Classes and Workshops
Narrow Gauge Quilters
Narrow Gauge Quilters' have started the new "quilt year". Meetings are 2x a month at Phillips Library ~ Next meeting is Oct 21st this week. New and experienced quilters all welcomed!
Belle Creative Arts Center Hosting Pottery-Making Event to Benefit Local Food Charity
Belle Creative Arts Center 87 High Street, Wilton, ME, United StatesVera Johnson invites you to a series of events to make bowls to hold warm soup in the coming winter. These workshops will be held at the Belle Creative Arts Center where she will teach you how to make pinch pots, one of the oldest and simplest forms of ceramics. The pottery you make will be donated and sold at the Fall Harvest Soup fundraising event at Salt & Pepper and Sugar Too in Wilton in late October. This community effort is part of Empty Bowls, a grassroots movement by local artists and craftspeople in cities and towns around
Meta Creator Studio: How to Schedule your Social Media Marketing
via ZOOMDid you know you can schedule social media posts on multiple platforms ahead of time? Let the Meta Creator Studio do all the work for you! Join content marketing strategist, Sara Munro, to learn how to use Creator Studio to manage, schedule, and track performance of your social media posts. Sara will demonstrate how to use this marketing tool to streamline your social media presence across platforms and share tips for maximizing efficiency and make repurposing content easier for you. Register Today!
Narrow Gauge Quilters
Narrow Gauge Quilters' have started the new "quilt year". Meetings are 2x a month at Phillips Library ~ Next meeting is Oct 21st this week. New and experienced quilters all welcomed!
Biz Fit Meets Baby Booty Workout!
Molly Brubaker, founder of Baby Booty Workout and mom to baby Ella, will join us for a brief sample workout (no baby needed), and some Q & A with Molly and you. Any business owner knows that running a business IS a workout in many ways. There is no magic, yet we are all magnificent in supporting one another as we figure out the business journey. Along with our Baby Booty Workout, we’ll talk with Molly about her business journey, including: How did Baby Booty start? What was your early customer response? Surprises, successes, challenges (We all have them!) Life as a mom and
September Biz Fit – Designing, Launching, Growing your business (with baby)
via ZOOMMolly Brubaker, founder of Baby Booty Workout and mom to baby Ella, will join us for a discussion about finding your tribe, filling a gap, and building a business. Any business owner knows that running a business IS a workout in many ways. Molly’s business became a parent and baby workout program and community. What’s YOUR business and what niche do you fill? There is no magic, yet we are all magnificent in supporting one another as we figure out the business journey. Let’s use Molly’s story as a jumping off point for conversation centered around: · How did your business idea take shape?
Belle Creative Arts Center Hosting Pottery-Making Event to Benefit Local Food Charity
Belle Creative Arts Center 87 High Street, Wilton, ME, United StatesVera Johnson invites you to a series of events to make bowls to hold warm soup in the coming winter. These workshops will be held at the Belle Creative Arts Center where she will teach you how to make pinch pots, one of the oldest and simplest forms of ceramics. The pottery you make will be donated and sold at the Fall Harvest Soup fundraising event at Salt & Pepper and Sugar Too in Wilton in late October. This community effort is part of Empty Bowls, a grassroots movement by local artists and craftspeople in cities and towns around
Get Ready for the Holidays- Shipping for E-Commerce
via ZOOMIn this second of our three-part series, WBC Consultant Cathy Roberts will review Are you looking to increase online sales and need to figure out how to streamline your shipping process? Are you unsure of which shipping service is the best for your business? In this second workshop of our Shipping 101 series, Cathy will discuss how to set up shipping with third party sites like Etsy and she will discuss the process of shipping products internationally. Register Today!
Climate Policy Workshop With Peter Dugas
Farmington Public Library 117 Academy Street, Farmington, ME, United StatesPlease join us at the Farmington Public Library on Tuesday, September 13th, at 5pm for a Climate Policy Workshop presented by Peter Dugas. According to Dugas, "This engaging interactive workshop will use MIT's EN-ROADS Climate Simulator to explore the climate provisions of the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act, explore next steps in creating effective and equitable solutions, and discuss what we in Maine can do to ensure a safe and livable future." For more information, contact the library at 207-778-4312 or librarian@farmingtonlibrarymaine.org.
An Introduction to Facebook for Small Business
via ZOOMWhat does a successful Facebook page for a small business look like? Content Marketing Strategist, Sara Munro, will provide guidance for utilizing Facebook as a marketing tool for your small business. Through this workshop, you'll learn: Tips for what every Business Page should have Insight into updates expected for the platform Best practices for marketing your small business on Facebook Come with questions about using Facebook for your small business!
Meta Creator Studio: How to Schedule your Social Media Marketing
via ZOOMSchedule your Facebook and Instagram posts ahead to time! Meta’s Creator Studio and Business Suite tools let you plan your posts to publish while you are busy working on other things or taking that much needed day off. Join content marketing strategist, Sara Munro, to learn how to use Creator Studio to manage, schedule, and track performance of your social media posts. Sara will demonstrate how to use this marketing tool to streamline your social media presence across the Facebook and Instagram platforms and share tips for maximizing efficiency and make repurposing content easier for you. Sara’s professional career has spanned the
“Loons,” a talk by Dr. Mark Pokras–sponsored by Western Maine Audubon
Thomas Auditorium in UMF's Preble Hall 173 High Street, FARMINGTON, ME, United StatesWestern Maine Audubon invites the general public to its first free talk of the fall. The talk, titled “Loons,” will be presented by Dr. Mark Pokras, a well-known expert in loon studies. It will be held at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, September 14th at UMF’s Thomas Auditorium in Preble Hall. Dr. Pokras, a graduate of Cornell and Tufts University, will be speaking on new research findings concerning loons. These findings include new information about the behavior of loons, their reactions to environmental stress, and threats to their well-being. Dr. Pokras is a retired member of the faculty at Tufts. He