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Tekelia
C. Kelly Enterprises, LLC
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Tekelia
C. Kelly Enterprises
Entrepreneur, Engineer,
Educator, Editor, Entertainer
Tekelia C. Kelly is a Business and Information Technology Consultant, with
over 15 years experience in Corporate Business. Her professional
training includes a Bachelor of Science in Industrial/Manufacturing
Engineering Technology, and Masters-level coursework in Instructional Design
and Technology. Tekelia Kelly Enterprises consist of
Sisters In Business (SIB),
AYES Youth In Business,
CHIPS,
InternCHIPS programs, and
FYI (For Your Information), an
Education & Information Technology Solutions firm which provides Business
Consulting; IT Project Management; Workforce, Career, Personal Development
Training; Computer Technology Training, Tech-Ed Curriculum Coordination,
K-12 Educational Teaching, and Tutoring services. FYI has served businesses,
schools, colleges, and homes since 1995. In 2009, "celebrating life through
song" Tekelia launched
TekeliaKelly.com, and
Precious Memories,
offering her professional singing, songwriting, and presentation design
services for special
events and occasions, and
Celebrate Chattanooga.com "a celebration station for student
education".
Click here
for
more about Tekelia C. Kelly.
Click here to read Tekelia's Blush
Magazine "Her Mark" article.
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BLUSH
MAGAZINE: Tekelia Kelly's ‘Her Mark’ Article, February 2008,
Chattanooga, TN
Tekelia
Kelly
by Nancy Henderson
"Exuberant" might be too mild a word to describe Tekelia Kelly. The minute you
ask her about Sisters in Business, the company she founded two years ago to
promote businesswomen in the marketplace, she starts talking faster. "My passion
and my vision give me energy;' says the petite, outgoing entrepreneur with the
startlingly firm handshake. "I want the community to be connected. I want
everybody to win.”
A self-proclaimed "geek;' Tekelia majored in industrial engineering at the
University of Memphis and, for 15 years, worked as a service engineer, project
manager and information technology consultant. In 1995, she started her own
computer training business, FYI (For Your Information), setting up programs for
companies and schools. By 1998, she and her husband were ready to come back to
Chattanooga, their hometown.
One day in early 2006, she and her sister were talking about how difficult it is
for women to start and maintain their own businesses. "Well, the first thing
that needs to happen;' she blurted out, "is that everybody needs to be
connected." Inspired by the conversation, Tekelia went home, created the Sisters
in Business (SIB) website and set out to offer advertising, training and
networking events ranging from mixers to workshops to trade shows. The
company, she points out, is "a for-profit business with non-profit outreach
appeal." Members hail from all socioeconomic, cultural and professional
backgrounds. Some own home-based. businesses, mom-and-pop stores and
franchises; others are doctors, lawyers and high-level executives. "It is so
beautiful to see;' says Tekelia. "You get all these different wonderful women,
but they all have a heart of sisterhood."
A performer at heart, she's too busy to pursue theater work right now, but she
makes time to sing on her church's praise team. And SIB gives her the creative
elbowroom she's always craved. "When I was in the corporate world, I would
always have to water myself down;' she says.” Now I can be all the things I'm
shaped to be."
She is especially fired” up about AYES (Alternative Youth Economic Solutions-the
acronym is pronounced a-yes), a training and internship program for teens and
young adults, which is now being offered at Chattanooga State. It's a
3-Certificate job readiness for ages 15 and up. "There are certain parts of our
culture that got lost in terms of mentoring and interpersonal skills.”
Tekelia says, excitement rising in her voice. “The baton handoff got lost
somewhere between adults and youth. It is my passion--can you tell I’m
passionate?—to help bridge that.”
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Tekelia
C. Kelly Enterprises, LLC
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Tekelia
C. Kelly Enterprises, LLC
Entrepreneur, Engineer,
Educator, Editor, Entertainer
Tekelia C. Kelly
is a Business and Information Technology Consultant, with over 15 years
experience in Corporate Business. Her professional training includes a
Bachelor of Science in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering Technology, and
Masters-level coursework in Instructional Design and Technology.
Tekelia Kelly Enterprises consist of Sisters In Business
(SIB), AYES Youth In Business program, and FYI (For Your Information), an
Education & Information Technology Solutions firm which provides Business
Consulting; IT Project Management; Workforce, Career, Personal Development
Training; Computer Technology Training, Tech-Ed Curriculum Coordination,
K-12 Educational Teaching, and Tutoring services. FYI has served businesses,
schools, colleges, and homes since 1995. In 2009, "celebrating life through
song" became Tekelia's passion which led to TekeliaKelly.com, a singing,
songwriting, and media design service for special events and occasions, DVD
keepsake gifts, or presentations.
Click here for Tekelia Kelly.com.
Click here for part 2
of Tekelia Kelly Enterprises
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