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Career Transition Support Group in Westport

Ed Fitzgerald — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:23:36 +0000

Cindy Cornell, a leadership & executive coach who attended the last meeting, told us about a Career Transition Support Group that meets at the Saugatuck Church in Westport. She followed up by emailing these details. Since we welcome people in transition to attend the FINE meetings, as a way of evaluating their options of going into business for themselves, we do post information about meetings or groups that we hear about that may be of value to them.

“In response to a great and growing need for support in finding new employment in this difficult economy, we are pleased to welcome both members of Saugatuck as well as our friends from the community to the Career Transition Support Group, which meets each Monday morning from 8:30 to 10:30 am in the Fellowship Room at Saugatuck Church (entrance at the rear right of the building, up the stairs and to the right).

The group exists to:

Share suggested designs and structure for effective search strategies;
Provide opportunities for networking and share leads;
Facilitate sharing of job search best practices among group members; and
Provide emotional support and encouragement during both the job search and transition to new employment.

The group is co-facilitated Frank Basler, a management and organizational development consultant, and Cindy Cornell, a leadership & executive coach and adjunct member of the faculty at NYU. For more information, please contact Frank at 345-5652 or baslerasoc@aol.com or Cindy at 470-1324 or cindy@hoshingroup.com.”

An Evening of Networking and a Play at the Westport Country Playhouse

Ed Fitzgerald — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:03:23 +0000

Our friends at the Westport Country Playhouse are hosting a networking event on Thursday evening, July 16th. You can start out the day at the Playhouse networking at the FINE meeting and end the day there doing some more networking and seeing the play!

Here’s the info we received from Steph Gray who is coordinating the event. Her contact info is at the end. BTW, she assured me that all age groups are welcome.

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Below please find the invitation for our July 16^th Young Professionals Party. We appreciate your interest in the event and ask that you forward this invitation to your group, colleagues, business partners, and others. We are looking forward to an enjoyable evening of networking, live music and a show- we hope you can join us!

Join Westport Country Playhouse’s Young Professionals Party!

You, your friends, and co-workers are invited to the Playhouse for a pre-show party (tons of free food and free beer & wine) with live music from the Ryan O’Neill Band, great food from O’Neill’s Pub & Restaurant and a cool musical by the guy that wrote Rent!

After the party, join us for the evening’s performance of tick, tick…BOOM! by Jonathan Larson.

When: Thursday, July 16, 2009
(party starts at 6:30 outside on the patio)

Where: Westport Country Playhouse

How Much: Just 25 bucks

(for the party and a ticket to the show!)

Geared towards young professionals (21-40), the Young Pros Party is an opportunity to kick back, relax and enjoy a terrific show at an affordable price.

tick, tick…BOOM!

book, music & lyrics by Jonathan Larson

directed by Scott Schwartz

From the genius who created the smash hit, Rent, comes a captivating 90-minute musical of a 30 year-old artist and his determination to live out his dream. The cast (pictured above from L to R) includes WIlson Cruz (TV’s “My So-Called Life”), Colin Hanlon (Broadway’s Rent), and Pearl Sun (Lincoln Center’s hit Happiness). If you loved the music of Rent, you can’t miss the amazing beats, soaring harmonies and poetic anthems in tick, tick…BOOM!

I Want To Go!

Then grab your friends and call Steph Gray at 203.227.5137 x119 or email events@westportplayhouse.org to reserve your tickets today!

Location

Westport Country Playhouse
25 Powers Court
Westport, Connecticut 06880
203.227.4177 www.westportplayhouse.org

“Navigating the Economic Storm” Forum at the Westport Library

Ed Fitzgerald — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:19:04 +0000

FINE will be there supporting the Westport Human Services event on Saturday, May 9^th. The Community Support and Counseling Team, a group of community agencies that works with members of the Westport Emergency Management Committee, will sponsor a forum on “Navigating the Economic Storm.”

Ed Fitzgerald, FINE meeting coordinator and publicity director, participated in a planning session for the event and will be present at one of the tables handing out literature and answering questions.

The panel presentations will be held in the McManus Room at the Westport Public Library from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Available throughout the event will be area resources concerning housing, financial and banking issues, career resources, volunteer and recreation opportunities to help residents deal with the new economic reality.

For more information, go to the article on WestportNow.