As we conclude our spring Creating Your Future class in Brunswick with a strong cohort of career changers working on their action plans, we spent a considerable amount of time in this class discussing how to overcome obstacles. Obstacles ranged from “learn the plants of Zone 5B” (from a budding horticulturalist) to “find resources to fund my education” (voiced by many who need further training to pursue a …
We are excited to announce the winners of our Midcoast / Southern Region Downtown Dollars Marketing Mini-Grant Competition for small businesses in Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, and York Counties. Priority was given to projects located in or aimed at increased sales/presence in Main Street Maine or Maine Downtown Network communities. Funds for The Downtown Dollars Marketing Mini-Grant Competition was provided in part from The Betterment Fund. The Winners …
Our Rockland Center is now located at the University College at Rockland! New Address: 91 Camden St # 402, Rockland, ME. 04841 Jenn Dobransky’s new phone number: 593.7943 Melinda Gilman’s new phone number: 593.7942 While our center goes through this moving transition, there may be disruption in the phone service. If you are unable to reach Jenn or Melinda via phone, please email them. Melinda can be reach via …
Three centers moving and one opening. This month our Bath/Brunswick, Saco, and Presque Isle centers will be moving to new locations. In addition, we will be opening a new outreach center in Ellsworth very soon. Please see below for more information. WWC’s Bath/Brunswick Center Moving: Friday, August 22, 2014 Reopening: Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Phone numbers and email addresses for staff in this center will remain the same: Shelley …
Could your business use a marketing boost? Women, Work, and Community’s (WWC) marketing ptich program is helping small businesses in the Midcoast put their best foot forward through the funding of professional, effective marketing materials and projects. You can win $400 for your targeted marketing project. Small business owners are asked to pitch their idea for their businesses’ marketing project to a panel of judges on Monday November 18, 2013 …
…take these steps: Identify your thoughts, fears, and frustrations around your former job and acquiring a new job. Examine your financial needs. Who can you turn to for help and support? What programs are available in your community? Are you eligible for unemployment benefits? Conduct a self-assessment. Take stock of your interests, skills, abilities, and experiences. Are there common themes? What did you like best and what did you like …
Twelve Rockland high school seniors gathered around a long conference table, their laptops open in front of them. The students, applicants for the Worthington College Scholarship for Oceanside East High School Students, were attending the orientation for the workshop “On Your Own with Money: Getting Financially Fit for College.” A requirement for the applicants is to complete the financial literacy workshop offered by Women, Work and Community before the awarding …
By Jenn Dobransky, Women, Work, and Community As printed in the Bangor Daily News Do what you love and do what you know is the starting point for any small business. The exercise of creating a solid mission or vision statement for your business starts with this loving and knowing. Articulating the direction and goals of your business and doing so in a paragraph or …
Small business tips to sail smoothly through tax season By Jenn Dobransky, Women, Work and Community Featured in the Bangor Daily News, February 22, 2013 Taxes and record keeping can often be a source of confusion and anxiety for entrepreneurs. This confusion and anxiety is typically the result of a lack of knowledge that many startups have. But with a little bit of information, that confusion dissipates and the anxiety …
By Jenn Dobransky Special to the Bangor Daily News Twenty Dollars in your pocket? Check. Twenty new friends by your side? Check. Name of a previously secret location? Check. Boost to a downtown business and loads of fun? Priceless. And so goes the Cash Mob, a phenomenon that began last August in New York and has swept the nation over the past year. Based on the flash mob idea, a …