REALTOR® Magazine's Young Professionals Network Reception won a SILVER for "Best Special Event" in the 2008 Folio FAME Awards. YPN was recognized for its networking event during the 2007 REALTORS® Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, which attracted a sold-out crowd of more than 300 young professionals to the Venetian Hotel's Taqueria Canonita restaurant for an evening of networking and mingling.

The Fame awards honor the best magazine events for the year. Other recipients within Folio's "Best Special Event" category included Skirt! Magazine (gold) and O (Oprah) Magazine (bronze).

Special thanks to YPN's event sponsors for helping to make the reception the buzz of the REALTORS® conference. Event sponsors included NAR's Community Outreach, Freddie Mac and Home Steps, Real Estate Buyer's Agent Council, Center for REALTOR® Technology, Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers, and REALTORS® Land Institute.

The YPN event served as a kick off for the YPN Web site and the YPN blog (what you're reading now). Since the Vegas event, membership to YPN has more than doubled. View a slide show of photos.

COMING SOON: YPN's next networking party for young real estate professionals will be held on May 13 in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with NAR's Midyear Meetings. To receive an invitation, be sure to submit a YPN membership profile at www.REALTOR.org/ypn (don't forget to include your e-mail address!). YPN membership is free, and you'll receive exclusive invitations to YPN's upcoming networking events.