Our city is enriched not only by our outstanding young professionals but by the community leaders who have mentored and guided them. For the past five years, YPK has honored local organizations and individuals who are making an impact on young professionals at work, with clients, customers, or in the community. 

Are you ready to start enjoying the benefits of membership? We would love to have you! Apply by Sunday, November 11th to join the Fall 2018 membership class!

This committee plans the annual YPK Impact Awards, from the awards nominations to the ceremony. It's possibly the last meeting before the big event!

YPK and TSCPA Young CPAs are joining forces for an awesome Happy Hour, complete with free bowling and food!

Everything you see and touch that comes out of YPK, this committee had a hand in. Come be a part of creating it! No prior marketing experience required.

Fall into fun at the Knoxville Botanical Garden & Arboretum’s 9th Annual Fall Festival! Young Professionals of Knoxville will host a children's activity booth at the 9th Annual Fall Festival at the Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum.

Thinking about joining Young Professionals of Knoxville? Want to get the most out of your membership? Join us for YPK 101!

Join Charles Chin, Senior Associate Data Scientist with KPMH, as he presents Cutting Through Jargon: What Data and Analytics Can Do for You and Your Business. In this presentation Charles will help you discover how data and analytics can be used in a variety of business applications.

The organization awards honor three organizations based on size, impact, philosophy, community involvement and overall leadership of young professionals. These awards serve as appreciation and recognition to those organizations that advance our mission.

The individual awards celebrate leaders who embody our vision of making Knoxville the most desirable city for young professionals to live, work and play. 

Join Deborah Crouse, Media Relations & Project Director from the Metro Drug Coalition, as she presents YP Community Solutions: Battling the Drug Epidemic. This presentation will focus on various topics that YOU want to know about including drug issues right here in Knoxville and solutions we as young professionals can be doing to fight this epidemic.

For our October 2nd meeting, former Knoxville City Councilman and current CEO of the Transit Alliance of East Tennessee Joe Hultquist will share a vision that just might become a game-changing reality.

With this presentation hosted at the Alliance of Better Nonprofits, you will discover how much time it takes to serve on a board, what type of nonprofit board works for you and ways to get connected. Join us as our former YPK President, Elle Benson, presents Getting Involved: Serving on a Nonprofit Board.

Everything you see and touch that comes out of YPK, this committee had a hand in. Come be a part of creating it! No prior marketing experience required.

Everyone is always welcome to join the Membership Committee! We plan 3 General Membership Meetings per year, 2 YPK 101s, help with the Impact Awards (there’s a separate committee if you’re interested in that one), and often help with check-in at tons of other events. Hope to see you there!

The Young Professionals of Knoxville will be joining the Alliance for Young Nonprofit Professionals on September 18 for a tour of Downtown Knoxville's nonprofit organizations.

** Deadline to register is Tuesday, September 4. **

This Happy Hour is open to young professionals. Each ticket costs $10 and includes admission into the fair, a parking pass, 2 beer tickets, appetizers, and admission into the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony concert ($70+ value!).

Please join us at our upcoming committee meeting on September 5th at SoKno Taco in South Knoxville. The meeting will start at 6pm, feel free to come as early as 5:30 for drinks and food.

Everything you see and touch that comes out of YPK, this committee had a hand in. Come be a part of creating it! No prior marketing experience required.

With this presentation hosted at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, you will be surrounded with history of both men and women who paved the way for Women’s basketball. Learn not only about the history of the game but what steps you should be making to becoming a leader as a young professional.

Calling all YPK members! It's time for our summer General Membership Meeting. Come and enjoy the company of your fellow young professionals, and get the updates on what's happening with YPK.

WATE 6 On Your Side team will provide YPK members an exclusive tour of the studio as well as discuss the relevancy of news, the community & economy of Knoxville, question/answer time. 

Volunteer at Summer Wines Party on August 4th to benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of East Tennessee. This fundraiser supports programming to provide trained advocates to help ensure abused and neglected kids in the Knox County Juvenile Court system receive needed services, stay safe, and find a permanent, loving home.

Join us and connect with fellow YPK members the Crown & Goose for our monthly Happy Hour! Open to members and non-members. Invite a friend.

Getting started as a young professional can be very difficult and quite overwhelming. In addition to trying to build our career, we want to accomplish goals outside of work like starting a family, travelling to new places, helping out with our favorite nonprofit and much more.

Join us at Central Filling Station for good drinks and great conversation. Central Filling Station is dog-friendly; attendees are encouraged to bring their pups! YPK Happy Hours are open to members and non-members!

On July 1, 2018, Young Professionals of Knoxville (YPK) will launch a member directory at ypknox.com exclusively for YPK members. In addition to being highly visual and interactive, the new directory will have a powerful search feature allowing members to search over 200 member profiles by name, position, company, and even interests. 

Get your ticket now for YPK's Summer Party at Smokies Stadium as the Tennessee Smokies take on the Chattanooga Lookouts!

Come mingle and meet fellow young professionals. June's happy hour will be at Barley's in the old city. We will meet upstairs where there is a bar and pool tables!