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Events available for Registration...

2024 iYP Putt Putt & Pints Classic
4/6/2024
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National Balloon Museum Grand Reopening
4/6/2024 - 4/6/2024
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Leveraging the Chamber for My Business & Greater Des Moines Partnership 101
4/16/2024 - 4/16/2024
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Second Annual Mental Health in the Workplace for Employers and Employees - Hosted by The Indianola Chamber and WeLIFT
5/7/2024 - 5/7/2024
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Chamber Concert Series - Summer Nights Live Street Party | May 2024
6/1/2024
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Grow Here Now Session 3 - Staying the Course and Planning for the Future
8/15/2024
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Chamber Concert Series - Summer Nights Live Street Party | August 2024
8/24/2024
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Events in the next 30 days...
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3/30/2024
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3/30/2024
Bring the whole family to experience Jesus' journey! Event includes a scavenger hunt, crafts, goodie bags & more! Boxed lunch served at 11 AM.

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3/30/2024

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3/30/2024
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4/2/2024
This event is free and open to the public!

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4/3/2024
Classic Bingo. Free to play, rent a marker for $1
Time: 6pm-7:30pm

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4/4/2024
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Learn about Emotional Intelligence in Your Clear Next Step’s tried-and-true W.H.A.T. format; you’ll learn What emotional intelligence is, How to apply it, Avoiding common pitfalls, and specific, concrete Tools and techniques to take back to work and boost your Emotional Intelligence in your day-to-day interactions with your team, colleagues, and customers.

Using a balance of instructor-led presentation and engaging, hands-on skill practice that simulates real-life situations in a nonthreatening way, this session will launch you on your way to being more effective in your current role by helping you raise your Emotional Intelligence and leverage emotional intelligence more effectively. Dispelling common myths about emotional intelligence, and packed with practical, try-this-now tips and techniques, this session has been increasingly popular since its inception. Regardless of your own Emotional Intelligence, you’ll walk away with tools you can use to get even better and ways to influence those around you to also grow their own Emotional Intelligence.

By attending this course, you'll:

  • Gain a simple model for understanding the four stages of emotional intelligence
  • Practice examples of how to apply emotional intelligence in familiar situations
    • Starting with the role of self-awareness in effective interpersonal interactions
    • Continuing with the value of self-management in achieving goals at work
    • Exploring the importance of other awareness and how to identify where someone else is coming from
    • Focusing on the criticality of relationship management and how to ensure that the situation moves forward in the best possible way for everyone involved
  • Encounter stories and anecdotes, tools and techniques to learn “the easy way” to avoid the most common and most painful mistakes around emotional intelligence
  • Experience tools and techniques to help you improve your influence with others, including a tailored quick reference guide for future development
 

All one-day sessions run from 8:30am – 4:30pm
All two-day sessions run from 8:30am – 12:30pm each day

State Employees: $235
All Other Participants: $506

Classes at the State are open to anyone, regardless of where you work. If you are interested in registering for The Art and Science of Emotional Intelligence and are not a State of Iowa employee, please download the registration form and email the completed form to Kim Hanson (515-401-9542, pds@iowa.gov) at the State of Iowa Performance & Development Solutions or contact us and we’ll get the conversation started!

Learn about Emotional Intelligence in Your Clear Next Step’s tried-and-true W.H.A.T. format; you’ll learn What emotional intelligence is, How to apply it, Avoiding common pitfalls, and specific, concrete Tools and techniques to take back to work and boost your Emotional Intelligence in your day-to-day interactions with your team, colleagues, and customers.


4/4/2024
Hi Community Hero,
Get ready to be amazed as we share a fascinating fact with you. Did you know that 1 in 7 people entering a hospital will need a blood transfusion? Most people wake up on the day of their transfusion not knowing or realizing they will need blood that day – and that it will come from a volunteer blood donor at LifeServe!
The impact one donation can make is incredible, isn’t it? Are you prepared to make a life-saving impact in your community with LifeServe?
Join us for our upcoming Blood Drive! To schedule your appointment, click the link below or scan the QR code on the attached flyer.
The Village, A WesleyLife Community BLOOD DRIVE
04/04/2024 | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
LifeServe Blood Center - Donor Portal [donor.lifeservebloodcenter.org]
The Village, A WesleyLife Community - Bloodmobile
1203 North E St.
Indianola, IA 50125
 

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4/4/2024
Come on over and play 5 games in this friendly cribbage tournament. Boards and cards are provided.
$5 pay-in. Points are tallied between all 5 games. Winning individual receives 50% of the pay-ins, 2nd place receives 30%, 3rd place receives 20%. 

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4/4/2024
Join us at the Zoo on the first Thursday of each month for Trivia!

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4/6/2024
The Polar Plunge® is a signature fundraiser for Special Olympics and offers a unique opportunity for individuals and organizations to raise money and support Special Olympics Iowa athletes by jumping into frigid waters.

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4/6/2024
Join us at the National Balloon Museum for our grand reopening to show off the results of our makeover! We have updated and improved visitor experience with compelling new exhibits, a reimagined children’s area, and a fresh new interior look!

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4/9/2024
CBAN's annual Spring Summit is a one-day event for communities exploring broadband options, current local broadband providers, advocates, and digital equity practitioners or those thinking about their future digital equity initiatives. It's a concentrated afternoon of learning, practical advice, key policy review, and camaraderie for people across the broadband spectrum.

You may attend in person at Stoney Creek Hotel in Johnston, or register to participate online. A link to the live webcast will be sent to your email before the event.
 

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4/10/2024

Do more with less! Designed specifically for those who are actively managing projects, this class is an in-depth look into the processes, knowledge areas, inputs, and outputs you need to know to manage projects effectively and successfully. Learn key knowledge areas and critical success factors now so you don’t have to learn them the hard way later. This class is a high energy, hands-on balance of PMBOK knowledge and application as well as best practices learned and passed down by the pros. Walk away with critical essentials for getting a project done regardless of size or complexity, as well as techniques, concepts, and tools that will save you time and energy in the future.

During this course, participants will:

  • Describe the characteristics of a project
  • Complete a roadmap of critical knowledge areas within the lifecycle of a project
  • Practice initiating, planning, managing, and closing down a project
  • Learn a reusable set of tools for approaching projects in a comprehensive yet efficient way
 

All sessions run from 8:30am – 4:30pm

State Employees: $187
All Other Participants: $374

Classes at the State are open to anyone, regardless of where you work. If you are interested in registering for Foundations of Project Management and are not a State of Iowa employee, please download the registration form and email the completed form to Kim Hanson (515-401-9542, pds@iowa.gov) at the State of Iowa Performance & Development Solutions or contact us and we’ll get the conversation started!

Designed specifically for those who are actively managing projects without extensive project management training, this class is an in-depth look into the processes, knowledge areas, inputs, and outputs you need to know to manage projects effectively and successfully.


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4/12/2024
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4/13/2024
Live Music - Lindgren & Griffiths

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4/16/2024
What do an orphan train rider, a kidnapper, a betrayed wife, a church missionary, a wealthy businessman, a land baron's wife, a maid, a farmer, a college student, an immigrant and a newspaper reporter have in common?

They all had ties to Iowa, and their stories would forever become intertwined with the saga of the opulent Titanic, which struck an iceberg and plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic in 1912.

Iowa author Darcy Doughter Maulsby is known as Iowa's Storyteller and has been featured in the Iowa History Journal, Our Iowa Magazine, Iowa Public Radio and Iowa PBS. She is also the author of A Culinary History of Iowa, Iowa Agriculture, The Lincoln Highway in Iowa: A History, and other non-fiction, illustrated books which will all be available the day of the program.

Free and open to the public, this speaker series is sponsored by Community 1st Credit Union and hosted by Indianola Parks and Recreation.
 

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4/20/2024

Indianola Public Library and Indianola Parks and Recreation are partnering to bring you an afternoon of local authors, prizes, and baked treats at the Activity Center!

Authors Jamie Ogle, Ann Hanigan Kotz, and Joseph LeValley will each give a talk throughout the afternoon. More authors will be there to answer your questions and showcase their books, including Ember Gray and Nina Wilson. Pageturners Bookstore will also have local interest books for sale, and baked treats are generously donated by The Cookie Lady. Both businesses and the library are also bringing raffle prizes - you’ll get a free raffle ticket at the door!
 


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4/24/2024
Ackworth Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, April 24th at Scotch Ridge United Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The business meeting will begin at 11:00 AM with gardening Q&A. A BRING YOUR OWN SACK lunch follows the meeting at Noon with a program at 1:00 PM. This month's program is Plant Sale 101 organized by Ways & Means Committee.

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4/27/2024
Join Bethany with Begin Again Yoga for community yoga at West Hill Brewing Company. Enjoy a 60-minute Hatha yoga class and beer fellowship following. This class is catered to all levels of yogis with a variety of poses for all to enjoy.

A $20 admission gets you yoga plus one complimentary beer, hard cider, or non-alcoholic beverage before the taproom is open to the public. Taproom doors open prior to class at 10:30 a.m. 

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