Four on the Floor Offer Thoughts on Building a Better Community

Four guest speakers will focus on Springfield and southwest Missouri in 10-minute "TED-style" talks followed by five minutes of audience Q&A.

 Presentations include:

• "Compassion Through Action" by Amy Blansit, chair of the Drew Lewis Foundation at the Fairbanks

• "Smart Cities Build Better Communities Through the Use of Data Analytics" by Jeremy Clopton, BKD director of Big Data & Analytics, Digital Forensics, and instructor at the Management Development Institute at MSU

• "What's Your Green Dot? How Springfield Area Colleges are Changing Campus Cultures" by Jenay Lamy, MSU Green Dot program coordinator

• "The Communion of Art" by Patrick Mureithi, documentary filmmaker and singer-songwriter

The event is sponsored by the Springfield-Greene County Library District, City of Springfield, Missouri State University and the Management Development Institute at MSU.

Free