Elevating Knoxville’s Young Professionals with Sam Elliott

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Julia: Hi everybody, and welcome to

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another episode of Connect the Knox.

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I'm your host, Julia Hurley,

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connecting Knoxville to the nation.

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Today's guest is someone that I have

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had the pleasure of meeting just

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recently in Knoxville, Yet has a major

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impact on the future of Knoxville.

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And I want to make sure that I bring this

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information to each and every one of you.

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Meet Sam Elliott, the

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director of Knoxville's YP

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program, Young Professionals.

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Sam, so much for joining us today.

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Sam: Thank you for inviting me.

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It was great to have met you out

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in the world, in real life, instead

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of like online or something.

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Julia: Well, in IRL, in real

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life, that took me a very long

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time to figure out that hashtag.

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Tells you how old I am a little bit.

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Well, we appreciate your time today.

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And of course, we always start with

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the same question, as our listeners

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really want to know Where are you from?

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Tell us about yourself and then

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we'll kind of delve into a natural

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conversation to lead into YP.

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Sam: Perfect.

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So, um, like you said,

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my name is Sam Elliott.

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I'm the Vice President of Development

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for the Young Professionals of Knoxville.

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I'm originally from Central Kentucky.

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I went to college there and my degree

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was in professional flight in aviation.

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So I'm a pilot and I fly for

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a private company in town.

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But, uh, after teaching at the university

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in Central Kentucky for about a semester.

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I did an internship for a year in Kansas.

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I wanted to move closer to

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home, be closer to my family.

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Knoxville is where I found a job and

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I've been here for about eight years now.

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Yep.

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And, uh, basically only in the

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last two years have I gotten really

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involved in the wide variety of

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opportunities that Knoxville has.

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I'm a big and big brother, big sister.

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I used to volunteer weekly

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with Young Williams.

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I'm on the board for an organization

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called the CASA of East Tennessee,

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which is the Court Appointed

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Special Advocates Program.

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Helps children in foster care

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and juvenile court situations.

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But the majority of my free time in

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the last two years has been with YPK,

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the Young Professionals of Knoxville.

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Julia: That is an extensive resume

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for only being here eight years.

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Sam: Let's, let's point out that like two

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years of hard work will get you there.

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It's just been, I've, I had a lot

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of free time in the last two years

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and I said, I'm going to, I'm going

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to endeavor to, you know, To make

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as much of an impact as possible.

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Julia: I love that.

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I love that.

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And so many other young

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people should hear that.

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So say that again.

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Sam: There are plenty of opportunities,

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especially in Knoxville, to get involved,

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to impact the community for the better,

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be it about animals, be it like one on

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one mentoring, be it children, be it

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the elderly, the volunteers being in

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Knoxville and UT being the volunteer,

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us being the volunteer state just means

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that we have an abnormally large number

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of nonprofit programs in the city.

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And there's there's a

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program for everybody.

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Julia: I have also noticed that Knox

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County, Knoxville City bring the

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opportunity to hub for not for profits

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and we we run so many different companies

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out of Knox County in and of itself

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that bringing that opportunity for

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business owners and business leaders.

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and thought leaders to come together

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naturally brings an opportunity

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to volunteer and give back.

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Sam: Yeah, and um, the city's

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done a really good job of

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fostering that kind of mentality.

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The chamber, the chamber

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does the same thing.

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The greater Knoxville area, which I

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would say like Oak Ridge and, and Loudoun

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and Blount County all kind of fit in.

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They're all the same.

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There's opportunities, all

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you have to do is just ask.

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Julia: This is exactly where we

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usually end our conversation with

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most interviewees as we talk about

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where do you see the opportunities

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in Knoxville for young people.

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So, Someone who is leading young

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people in through Knoxville.

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Tell us about YPK.

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Tell us about, one, the age limit,

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because I've already aged out.

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Tell us about the age

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restrictions, but not really a

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restriction, just a suggestion.

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And then tell us about what the goals

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are for this program and really and

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truly how it intertwines with others.

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Sam: Um, the Young Professionals

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Knoxville was founded in 2007.

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We're the brown, the brainchild

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of a leadership Knoxville class.

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And they got done with the program

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and said, you know, we really need an

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environment where the next generation

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of Knoxville's leaders can engage

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with each other and talk and, and

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work through, um, the next steps.

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Um, so in my position as development

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vice president, I've had the opportunity

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to go and present to numerous business

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organizations and clubs and things.

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And I've found that I encounter, more

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often than not, I encounter someone who

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is a former member or was on the board.

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I've encountered a few presidents

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or CEOs of organizations, um, and

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they all have, have fond memories.

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So, after 2007, we hang, we

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were hanging out around 100

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members, all the way up to COVID.

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COVID, we, we, we bottomed out.

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We tried to do a lot of

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things online if we could.

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And it just didn't, I mean, it's

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a social organization at heart.

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And post COVID, everybody

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wanted to get out.

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Everybody wanted to see the city.

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Everybody wanted to get

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involved with something.

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And so we rebounded so hard.

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We had to restructure the entire

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way we managed the program.

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So we're a not for profit 501c6.

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And, um, we've reached, we're approaching

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300 members, so we, 100 down to about 40,

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and then we rebounded in the last couple

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years to quite a lot of involvement.

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YPK was founded on three basic

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principles, connect, develop, and serve.

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So, we connect our members to each

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other and to the community by social

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networking events every month.

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We have monthly socials and

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then we engage with community

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organizations to, to facilitate that.

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Um, we develop people's skills.

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So we have a professional

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development committee.

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Uh, we run at minimum quarterly,

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typically more than that, uh, kind

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of like seminars and, and development

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programs that maybe expose you to

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something that you've never done before.

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Uh, for example, you know, Like,

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we did one recently, uh, we got one

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recently that's coming up that's, uh,

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Introduction to Real Estate Investing.

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So, if you've ever thought about how, what

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are the first steps, that kind of thing, I

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think you can speak to that a little bit.

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Um, the big one for me is, um, I said I'm

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a pilot, and so my leadership experience

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has been a lot of, uh, Two people in a

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high stress work environment accomplishing

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a mission in a shorter period of time.

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Um, being vice president means that I

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have three directors who report to me,

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and they each have two committees, so

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there's six committees, and it's all a

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flow through program, and, um, it's been

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an adjustment, and it's one of those

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things that I'm glad that we've done

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the seminar so I can learn a little bit

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about how, Other organizations operate.

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We've done Connect, we've done

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Develop, and then Service.

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Every month we do a service project.

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Most recently we helped

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with fish pantries.

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We do river cleanups, we do,

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um, second harvest food bank.

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So there's something every month

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going on, uh, where we give back.

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And originally that's where I started.

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I helped with the committee for

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the community outreach program

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and got involved more with the

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leadership as it progressed.

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The last pillar, that's the

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secret pillar in my opinion, is

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the affinity groups that we run.

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They're membership led.

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So, for example.

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I love to do trivia with my friends and

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so once a month I host a YPK trivia team

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and we're actually really really good.

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So I've been really impressed by

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our win streak so far but, um, it

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gives the opportunity for people

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who have maybe a hobby that they

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they're looking for people to do.

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to engage with.

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At least once a year somebody does a

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hiking club, and everybody that wants

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to go hiking goes hiking, and now they

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all know each other, they all have each

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other's numbers, and they have their own

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kind of like subset of hiking people off

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to the side doing their own projects.

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So the goal is inspire Knoxville's

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young professionals to connect,

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develop, and serve the greater area.

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And I think we do a really good job.

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One of the things that I always

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tell people is YPK is Is whatever

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you put into it, you'll get out.

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So if you are interested in making

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friends, you'll make friends.

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If you're interested in figuring out

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how to volunteer, you'll figure it out.

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If you're interested in

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developing your professional

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skills, you'll, you'll do that.

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If you're looking for something in

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particular, you'll find it here.

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Julia: That's a big increase.

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So tell me, help everybody understand,

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Knoxville is an aging community.

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It was.

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I'm not, Knoxville was an aging community.

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Knoxville has rebranded

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itself over a decade.

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Truly a total rebrand.

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It is now a hub and a mecca for

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tech companies, for education.

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Our schools are increasing.

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Uh, the University of Tennessee is adding

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new majors to make sure that we stay on

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top of what's going on in today's times.

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We have a lot of hiring going

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on in these massive corporations

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that are relocating here.

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And that requires a different level of

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conversation and communication with a

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younger generation to understand What are

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you seeing as far as growth opportunities

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for the same young professionals

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who are employed here to stay here?

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Sam: So most young

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professional organizations

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are subsets of their chamber.

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We're the only one that we can find

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that's not owned by the chamber, but

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we have a very close relationship,

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and we love the chamber, and they

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love us, and we like We partner

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together and, uh, on multiple projects

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throughout the year, that kind of thing.

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They have kind of said to us, you

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know, your mission and the way we

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see it is to create an environment

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where people want to stay.

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Because, you know, people 25 to

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35 have historically struggled

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to stay in Knoxville recently.

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And that's the majority of our membership.

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85 percent of us are 25 to 35.

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You asked about the age limit.

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Uh, it's just 21 and over.

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That's the only gateway.

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And the word professional

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also, professional just means

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you get paid for what you do.

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So you don't have to feel like you have

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to be in finance or marketing or something

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like that to, to do those programs.

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We have plenty of those members, but

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we have, People from all walks of life.

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I'm a pilot.

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I don't need a network.

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I don't need to do those kind of things.

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I'm here for the social aspects.

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What we've seen, and because I'm the

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development person, I do all these

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surveys and I see all the results, is

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that people moving to Knoxville find

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us by basically just googling us.

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They're like, hey, I'm new to the area.

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I need to figure it out.

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Over 70 percent of us are, have been

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in Knoxville for less than five years.

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So the majority of our members are

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people who moved to Knoxville, Need

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to find that sense of community and

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they reach out and they find us.

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What is interesting to me is how

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reflective the data is of if you

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feel connected to the community and

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you are involved in some kind of

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volunteer opportunity, the likelihood

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that you're going to stay in that

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community dramatically increases.

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And that's what we've worked

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with the chamber to work on.

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It's like if I feel like I have friends

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and I have a way to volunteer and I feel

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like this is my city, I'm going to stay.

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I'm more likely to look locally

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for job opportunities if I need to

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change my job than look elsewhere.

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I think we really excel at,

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at that, is helping people

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find their, find their home.

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Julia: I love that.

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You excel at helping people find

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their community, their tribe.

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Sam: I think so.

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I think so.

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I mean, I've, I've been in YPK

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for, really involved for two years

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and I've made lifelong friends.

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I can tell you right now.

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Like, these people will be

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with me for the rest of my

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life.

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Julia: We all know that real estate

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is location, location, location.

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Our team at Just Homes Group has the

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true expertise, pairing buyers and

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sellers with the right opportunities.

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Whether you're looking to buy or

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sell a home right here in Knoxville,

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Lenore City, Clinton, or Farragut,

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we have the expertise throughout

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every Knoxville surrounding area.

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Ha, ha, ha.

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Call Just Homes Group today.

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Tell everybody a little bit

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about the opportunities there.

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We have so many relocations.

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A lot, 90 percent of our podcast

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listeners are not from Knoxville.

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We interview people with Knoxville, but

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90 percent of the people that subscribe

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to this podcast live somewhere else.

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So they're either Googling things about

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Knoxville and our podcast shows up,

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or they're clicking on something where

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we're talking about literally connecting

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Knoxville to the nation, not the other

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way around, but we want to make sure

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that the people that we interview.

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are Knoxville centric.

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And this information is really valuable.

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What does it cost to be a member?

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Are there tiered memberships?

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Talk a little bit about what

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that buy in is, as well as

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kind of the time commitment.

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Sam: Our memberships start

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at 200 for the first year and

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100 for every year after that.

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What we've discovered, and part of my

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job, is employers see the benefit and are

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more likely, are very likely actually to

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sponsor a membership for, for someone.

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And so part of my job is going to

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organizations and saying, like, listen,

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like, I have the stats that show that

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if people feel connected to their

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community, they're going to stay.

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Would you be interested in purchasing

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memberships to give to your new

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employees for the first year to keep

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them involved and that kind of thing?

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And it's sold really well.

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So 200 is the base membership, but a lot

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of employers are willing to pay for it.

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Especially if you're in

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an organization that maybe

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appreciates the networking value.

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Not that that's the primary goal,

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but there are a lot of people out

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there that are, you know, interested

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in expanding their network.

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Julia: So you said the 200 was the

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initial, like the base membership.

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Talk about all of the opportunity.

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What, what if somebody's looking in here

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and they're like, Hey, they're kind of,

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they may be in the same situation you are

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of, I do something for a private company.

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I'm not necessarily an employee, so I'm

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not necessarily looking for networking.

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What is the level of

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membership that one can attain?

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And if they do have, I'm not

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going to say the word unlimited.

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None of us have unlimited time to

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give, but in the, in the grand scheme

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of things with a 24 hour workday among

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myself compared to others, I have quite

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a few extra hours really and truly.

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So kind of what are the variables there?

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Sam: The 200 is the base first year and

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the 100 after that, there aren't really

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levels or tiers, but your time is, is,

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is an interesting question because like I

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said before, it's whatever you're willing.

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To put into it is what

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you'll get out of it.

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So, um, I have a lot of free time.

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I have the ability, like now,

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I'm technically at work, but I'm

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waiting for my passengers to return.

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And, um, you can be as

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involved as you want to be.

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Now, we have people that

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come for the monthly socials.

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Um, in a week, I'm doing

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a big cookout at the lake.

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Like, I know I've got a bunch

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of people signed up that they're

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here for the social aspect.

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They want to make friends.

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And if you wanted to be involved in

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party setup and professional development

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courses, you become part of a committee.

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And so we have roughly 10 committees,

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um, stretching from social to

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recruitment to professional

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development to community outreach.

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And the idea is to give people the

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opportunity to input themselves

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into different, and different is

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probably the best word for it.

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scenarios that maybe

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you don't see every day.

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The kicker for me was always that,

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you know, if I wanted to go to the

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meeting, I could go to the meeting.

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If I didn't want to go to the meeting,

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I didn't really have to because

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I wasn't in charge of anything.

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If you want to step up and be

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a leader, then yeah, we will

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take your time and we'll give

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you a lot of rewarding projects.

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I'm motivated by a job well done.

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And so that really pushes me

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to make the best event, it's

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like, the best event possible.

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I got it, I got started last year by,

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um, every year we do a giving event.

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So, uh, last year it was a brunch, it

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was at Strongstock Farms, which is a

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beautiful venue if you've ever heard of

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it, and we did a, it felt very, I don't

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want to say Bridgerton, because we are

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all just kind of like, A bunch of tired

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people, but we played Bridgerton music,

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there was croquet, there was badminton,

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and there was a, a beautiful back, uh,

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like farm, farm to table kind of style.

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Um, and we, we raised money for a

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program called Nourish Knoxville.

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Um, this year we haven't announced

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who ours is going to be, but

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we do big projects like that.

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There's also, um, if you've ever

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wanted to help plan an event.

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Um, that services hundreds of people

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and has like a professional venue.

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We do one of those every year as well.

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Um, so if that's what you're

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looking for, if you're looking for

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something different, we provide that.

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We're about to start our latest

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leadership cohort for the

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leadership certificate program.

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We do our own mini version

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of like leadership knocks.

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And it's once a week for eight weeks.

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And you get to talk to all these

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community leaders who are kind of

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pillars of the community when you

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think of Knoxville's leadership.

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Um, so the first, first one's tomorrow.

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It's a panel of CEOs from around

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the city who are coming to speak

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to our small cohort about how they

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have developed their own leadership

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skills and developed their own styles.

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Um, so.

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The time commitment is

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whatever you want it to be.

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If you want to show up once

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a month, we'll take you.

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If you want to show up to every

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single committee meeting, I

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mean, you won't do anything else.

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I think we have, we have,

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what, 10 committees?

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So there are 10 meetings,

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10 evening meetings a month.

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If you wanted to do everything, um, what

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I recommend is find the one that fits you.

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Julia: Are you all just Knoxville?

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Sam: We span into Farragut and we

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started doing it, we started kind of

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walking into Oak Ridge area because

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the Anderson County, uh, Young

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Professionals Organization has dissolved.

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Um, we work with kind of already

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pre established organizations.

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Part of my job is, is to make

547
00:16:51,405 --> 00:16:52,605
those connections with like,

548
00:16:52,615 --> 00:16:54,064
organizations like ETEC or the

549
00:16:54,064 --> 00:16:56,035
young, the West Young Professionals.

550
00:16:56,505 --> 00:16:58,335
Um, so that we can, you know, we

551
00:16:58,335 --> 00:17:00,144
all have similar goals, right?

552
00:17:00,204 --> 00:17:01,765
We're all trying to make Knoxville better.

553
00:17:01,935 --> 00:17:04,104
We're all trying to make Knoxville home.

554
00:17:04,430 --> 00:17:06,839
And, um, there's a lot of good

555
00:17:06,849 --> 00:17:09,300
organizations out there that we can

556
00:17:09,310 --> 00:17:11,069
benefit from and they can benefit from us.

557
00:17:11,170 --> 00:17:12,069
Julia: I know that the University of

558
00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,800
Tennessee has a new outreach program, and

559
00:17:15,159 --> 00:17:17,309
it's based on rural community development.

560
00:17:17,399 --> 00:17:20,479
Meaning, the, very specific

561
00:17:20,479 --> 00:17:23,150
to, um, veterinarians.

562
00:17:23,279 --> 00:17:25,430
So, they will pay for you

563
00:17:25,460 --> 00:17:27,240
to go to school to become a

564
00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:28,800
physician, a veterinary physician.

565
00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:30,360
They'll pay for the entire thing if you'll

566
00:17:30,390 --> 00:17:32,470
spend five years in a rural community.

567
00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:34,040
giving back to that community.

568
00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:36,010
And that is one of those situations

569
00:17:36,010 --> 00:17:39,020
where they're trying to grow the rural

570
00:17:39,020 --> 00:17:41,679
area, smaller town leadership per se.

571
00:17:41,889 --> 00:17:43,560
So I feel like that is a situation that

572
00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,770
may be a good fit there for you to not,

573
00:17:45,770 --> 00:17:47,149
not necessarily if you need a hundred

574
00:17:47,149 --> 00:17:48,929
veteran areas in your organization today.

575
00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:51,270
However, that being said, that may be an

576
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idea to take off and branch to connecting

577
00:17:53,629 --> 00:17:55,010
with that organization and saying, Hey,

578
00:17:55,010 --> 00:17:56,850
listen, we have professionals from all

579
00:17:56,850 --> 00:17:59,170
industries Is there a possibility that

580
00:17:59,170 --> 00:18:02,800
that grant may extend to other things if

581
00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,770
we can get this leadership off the ground

582
00:18:05,780 --> 00:18:08,050
in Oak Ridge, in Lenore City, in Farragut?

583
00:18:08,289 --> 00:18:09,590
Not to say that those are

584
00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,570
outlying smaller spaces, but they

585
00:18:12,570 --> 00:18:14,709
are lacking of younger people.

586
00:18:15,270 --> 00:18:18,425
And Reaching that situation is something

587
00:18:18,425 --> 00:18:19,785
that Knoxville, being the hub, kind

588
00:18:19,785 --> 00:18:21,245
of like Atlanta's the hub, Nashville's

589
00:18:21,245 --> 00:18:23,755
their hub, and going outside the spokes

590
00:18:24,004 --> 00:18:26,725
and creating those spaces for those

591
00:18:26,765 --> 00:18:29,605
professionals to also feel as involved

592
00:18:29,624 --> 00:18:32,314
as the kids and the young people in it.

593
00:18:32,575 --> 00:18:33,545
Downtown Knoxville.

594
00:18:33,545 --> 00:18:35,025
I mean, you definitely feel that

595
00:18:35,035 --> 00:18:38,215
disconnect when you're not in downtown.

596
00:18:38,615 --> 00:18:40,665
So, tell me about those outreach

597
00:18:40,675 --> 00:18:42,445
communities and what, what that looks like

598
00:18:42,445 --> 00:18:44,095
and how people can get involved in those.

599
00:18:44,215 --> 00:18:46,384
Sam: We've been trying to listen more

600
00:18:46,384 --> 00:18:48,685
and more to our membership and expand

601
00:18:49,085 --> 00:18:50,849
the locales that we do our events in.

602
00:18:51,130 --> 00:18:52,870
Um, a lot of people live on the

603
00:18:52,870 --> 00:18:54,010
west side and maybe can't make

604
00:18:54,010 --> 00:18:55,020
it downtown for certain events.

605
00:18:55,020 --> 00:18:56,910
So we've started straying further and

606
00:18:56,920 --> 00:18:58,780
further from just central, which I think

607
00:18:58,780 --> 00:19:00,340
is a big benefit because not a lot of

608
00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,460
people live, in the grand scheme of

609
00:19:01,460 --> 00:19:02,960
things, not a lot of people live downtown.

610
00:19:03,199 --> 00:19:04,470
Like, we all drive to downtown.

611
00:19:04,470 --> 00:19:06,849
So, doing things, we have a Coffee and

612
00:19:06,860 --> 00:19:10,389
Connections next week, um, out in, um,

613
00:19:10,610 --> 00:19:12,550
On Ebenezer, which is on the west side.

614
00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,410
So we're excited to expand that direction.

615
00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,640
It's funny that you mention, like, the

616
00:19:17,640 --> 00:19:19,350
veterinarian thing, programs like that.

617
00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:21,630
One of our sponsors this year is the

618
00:19:21,630 --> 00:19:25,099
UT Medical Center, and there's been

619
00:19:25,229 --> 00:19:26,579
discussions, not necessarily with

620
00:19:26,579 --> 00:19:28,840
them, but other organizations who

621
00:19:29,080 --> 00:19:31,370
Who want to maybe create, uh, young

622
00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:33,870
professionals for a specific career path.

623
00:19:33,999 --> 00:19:36,769
So an organization for just new doc,

624
00:19:36,929 --> 00:19:39,649
new doctors, just financial people.

625
00:19:39,889 --> 00:19:41,919
And we're kind of the, we're the

626
00:19:41,919 --> 00:19:43,389
biggest organization in town.

627
00:19:43,629 --> 00:19:45,759
And so people come to us and ask for

628
00:19:45,759 --> 00:19:47,899
our, not necessarily guidance, but,

629
00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,005
you know, What lessons have we learned

630
00:19:50,065 --> 00:19:52,345
over the, however many dozen, like a

631
00:19:52,345 --> 00:19:54,315
dozen plus years that we've been here

632
00:19:54,625 --> 00:19:57,064
and how we can help them better their

633
00:19:57,065 --> 00:19:58,745
organization by partnering that way?

634
00:19:58,885 --> 00:20:00,245
Part of my initiative is, is

635
00:20:00,295 --> 00:20:02,065
this year has been twofold.

636
00:20:02,065 --> 00:20:04,935
It's been to be more well known and going

637
00:20:04,935 --> 00:20:07,434
to those organizations and speaking to

638
00:20:07,435 --> 00:20:09,464
the community so that when I go to a room,

639
00:20:09,905 --> 00:20:10,995
I say I'm from the young professionals

640
00:20:10,995 --> 00:20:12,595
of Knoxville and more and more people

641
00:20:12,595 --> 00:20:13,754
are saying, yes, I've heard of you.

642
00:20:13,765 --> 00:20:14,395
Yes, I've heard of you.

643
00:20:14,545 --> 00:20:16,105
The second goal for myself this year

644
00:20:16,125 --> 00:20:18,055
has been development, delivering

645
00:20:18,075 --> 00:20:20,905
on, on, and establishing protocols

646
00:20:20,905 --> 00:20:22,774
going forward because we've just

647
00:20:22,774 --> 00:20:24,365
adopted our new leadership structure.

648
00:20:24,474 --> 00:20:26,645
And before we can branch out and like,

649
00:20:26,844 --> 00:20:28,044
help these other organizations, we

650
00:20:28,045 --> 00:20:29,304
need to make sure that we're running.

651
00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:31,615
At full speed and and creating

652
00:20:31,615 --> 00:20:33,115
quality events for everybody.

653
00:20:33,235 --> 00:20:34,905
I think there's a lot of opportunities

654
00:20:34,925 --> 00:20:37,175
for an organization like ours to expand.

655
00:20:37,365 --> 00:20:38,974
And I'm excited to look to see what

656
00:20:38,975 --> 00:20:40,544
it looks like going forward because

657
00:20:40,544 --> 00:20:42,064
of organization like programs like

658
00:20:42,064 --> 00:20:43,225
you were talking about going out

659
00:20:43,225 --> 00:20:45,215
in the community going out rurally

660
00:20:45,245 --> 00:20:48,054
and kind of engaging or having.

661
00:20:48,385 --> 00:20:50,015
Like, sister organizations out

662
00:20:50,015 --> 00:20:52,165
there that we can partner with,

663
00:20:52,435 --> 00:20:54,285
um, is a, is a lovely goal.

664
00:20:54,415 --> 00:20:55,255
I love that idea.

665
00:20:55,465 --> 00:20:56,865
Julia: I think we can all agree,

666
00:20:57,015 --> 00:20:58,294
and every conversation with every

667
00:20:58,294 --> 00:21:00,005
person we've had on the podcast has

668
00:21:00,055 --> 00:21:01,785
absolutely had that same thought.

669
00:21:02,065 --> 00:21:03,954
We can all agree that if younger people

670
00:21:03,954 --> 00:21:06,135
aren't interested, In these communities,

671
00:21:06,145 --> 00:21:08,054
the work that's been paved for them,

672
00:21:08,054 --> 00:21:09,774
the road that's been paved will, will

673
00:21:09,784 --> 00:21:12,034
not, will not be a road that's traveled,

674
00:21:12,034 --> 00:21:13,654
and we need to make sure that Knoxville

675
00:21:13,655 --> 00:21:15,424
is the hub, we know that it is, but

676
00:21:15,465 --> 00:21:17,754
it's got to solidify itself first, and

677
00:21:17,754 --> 00:21:19,614
then reaching out to the other spaces,

678
00:21:19,615 --> 00:21:21,575
and then pulling younger people in.

679
00:21:21,905 --> 00:21:24,245
Um, as a connectivity conversation

680
00:21:24,245 --> 00:21:25,745
is definitely a goal worth having.

681
00:21:25,955 --> 00:21:27,705
I love that they've come to you with

682
00:21:27,705 --> 00:21:29,685
an idea of doing physicians only,

683
00:21:29,685 --> 00:21:31,655
or finance only, or realtor only.

684
00:21:31,895 --> 00:21:33,845
I think that is, um, I think that

685
00:21:33,845 --> 00:21:35,524
is a valuable conversation to

686
00:21:35,524 --> 00:21:37,944
do, especially for physicians.

687
00:21:37,944 --> 00:21:40,625
I work with a company, um, as my real

688
00:21:40,625 --> 00:21:42,185
estate firm, not just the podcast company,

689
00:21:42,185 --> 00:21:43,655
but I work with a company in New York.

690
00:21:43,985 --> 00:21:46,675
whose specific job is to place

691
00:21:46,705 --> 00:21:48,774
positions in rural communities.

692
00:21:49,215 --> 00:21:51,155
And I think that when people say the word

693
00:21:51,155 --> 00:21:53,824
rural, that I live in Lenoir City, you

694
00:21:53,824 --> 00:21:55,334
know, my family's from Loudoun County.

695
00:21:55,445 --> 00:21:56,804
Loudoun County is considered a

696
00:21:56,804 --> 00:21:59,604
rural community, yet it's within

697
00:21:59,604 --> 00:22:01,905
seven miles of the Knox County line.

698
00:22:02,084 --> 00:22:03,634
And people don't understand

699
00:22:03,684 --> 00:22:05,354
what rural means sometimes.

700
00:22:06,040 --> 00:22:08,139
But this company specifically does young

701
00:22:08,139 --> 00:22:10,409
physicians, especially pediatricians,

702
00:22:10,409 --> 00:22:12,879
which are very lacking in places like

703
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:14,610
right on the border of Tennessee and

704
00:22:14,610 --> 00:22:17,689
Kentucky, where there are less than 15,

705
00:22:17,690 --> 00:22:20,090
000 residents in an entire county area.

706
00:22:20,249 --> 00:22:22,749
And it's very difficult in conversation

707
00:22:22,749 --> 00:22:23,979
to convince someone of that young

708
00:22:23,989 --> 00:22:25,600
of an age to move to an area.

709
00:22:25,955 --> 00:22:28,135
that small with no city

710
00:22:28,135 --> 00:22:29,905
community right out of college.

711
00:22:29,915 --> 00:22:32,254
So those kinds of, that's a really

712
00:22:32,274 --> 00:22:34,605
interesting process for you to take on.

713
00:22:34,835 --> 00:22:36,355
I think that if anybody could do it, you

714
00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:37,894
probably could be the person to do it.

715
00:22:38,004 --> 00:22:39,544
So I definitely have faith in that.

716
00:22:39,545 --> 00:22:40,534
I'm behind that 100%.

717
00:22:40,534 --> 00:22:41,434
I think that's great.

718
00:22:41,790 --> 00:22:43,510
Um, I think it's a great idea.

719
00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:46,000
And you've given me so much information

720
00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:47,500
that we have literally taken our

721
00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:48,990
almost 30 minutes of time, which

722
00:22:48,990 --> 00:22:50,929
I appreciate all of with you, and

723
00:22:50,929 --> 00:22:52,420
I want to do a quick fire round.

724
00:22:52,420 --> 00:22:54,440
I always do this, so it's a surprise at

725
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,399
the end, and you are obligated to answer.

726
00:22:57,490 --> 00:22:58,900
However, if you don't want to offend

727
00:22:58,900 --> 00:23:00,439
anybody, you can give a top three.

728
00:23:00,619 --> 00:23:02,849
So, favorite Knoxville restaurant?

729
00:23:02,950 --> 00:23:03,460
Sam: Babaloo.

730
00:23:03,660 --> 00:23:05,250
Julia: Ooh, why?

731
00:23:05,455 --> 00:23:06,335
What makes that your favorite?

732
00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:08,585
Sam: They do this steak with like, pesto

733
00:23:08,585 --> 00:23:11,925
on top of it that anytime I'm like, I

734
00:23:11,925 --> 00:23:13,415
need protein, I'm like, ah man, I wish

735
00:23:13,415 --> 00:23:14,795
I was at Bob Lou to have that steak.

736
00:23:14,975 --> 00:23:16,095
And it's just, it's very

737
00:23:16,095 --> 00:23:17,085
conveniently like, placed.

738
00:23:17,225 --> 00:23:18,195
Julia: Fair enough, fair enough.

739
00:23:18,234 --> 00:23:19,365
Favorite gas station?

740
00:23:19,515 --> 00:23:20,455
Sam: Gas station?

741
00:23:20,585 --> 00:23:21,535
Uh, Casey's?

742
00:23:21,614 --> 00:23:23,745
Julia: I will drive out of my way,

743
00:23:23,885 --> 00:23:26,205
depending on what area of town I am in,

744
00:23:26,225 --> 00:23:27,525
to either go to Weidel's or Casey's.

745
00:23:27,900 --> 00:23:30,650
There could be a gas station on the corner

746
00:23:30,700 --> 00:23:32,580
and I'll be like, I don't know that brand.

747
00:23:32,590 --> 00:23:33,760
I'm going to go four more miles

748
00:23:33,790 --> 00:23:34,890
down the road and hope my red

749
00:23:34,890 --> 00:23:36,050
light doesn't run me out of gas.

750
00:23:38,500 --> 00:23:39,820
Sam: It's just on the way to my gym.

751
00:23:39,929 --> 00:23:41,250
It's so conveniently placed

752
00:23:41,250 --> 00:23:42,010
on the way to my gym.

753
00:23:42,259 --> 00:23:42,799
Julia: Where's your gym?

754
00:23:42,799 --> 00:23:43,500
Favorite gym?

755
00:23:43,790 --> 00:23:45,580
Sam: Uh, Frankie's Body Shop on Broadway.

756
00:23:45,770 --> 00:23:47,480
It used to be a, um, a car

757
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:48,940
repair shop that's now a gym.

758
00:23:49,340 --> 00:23:51,400
So it's very gym, it's very car themed.

759
00:23:51,610 --> 00:23:53,430
It's one of like the two main locations

760
00:23:53,430 --> 00:23:54,670
that if you're doing professional

761
00:23:54,670 --> 00:23:56,260
bodybuilding that you're gonna go.

762
00:23:56,410 --> 00:23:57,689
Um, so there's a lot of trainers.

763
00:23:57,820 --> 00:23:59,740
So there's, there's very few people like

764
00:23:59,740 --> 00:24:01,830
me who's not a professional bodybuilder.

765
00:24:01,830 --> 00:24:03,210
Uh, so they have professional bodybuilders

766
00:24:03,259 --> 00:24:04,399
and the other end of the spectrum is

767
00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,430
people doing PT, uh, like older people.

768
00:24:06,659 --> 00:24:07,840
And so there's just a, there's

769
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,790
a big, there's a big discrepancy

770
00:24:09,790 --> 00:24:11,130
between what people are doing.

771
00:24:11,460 --> 00:24:13,220
Um, but I, I like the gym.

772
00:24:13,290 --> 00:24:16,220
I like the smallness of it, I guess.

773
00:24:16,350 --> 00:24:16,879
Julia: I like it.

774
00:24:17,260 --> 00:24:18,300
Favorite bar.

775
00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:18,889
Sam: Pour.

776
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:19,899
Julia: I like Pour as well.

777
00:24:20,030 --> 00:24:20,990
Sam: Or Maple Room.

778
00:24:21,220 --> 00:24:23,570
Julia: And then favorite pub or brewery.

779
00:24:23,679 --> 00:24:25,170
Sam: Yeehaw seems like a cop out

780
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,879
because everybody loves Yeehaw.

781
00:24:26,879 --> 00:24:28,550
Gypsy Barrel House.

782
00:24:28,620 --> 00:24:29,139
Julia: Gypsy Barrel House.

783
00:24:29,139 --> 00:24:30,309
What's your favorite beer on tap?

784
00:24:30,865 --> 00:24:32,475
Sam: I don't love beer, but

785
00:24:32,475 --> 00:24:34,645
I like the Rain Dancer Cider.

786
00:24:34,805 --> 00:24:35,255
Julia: Okay.

787
00:24:35,395 --> 00:24:36,465
Sam: When I allow myself.

788
00:24:36,595 --> 00:24:36,975
Yeah.

789
00:24:37,015 --> 00:24:39,485
Gypsy's also opened a new location in

790
00:24:39,615 --> 00:24:41,045
Oak Ridge that we're probably going

791
00:24:41,045 --> 00:24:42,335
to do an event at later in the year.

792
00:24:42,335 --> 00:24:43,614
And it's a mini golf.

793
00:24:43,755 --> 00:24:45,515
So it's a bar and a mini golf course.

794
00:24:45,645 --> 00:24:46,585
Julia: Winning the day.

795
00:24:46,695 --> 00:24:46,925
Sam: Yeah.

796
00:24:46,925 --> 00:24:47,633
That's a dream.

797
00:24:47,633 --> 00:24:48,342
That's a dream.

798
00:24:48,342 --> 00:24:49,215
Julia: That's a dream.

799
00:24:49,215 --> 00:24:49,715
I love that.

800
00:24:49,715 --> 00:24:50,095
I love that.

801
00:24:50,095 --> 00:24:51,505
I see you just taught me something new.

802
00:24:51,545 --> 00:24:52,125
So that's, that's

803
00:24:52,125 --> 00:24:53,195
something for us to go try.

804
00:24:53,245 --> 00:24:53,685
I love that.

805
00:24:53,685 --> 00:24:55,709
Cause we're in town.

806
00:24:55,940 --> 00:24:57,830
Highway 91, which is also Oak

807
00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:59,600
Ridge Highway, which is also a 321.

808
00:24:59,770 --> 00:25:00,560
If there's anybody out there

809
00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:01,560
that just got confused, call

810
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:02,620
me, I'll walk you through it.

811
00:25:02,660 --> 00:25:03,620
It's on a map, I'll show

812
00:25:03,620 --> 00:25:04,540
it all to you, don't worry.

813
00:25:04,540 --> 00:25:05,819
Lots of names for roads that

814
00:25:05,820 --> 00:25:06,990
don't exist anymore, and that's

815
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what they're going to tell you.

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So, it's

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Sam: Everybody's got a

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different name for the road.

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Julia: Everybody has a

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different name for a road.

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Thank you so much for your time today.

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Really quickly for everybody

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to wrap it up, where can people

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contact you if they want more

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information and want to get involved?

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Sam: Sure.

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So our website's www.ypknox.com or you can

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reach out to me at advancement@ypknox.com.

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Julia: I love it.

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Thank you so much.

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Sam: I'll definitely direct you to the

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right people if you, if it's not me.

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Julia: I love you.

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You're like, you're a pilot.

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You're also, you're like, you know

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enough about the guys that do this.

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You're like, I can do this.

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I can direct this.

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I can do it.

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I love you.

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You can do it.

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I have every faith you can do it.

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Thank you for your time today.

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I am very excited to

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see how much you grow.

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And if you make it into the Loudon

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County area, give us a phone call.

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We're always, always happy to assist.

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I'll probably sponsor

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one of my own employees.

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So I think that that's

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an opportunity there.

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Didn't even know you could do it.

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So I learned a lot today, everybody.

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I hope you learned a lot today.

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I'm Julia Hurley, your

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host for Connect the Knot.

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Connecting Knoxville to the nation.

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Until next time.

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Thank you for tuning into the show.

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Make sure to like and subscribe.

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