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Save Local NowDigital marketing has dominated small business
budgets for years. It’s our job to level the digital playing field. Join the Chamber for complete access to SLN, a FREE digital marketing member benefit made exclusively for Chamber members.
For each and every member: An easy-to-use digi-tal platform built to maximize online exposure.
Included in your SLN platform:• Content creation + publishing• Email marketing• Social sharing• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)SLN empowers members to create content and
share that content where it really matters: online, on social, and through email marketing.
Schedule your free 1-on-1 training session today: www.savelocalnow.com or call Rachel Coffman at 865.273.1208 for more information.
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New MembersWe’d like to welcome new members to the Blount County Chamber of Commerce who joined since last month. If you are interested in joining or find-ing out more information, please call 865.983.2241 or go to www.BlountChamber.com
Allstate - Borden Insurance Agencyagents.allstate.com/david-borden-maryville-tn1.html
Brochure Distribution Servicewww.bdsinfo.net
CSC Interactivewww.cscinteractive.us
Mother Earth Meatswww.motherearthmeats.com
Planet Fitnesswww.pfoftn.com
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage - Maryville Branchwww.wellsfargo.com/locator/search/Maryville_TN/
White Enterprise HoldingsSteve White - 865.661.6560
EVENTS CALENDARThe event calendar on BlountChamber.com allows the community to post its events di-rectly to gain added exposure. These are great opportunities to connect and network with potential customers. Visit our website to receive notices of events and meetings you would like to attend – BlountChamber.com, click on Events Calendar.
JANUARY 6 Computer ‘Rookies’ Class: Intro to Email at Blount County Library 7 Afternoon Mixer at Camellia Trace Apartments 15 MLK Luncheon 15 MLK Movie Night “SELMA” 16 Affordable Care Act Healthcare Insurance Enrollment (one-on-one assistance) at Blount County Library 16 Hansel & Gretel Opera (Humberdinck’s) @ Blount County Public Library 17 MLK Community Worship Service 18 MLK Assemble at Martin Luther King Center 18 MLK Parade from MLK Center to Maryville College 18 MLK Program at Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville College with Dr. Barbara Hampton 27 Fall Prevention & Chronic Disease Self Management @ Blount County Library 28 Coffee Club at Regions Bank 29 96th Chamber Anniversary Celebration
If you have any events you would like listed on our community calendar, click on Add Your Event at www.BlountChamber.com
MLK CELEBRATIONJan. 15 at Clayton Center for the Arts
The annual MLK Luncheon that kicks off a full weekend
of activities leading up the MLK Day is set for Friday, Jan.
15 from noon-1 p.m. at the Clayton Center for the Arts.
Tickets are $35 each or $275 for a table of eight. Call the
Chamber at 865.983.2241 to reserve your spot.
Additional events on
MLK weekend include a
viewing of the movie “Selma,” which chronicles Martin Luther
King’s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic
march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965, on Friday,
Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Clayton Center.
On Sunday, Jan. 17 a community worship service will be held
at the First Baptist Church Alcoa at 4 p.m. with guest minister,
Rev. Dr. Cordell Simpson. He is Pastor of the Eighth Street Mis-
sionary Baptist Church in Nashville.
The MLK Parade is Monday, Jan. 18 at 12:30 be-
ginning at the MLK Center with a walk to Maryville
College. Following the parade, Dr. Barbara Hamp-
ton, Professor of Music at Hunter College of the
City University of New York, will be the keynote
speaker at the Clayton Center at 2 p.m. All events
are free and open to all.
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DAVE BENNETT, CHAIR • 201 S. WASHINGTON ST. • MARYVILLE, TN 37804 • 865.983.2241 • BLOUNTPARTNERSHIP.COM • [email protected]
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Business CounselingAre you looking to start a small business or need help in your current one? Then check out the Ten-nessee Small Business Development Center that visits the Blount County Chamber every
Thursday.To schedule a FREE small business counseling session or to make an appointment with a repre-sentative from the Tennessee SBDC call Kasey at 983-2241.
Soft Skills TrainingTake your career to the next level with these soft skill sessions. Soft skills are strengthened and de-veloped over time, and are necessary if you desire to climb the career ladder.
Register at www.blountchamber.com/community/soft-skills/ for free today for one or all of the following classes.
January 15, 2016 - Effective Communication Whether you are an aspiring leader or in a support role, developing your communication skills can impact your success. Great communicators listen well, seek mutual understanding, and welcome sharing of information fully. Join us as we share advice on ways to improve your workplace commu-nication. Bring a mobile device, tablet, or laptop.
February 19, 2016 - Information Management Personal information management (PIM) is the practice and study of the activities people perform to acquire, organize, maintain, and retrieve infor-mation for everyday use. This session will explore how to make use of processes and technology tools to organize and access daily information so we have the time needed to make creative, intelligent use of the information at hand to get things done.
March 18, 2016 - Team BuildingEmployee teams are one of the best ways to get things done in any business. This session will focus on team building through the implementation of a framework that addresses trust, conflict, commit-ment, accountability and results. Bring a mobile device, tablet, or laptop.