Business  |  Creative Economy Track  |  Personal Growth
Career | Stress Busters

Business

Community as Destination  Representatives from art, cultural and business perspectives discuss how they have used their knowledge of marketing their community as a destination to celebrate the community while strengthening local businesses.
Breathe Life Into Your Great Ideas  Explore the challenges and realities of bringing a concept from bright idea to a product or service.  This interactive workshop will help you get a clear idea about what it is you are selling and who will buy it.
Leveraging the Vermont Brand  An introduction to "branding" will help you connect your business' story with Vermont within your marketing strategies.  Spend time thinking about what makes your business unique and how you can weave the Vermont brand connection into the "story" of your business.
New Product Development  Specialty and artisan food products are closely associated with Vermont's brand image.  Topics include scaling up from stove-top to commercial-size batch, product costing and incorporating Vermont raw ingredients into specialty foods.
Introduction to Ownership Succession Planning for Small Businesses  Businesses face a critical fork in the road when it comes time for owners to retire or move on to new adventures.  This workshop will be of interest to owners and managers of any business facing ownership succession issues, and will introduce participants to the principal ways owners can exit, including selling to family members, company insiders or an outside buyer. 

Personal Growth

Personality and Career Choice  Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), an overview of this personality type inventory explains preferences for taking information and making decisions.  Participants gain insight into their own personality type and gain information on career satisfaction relative to their personality type.
Household Papers - Getting Ahead of the Game  In this interactive seminar you'll learn how to handle the never-ending lists of paper in a way that's mindful of your lifestyle.  Paper management concepts including decision making, tracking actions and storage systems will be discussed.
Negotiating with Ease  Discover the language of negotiations by learning how to create an environment of openness and clarity that allows energy to flow easily during the process and enhance your positioning with conscious agreements.
Imagining Your Life Through Soul Collage  This fun interactive workshop provides tools for self-exploration and clarity.  Using images, you will gain insight into the life story you are living.
What a Difference Ten Years Make  Where we were , where we are, and where we are going.  As we have changed, financially, the world has also changed over the past 10 years.  Learn some solid financial tips and understand key economic factors that affect you as you prepare for the next 10 years of your life, your family, and your retirement.

Career

Invoking the Muse - Creating Your Career  Tap into creative strategies for envisioning your next career step and dancing into inspired action in this engaging and energizing workshop.
Non-Traditional Women at Work Panel Tradeswomen from various fields and areas of the state will speak of their challenges, goals and triumphs.
Telecommuting As An Alternative  Panel members will each discuss pros and cons of telecommuting, phone conferencing, disadvantages of working from home and how telecommuting fits into their lifestyle.
Go For It! Negotiating for What You Are Worth Find it hard to ask for a raise, flex-time or other benefits? This workshop will identify barriers and practice overcoming them.
Follow Your Bliss, and Make a Living, Too  Come, learn firsthand from a successful community celebration artist how to embrace the challenge of running a business while staying true to your muse.

Stress Busters

Aromatherapy for Stress  Various aromatherapy methods, including applying a chocolate maple cream mousse, doing deep breathing exercises while it dries, using Dead Sea salt body scrub. Hair bands and face cloths for rinsing will be provided.
Finding Inner Peace with Happy Healthy Houseplants  Relax!  There's nothing to houseplant care once you've learned the "secrets of success" from these interior plant-care specialists.
Relaxing in the Kitchen  Helpful organization tips to make cooking fun, relaxing and fulfilling.  Create some international finger foods, including Vietnamese salad rolls and Chinese dim sum.
Meditation  Slowing down, quieting the mind, and learning to listen to your inner wisdom, to be open to the possibilities and the practice of finding inner stillness are the focus of this workshop.  Take away ideas to get you started on this road toward inner peace.
Come Join the Drumming Circle and Get Into the Groove  Discover why hand-drumming is a great tool for team building, community building, and achieving rhythmical bliss.