Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce - TILT - Young Professionals Networking and Conducting Community Out Reach Programs

Look for T.I.L.T. on the cover of Montgomery County Life magazine in June 2007

Date: April 24, 2007

T.I.L.T. was treated to a Leadership presentation by guest speaker Mike Burdette from the Paul Cummings Organization. This one hour presentation was dynamic, informative and entertaining. A special thanks to Andy Heck of Alpin Haus for sponsoring this event.

Date: April 15th, 2007

T.I.L.T. sponsored a pancake breakfast for the Alzheimer's Association at the Amsterdam High School. Although mother nature brought in the clouds and much rain for this event, several T.I.L.T. members attended to assist in working at the breakfast which was considered a success. A special thank you to the T.I.L.T. who were able to help out on this Sunday morning.

Date: January 4, 2007 For Release: IMMEDIATE

Contact: Deborah Auspelmyer
853-1800, ext. 11

Kick off the New Year With T.I.L.T.’s Holiday Hangover Mixer

The T.I.L.T. Committee of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce invites you to kick off the New Year with their second “Holiday Hangover” mixer Tuesday, January 16 from 5-7 pm at Crystal Ristorante, Lyon Street, Amsterdam. This event, sponsored by Alpin Haus, will offer the opportunity to relax with onsite massage therapist Don Diehl, LMT, “winter fun” merchandise, including snowmobiles, will be showcased as well as great door prizes and refreshments!

“Young professionals interested in making a difference in Montgomery County and expanding their networking base are urged to attend this event,” states Chair of The T.I.L.T. Committee, Brennen Parker. “This is a great forum for young professionals to increase their influence base, and meet business and community leaders in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. Being involved is a benefit for Montgomery County businesses and members of The Chamber!” Last year’s event had nearly 100 attendees, make your reservations today! Contact The Chamber at 853-8100, ext. 12 to RSVP for this event.

Editorial in Fulton County Life Magazine
January 15th, 2007 Issue

By: Brennen Parker

Are you a young professional in Montgomery County? Are you an employer or business owner with young professional employees in Montgomery County? Do you wish to make a difference in the community, expand your network base or sphere of influence and grow professionally? If so I believe we have the solution to accomplish all three of these goals mentioned above in one organization. I would like to introduce or reintroduce The Innovative Leaders of Tomorrow commonly know as T.I.L.T. We are a committee of The Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. TILT was formed in the summer of 2005 to provide a forum for young professionals in Montgomery County to network, provide professional growth opportunities and perform community outreach activities. Participation in this committee is a truly unique benefit for Montgomery County businesses who are members or potential members of The Chamber.

Over the past eighteen months we have made great strides in growing our membership with quality participants. We have had high energy mixers focusing on “open” networking that include business showcases with products targeted towards young professionals, Fishbowl luncheons which provide the opportunity for TILT members to have an open dialogue with seasoned chamber and community leaders and some small community outreach projects. The Fishbowl lunch setting and format has been very well received by the folks participating. Learning from your peers and from chamber/ community leaders helps make the hurdles or mistakes we face in our daily lives either non existent or easier to overcome with some suggestions from others that have succeeded.

For 2007 and beyond we as a committee have set some meaningful goals. We would like to grow the membership of TILT with 50 quality new, excited and willing participants. We hope we have a mix of new members from current chamber and prospective chamber members. Let’s not forget The Montgomery County Chambers and TILT are membership organizations and MEMBERSHIP alone should be the biggest benefit and attractor. Our second goal is to make strides in Montgomery County as partner to the community related committees and non for profit organizations working hard everyday to make our home and workplaces better. Enriching the community we live in has intrinsic value and I welcome all that work towards that common goal. Take the leap of faith and become a valuable part of TILT, The Chamber and the community.

TILT LAUNCHES NEW WEB SITE
December 28th, 2007

TILT will launch its new web site on January 1, 2007. The site which was designed by Joe Altieri of Online Community Corp., will consist of information about TILT, a schedule of TILT events, an application form to join TILT as well as a blog for TILT members to communicate and share ideas. "This is an exciting time for TILT and I am proud to be a member at any level and to be involved in the web design process" says Altieri.

The new TILT web site will be feature rich and will grow over time. "It's is important to have the basics in the beginning stages and grow the web site as ideas come to the table" states Brennen Parker, Executive Co-Chairman of TILT and Assistant Vice President with Rose and Kiernan, Inc .

Tom Foster of Transworld Entertainment will be working with Joe Altieri as the Internet Committee expands their ideas and for the new TILT web site.

Future plans include photographs of TILT events, links to several non-profit organizations and a knowledge center allowing professionals in the area to learn and grow by visiting the web site.

If you have something you feel would be an asset to the new TILT web site and would like more information about TILTS web site, contact Joe Altieri: Phone 518.843.1835 E-mail: jaltieri@onlinecommunitycorp.com .

TILT's web site can be found on the web by visiting www.MCTILT.org

Awards Night Features TILT Members
December 20, 2006

Jeremy Silverman and his firm G.E.M.S. are the recipients of the Thomas Constantino Entrepreneurial Award and Brennen Parker will receive the Young Professional award.

The Montgomery County Chamber will be honoring both individuals as well as other chamber award recipients at a dinner which will be held on January 26th at the Riverstone Manor in Scotia.

Appointments Set for TILT Members
December 15th, 2006

Andy Heck and Brennen Parker (co chairs of TILT) are being appointed to the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors starting in January, 2007. This appointment is for a three year term and both men are excited to take on this task.