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22 Feature
Business Trend Magazine
Enterprise/Gateway Council bumps
business growth
with
BOOST
An all-star lineup of corporate executives will bring
best practices to small businesses at the Enterprise/
Gateway Council’s third annual BOOST Summit,
beginning in January 2012.
The event, which started in 2010 as a one-day town hallstyle
forum, has evolved into an extended seminar series that
promotes business and industry growth by drawing strategic
lines of communication between small and large businesses
in the Enterprise/Gateway Council footprint.
In addition to encouraging small business growth, the
BOOST (Business Owners’ Opportunity for Success Today)
Summit also aims to better engage larger corporations in the
Council’s activities and to sustain the growth occurring in
the Highway 58, Bonny Oaks and Amnicola Highway areas.
The series will kick off in January with a panel
discussion at Volkswagen Chattanooga featuring six
prominent executives from the Enterprise/Gateway Council
area who will answer questions related to business ideologies,
product promotion and innovation, as well as tactics for
building brand awareness, increasing sales and other topics
of interest.
COUNCIL PROGRAMS
JANUARY
Downtown
Sens. Bo Watson and Andy Berke
East Ridge
Stratton Tingle, Chattanooga Chamber
Enterprise Gateway
BOOST Summit, Panel Discussion
Hixson
Kim White, River City Company
International Business Council
Featured Countries - Phillipines and Honduras
North Hamilton County
Rick Smith, Hamilton County Schools
Ooltewah / Collegedale
Dan Challener, Public Education Foundation
Red Bank
Monty Millard, Mayor of Red Bank
FEBRUARY
Downtown
Learning from the Pros
Date Topic Presenters
Feb. 23
March 22
April 26
May 24
Health &
Wellness
Best Practices
in Leadership
Brand
Awareness
Human
Resources
Ryan Picarella,
BCBST
Joe Fuqua,
Komatsu America
Corp.
Rick Hansard,
Coca Cola
Bottling Co.
Brian Brodniak,
McKee Foods
Corporation
June 28 Purchasing Jeff Loy, Erlanger
July 26 Finance Joseph Dell,
FSGBank
Following the initial meeting, a representative from a large
company will lead discussions on a topic related to small business
growth at Hospice of Chattanooga each month from February
through July. These monthly seminars, called “Learning from
the Pros,” will feature executives from companies including
Coca-Cola, McKee Foods, Komatsu, BlueCross BlueShield of
Tennessee, Erlanger and FSGBank. These experts will provide
a range of perspectives on subjects such as leadership strategies,
brand awareness, employee health programs, human resources
and finance.
“The BOOST Summit and Learning from the Pros Seminar
Series is an added value for Chamber members in that it helps
small to medium-sized businesses increase their knowledge and
success by learning best practices from larger companies,” says
Mandy Senn, community outreach manager for the Chattanooga
Area Chamber of Commerce. “I am extremely proud of the
Enterprise/Gateway Council’s creativity and initiative in creating
a seminar series that is both engaging and applicable to all
member businesses.”
For more information about the Enterprise/Gateway
Council, contact Rebekah Manley at rmanley@gocrosstown.com.