Monday, July 27, 2020

August Client Letter

August, 2020
Dear Clients, Colleagues and Friends,
We’re pleased to showcase our clients’ activities during this unusual summer season.
The Longmeadow Adult Community Center Fund launched the public phase of its capital campaign to furnish the new community center, now under construction on Maple Road in Longmeadow, MA. The Campaign has already raised over $450,000, and now, with a $50,000 matching challenge grant in place, hopes to raise $750,000 total. The Board of Directors are all community members from Longmeadow. Brad Shepard featured the campaign on Pioneer Valley Radio. segment begins at 6:54 http://pioneervalleyradio.com/2020/07/08/10396/ For campaign details:  https://www.longmeadowadultcenterfund.org/
The Capitol Steps has suspended all live performances in Washington, DC and on tour, until it is deemed safe for audiences and performers alike. Their website and YouTube channels have plenty of archival materials. For updated performance information: http://www.capsteps.com/live/
Gaslight Entertainment, producers of Westfield Concerts, has paused its concert series at the Westfield Women's Club, until it is deemed safe to hold public performances in that venue. Meanwhile, they're sponsors of an outdoor drive-in movie at the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield on August 15, and a drive-in concert with Kashmir, the premier Led Zeppelin tribute band, also a benefit for Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield, on August 29.  Co-founder Jay Paglauica is co-producing the new Studio 120 Sessions, featuring area musicians in concert, for WCPC15 and 89.5fm/WSKB. To view Studio 120 Sessions, visit the Westfield Community Programming YouTube page. For details on Westfield Concerts: www.westfieldconcerts.com.
Game Changers in Medicine, the groundbreaking six-part medical history podcast from Dramatic Health, premiered on July 8. The first episode, hosted by medical futurist Dr. Rubin Pillay, and written by Sharon Johnson, is called Vitamin K: This vitamin you’ve never heard of may have saved your life. The next episode, premiering August 5, is: The Smallpox Vaccine: Why this discovery matters now. ,For details: www.gamechangersinmedicine.comYou can also follow the podcast on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. PS. Executive producer Sean Moloney talks about the series in this Pioneer Valley Radio special: 
ArtsBeat from Mark G. Auerbach Public Relations:
ArtsBeat TV/Radio on 89.5fm/WSKB and WCPC15. Episodes air Fridays at 8AM. To stream: wskb.org or westfieldtv.com. Archived episodes are available at WSKB Community Radio’s YouTube page. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjzPcoGhNs723gdf2cFc1pQ 
Upcoming ArtsBeat TV/Radio guests include: (July 31) New England Public Media’s Tony Dunne, producer of Connecting Point, and Berkshires native Michael Wartella, who returns home from Broadway to appear in Berkshire Theatre Group’s Godspell. (August 7): WAM Theatre’s Kristen Van Ginhoven and Taneisha Duggan from TheaterWorks. (August 14) Keith Girouard from Massachusetts SBDC and (August 21) Michael McKiernan from TheaterWorks and Springfield Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Susan Beaudry. 
ArtsBeat Arts News appears every Tuesday morning on Pioneer Valley Radio’s Brad Shepard Today program, available for streaming at 6AM. http://pioneervalleyradio.com/category/programs/brad-shepard-today/
ArtsBeat in Print currently runs on Tuesdays in The Westfield News. https://thewestfieldnews.com/
My Succeeding in Small Business article for July deals with keeping a remote team motivated. Thanks to Renown Health's Suzanne Hendery and Longmeadow High School teacher Robert O'Connell for their insights. https://www.succeedinginsmallbusiness.com/keeping-your-team-in-the-loop-and-motivated-when-they-work-at-home/
We welcome Jason Martins to our social media team. And, thank you to Brenda Garton Sjoberg at Western New England University for including Dramatic Health co-founder Sean Moloney and me in a program for her summer course in communications.

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