Smartphone Apps Small Business Can Use to be Successful

In celebration of National Small Business Week from April 28 to May 4, 2024, UScellular applauds the entrepreneurial spirit of the more than 33 million businesses in the United States. Modern small businesses increasingly embrace new technologies to realize their dreams, simplify daily operations and ultimately fuel the growth of all businesses in our communities.…

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Blount Partnership Newsletter – April 29, 2024

Click to view the online version of the Blount Partnership weekly newsletter for April 29, 2024.

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Blount Partnership Newsletter – April 22, 2024

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University of Tennessee launches College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) creates a talent pipeline for local companies, and for years it has been sustainable. However, things started to shift once artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning hit the workplace. Now, everything is changing, and the skills of emerging young professionals need to change, too. According to the Technology Skills Gap survey…

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Blount Partnership Newsletter – April 15, 2024

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The Dialogue with Natalie Crede

This feature is a question-and-answer session with a new Blount County Chamber member. So, here we go with our 209th installment visiting with Natalie Crede, owner and consultant of Bloom Leadership Development and Consulting, LLC, which helps leaders reach their full potential so people and businesses can thrive and create a better, brighter future. Tell me…

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Blount Partnership Newsletter – April 8, 2024

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Pellissippi State commits to recruiting more students to advanced manufacturing 

Pellissippi State Community College kicked off a three-year challenge Wednesday to attract and recruit 1,000 students into advanced manufacturing and connect them with industry partners.  More than 30 representatives from local manufacturing companies, K-12 school systems, chambers of commerce and the college were on hand to learn more about the SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers)…

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Blount Partnership Newsletter – Apri 1, 2024

Click to view the online version of the Blount Partnership weekly newsletter for April 1, 2024.

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Ford Recognized by Tennessee Chamber

Tammi Ford, Vice President of Blount Partnership, was recently recognized as one of the first seven chamber of commerce executives to receive an inaugural designation from the state. The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Executives established the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Executive Designation Program to recognize the professional competence of chamber of commerce executives in the…

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