Open Doors – and meet MicroCredit-NH member artists
Several MicroCredit-NH members will participate in NH Open Doors, a statewide studio tour and shopping event on Veterans' Day weekend, Nov. 7-8.
Kathie Fife of Artemis Natural Resource Designs in Canterbury will display her new collection of fine art photography panoramas of New Hampshire landscapes and historic villages, including Canterbury Shaker Village, Strawbery Banke, and Squam Lake, as well as greeting cards made from 100% recycled paper.
Jim Wells will set up his wooden toy shop at Apple Hill Farm in Concord to demonstrate and build his wooden toy collection pieces and display his Winnipesaukee Collection of outdoor wooden furniture and wooden toys.
Information on the event, including lists of participants and maps, on the NH Open Doors Web site.NHBR launches networking site for businesses
New Hampshire Business Review has created a networking site just for businesspeople.
NHBR Network will feature timely business news, blogs and other commentary on a multitude of subjects.
Bloggers (so far) include Andy Volinsky, Chuck Sink, Heidi Page,
Steven Feinberg, Bill Ryan, Jason Blais,
Deb Titus, Deb LeClair, Jeff Feingold, Cindy Kibbe, Bob Sanders and Steve Boucher.
The forum also includes an event calendar and a forum where you can trade ideas with businesspeople from around the state.
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The Artist Exchange-South, our annual business training for artists and craftspeople in Southern NH, takes place FRIDAY, Nov. 6 with a talented lineup of speakers and presenters. The event is at Southern NH University from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and you can register and pay online. Don't miss it!
Are your business muscles in shape?
A recent back injury reminded me of how interconnected our muscles are. The stiffness of my back forced me to use different leg muscles to walk, different chest muscles to breathe, a whole variety of different muscles just to boost myself out of a chair. My whole body was affected.
Could I have prevented it? Probably, through toning and exercise.
If one part of your business is "injured" or suffering, it can affect your overall performance. As my doctor said, "preventative care is the best medicine."
How would you tone your business "muscles"? Are your income projections realistic? Is your production process as buff as it could be? Has your marketing plan gone flabby?
Take it from this impatient patient: Keeping all aspects of your business in top shape is a lot less painful than hobbling (ouch) around.
David Hamel
MicroCredit-NH Director
Hearts and crystals for healing
Jen Wiechers and Jaime Raynor met at a MicroCredit-NH networking event. Each felt like they'd met the other before, but weren't sure where or when. Months later they connected again at a friend's birthday party and discovered their shared passion for crystals and healing.
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Jen Wiechers and Jaime Raynor |
Jaime was looking for someone to design jewelry using crystals to help her clients in their healing processes. Jen was making beautiful jewelry, but she longed to find a way to help people heal traumas. Before long, Jewelry With Intention was born.
Jen joined the business group Jaime attended and together they created Living Your Intentions, located at 272 Main St. in Keene.
Living Your Intentions provides products and services using crystal healing, chakra balancing and meditation to help people recognize and develop their own abilities to heal themselves and lead rewarding and fulfilling lives. Jen and Jaime plan to launch an online store in a couple weeks – watch for it!|
Love those llamas! The Business Builders class in Claremont was visited by a pair of furry creatures decked out for Halloween. Their human friends, from left, were Dawna Vinal, Lisa Bell, Peggy O'Keefe, Steve Floyd, Janet Cote, Bruce Rubchinuk, Jeanette Scales. |
Michelle Therrien, owner of Northern Garden Inspirations, was recognized recently in the Laconia Daily Sun for designing and installing five new flower beds at the Carey House homeless shelter in Laconia. Carey House Director Ryan Robinson said, "All of this landscaping work ... will not only make the Carey House a more attractive facility, but will help put our clients in a positive state of mind."
Linda McCracken, who owns Spiritual Web Communications of Marlow, has just published the company's first book, Messages Of Universal Wisdom: A Journey of Connection through the Heart by Barbara Evans. Books can be ordered directly from the Web site.
Madeline Flagg of Purely Green Environmental will present a workshop on "Healthier Home – Healthier You!" at the Women's Health Forum '09 Nov. 7 at the Manchester Health Department.
Kathie Fife of Artemis Natural Resource Designs in Canterbury is also one of five local photographers who will exhibit and discuss their images at Merrimack County Savings Bank's Fall Art Exhibit open house Nov. 4 from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at 89 N. Main Street, Concord. The photographs can be viewed in the branch Nov. 2-30 and are available for purchase through the artists.
Lyndall Demers of the Great Northwoods Journal visited the Jefferson Business Association in October to share information about press releases. Demers came armed with information from the Internet, her experience, and tried-and-true ways of getting business information into print.
Cindy Grassi of The Kwiltin' Nook, a member of Leaders in Northern Kreative Solutions, has begun analyzing her Web site analytics and at each group meeting presents information about site visits, where her hits came from, and other interesting facts.
Gina D'Orazio of D'Orazio Bookkeeping, a member of the new All Chiefs No Indians group in Littleton, will host a ribbon-cutting for her business Nov. 19 at 9 a.m. at the Littleton Community House.
Kris and Bert von Dorhmann of Otokahe Farm, members of the Jefferson Business Association, are adding a new product line – all-natural beef jerky.
Robin Anderson, a social networking consultant in Littleton, was guest speaker for the Valley Ventures business group in Berlin. At their last meeting, at the White Mountain Café in Gorham, she shared information about using Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking tools for business marketing.
MicroCredit-NH is a non-profit business development program of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund. MicroCredit-NH delivers business training, loans and networking opportunities to self-employed individuals and microbusiness owners statewide.
Social Media Boot Camp in Concord Nov. 4
The Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce and Millennium Integrated Marketing are presenting a Social Media Boot Camp Nov. 4 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Grappone Conference Center in Concord.
Workshops will cover social media fundamentals, search engine optimization, corporate blogging, public relations in an Internet world, social networking and community building, and integrating your social media campaign with your marketing plan.
A lunchtime panel discussion will reveal the successes and challenges of local media pros.
Fee is $149 for Chamber members and $169 for non-members, and you can register online.
Promote your business, develop relationships, and maybe even make sales.
$5 admission.
Nov. 5, Newport
Salt Hill Pub, 58 Main St., 6-9 p.m.
Nov. 11, Rochester
Fat Tony’s Italian Grill, 61 North Main St., 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Nov. 12, Tilton
Tilt’n Diner, 61 Laconia Rd., 6-8 p.m.
Nov. 19, Lincoln
Common Man, 10 Pollard Rd., 5-7 p.m.
Full list of networking and orientation events.