By Gigi Guyton, Women, Work, and Community As printed in the Bangor Daily News I had the sad task of telling an entrepreneur whom I wanted to nominate for a small business award to hold off until next year. We simply were not going to [...]
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Run, Baby Run: It’s your life, it’s your business
By Eloise Vitelli As printed in the Bangor Daily News Entrepreneurs are known for their optimism and can-do attitudes. They see the possibilities and focus their energies on how to get to the goal line. Sometimes though, even the most positive, creative person can be dealt a blow that shakes [...]
Linda Johnson
Linda Johnson came to Maine from Massachusetts after raising a family and going through a life-changing event. She had always vacationed in Maine and felt it was the right place for her, but what she didn’t count on was the poor economy. After six months of looking for a job in the Portland area, Linda [...]
Pop-Up Stores add Buzz to Maine’s Downtowns
By Gigi Guyton, Women, Work, and Community Special to the Bangor Daily News Microsoft’s launch of 32 pop-up stores this holiday season demonstrates that even the big retailers are looking for ways to stand out in an inconsistent consumer climate. But you don’t have to be a Microsoft to have a pop-up store of your [...]
TOTALLY TRADES!
WWC recently organized two successful Totally Trades conferences – one in Westbrook on October 19 and a second in Calais on October 26. All in all, nearly 200 girls were in attendance at the conferences. The Calais conference, hosted by Washington County Community College, featured a new video directed and produced by female students from [...]
Mature Worker Event!
Mature Workers Event – Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities in Today’s Economy Are you 50 + and seeking employment, re-employment, working longer, or supplementing income? Are you looking for ways to adjust to the current economic trends, or considering phased retirement? This event will identify emerging trends that impact how mature workers view the world [...]
Wheying in: Cheesemaking as a profession
By Jenn Dobransky, Maine Centers for Women, Work, and Community Just imagine a plate of beautiful cheese: five artisanal varieties. Fresh ricotta made with organic whole milk, scented with sweet grass and clover, then transformed and hand-ladled and molded into individual baskets 24 hours before arriving on your plate. The other varieties are aged. “Medallion” [...]
Colleen Macklin
“Thank you WWC for instilling courage and knowledge in me, and for forever being a sounding board.”
Knowing when to say when: selling a business
The key to selling your business is knowing when to say when By Gigi Guyton, Women, Work, and Community When I owned my landscape design/build business in Charlotte, N.C., I worked with a business coach for 18 months to turn my business around. After he was long gone and the business was humming, I called [...]
ONLINE: Two distance learning options for Career Planning this Fall!
WWC is excited to offer two options: ONLINE and BLENDED. BLENDED: Begins week of October 15, and has live class meetings the first and last weeks. In the four intervening weeks, students will work on their own online, with direction and resources provided weekly. Students have a choice of live sessions in Belfast, Augusta, or [...]
