. Recruited Ladies and Gentlemen Representatives to host The Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Ball.

  2. Created the Ladies and Gentlemen of History exhibit.

For the Rest of 2008:

  1. Host Acoustic Night.

In the Next 3 Years:

  1. Have four annual events that promote the qualities of ladies and gentlemen to the general public. 

  2. Have several smaller events for The Society members.

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