Agenda

Healthcare Heroes Nominations

Through July 25: In the spring of 2017, BusinessWest and its sister publication, the Healthcare News, created a new recognition program called Healthcare Heroes. It was launched with the theory that there are heroes working across this region’s wide, deep, and all-important healthcare sector, and that there was no shortage of fascinating stories to tell and individuals and groups to honor. The nomination deadline for the class of 2025 has been extended to Friday, July 25. Potential honorees may be nominated in eight categories: Patient/Resident/Client Care Provider; Health/Wellness Administrator; Emerging Leader; Community Health; Health Educator; Innovation in Health/Wellness; Collaboration in Health/Wellness; and Lifetime Achievement. Nominations can be submitted at businesswest.com/healthcareheroes/nominations. Elms College is the presenting sponsor of Healthcare Heroes, and Holyoke Medical Center is a partner sponsor.

‘Why Feedback Fails’ Webinar

July 22: Everything DiSC, a Wiley brand known for advancing workplace effectiveness through personality-based insights, will host a live webinar titled “Why Feedback Fails: Guiding Managers Through Constructive Communication” at 11 a.m. This free, 60-minute session is designed to equip managers with tools and strategies to deliver feedback that is strong, actionable, and motivating, ultimately improving team engagement and performance. Led by Mark Scullard, senior director of Product Innovation at Everything DiSC, the webinar will explore the importance of delivering feedback effectively, why giving and receiving feedback is often challenging, feedback superpowers and limiters unique to each DiSC style, how to tailor feedback based on an employee’s DiSC profile, and actionable strategies for immediate workplace application. With communication and team dynamics continuing to be top priorities for organizations, this session will offer timely insights to help managers unlock their team’s full potential through personalized, emotionally intelligent leadership. Registration is open at jkirleycollective.com/why-feedback-fails.

Clarinet Quintet Concert

July 27: The Springfield Chamber Players Clarinet Quintet will perform at the Sevenars Summer Concerts at 4 p.m. The Clarinet Quintet features clarinetist Christopher Cullen, violinists Masako Yanagita and Miho Matsuno, violist Yuko Naito-Gotay, and cellist Melissa Westgate. This performance will be dedicated to Mark Auerbach, who was the director of Public Relations and Marketing for the Springfield Chamber Players since the organization’s founding. The Clarinet Quintet’s program for Sevenars encompasses programmatic music and popular music by contemporary composers. It will feature a work by Oscar winner Bernard Herrmann, who wrote music for Alfred Hitchcock’s films.

Brew at the Zoo

Aug. 2: The Zoo in Forest Park’s seventh annual Brew at the Zoo, presented by PeoplesBank, will take place from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Brew at the Zoo is the zoo’s largest fundraiser of the year, raising money in support of its mission to inspire the community to respect and value the natural world through education, conservation, and rehabilitation. This event includes beer samples from more than 20 breweries, food trucks, live music, a raffle, and a chance to visit with the zoo’s more than 200 animals. A limited number of VIP tickets are available, which include extra time to sample the beer, as well as interactive animal encounters and keeper talks with members of the zoo’s animal care and education teams. The VIP timeslot runs from noon to 1:30 p.m., and tickets are limited. The zoo will be closed to the public for this ticketed event on Aug. 2. Advance tickets are required, and all IDs will be checked at the door. No one under 21 will be admitted. For a list of participating breweries and to purchase tickets, visit www.forestparkzoo.org/brew.