Wellness at Work Yoga is a Vinyasa (flowing style) yoga that focuses on moving with your breath, combining the elements of flow with form. Individual instruction makes them approptiate for every BODY. All levels are welcome; poses will be modified to suit your individual needs. New! Wellness at Work Light yoga has all the same benefits while lightening up on weight bearing poses, modified to accomodate any physical needs and limitations. Drop ins welcome. For fee schedule or other questions, call Katrine at (603) 823-7441.
This class is a series. Additional Dates: No class Wednesday March 14th!
Wellness at Work Yoga is a Vinyasa (flowing style) yoga that focuses on moving with your breath, combining the elements of flow with form. Individual instruction makes them approptiate for every BODY. All levels are welcome; poses will be modified to suit your individual needs. Drop ins welcome. For fee schedule or other questions, call Katrine at (603) 823-7441.
The WREN BETA program integrates the nationally known, award winning Core Four training curriculum with WREN’s own brand of business coaching and networking. This 8-week course covers successful strategies for business including marketing, financial management, and operations planning.
This class is a series. Additional Dates: NO CLASS MARCH 14th!!
Learn how to maximize your Mac experience with this hand on session. Getting started or going further, bring your laptops or ipads and questions. Learn how to clean and maintain your Apple, pick up plenty of tips and tricks in a group setting to learn from other students what they are doing on their Mac. Dan Millet is owner of ipodfixit, Think Different Design and founder of White Mountain Apple Group.
Local Works invites you to enjoy a delicious evening of tasting. We promise it will make the gray days and dark nights of February much brighter!
The study of Astrology helps you learn what your lessons, gifts, strengths and challenges are. It reveals the life direction you have chsen and helps you accomplish your goals. In this 6-hour (given as two 3-hour segments), you will become aquainted with your individual chart, the meaning and function of each of the 12 signs, the 12 houses(areas of growth) ane how they affect you, the 10 planets and how each modifies your energies, and your north and south nodes. Participants will be asked to email the instructor their birth information before the course begins, so that she can create a birth chart for each person. Please include your full name at birth, name now, date, place and time of birth (if known).
Embellish with buttons, beads, and sequins, then sew and stuff a felt heart to decorate a doorknob or give as a gift.
Where did the day go! So much to do, so little time! These phrases may have been invented by people who aren’t necessarily doing too much, they’re just distracted. Prioritizing is the key to being efficient. In order to prioritize you have to know be able to focus and manage your time. This class will help you to do that by employing simple and easy techniques that help you stick to your goals. You’ll come away with a clearer vision of where you should be putting your time and energy, and you’ll start accomplishing so much more! The first of a series that includes Developing Mentoring Relationships and Who is Your Board of Directors with Cimbria Badenhausen, MBA owner of Blue Sky Environmental Strategies, who works with business owners, trade associations and non-profits to build living, sustainable communities, and form productive collaborations among stakeholders.
Learn how to use your digital camera to take spectacular photos regardless of experience. Chris can help even the most unskilled photographers improve their skills so that their photographs can capture exactly the desired mood or effect. Even if your only interest is taking great family pictures during that next vacation or holiday these workshops can show you how to get the picture that will capture that memory forever. Learn how to compose, shoot and edit your images through this two-part class.
This class is a series. Additional Dates: March 1, 2012 6-8pm!
Social Networking isn’t just for getting back in touch with your sixth grade classmates. Making connections is essential for making your business grow. Facebook and other social networking sites have become vital platforms for expanding small business. In this workshop we will set up a Facebook account for your business, explore how you can promote your business, and understand the variety of marketing tools available on Facebook. Please feel free to bring your own WiFi enabled laptop or reserve a WREN computer. Also, bring a few photos and your logo on a disk or a flash drive.
Learn about the history of CSA’s: How each model works and the benefits to both the shareholder and the farmers they support. Learn about CSA at Middle Intervale Farm and the history of the farms seven generations that dates back to the 1790’s and remains the family business.
Adults can have fun too! What’s a tweet and why do I want to know? Find out what Twitter is all about, how to integrate it into your life and what it can do for you.
Join Emily for a hands on demonstration and explanation of the essential floral design techniques. Learn how to care for freshly cut flowers, gain an understanding of handling techniques, proper hydration, and more. She will demonstrate “greening the vase” in the early steps of the design process. Furthermore, you will gain an understanding of the structure and style of different design styles that are prevalent in the industry today. Students will bring home their arrangements.
Is your resumé competitive? Get ahead of the competition and in front of your new boss quicker with digital resumés and a media presence. Learn what programs are out there and which works best for you. Discuss new ways to job search and how to network online. Please bring your wireless laptop or copy of your resumé on a zip drive. Walk away with invaluable information and a step closer to your dream job.
Everyone loves a great photograph, but not everyone takes great pictures. With Adobe Photoshop you can get closer to that perfect image. Students will be introduced to the basic tools and skills needed to fix and enhance their photographs. We will look at ways to correct red eye, remove blemishes, change backgrounds, and a few other tricks of the trade in a beginner friendly environment. Amy Welch of Shmamy Designs, a local graphic design company, is an accomplished graphic designer with over 17 years of experience. After graduating from Keene State College with a BS in design and an art minor, Amy worked in the printing and design industries before starting her own freelance business.
Learn some sign language with your friends and practice another way to communicate and to think about our world.
Come enjoy a wee bit of Ireland along with networking, door prizes, hors d’oeuvres, and refreshments. We will have wine and food tasting from some of our local store vendors, plus some wonderful magic from the Chef at the Adair Country Inn and Restaurant!
Ever wanted to travel for $18 round trip airfare? Spend 14 days in Brazil for $299 including airfare, tours, meals and lodging? Sound too good to be true? Such deals can be real IF you know where to look for them. This class will teach you some of the secrets that usually only industry insiders know. So pack those bags, grab a notebook, and attend this class!
Recording the small and big moments of your life doesn’t necessarily have to be done with a still camera anymore. In this workshop learn how to set up an account and get acquainted with YouTube as an essential communication tool.
What is clutter? What effect does clutter have on you? Learn why we keep clutter, and why we let it go. You will create a customized strategy from the plan in the From Clutter to Clarity article, pg. ?, and find your own key to staying clutter-free.
Everyone is welcome at the free WREN Book Club! BRing a dish to share as well as your thoughts on the current selection. Eat, drink and enjoy some lively conversation. This month's selection: Save Me by Lisa Scottoline.
with Laura Jamison, a Beekeeper and Cimbria Badenhausen a worm vericomposter Learn the basics of beekeeping in the first hour session and then worm vermicomposting for the second hour. If you are considering doing either or just want to learn more, this will give you the information you need. No bees or worms present.
Bring your dog for the cover-shot photo of a lifetime! Your pet will be treated like a celebrity and you'll have a memorable picture. First come,first served for this event and please, all dogs must be on a leash....thank you! Water bowls and dog treats will be available.
For small business, professionals and non-profits: a how to and why mentoring relationships are a valuable experience for everyone involved. Is there someone you admire, someone who seems to have it all together? Perhaps someone at the top of your shared profession? How do you think they got there? Mentoring! After today you’ll feel more confident about how to approach them in to enter into a shared mentoring experience. Come to class with your ideas about who your dream mentor is, and together we’ll build a strategy to engage them.
Learn basic calligraphy while writing quotes on paper, then display on trees or bushes where people can read them as they weather.
Developing a successful product is alot like raising a young child, it takes time and attention. We will look at all your costs including the “what ifs,” at how you can differentiate your product from the competition, how to know your target market and make an honest assessment of the demand for your product. This class will be lively and interactive; the goal is to make you realize that you don’t need a million dollar ad budget to make a profit, you just need a solid strategy and lots of creativity
We will meet at the classroom at Bretzfelder Memorial Park, then walk to a vernal pool and look for wood frogs, spotted salamanders and other animals that depend on these ponds for survival. Wear old clothes and rubber boots or old shoes you don’t mind getting wet.
Bring your favorite stash of materials, pictures, fabric, paint, stamps, and collage your way towards creating a work of art. Space is limited, register in advance. Workshop is free, bring a snack to share. Can be used to submit to Art at the Market event in July.
Today, marketing options are nearly endless: TV, Radio, Newspapers, Internet, Direct Mail, Newsletters, Billboards, Magazines, Yearbooks, Sports Arenas, Magnets, Social Media, Email, Pens, Place Mats, and yes, even Gorilla Marketing. And most come in several varieties. What strategies and methodologies would work best for your business? How do you choose? How can you expand your market penetration? How much should you budget? This class will give students an overview of traditional and non-traditional advertising methods, and individual counsel as to which would work best for participants' businesses. Feel free to bring in samples of your current ads or marketing pieces for evaluation. Ample time will be available for questions.
The third of a series that includes Finding Focus and Developing Mentoring Relationships. This solution-focused presentation and discussion will help you refine your thoughts about your board’s strengths and weaknesses. How do encourage board members to contribute more? How do they see themselves? How do you engage them in fund-raising and visioning rather than micromanaging? Bring your board members with you! Come with specific issues and questions in mind. You’ll leave with tools and ideas you can use to inspire and engage your vision team.
Bring your favorite stash of materials, pictures, fabric, paint, stamps, and collage your way towards creating a work of art. Space is limited, register in advance.Workshop is free, bring a snack to share. Can be used to submit to Art at the Market event in July.
