Expand your professional circle by joining the YPN

Members of the American Rental Association’s (ARA) Young Professional Network (YPN) have a unique opportunity to connect with others like themselves in the equipment and event rental industry. 

The benefits offered by an industry-specific peer connection network motivated Dean Miller, CERP, Miller’s Party Rental Center, Akron, Ohio, and ARA Region Five director, to join YPN in 2013.

“Starting in YPN at the beginning of one’s career can be beneficial because it can really throw some gasoline on the fire to boost the participant up in the industry,” says Miller, who currently chairs ARA’s Young Professionals Committee. “I think the main benefit of YPN is the networking. Having those connections in the industry and others to reach out to for information helps grow you as an individual, in your knowledge of your rental segment and in your problem-solving capabilities.”

It’s free to join YPN and it takes only a couple of minutes to sign up. 

YPN benefits include: 

• Invitations to exclusive YPN professional development events.
• Access to the YPN-only member discussion group on Facebook to interact with other members, get information on upcoming events, ask questions and share ideas. To join the group, go to Facebook and search “ARA Young Professionals Network.” 
• An online YPN member directory.
• A free subscription to Rental Management magazine. 
• YPN Spotlight e-newsletters, which are filled with YPN-only information and resources. 

Young professionals represent the future of the industry. You can help shape it by joining YPN today. Click here to get started.