Coffee & Connect

Join Flourish & Thrive Labs for our monthly lunchtime connection conversations! These conversations are geared towards people working in local public health departments in the US, but anyone is welcome. Join us for these exciting opportunities to network in public health.

What to Expect

Short Presentation on a Topic Related to Local Public Health

Connect with other LPH Staff in Breakout Rooms

Wrap up by :55 after the hour, so you can move onto the next thing. 

We heard at our last Coffee & Connect that there’s a desperate need to find connection and talk with folks working in other local health departments. So we are hosting two times of connection in February. These will deviate from our normal pattern, and instead just be a time of connection and support. They will last 30 minutes.

Wednesday Feb 12- 11 am CT

Thursday Feb 27-3pm CT

Our LPH Coffee & Connect are a casual conversation about a topic focusing on connection. Here’s how a typical conversation goes:

  • I. Introductions We introduce ourselves and give space to those looking for work to do a 45-second intro and those with job postings to provide space for that!
  • II. Topic Presentation: The F&T Labs Team will present on this month’s topic. These presentations are short and focused on getting you thinking while also providing something that applies to your work!
  • III. Breakout room #1! We want to focus on building connections! You will be put into a breakout room with other practitioners.  You will have some questions related to the presentation that you can discuss– or you can network and discuss any topic! 
  • IV: Breakout room #2: You’ll move into a second breakout room to keep meeting new faces! Again, you can discuss the provided questions or another topic of your choice.
  • V: Wrap-up: We wrap it up by the 55-minute mark so you can have a few minutes before your next meeting!
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