PYP's Internship Pensacola kicking off ninth year


  • February 17, 2016
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   training-development
Pensacola Young Professionals is kick-starting the Internship Pensacola program, which connects local businesses with local students who want real-world experience. See if you can help.

SCI Training: How to manage change


  • February 16, 2016
  • /   staff reports
  • /   training-development
Some 300 people have already signed up to hear Quint Studer start his first day as a full-time community volunteer at a free workshop on leading, managing change.

Florida Senate backs tax break for Small Business Saturday


  • February 16, 2016
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   economy
A tax holiday for Small Business Saturday proposed by lawmakers could be a benefit to the Pensacola metro area's retail sector, which is dominated by small businesses.

CARE Act could expand access to early ed


  • February 15, 2016
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   education
Child Care Access to Resources for Early-learning Act would boost funding for School Readiness, which already helps 3,000 Escambia children.

Quality early education requires better-trained teachers


  • February 15, 2016
  • /   Reggie Dogan
  • /   education
Despite the increased attention that early education is getting, the response to improving it has lagged, especially in regards to regulations, training and education for teachers.

5 reasons why hiring is the single most important skill for founders


  • February 13, 2016
  • /   Ron Stallcup
  • /   training-development
Small companies don’t have the luxury of making a lot of mistakes.

House tax faces trim in Senate


  • February 12, 2016
  • /   Jim Turner
  • /   economy
Florida House's tax cut package include reducing a tax paid on commercial leases, permanently eliminating a tax on manufacturing equipment and holding several types of sales-tax

Senate seeks school funding change


  • February 12, 2016
  • /   Brandon Larrabee
  • /   education
Senate budget proposal would lean on state — rather than local governments and property taxes — for an increase in education funding.

Management Is (Still) Not Leadership


  • February 12, 2016
  • /   Rachael Gillette
  • /   training-development
Find out why leadership and management are two radically different things.

Do you freeze in a job interview?


  • February 11, 2016
  • /   Shannon Nickinson
  • /   training-development
Want to brush up your job interviewing skills? Check out this event on Feb 18 Pensacola State College’s Milton campus.