Member Connection: Welcome & Learn
2025-08-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Virtual networking
Join us for a virtual networking session designed for current, new, and prospective members of NHBSR. This is a great opportunity to engage with our community!
Whether you’re new to NHBSR or considering joining, you’re invited to:

Meet NHBSR staff and Board members.
Learn about our mission and upcoming programs.
Connect with current, new, and future members.
Come connect, learn, and expand your network!

Join us on August 12 from 12-1 PM on Zoom for virtual networking and socializing!

Summer Book Club
2025-08-14 12:00 - 2025-10-13 13:00
Join Our Summer Book Club!
We’re reading “Citizens” by Jon Alexander
Our summer read will be “Citizens” by Jon Alexander. This book offers a compelling perspective that we think will spark some great discussions. We encourage you to pick up a copy from your locally-owned bookstore or visit Bookstop here (this online portal supports independent bookstores).
We will conduct the first two discussions via Zoom, and schedule an in-person gathering for our final session.

Second Zoom Discussion: “Seeing Our Prisons”- August 14
In-person Discussion: “Unleashing Our Power”- August 22

We’re really looking forward to sharing this experience and the insights “Citizens” will bring. Sign up for more details!

Meet the Author: Jon Alexander
2025-08-22 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for a special afternoon with Jon Alexander, author of the acclaimed book CITIZENS and a leading voice in the global movement for a Citizen Future. Jon has spent more than a decade tracking and telling the stories of people and organizations reshaping the future through participation, connection, and community power.
This is your chance to:

Learn about cutting-edge participatory approaches that are transforming institutions around the world and in NH.
Discuss how you & your organization can be part of building a Citizen Future.
Participate in a Q&A and meet like-minded changemakers.

You don’t need to have read the book to attend this special in-person event. Everyone is welcome to join us for what promises to be a powerful conversation!
Didn’t get a chance to read the book? Here are some alternative podcasts to catch up on the topic and the author:

Crafting a Citizen Story (Jon Alexander)
Short podcast on Spotify
Or check out the author’s own podcast series

Sign up now!

QPR Training (Mental Health CPR Training)
2025-09-25 12:00
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying “Yes” to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor.
According to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide.
Gatekeepers can be anyone, but include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.
As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:

Recognize the warning signs of suicide
Know how to offer hope
Know how to get help and save a life

Information on QPR Training: https://qprinstitute.com/about-qpr
This essential training is FREE and open to all.

The Business Impact of EPA Policy and Deregulation Strategies
2025-09-30 12:00 - 13:00
Balancing Act: The Business Impact of EPA Policy and Deregulation Strategies
This presentation explores how recent EPA policy shifts and deregulation efforts have reshaped the regulatory landscape for U.S. businesses, with both opportunities and risks. We’ll examine key changes, industry responses, and the long-term implications for compliance, innovation, and competitiveness.
Speaker: Chris Schlag Counsel, Environmental & ESG Teams Nixon Peabody LLP Chris Schlag is an environmental and sustainability attorney who advises companies on navigating complex environmental, social, and governance issues to build brand and business resiliency. She works with executives and cross-functional teams to develop actionable strategies in areas such as climate risks and opportunities, land use, packaging, human rights, green chemistry, and animal welfare. With over a decade of legal experience, Chris supports clients across industries—from routine compliance to crisis response and resolution of complex disputes.
Sept 30, 2025 12:00 PM, Zoom

Early Childhood Education & Care Business Impact Survey
2025-10-24 12:00 - 2025-11-10 13:00
During the 2025 legislative session, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECE) emerged as a focus at the Statehouse, and NHBSR is committed to sustaining that momentum to find business-focused solutions. We know ECE isn’t just a family issue—it’s a critical workforce challenge impacting every business in New Hampshire.
We’re inviting businesses to complete a brief 5-minute survey to help us understand:

How childcare challenges are affecting NH businesses
Your company’s current experiences with workforce and family-friendly policies
Your interest in collaborative solutions and advocacy efforts
The data you provide is an investment that will help us build a stronger, more sustainable economy where your business can thrive. Please take a few minutes to complete the ECE survey today and help us build a stronger local economy where families, businesses, and communities can thrive together.
Submission deadline: November 10, 2025
Take the Survey: https://nhbsr.questionpro.com/a/TakeSurvey?tt=3qx4Rdw8SLgECHrPeIW9eQ%3D%3D
Survey participants will receive a special discount to our November 6th 25th Anniversary Celebration!

NHBSR 25th Anniversary Celebration
2025-11-06 17:30 - 20:30
Celebrating Our Roots:
Cultivating our Sustainable Future
NHBSR 25th Anniversary Celebration!
For 25 years, NHBSR has been a force for positive change in New Hampshire. Our community of purpose-driven businesses has shown what’s possible when we unite to create a more sustainable and prosperous state for all.
This celebration is a thank you to our members—the businesses and individuals who have embraced the mission to “do well and do good.” Your dedication has been the bedrock of our success, proving that sustainable profitability and social responsibility go hand-in-hand.
Join us in celebrating our shared successes while looking ahead to the bright future we’re building together.

Event Location: 33 South Commercial Street, Manchester, NH 03101
