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 An alliance of young professional organizations working to engage, connect and empower young professionals to actively shape the future of
the Nashville region. The 20/20 Leadership Alliance is comprised of Nashville's five regional YP organizations: Nashville Area Junior Chamber of
Commerce, SOLID, Urban League Young Professionals, Nashville Emerging Leaders and Young Leaders Council. YPNashville Monthly
Monday, Dec. 3, 2007
2007:
Year in Review
By Adam Small
CEO, Strategic Business Network
Nearly recovered from
my Thanksgiving food coma, I believe we all begin to see the final chapter of 2007 unfold. This has been another exciting and, at times, stressful
year for Nashville, our community and young professionals. We elected a new mayor, celebrated retaining the Predators (keeping our fingers crossed)
and the opening of numerous new downtown condos, new bars and restaurants reinvigorating the experience of living and playing in our city's core. No
longer do we read daily about the antics of Pacman Jones, nor receive monotone voicemails from political candidates. Read more »
Click here to view an archive of the issues of
YP Monthly published in 2007.
Relive the year's events with the 2007 YP photo gallery:
Third Annual YP Day
Nashville Emerging Leader Awards
Networking Event
20/20 Happenings
Third Annual Nashville Young
Professionals Day successful
For three years, the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the 20/20 Leadership Alliance have been
providing many opportunities for area young professionals to network and grow their leadership skills. Nashville Young Professionals Day has proven
to be a valuable asset the Chamber offers to the YP demographic.
This year, more than 140 YPs attended this half-day educational opportunity
to learn leadership and success practices from area leaders such as David Freeman, CEO of 36 Venture Capital; Joe Scarlett, Scarlett Leadership
Institute; and Cordia Harrington, Nashville Bun Company. For a complete list of panelists and speakers, please visit www.ypnashville.org.
Howard Gentry, CEO
of the Chamber Benefit Foundation, opened the day with a motivational speech entitled "The Faces of Poverty: Have You Seen Them?" Gentry provided the
audience with some eye-opening statistics on poverty and homelessness in Nashville, and helped the YP demographic see where and how they can be the
solution to this issue.
The Nashville Civic Design Center conducted an educational, interactive session on Livable Communities. YPs were put
into teams and given the chance to rebuild Nashville. Each team was handed a blank map of Nashville, only indicating the Cumberland River, and
challenged to rebuild the city according to their own opinions of what would work best. The cities developed by each team will be available soon on
www.ypnashville.org.
Survey results for the 2007
Young Professionals survey were also revealed at this year's YP Day. To view a summary of these results and find out more about the young
professional demographic in Nashville, click
here.
Special thanks to our 2007 Nashville Young Professionals Day sponsors: Dell, Inc.; Scarlett Leadership Institute at
Belmont; Nashville Business Journal and NashvilleJobsLink.com.
Nashville YP Day was created in 2005 as an initiative of the
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and the 20/20 Leadership Alliance to connect young professionals to diverse opportunities for networking,
professional development and community involvement. For more information about the Chamber's YP initiatives, please visit www.ypnashville.org.
NELA applications
available in January
Applications for the second annual Nashville Emerging Leader Awards (NELAs) will be available in January. More
information will be published in the January issue of this newsletter.
 Order your Predators tickets today!
A group of Nashville's
community leaders, including the Nashville Area Chamber, have kicked off the Our Team campaign to help drive season ticket sales for the Nashville
Predators and keep the team in our city!
To get involved, visit OurTeamNashville.com!
What's New in
Nashville?
8th Avenue Home Essentials!
136 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard (formerly 8th
Avenue North). 376-6223. This home decor store is open Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday, 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Dupre
Designs
136 Rosa L. Parks Boulevard (formerly 8th Avenue North). 483-7194. This furniture and art gallery is open Monday-Saturday, 10
a.m.-6 p.m.
New Massage Option - Julie Dunlap, LMT
611 Commerce Street, #3133. 438-7477. Hours are by appointment.
Urban Patio
1200 Villa Place, Suite 108 at Edgehill Village. 730-9764. Mondays by appointment, Tuesdays 1-6 p.m.,
Wednesday-Saturday, 11-6 p.m. Designer hours: Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Outdoor store selling furnishings that will fit in smaller places.
Whole Body
4025 Hillsboro Pike. 440-5100. A world of natural body care, makeup, organic clothing and much more.
Wishes
12 Arcade. 244-1544. This new retail shop in the Arcade features handcrafted bead jewelry, gifts, collectables,
and more. Hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
At NashvilleJobsLink.com, you won't just search for local
jobs -- you'll find them!
You can search by employer, career field, or view all of the jobs posted today!
NashvilleJobsLink.com is
the only site partnered with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Are you an HR professional or a small business owner who needs to keep up with HR events and issues? You could
benefit from HR Notes! Click
here to subscribe to this monthly e-newsletter sent to hundreds of HR professionals in the Nashville area.
YPNashville
Monthly is published electronically by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. For more information, contact Searcy Yoder at 615-743-3057 or syoder@nashvillechamber.com.
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