
May 15, 2019 Chamber Connection
Index Business Focus HSHS - Mosaic Church Da-Com Corporation Chamber News Upcoming Webinars Calendar of Events Business After Hours Office News Calendar of Events Baccalaureate Service 05/15/2019 BAH - HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital 05/16/2019 Wine, Appetizers, & Entertainment at Poppy's 05/17/2019 Faith Countryside Carnival 05/17/2019 Run Your Own Race 05/18/2019 Family Game Night @Tibbets House 05/18/2019 Mosaic Free Store Golf Tournament 05/18/2019 2nd Annual Blessing of the Jeeps 05/18/2019 Highland High School Graduation 05/19/2019 Wide Open Wednesday 05/22/2019 Book Club at the Library 05/23/2019 Wine, Appetizers, & Entertainment at Poppy's 05/24/2019 Highland Lions Club 40th Annual Biathlon/Earl Steiner Memorial Highland Biathlon 05/25/2019 Peanut Butter & Jam Festivals 2019 05/31/2019 Wine, Appetizers, & Entertainment at Poppy's 05/31/2019 Book Club at Tibbetts House 06/01/2019 Annual Plant Sale 06/01/2019 Olde Wicks Factory Open House 06/02/2019 BAH - Highland Jaycees 06/06/2019 Schweizerfest 06/07/2019 Schweizerfest 06/08/2019 Schweizerfest 06/09/2019 Highland Muny Band Concert 06/14/2019 LOL - A.R.C.H. Retreat 06/14/2019- 06/16/2019 Peanut Butter & Jam Festivals 2019 06/14/2019 Family Game Night @Tibbets House 06/15/2019 Business After Hours BAH May 16, 2019 5:00 - 7:00 pm 12866 Troxler Ave. Highland, IL Office News Chamber Office Hours Monday - Friday: 9am - 3pm DEADLINE for getting information in the Chamber Connection and Highland Weekender is Tuesday by 3:00pm. We will be adding events to the calendar on Tuesday & Friday. If you miss the cut-off date, we keep your information for the next publication. Please submit your information to penny@highlandillinois.com.	Business Focus Everyone Hates Setting Goals. Here's How Google Makes It Easier for Its Employees If a goal doesn't challenge you, then it won't change you. By Michael Schneider Setting goals is critical. Goals provide direction, help you focus, prioritize your time and energy, and ensure that you can objectively prove you've advanced the company's agenda. But just any goal won't do. Research shows that goals are not only important but also that the level of specificity and difficulty matters. Goals that are both clear and challenging drive higher levels of performance. To set their teams up for success, many organizations use...cont. reading HSHS - Local HSHS Hospitals celebrating colleagues during National Hospital Week May 12-18 (Breese, Highland, Greenville IL) – National Hospital Week is being celebrated nationwide May 12-18. HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospitals in Breese and Highland and HSHS Holy Family in Greenville are taking this opportunity to recognize the health care professionals who work hard every day to provide high quality, compassionate care to area patients and their families. The nation's largest health care event, National Hospital Week dates back to...read more HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital Highland ER partners with tele-stroke network that has aided 3,000 patients *Program brings emergency room neurology physician, that may be 100 miles away,* *to a stroke patient’s bedside* Milestone celebrated on “National Stroke Month” Since 2015, HSHS St. Joseph’s Hospital in Highland has been a member of an emergency room tele-stroke network launched by Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) that helps save lives and reduce disabilities. The emergency service, described by doctors as having a “remote presence stroke specialist within minutes at the bedside,” provides instant access to neurology physicians that may be hundreds of miles away. Dr. Gurpreet Mander, Chief Medical Officer of HSHS St. John’s Hospital, serves as the Executive Director of...continue reading Mosaic Church 2nd Annual Free Store Golf Tournament Enjoy an afternoon on the links while supporting a great cause at the same time! Put a foursome together and come join us! Don't have a team? No worries...register as a single golfer and we'll make sure you're on a team. Register today here. Da-Com Corporation Wide Open Wednesday Come join us for some Drag Racing, food and drinks while you learn about all that Da-Com can offer your company. RSVP to TERESA at TWEHNER@DA-COM.COM Chamber News Background vector created by freepik - www.freepik.com Your Opinion Counts "As we move to the end of our fiscal year, we would like to know how you think we're doing, what changes we can implement, and where we need to focus our efforts over the coming year. If you could take a few moments and fill out our survey, we sure would appreciate it! Take our survey here. Completed surveys will be entered into a drawing for a $50 Chamber Gift Certificate!" Upcoming Webinars IACCE Employment Law Webinar Series presented by Julie Proscia, Partner, SmithAmundsen FROM HIRING THROUGH EMPLOYMENT TO TERMINATION: LEARN TO DO IT LEGALLY! All webinars are at noon and are $29 per person – so bring your lunch that day and learn while you eat! The Highland Chamber is a member of IACCE so you get to take advantage of our member rate! Please register here and be sure to register as an IACCE member. Complete flyer on dates and topics.
Chamber Connection - May 15, 2019