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SUMMARY:Emerging Leaders Development Series: Presentation Skills
DESCRIPTION:Please Note \nAttendees will need to re-set their password on MHA’s Member Portal before registering due to a recent system upgrade. Click here for guidance or simply click “Forgot My Password” and follow the instructions upon registering. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPricing:\n\n\n\n\n$149/PP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Here\n\n\n\nEVENT CONTACT\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTERFAX 781-262-6136\n\n\n\n\nMAIL -  Check Payable to MHAMHA Education Department500 District Ave.Burlington\, MA 01803-5096\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is a skill development workshop that takes you beyond theory to actual practice. Whether managing a meeting\, or communicating with peers\, colleagues\, community\, or professional groups\, your single most important business tool is your ability to present ideas clearly and effectively. Sitting or standing\, in casual or formal situations\, presentations skills and teaches you how to create meaningful presentations that your audience will take note of\, care about and buy into. \n\n\n\nIt is a highly interactive workshop that will help you develop your own personal delivery style. The workshop will develop your basic presentation skills and teach you how to organize presentations to achieve your goals\, create powerful message points that support your ideas\, use visual aids effectively\, manage your anxiety and nervousness\, and communicate with confidence. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPresentation Skills Training Course Outline: \n\n\n\nWhere to BeginDetermine your why and know your whatBetter understand your “who”Structure for impactCreate compelling storiesAvoid ‘death-by-PowerPoint’ \n\n\n\nManage the environment \n\n\n\nDelivering a Powerful MessageWatch Your LanguageSpeaking Habits; the Good\, the Bad\, the Awful \n\n\n\nBalancing Tone and Nonverbal Messages \n\n\n\nThe Final TouchUsing Notes and Audio-visual AidsReducing Stress & AnxietyPreparing for the Unexpected \n\n\n\nManaging the Crowd; Disruptions\, Questions\, Objections \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLearn more about the Emerging Leaders Development series below.\n\n\n\n\nhttps://www.mhalink.org/education/case-management-training-series-2
URL:https://www.mhalink.org/event/emerging-leaders-development-series-presentation-skills/
CATEGORIES:Professional Development
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SUMMARY:Workforce Summit
DESCRIPTION:$219/pp   Member Rate$319/pp  Non-Member Rate \n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTER NOW\n\n\n\nEVENT CONTACT\n\n\n\n\n\n\nREGISTERFAX 781-262-6136 \n\n\n\nMAIL –  Check Payable to MHAMHA Education Department500 District Ave.Burlington\, MA 01803-5096 \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a dynamic and thought-provoking event focused on the rapidly evolving healthcare workforce landscape. Hear from leading experts and voices from across the Commonwealth as they share key insights into current trends\, critical gaps\, and emerging opportunities impacting hospital-based roles.  Explore how organizations are prioritizing leadership development to build resilient\, high-performing teams. Hear from experts on how to tackle the pressing hiring challenges facing HR leaders today\, from talent shortages to changing workforce expectations\, while offering practical strategies and shared experiences from the field.  \n\n\n\nDon’t miss this opportunity to connect\, learn\, and be part of the conversation shaping the future of healthcare in today’s dynamic environment. \n\n\n\nAGENDA \n\n\n\n8:30 – 9:30 a.m.: Networking Breakfast \n\n\n\n9:30 – 9:45 a.m.: Opening Remarks \n\n\n\n\nMike Dandorph\, President & CEO\, Tufts Medicine\n\n\n\n\n9:45 – 10:15 a.m.: Workforce\, Policy\, and the Future: A Fireside Chat with Secretary of Labor & Workforce Development \n\n\n\n\nLauren Jones\, Secretary\, Executive Office of Labor & Workforce Development\n\n\n\nSteve Walsh\, President & CEO\, Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association\n\n\n\n\n10:15 – 10:45 a.m.: The Allied Health Pipeline: Gaps and Opportunities \n\n\n\n\nBenjamin Forman\, Director\, MassINC Policy Center\n\n\n\n\n10:45 – 11 a.m.: BREAK \n\n\n\n11 – 11:45 a.m.: Aligning Education and Practice to Strengthen the Workforce Pipeline \n\n\n\n\nKristin Driscoll\, Executive Director of Workforce Development\, Mass General Brigham\n\n\n\nJason Pacheco\, Director of Workforce Planning\, Analytics\, and Compensation\, Baystate Health\n\n\n\nChris Scott\, Dean\, School of Health\, Springfield Technical Community College\n\n\n\nWilliam Heineman\, President\, North Shore Community College and President\, Community College Association\n\n\n\nModerator: Marjorie Ringrose\, Director of Education\, Smith Family Foundation\n\n\n\n\n11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.: The Healthcare Workforce Pipeline – Shared Challenges and Strategic Solutions \n\n\n\n\nDennis Collins\, Apprenticeship Lead\, Division of Apprentice Standards\n\n\n\nJay Prosser\, RN\, Executive Director\, Nursing Council on Workforce Sustainability\n\n\n\nRobert LePage\, Assistant Secretary for Career Education\, Executive Office of Education\n\n\n\nModerator: Joanne Marqusee\, Assistant Secretary\, Executive Office of Health and Human Services\n\n\n\nMore speakers announced soon!\n\n\n\n\n12:30 – 1:15 p.m.: LUNCH \n\n\n\n\nOptional breakout session with Health Carousel\n\n\n\n\n1:15 – 2 p.m.: Breakout Learning Sessions \n\n\n\n\nTRACK A: Leading from the Frontline: A Strategy to Strengthen Workforce and Culture\, Puneet Freibott\, Chief Nursing Officer\, Beth Israel Lahey Health As healthcare organizations work to improve engagement\, retention\, and culture\, Beth Israel Lahey Health has found that investing in frontline leaders—those closest to care teams—can drive meaningful results. This session will explore how strengthening frontline leadership has helped reduce nursing turnover to historic lows\, now below 10%\, while enhancing staff experience and organizational culture. Attendees will gain practical strategies and lessons learned for developing frontline leaders as a critical workforce investment.\n\n\n\nTRACK B: Building Tomorrow’s Healthcare Workforce: Engaging Students Through Career Exploration and Community Partnerships\, Geoff Vercauteren\, System Director of Workforce Development\, Tufts Medicine Building tomorrow’s healthcare workforce starts long before graduation. This session will explore how healthcare organizations are partnering with high school students to introduce them to rewarding healthcare careers outside of physicians and nurses early in their educational journey. Learn how innovative career exploration programs\, hands-on experiences\, and community partnerships are helping to inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals\, strengthen talent pipelines\, and create sustainable workforce solutions for the future.\n\n\n\nTRACK C: Leading Through Instability: HR Strategies for an Adaptive Workforce led by Lauren DeSimon\, Chief Human Resources Officer\, Southcoast Health In a healthcare environment defined by constant change\, workforce leaders must balance immediate operational demands with long-term organizational resilience. This session will explore practical HR strategies for leading through uncertainty\, including workforce planning\, talent retention\, employee engagement\, and change management. Attendees will gain insights into how successful organizations are building adaptable teams\, strengthening leadership capabilities\, and creating cultures that can respond effectively to evolving workforce challenges. Participants will leave with actionable approaches to support workforce stability\, enhance organizational agility\, and position their organizations for future success.\n\n\n\n\n2 – 2:15 p.m.: BREAK \n\n\n\n2:15 – 3:15 p.m.: From Learning to Leadership – Nurse-Led Solutions in Action – The Healthy Work Environment Academy \n\n\n\n\nSpeakers announced soon!\n\n\n\n\n3:15 – 3:55 p.m.: Operationalizing AI in Healthcare HR – Recruitment\, Retention\, and Compliance \n\n\n\n\nAnnette Tyman\, Partner\, Seyfarth Shaw\n\n\n\n\n3:55 p.m.: Closing Remarks \n\n\n\n\nValerie Fleishman\, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer\, Masschusetts Health & Hospital Association\n\n\n\n\n4 – 5:30 p.m.: Post-event & networking reception at Row 34 sponsored by Health Carousel
URL:https://www.mhalink.org/event/workforce-summit-2026/
LOCATION:MHA Conference Center\, 500 District Ave\, Burlington\, Massachusetts\, 01803\, United States
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