Upcoming Programs
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Wednesday Nights: Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Neighbors Helping Neighbors is a free, peer-led volunteer job search networking and support group. It is open to anyone in career transition, including unemployed and underemployed individuals, recent graduates, people re-entering the job market, small business owners, and anyone looking for part time, volunteer, or internship positions.
Time: Wednesdays, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Location: Central Library, Boston Room
Friday Mornings: SCORE Business Mentors
Volunteers from SCORE Boston provide free small business counseling every Friday morning at Kirstein. SCORE provides professional guidance and information, accessible to all, to maximize the success of America’s existing and emerging small businesses.
Appointments are available at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00.
To make an appointment please call 617-859-2142.
Time: 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00 p.m.
Location: Kirstein Business Library, Alcove 2
Wednesday, October 2: Getting Started in Business
This popular workshop provides a complete overview of business start-up and planning considerations, oriented to those planning a venture as well as existing small business owners. Topics include the entrepreneurial lifestyle, feasibility, business strategy, business plan preparation, marketing, financing, and additional resources.
To register, please call 617-287-7750 or visit our website at www.sbdc.umb.edu/training
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. (Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m.)
Location: Conference Room 05/06
Thursday, October 3: Banking 101
What’s the difference between a bank and a credit union? Is my money safe? Learn about the differences and similarities between credit unions, how to locate them and what to look for in a good bank or CU
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Training Lab, Kirstein Library
Tuesday, October 8: Author Talk – Gail McMeekin
Author talk with Gail McMeekin author of The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women: A Portable Life Coach for Creative Women.
The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women is an inspiring book for women that shows what’s possible when you follow your heart and honor your gifts. McMeekin offers a wealth of advice for the specific challenges creative women face today: thinking too small, underestimating the need for change, fearing the future and lacking self-confidence. McMeekin combines interviews with some of today’s most successful women and her own proven success strategies to help readers transcend their blocks and achieve success.
Gail McMeekin is the founder and president of Creative Success, LLC. She has over 30 years of experience in helping people to vision and achieve their personal, professional and creative goals. Her work has been featured in Redbook, The Boston Globe, Health, Investor’s Business Daily , other national publications and she is a frequent guest on radio and television. McMeekin holds an MSW from Boston University, a certificate in Human Resource Management from Bentley College and completed the coursework for the Coaches Training Institute.
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Conference Room 05/06
Thursday, October 10: Resources for First-time Home Buyers
Buying your first home can be a daunting task. Discover some resources and useful sites to help you understand the buying process.
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Training Lab, Kirstein Library
Tuesday, October 15: Author Talk – Nacie Carson
Author talk with Nacie Carson, author of The Finch Effect: The Five Strategies to Adapt and Thrive in Your Working Life
Career expert Nacie Carson provides information that helps professionals at any stage of their career to survive the post-crisis economy, where traditional career strategies spell professional extinction. Nacie Carson is a professional development explorer and author. She explains the tremendous potential for anyone willing to adapt to the fluid new “gig economy.” While she currently focuses her research and work on career evolution, entrepreneurship, the gig economy and the Millennial work experience, she is always open to learning, interviewing and investigating other topics related to professional and personal growth.
Carson’s writing on professional development has been featured in myriad journalistic and media outlets including, Entrepreneur.com, FastCompany.com, Upstart (formerly Portfolio), Monster.com and PBS Next Avenue. While she has been cited as a career expert by the likes of Fox Business and CBS, she maintains her contribution to the field of professional development is not as an expert but as a questioner, an observer and a reporter.
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Conference Room 05/06
Thursday, October 17: eBay Seller Basics
Come to the training lab and learn about selling your stuff on eBay.
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Training Lab, Kirstein Library
Tuesday, October 22: Author Talk – Patrick Smith
Author talk with Patrick Smith author of Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel.
For millions of people travel by air is an uncomfortable and fearful experience. Patrick Smith, airline pilot and author of Cockpit Confidential reveals among other topics the strange and misunderstood world of commercial flying such as the dysfunction of the modern airport, terrorism in perspective, airfares, seating woes, and the pitfalls of airline customer service.
Smith took his first flying lesson at age 14. His first job with an airline came in 1990, when he was hired as a copilot on 15-passenger turboprops. He has since flown cargo and passenger jets on both domestic and intercontinental routes. His Ask the Pilot column ran regularly on Salon.com from 2002 until 2012. He has appeared on over 200 radio and television outlets, including PBS, Discovery Channel, CNN, the BBC and National Public Radio. His work is regularly cited in print publications worldwide, from People and Men’s Health magazines to the New York Times and Le Monde.
www.askthepilot.com
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Location: Conference Room 05/06
Thursday, October 24: Budgeting Basics
Living life costs money. Learn some basic tips and websites to help you keep your budget on track and how to save for future goals
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: Training Lab, Kirstein Library
Thursday, October 24: Proposal Writing Basics
For those new to proposal writing, this class will cover how the proposal fits into the overall grant seeking process, what to include in a standard proposal to a foundation, what funders expect to see in your proposal and attachments, tips for communicating with funders during the grant process, and additional resources on proposal writing, including
sample proposals.
The session will be led by Edgar Zavala, Program Director with the Foundation Center. Mr. Zavala will highlight the electronic and print resources available for your free use at the Boston Public Library, a Cooperating Collection of the Foundation Center.
Free registration required. Email socsciref@bpl.org.
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Location: Commonwealth Salon