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August 21, 2008
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Local Events
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Personal and Company Creativity
Date: March 20, 2008
Description: Creativity is a skill that ALL can learn and put to use. The more you use the left side of your brain the better you get at being spontaneously creative. This workshop will introduce you to personal skills to help you identify problems to be solved, find a wide range of creative solutions, then select the best solution for your particular situation. The workshop will also show how you, as a manager or company owner, can instill a climate for creativity in your organization and channel that creativity for the benefit of the company. Come prepared to stretch your brain cells in search of very real solutions to problems worth solving!
Presenter: Diane Ray, owner of Partnerships for Innovation.
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Essentials of Business Planning for Small Farms
Date: April 07, 2008
Description: Monday, April 7, 2-5 p.m.
Location: Western Mountains Alliance Conference Area, Church Street Commons, Farmington
Learn from area farmers and business planning professionals how to successfully develop a business plan for value added farm products and how to access resources for the success of your small farm business. Visit our website www.westernmountainsalliance.org for a full description.
Sponsored by Western Mountains Alliance with support from the Farm Credit NE AgEnhancement Program.
To Register: $18. Please register before April 24th by calling 207-778-3885 or email tcoook@westernmountainsalliance.org.
Presenter: Amy LeBlanc, Whitehill Farm, Kathy Trodden, Second Chance Farm and Longfellows Creamery LLC, Tessa Burpee, Heart of Maine Resource Conservation and Development, Keri Sands, Farms for the Future of CEI, and Rose Creps, Small Business Development Centers.
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Nonprofit Board Responsibilities
Date: April 16, 2008
Description: 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Rumford Town Hall Auditorium, 145 Congress Street, Rumford
When you joined the nonprofit board, were you given any training? Probably not. If you’re like the vast majority of other nonprofit board members, somehow you were just expected to know what to do. Now at last, here’s a practical workshop specifically designed to give you an effective overview of nonprofit board service.
In this interactive workshop you will explore the key roles and responsibilities of nonprofit boards – what they are, how they can be exercised effectively, and what they mean in terms of individual board member expectations. In addition, you’ll be provided with tools and an opportunity to build a work plan for carrying this important information back to your organization and your fellow board members.
Come to this workshop to get a refresher on basic board responsibilities and leave with a practical way to share this information with the rest of your board.
The workshop is presented by Suzanne Austin, Associate Director of the Institute for Civic Leadership.
Generously sponsored by: The Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation
Registration fee:
--Only $30 per person
--Only $15 for additional members from the same nonprofit
Register by sending a check or phoning/faxing your Visa/MasterCard information. Please include the following:
Your name, nonprofit affiliation, nonprofit title, business, business title, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, and special needs at the training if applicable.
Contact us by:
773-3254 x100 Fax: 772-5954 Email: wgriffin@civicleadership.org
Wayne Griffin, Institute for Civic Leadership, PO Box 422, Portland, ME 04112-0422
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Understanding Cash Flow
Date: April 16, 2008
Description: This 3 hour workshop will cover the basic components of financial statements, and the inter-relationship of the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statements. Examples reflecting the impact of cash flow from various management decisions will be demonstrated using excel software.
Presenter: Rose Creps is a Business Counselor with the Maine Small Business Development Center at AVCOG and has a Bachelors Degree in Accounting and a Masters Degree in Global Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University. She previously worked as a financial consultant and an accounting manager for both small and larger firms in the state of Maine.
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Getting Started in Niche Marketing and Value Added Products
Date: April 30, 2008
Description: Wednesday, April 30, 2-5 p.m.
Location: University of Maine Cooperative Extension, 7 County Drive, Skowhegan
Learn from area farmers and marketing professionals how to successfully develop and market new value added farm products and how to tap into agri-tourism opportunities. Visit our website www.westernmountainsalliance.org for a full description.
Sponsored by Western Mountains Alliance with support from the Farm Credit NE AgEnhancement Program.
To Register: $35. Please register before April 28th by calling 207-778-3885 or email tcoook@westernmountainsalliance.org.
Presenter: Sarah Smith, Grassland Farm, Judy Dimock, North Start Orchards, Kathy Hopkins, UMaine Cooperative Extension, Tessa Burpee, Heart of Maine Resources Conservation and Development, Deanne Herman, ME Dept. of Agriculture, and Mark Edwards, UMaine Cooperative Extension.
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Basics of E-Commerce
Date: May 21, 2008
Description: Participants will learn the basics of e-commerce: how web sites and search engines work, how to register a domain name, and how a web site can enhance the overall business model. Participants will also learn about easy to use web site templates and where to go for more assistance.
Presenter: Gregory Gould, Center Director Maine Small Business Development Center at AVCOG
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