Doctors of Joy encourages partnerships between health professionals and performers through its Joy in Business’ Good Blends Workshops. The workshops foster connections between health professionals and clown performers to exchange experiences in their crafts and practice crucial interaction skills. Doctors of Joy clown trainer Thais Ferrara leads the workshops and delivers lectures on interaction skills like listening, communication, and contact. The meetings also provide instruction through simple exercises and encourage creativity by having participants draw inspiration from office humor and childhood memories.

1. Doctors of Joy Workshops Foster
Performance and Creativity
Claucio Mashimo

2. Introduction
• Commercial law and business professional Claucio Mashimo has
more than 15 years of experience in Brazilian legal and commercial
affairs and formerly served as a lawyer for Baumann Realty. Beyond
his professional endeavors, Claucio Mashimo donates to the
nonprofit civil society Doctors of Joy. Doctors of Joy encourages
partnerships between health professionals and performers through
its Joy in Business’ Good Blends Workshops.
Good Blends Workshops foster connections between health
professionals and clown performers in order to exchange
experience in their respective crafts and practice crucial interaction
skills. Doctors of Joy clown and trainer Thais Ferrara leads the
workshops and delivers lectures on the importance of interaction
skills such as listening, communication, and establishing contact.

3. Doctors of Joy Workshops
• Furthermore, meetings provide instruction
through simple exercises and form a creative
space by encouraging participants to draw
inspiration from office shenanigans and
childhood memories.
To learn more about Good Blends Workshops
and other Joy in Business programs, visit
www.doutoresdaalegria.org.br/alegria-nas-
empresas/oficinas.