YPG Captain Program: Earn rewards for practicing your leadership skills!
Program introduction
Young Professionals Group (YPG) Captains earn points while exercising valuable leadership skills and making sincere connections. Points are mainly earned for attending YPG events and encouraging other qualified peers participate in the YPG. Being a YPG Captain is a great way to take an active approach to building your career network.
The YPG season runs from April 1 - March 31 with the majority of events happening between May and January. The 2024-25 YPG Captain Orientation Luncheon is tentatively scheduled for April 23, 2024 at the MNCPA office in Bloomington. More details to come.
The top point earning YPG Captains are awarded the following prizes after each season concludes:
| Prizes |
| 1st |
$500 check |
| 2nd |
$300 check |
| 3rd |
$200 check |
Scoring & point logs
Become a YPG Captain
Rules/Definitions
- To qualify for a prize, Captains must earn a minimum of 50 points between April 1 and March 31.
- Point values are assigned to events and accomplishments by MNCPA staff. Events and accomplishments may include, but are not limited to: socials, educational luncheons, networking events, volunteer opportunities, new MNCPA memberships, social media posts, etc. The MNCPA reserves the right to cancel or change point assignements as needed.
- The MNCPA reserves the right to disqualify points or captains from competition if necessary.
- In case of a tie, the captain who brought the highest number of attendees to YPG events will be declared the winner.
- Members of the YPG Leadership Committee are not eligible to win prizes, but they may participate as captains.
- A qualifying event attendee is defined as a potential MNCPA associate or CPA member. Qualifed attendees do not need to be MNCPA members—they simply need to meet the criteria for becoming an MNCPA member.
- Captains earn event points for each qualified attendee they are responsible for bringing to an event.
- Captains cannot collect points for event registrations. Qualified attendees must be present at an event for a points to be collected.
- Captains do not need to be present at an event to earn event based points.
How to become a captain
To become a YPG captain, fill out the YPG Captain Registration Form and return it to the MNCPA membership team at ypg@mncpa.org. Or call 952-831-2707 for more information.
Connect with us online
MNCPA members connect with professionals who share common interests, experiences, and discover powerful new business contacts. Connect with the MNCPA and use #mncpaYPG on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to share the fun.
