Happy & Healthy #SoberOctober

Thank you to all who joined us for our IBO-NY Sober October Lunch & Learn at Bank of Ireland NYC Hub and online @ Instagram.?We have received so much wonderful feedback on the alcohol-free movement panel chat, and could see connections being made before, during, and we image after the networking lunch. Thank you to our amazing panel -- check out their podcasts, products, magazine and book!

• Moderator Sophie Colgan, Events & PR Consultant, Emcee & Navigating New York Podcast Host?

Panelists

• Nicole Pietrandrea Hough, MBA, Founder & editor-in-chief at AFTER Alcohol Free Magazine?
• Ila Byrne, Beverage Brand Consultant, Co-founder Parch NA?
• Jim Frawley, Founder, Bellwether and authorAdapting In Motion: Finding Your Place In The New Economy ?Podcast?
• Alban de Pury, Co-Founder at AL’s. We are all AL's PAL's now!

Massive Gratitude to Our Host

Thank you NYC Hub | Bank of Ireland for hosting our lunch and learn and allowing us to transform Room 1 and kitchen into NA Tastings and Pairings rooms!

Behind the Scenes

The panel and event were curated by Tami Ellen McLaughlin and Allison Kehoe, partners at Sober St. Patrick's?Day??

• Tami Ellen McLaughlin’s?ask is to share the attached?Sober St. Patrick's?Day??Save the Date 2024 Flyer with your networks,?subscribe to?Sober St. Patrick's?Day??Newsletter,?and follow on social.

• Allison Kehoe designed all of the graphics for the event and shared it live on IBO’s Instagram. Check out Allison’s digital marketing studio Coast Road Creative.?

Round Robin Report-Out & Mark Your Calendar

Before the panel got underway Shelley Ann Quilty-Lake emceed the Irish Business Organization of New York, Inc. #WhatsYourAsk #WhatsYourOffer round robin.

Here are some highlights:

Calendar

• Wednesday, October 4- Friday, October 6 Digital Irish invites all to the “Irish Startup Week NYC,” a first-of-its-kind 3-day event set to take place in the heart of New York City.
• Monday, October 16 Irish American Writers & Artists Treasurer Shelley Ann Quilty invites all to the annual 2023 EUGENE O'NEILL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD HONORING NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER DAN BARRY
• Tuesday, October 24 The IBO 50th Anniversary Gala: A Celebration of Ireland in New York. IBO-NY Board of Advisors Member Eileen Collins invites all to celebrate IBO-NY’s Golden Jubilee at the Tuesday, October 24th?gala that will feature?music, dancing, dining, and fun to commemorate the first 50 years with fellow IBO members and the whole Irish community in New York. You can purchase tickets and sponsorship packages on the website, and / or [email protected]?with questions.

J-1 Directory

Well done to the J-1s who attended our Lunch and Learn — Makayla Chester Alanna Dennehy Rebecca Dennehy Orfhlaith McAnespy and Liam Redmond -- The J-1 Visa is a non-immigrant visa that offers cultural and educational exchange opportunities in the United States.?

Please check out their profiles and the entire J-1 Directory — a list of IBO members who are J-1 Graduate Visa holders currently?seeking employment in the New York City area.?

IBO Entrepreneur Track:?A Series of Learning Sessions from the IBO

We heard from many entrepreneurs at this lunch and learn!

IBO-NY members should check out the Entrepreneurship Track launched in September 2023 — A Series of Members have so much knowledge to share with each other, and we want to create a space where we can all contribute.

Access the Learning Library

Entrepreneurial types can complete the IBO Entrepreneuship Track Input Form to suggest session topics, and volunteer to run a session or sessions.

Happy #SoberOctober and #Slainte - To Your Health!

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