Ten at the Top Upstate News
March 7, 2022 | Volume 13, Issue 3
Limited New Sponsorships Now Available for
May 10 Upstate Summit
The Ten at the Top Upstate Summit will take place from 8:00 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at the Greenville Convention Center. The event will include the Partner Expo, Morning Session, Breakout Sessions and the Luncheon Keynote featuring best selling author Richard Florida. You can see the entire schedule through this link.

To help ensure the health and safety of all attendees, we are currently planning to cap registration at 500 participants. This number could increase or decrease depending on the status of the pandemic as we near the event.

Current TATT partners at the Ambassador or higher level have received information about the complimentary tickets associated with your sponsorship level. The deadline for confirming how many of your tickets will be used is March 31.

If you are interested in attending the Summit and are not a current TATT Funding Partner, table & event sponsorships are currently available. You can check out the sponsorship material through this link. The deadline for new sponsorships is March 31.

Depending on the number of partner and sponsorship tickets secured as well as current pandemic protocols, a limited number of individual tickets may be available for purchase in April.

If you have any questions about the Summit or would like to secure your sponsorship for the event, please contact Dean Hybl or Murray Benson.
Join Us for a TATT CHAT on March 10
Throughout 2022, Ten at the Top will be holding a monthly virtual TATT CHAT with a special guest speaker as well as resource updates from across the Upstate. Each TATT CHAT will take place on the second Thursday of the month from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

The March TATT CHAT will take place on March 10 and feature Walt Lindsley, Site Director and General Manager for the Lockheed Martin Greenville Facility.

The February resource updates will highlight Cherokee County.

All TATT CHATs are free, but you must register to receive the Zoom login.
Join TATT & Urban League of the Upstate
for Upstate Connects on March 11 and March 25
Ten at the Top and the Urban League of the Upstate are partnering to host in-person "Upstate Connect" small group Friday morning discussions throughout 2022. Each session will focus on a specific topic or issue with the discussion led by topic experts from across the Upstate. There will be two sessions in March.

The first session of the month will be held on March 11, from 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. It will be held in Greenville at the Park 37 Complex Community Room. The topic for this session will be "K-12 Education in the Upstate". There are currently only 11 spots remaining, so be sure and register today and plan on joining us Friday.

The second March session will be held on March 25, from 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. at the Piedmont Technical College Campus in Greenwood . The topic for this session is "Role of Higher Education in the Upstate Ecosystem." There are currently 21 spots remaining for this session, so be sure to register today to reserve you seat.

Participation in the Upstate Connect sessions is free, but advance registration is required as we will be limiting registration to 30 people to allow for social distancing and for group discussion.
Upstate Entrepreneur Ecosystem Kicks off 2022 Partner Workshop Series
The 2022 Upstate Entrepreneur Ecosystem Partner Workshop Series kicked off March 1 on Zoom with Ana Parra of CommunityWorks Women’s Business Center presenting “Show Me the Paper Trail! Identifying the Important Financial Data.”

Ana noted the importance of setting up a financial binder with personal and business documents, and how to transition from one to another. The goal is to get “loan ready” so documents are readily available to help entrepreneurs make decisions regarding starting a business, purchases, hiring, and growth. The binder also tells your story if eventually you want to apply for a loan or any kind of financial assistance.

Click here to watch a recording of the workshop and here to view the presentation.

The SC Small Business Development Center, the Women’s Business Center of CommunityWorks, and Piedmont SCORE are offering this series to provide tools and tips for you to assess the financial health of your small business.

The second and third of the series continue April 5 with Organizing the Numbers, and on May 3 with Translating the Numbers into Financial Goals. Register here to register for April and here to register for May.
Check Out Upstate Resources
Leadership Level Partners
Ten at the Top is fortunate to have many great funding supporters and appreciate all who help ensure the current and future success of the organization. Our highest partnership level is the Leadership Level, with companies or organizations investing $10,000 or more annually to support TATT.
Support Ten at the Top
Ten at the Top funding partners and event sponsors are the backbone of the organization.

If your company or organization is not already a TATT partner, we invite you to join us. Here is a direct link to partnership opportunities for 2022 and the 2022 Commitment Form.

In addition, TATT is continuing to accept support for our Ignition Fund Campaign. This effort is a long-term funding program designed to help TATT to continue to ignite initiatives across the Upstate. Click Here for more details.

If you have questions about TATT partnership and sponsorship opportunities or would like to set up a personal meeting, please contact Dean Hybl for questions or more information.
Ten at the Top is a regional non-profit organization with the mission of fostering collaboration and partnerships across the Upstate around issues that impact economic vitality and quality of life.
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